Top Team blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about this event called Top Team. So Tumu and Kaupeka lined up in our group, everyone from year 5-8 participated in this event. In case you don't know, Top Team is a group of people that comes to schools and hosts different activities. Top Team held 12 activities and 24 groups. Some activities included water activities, puzzles and just general fun activities. Depending on how you do well at the activity, depends on how many points you get. I didn't know how many points we get. But overall it was actually a fun time there. That is all for now, see you later.

Limerick Poem blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about my limerick poem about myself. In my reading workshop, we had to choose four types of poetry, those were Haiku, Limericks and many more that I didn't know, I chose the Limerick. For those who don't know what a limerick. It is basically a poem that has five lines and often humorous, but limericks is a special type of poetry. They have to follow a very specific pattern. So the first, second and fifth lines rhymes the same and the third and fourth line have their own rhyming pattern. So it is a very specific pattern. Anyways this is my poetry: 

A William in a Billion

"There once was a boy named William

Who really had a lot of wisdom

He is from the Philippines 

He likes to hangout under shady trees

But most people know that he is one of a billion" 

Tough KIDS blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about Tough Kids, So Tough Kids was like an event, Half of Tumu and Paiaka and the whole of Kaupeka went to South Brighton in a 2.73 kilometre obstacle course race. There were a total of seventeen obstacles, and also many schools attended this event which included water activities, ropes, tires and many more. My race only had 2,000 out of 5,000, and everyone ran in waves (I was in wave four). Overall I had a fun time and it was a challenging time. That is all for now, see you later.

Sport reflection blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about Sport. The whole hub split into home-bases had a rotation of four sports. Those were Korfball, Softball, Cricket and Lawn Balls. I kind of enjoyed most of them. But the one that I particular enjoyed and liked was Korfball,  Korfball was a mix between basketball and netball. The person who taught Home-base 4 (including me)  the rules of Korfball, the two specific ones. The rules were never kick the ball and a defending rule. So you can do any basketball dribble moves you want. The people who were good at basketball (including me) was leading the team or the opposing team with dribble moves. Dribble moves like Shammgods, Crossover, Behind the back and Between the legs. It was fun, but the person/coach changed the rules (the person can make any rules). So he made us play basically netball. It was kind of fun but not as fun as the basketball rules. So my team won. Overall I had a fun time playing Korfball. That is all for now, see you later

Attitude Programme Presentation blog

Hello reader, today I will be talking to you about the Attitude Programme presentation. So the whole hub had two sessions with Attitude. Attitude is a organisation that comes to schools and teaches about Puberty. The first sessions we had were all together, the second one was separated by gender. We learnt the physical changes that will happen overtime to your body and specific changes specifically for boys or girls. That is all for now, See you later.

Blog: My favourites

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about some of  favourite things. So let's start off with my favourite animals, those are Iguanas, Penguins, Flamingos and Narwhals. I really like these animals because they interest me a lot. Next up, my favourite video games, I don't have a favourite but I really like Minecraft, Brawlhalla, Jump Force and Apex Legends. Playing video games is also one of my hobbies as well. Next, is my favourite sports are Basketball, Table Tennis and Karate. All of them is really good for me and cool. Following after that is my favourite food is Lasagna and Pancit (a Filipino food). Thank you for listening to some of my favourite things, That is all for now, see you later.

Week 2 Create Task Blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about my create task on Term 4, Week 2. So we had to choose six different types of articles and text. I chose My Name Is Rez, She was Kurdish and also her family too. But the problem was that Kurdish people didn't have their own homeland, so they went through wars and countries. It was a region called Kurdistan, it was around Iran and Turkey. It was a bad life for them, but they went to New Zealand and at first they didn't know English. But as they live there, they start blending in now. It is based of a true story as well which was cool. That is all for now, see you later. Create Task

Recipe Create Task blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about my recipe for the country I was given called Samoan Chicken. It was a good cooked food made by my dad. So on a Friday we did a shared lunch, my hub brought many food from many different cultures. A lot of people liked it, I tried it also and it was surprisingly good. I will show you my recipe now, So here it is: Recipe. That is all for now, see you later.

How to play Jackstones blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking to you about my instructions on how to play this Samoan game called Jack-stones. So this is a simple yet fun game, I will tell you what you need in order to play this game: five small stones (about the size of ordinary marbles), and an isolated spot away from other people and one person to play against. I will put up a link to my instructions so here it is: Jackstones game. That is all for now, see you later.

Making Connections: Create Task blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking about my create task for Week 5, term 4. So I had to choose five articles. They are Holi, Hanukkah, Scotland, A Traditional Irish Sport and Christmas in Columbia. I chose Christmas in Columbia because I am interested in Columbia's Christmas traditions. I learnt that 90% of Columbia's population is Catholic or Christian like Roman Catholic. Festivities begin on 7th of December and Columbia is recognised as the longest Christmas celebration period in the world. So here it is: Create task

Camp Reflection blog

Hello reader again, today I will be talking about my camp reflection. So what I found challenging were the activities, Kayak Doubles, High Ropes and Orienteering. All of those activities were intense for me because Kayaks Doubles was on deep water and I am not that confident in deep water and also High Ropes because I am afraid of heights (acrophobia) and also Orienteering because I got a little off-course in the zone where you find symbols on isolated locations.

My favourites were Coasteering, Outdoor Living and Raft-building. 

What I was thankful for was Coasteering because I went swimming in deep water and climbing in rocks.

The activity I learnt was Archery, I learnt the body of the bow and arrow and learnt how to aim properly. That is all for now, See you later.