Back To School

 I was really excited to come back to school, see all my friends and get back into learning. We didn't go straight into  our classroom because our classroom was not ready due to the Asbestos testing from last term. So our morning was pretty tiring as we had to carry everything back to class. In the end we managed to get our classroom back to normal and are now we are in our normal routine. Assembly was later on and I received two Duffy books which was a nice way to finish the first day off school, even though we still have to do homework.

Skipping Display 2016

Yesterday we had our 2016 skipping display. It started off with the junior and senior skip off to see who can skip the longest. It went on for quite a while but later on Room 9 couldn't jump much longer, leaving Room 12 the champions. Not many parents came to our skipping display so we just showcased our skipping skills in front of Room 11. It was really fun watching everybody show off what they can do with a skipping rope and even though, I was just twisting the ropes I became really tired.

Tamaki Primary

A week ago we were transferred to Tamaki Primary because of Asbestos Testing, ordered by the Ministry of Education.

 We went to Tamaki Primary by bus and was given a classroom to learn in, although we didn't have all our school resources so we had to do with a pen and paper. 

Now we are back in our own school but somehow it still doesn't feel the same. Hopefully on our first day back after the holidays, we will be in our own classroom again and everything will go back to normal, just the way I like it. 

Basketball

A few days ago we had Basketball lessons with a Coach. He taught us different warm ups to get us going. Although I personally thought the warm ups were enough because I was exhausted. We didn't quite get to play a proper game of Basketball because time went by so fast. My favorite warm up was simply bouncing the basketball and walking and taking my time before we had to run again. 

Kahurangi

A few weeks ago a group called Kahurangi - People Of The Pacific, came to our school and performed traditional island dances. They taught us the greetings for the countries they were doing a dance to and told us a bit about each island. The show was really funny especially when the Kahurangi performers asked for volunteers. Mr Sok, Quros and Saluselo had to copy a few steps with the taiaha which was so funny, my face was turning bright red from laughter. 

The Mini Olympics

Today we finally started our School's Mini Olympics. We were split into 16 groups to represent our 16 countries. I am in the group called Japan. When we were split into our groups, we had to go to different classes with other countries and do slides about our countries.

First Senior Syndicate Assembly

Monday was the first senior syndicate assembly for this term. We had an assembly based practically on the Olympics. It was pretty long because the countries were drawn out of a hat (container) for the mini Olympics at the end of this term. The country I will be representing is Japan. 
Rachael also came in to present the prizes, for the people who participated in her Winter Learning Journey blogging.