Training

For the past two weeks we have been learning about the training skills of Olympic athletes.  We learnt how  athletes train and how much hours they train a day.  We also got to learn how to check our pulse I thought that we were supposed to feel our chest for our pulse but it was actually our wrist and our neck to find it you have to feel it kind of vibrating. We then had to find sports that involve Agility, Strength and Endurance.  For Agility I wrote soccer or also known as football. I put down weightlifting for Strength because you have to be really strong to carry heavy weight. Last but not least I put cycling for Endurance since it is a long sport it will depend on your stamina.  I enjoyed this rotation I can't wait to learn about hauora. 

High Jump

Yesterday we had our Run, Jump, Throw lesson. We got to learn the skills of high jump. I knew most of the skills because I haven't done it in a very long time. Our first skill is to have slightly bent knees, arms follow through. toes up, straight slightly.   So first we got to learn the formation of it and the arms. So the formation was right , right , left , left. This meant that our legs go right then our right arm goes up then it follows through.  I think I enjoyed this more than running and long jump because I have had more experience in this sport. 

Magic Box Poem

 This is my Magic Box version of Kin Nisbett's original Magic Box poem. We all had to make our own version using descriptive language. We had to paint a picture in the person's mind by using adjectives, verbs and more. Our focus for this term is Poetry Anthology.  I thought this was really fun to do and I can't wait to do it again. 

Warriors

Today we got to meet two players( Ryan Hoffman and John Palavi)  that currently represent the Warriors. We learnt about a lot about Health and our well being, Hydration, belonging, sleep and some fun little quizzes with a catch if we got the question correct we would get a prize.  The one I really enjoyed talking about was sleep because I love sleeping. They gave us a review on what time they go to bed and some tips to get more energy. They also told us that they sleep a bit later because a adult has to have at least 8 hours of rest and a kid has to have an average amount of 9-11 hours of sleep. So we were split up to two teams then each team , if they wanted to answer they had to say there team chant. Since I was in John's team we had to shout J.P if you were in Ryan's team you had to shout Hoffie. The main highlight for me was when we had 30 seconds of each team yelling out their team chant. My team won which was amazing. I got a prize for reading out the passage with a loud voice it was hard because there were a lot of people shouting. I would like to say thank you to Georgia for hosting this amazing event , Alice for organizing  this amazing event and DTR for making this possible. 

Run, Jump, Throw

Yesterday in our session of Run, Jump, Throw our main focus was long jump. Andi gave us tips on how to properly land and techniques we can use to get us more further.  When landing we sort of had to land in a squat position but we renamed a motorcycle position. In our starting positions we had to run our hardest and use our arms to help us land safety. I landed quite far using these techniques. Thank you Andi for the amazing lesson I can't wait to use this for athletics.

Netball inter-school

Yesterday I got to participate in the netball inter-school.  There were 2 teams I played in the Avengers. We first versed Ruapotaka we sadly lost but that didn't stop us from going. We then competed against Tamaki Primary we sadly lost our last game was against Glenn Innes we then successfully won our game. Which made us go into the quarter finals. We challenged Stone fields we won our game. Our next game was Point England we won our game which qualified us to challenge our other school team Revolution.  We lost but I really thought that it was a fun and fair game. I would like to say thank you to Miss Niacker, Mr Olgilvie, MIss Emma and the Otahuhu collage girls that came over to help us. 

Ancient and Modern Olympics

For the past 2 weeks I have been learning about Ancient and Modern Olympics. I learnt the history about the ancient and the similarities of both modern and ancient Olympics.  I think my favorite activity was when we had to  write 5 facts about both of the topics. I did not know that  women were not allowed to compete in the Olympics nor watch the Olympics. In the ancient Olympics you had to be a Man of Greek Origin and free born. I thought this was really sad because girls can do things boys can do. I also learnt about the Modern Olympics I learnt that they spend around the same money each year which is about 450 million dollars for each country and more. I t=can't wait to learn more about the Olympics since it is our topic for this term.