Athletics Day!

Today we had our school athletics day. The groups had to be separated between the year 7 and year 8's. Their three teams for both year groups. As we looked outside at the weather, we weren't very positive that it was going to be a nice sunny day. We all only got to do five activities because of the odd weather. We(year 8's) started at the rob the nest activity. Basically we had to have the most objects in our team's bucket before time has run out. Everyone had teamwork and played with a positive attitude. Our next game was the sponge run. The goal was to run with a sponge through some obstacles to a bucket of water, collect some water using the sponge and run back and squeeze it out in your team's bucket. The team with the most water would win. Now onto our next activity: Long Jump. It was simple, longest distance would win. Everybody participated properly and there were no let downs. Everyone then headed to the next activity. The ball throw was very fun and was very competitive trying to beat the others throw. Our last activity for the day was the hoop toss. Our team encouraged each other to keep going and try their best. It was a fun day and everyone enjoyed the time we had at the fun activities set for us. Thank you to Mr Ogilvie for the effort he put into putting this whole thing together and also the Tamaki College students for helping us out with the activities.

Year Eight Hockey

In our second session of hockey, we only had Carly with us. We started off with a warm up which was dribbling the and whenever Carly said,"Switch," we would have to swap the ball with another person that had the same coloured stick. After, we then played a game. The rule of the game was to steal anyone's hockey ball and hit it out of bounds while protecting our own. If your ball went out of bounds you were eliminated. Now it was time for the challenge. We all knew what is was. the goal was to bounce the ball on the flat side of the stick the most. Everyone struggle to keep the rhythm of the bounce on their stick. We had a fun session but unluckily didn't get to play the final game at the end. We would like to thank Carly for the helpful tips and techniques.

Kuaka(Bar Tailed Godwit) Migration

Today we had another session of Inquiry. In our last session, we were making notes about the kuaka and their migration route but today we were putting it together on a storyboard. We used Storyboard That to make our storyboard and added facts about the kuaka's migration.

Year 8 Hockey Session

Today we had our first hockey session with the hockey instructors. In our first session we were learning to grip the hockey stick properly, and how to control the ball using techniques. We learnt how to keep the stick close to the ball like magnet. We then played a game about traffic lights that had to do with the colours and what they mean. In that game we learnt to dribble the ball and bring it to a full stop. After that we were given a challenge by the instructors to try and bounce the ball in the flat end of the hockey stick for the longest time. In the end we played a game of hockey which was different because there were different amount of players called out to score a goal. Thanks to the hockey instructors for the tips and fun session of hockey.

5 minutes of...

Operation: Eagle Swoop

It was cold as usual. Nothing exciting about the weather here. ‘Cold Hell,’ is what the locals call it. Mondays, are the worst as we were getting ready to leave for the beaches of the cold south. It was the first time we have ever got a day like this. Every winter, it’s either helping a stranded citizen escape their car or someone has been sucked into the fearless waters.

“SSSSHHHH!” the helicopter zoomed across the sea. The hair of the ocean was elegant yet rough with boulders laid all around her.

“Unit 935, please report to homebase when you reach the location of a capsized boat.”

Everything had looked strange but familiar as if I had been far out at sea. Our biggest enemy, the never ending blue hair still spreads.

“ Home base , we have made it to the location.”

The captain of the helicopter mumbled as the helicopter propellers made a louder sound and made him sound like a rat.

“ You guys had better be ready. From our intel it is known that there is a group of people who have  been stucked at sea for two days. Their boat capsized and they  been stranded out in the middle of nowhere for what feels to them like an eternity!“ Screamed the Captain.

Time just kept ticking by ...

In writing we have been learning about recounts and learning different way of writing them. This Recount is about a Westpac Rescue Helicopter and we have wrote 5 minutes of what could happen next.

Amy Johnson Timeline

This is a timeline which I have created on Lucidchart about the British Aviator, Amy Johnson. If you check my other blog post, you can find my timeline about Jean Batten and I have compared them both about the milestones in their lives.

Who Flew First - Reading

In reading we have been researching about both the Wright brother, and Richard Pearse. If you don't know who these men are, they are believed to be the first pioneers of flight. But who was the first person to fly is what our questions is.

Bar Tailed Godwit

For our term topic(Flight) we have recently been learning about the Bar Tailed Godwit? It is a bird that migrates from Alaska to New Zealand. We have learnt about it's diet, the threats, it's appearance and their habitat.

Hyperbole?

In writing we have been introduced to something called, "Hyperbole?" We then researched this to find out what it meant. In this Google Drawing I have explained briefly what it means and how it is used.

Paper Plan Maths

Today for maths we continued our paper plane experiments. In this lesson, we had to find out in our groups who's plane flies the furthest? We then designed a new plane would have the things that we liked about everyone's plane and put them together on the new plane. We then at the end tested our final group plane together with the other group's. One person from each group that was confident at testing the plane went up to fly it.

Recount Writing

In writing, we have been introduced back into recount writing. We have searched blogs around the Manaiakalani Cluster for recounts and shared them with our class about what we liked our it. We them completed this mini quiz just to refresh our memories about recount writing.

Paper Plane Group Activity

Yesterday in the afternoon, Mrs Anderson introduced a activity which had to do with this terms topic(Flight) but we could only do this in groups which we were given. The challenge was to build a plane out of paper that will fly the furtherest. We then went to test our planes, either outside or inside and analyse our results. 

Jean Batten Timeline

For Inquiry we have been learning about 'Flight.' We have worked with planes and now famous aviators. In this Lucidchart I made a timeline about Jean Batten and her life.