My Term 3 Small Moment

Game Day

After a little warm up I felt as ready as ever. My heart was pumped and my whole body was ready for some tackling. I stepped onto the field with my team getting into position like we were going to do a haka. Everybody waited for that annoying high pitch sound of the whistle to blow. As soon as the whistle blew the ball was booted all the way to the goal post. The fullback picked up the ball and ran it up to the opposition. Our fullback was one of the hardest people in our team. He smashed into them like a wrecking ball. Then I dashed into the ruck to grab the ball. I grabbed it and headed straight for the corner. I was almost at the try line but then I started to slow down and before I knew it I was all worn. So I went to ground and got in position for the half back to receive the ball.

It was past the first half and both teams were exhausted. My team didn't care about being exhausted and just kept playing . It was already fifteen minutes into the second half my team just kept driving the opposition back and back. Before we knew it we were close to the opposition's try line and I was hoping to get the ball and make a try. The ball sat there clear for me to grab so I grabbed it and ran straight for the try line. I looked around for any gaps and ran through them. I sprinted as fast as I could right down the sideline trying not to let anyone bump me off into touch. I managed to find myself flying through air reaching my dirty arms out to get that ball onto the line. A few seconds later I heard the whistle blow and called it out a try. Not long after he blew the whistle again to say that it was full time.

My team jumped up cheering and cheering. After that we shook hands with Ponsonby and went to see our coach. My coach said we all played great and we had great defense not letting them get past us. The score was fifty four to zero. I also got two tries in the first and second half of the game. The coach and assistant coach called out the player of the day and it was the second prop. He got rewarded for great running. everyone clapped and got ready to leave. I thought that if I played better next week I could get player of the day.

My Multiplacation

Room 7 have been learning about multiplication. This is my multiplication poster about eight times tables.

My Art Reflection

This week room 7 have been focusing on their paintings. Our goal was to try and paint in a style like a famous artist Ton Schulten. Ton Schulten painted in a different way. He used a the same colour for his land and sky but he used different blues for the sky and different greens or browns for the land. When we started our painting Mrs Miller only gave us five colours blue, red, yellow, white and black which were the primary colours. Then if we needed a colour like green or brown we had to find out what colours to mix to get that colour. I found out all the colours I needed to get the colours I needed like brown which I needed blue,yellow and red. Finally I finished and I am proud of my awsome painting.

My Term 2 Reflection

This term room 7 have been busy learning a lot. We have done a lot in term 2. I think that everyone in room 7 has learnt a lot of things. My favourite subjects are maths, sports and art.

Art is one of my favourite subjects because I like to express my culture on a piece of paper I like to do drawing and draw patterns and do lots of painting. Everyone has been doing a lot of colour mixing and finding new colours. This term we did paintings based of a artist named Ton Schulten. He paints landscapes but he has a style he does it in.

My other favourite subject is sports. When we have kiwi sports I am always excited to go out of the classroom and play some sport. My favourite sport is rugby so I like to do lots of tackling. I also like playing soccer and softball. I like going to kiwi sports because I to run around and get more fit.

I also like doing math because I like to solve equations and figuring out the answers. My favourite site I like to learn my basic facts on is XtraMath because it helps me to learn my basic facts and know them faster. I also go on Sumdog because I enjoy the math games they have. This term I think that I have been achieving my goals and moving up my with maths.

Room 7 have learnt a lot this term and next term I can learn more.

Kiwi Kids News Super Quiz

This is my score on Kiwi Kids News super quiz. I got 93.3%. I am proud of my score.

My Information Report About Weta

Weta

Weta have been around for a very long time. They have outlived dinosaurs. Weta are invertebrates which means that they don’t have a backbone.Weta are one of the heaviest insects in the world.

Habitat

Weta are mostly found and live in New Zealand. They are known to only be found in New Zealand but there are also some scattered around the world. People have called them other names. Weta can be found in shrubs, forests and caves. They also live in holes underneath stones, rotting logs or in tree like the tree weta.

Appearance

You can tell the difference between a male and a female weta because the female has a larger ovipositor (which is like a stinger). Weta have their ears on their knees which helps them to feel vibrations of noises around. Their ears aren't like normal ears, they have little holes which are so small that they are hard to see . They have feelers on their bottoms called cerci (sir-key) which help the weta to sense vibrations like the ears.

Species

In the world there are over 70 different species of weta. There are five different types of Weta which are the tree weta, cave weta, giant weta, ground weta and tusked weta. The giant weta is the heaviest insect in the world. It is so heavy it can not jump. They can grow up to eighty two millimeters long. A pregnant female giant weta can weight up to seventy one grams.

Weta are herbivores which means that they eat leaves and plants but weta have been said to have eaten other insects. The word “weta” is from Maori language, where singular and plural are the same.