Terrific Tennis

Walt: hit the ball using different strokes 

Bounce, bounce bounce go the tennis balls along with the screech of room 5 students excited voices. Learning how to use different strokes such as volleying backhand and serving are just a few.

 Reflection: 

We learned to hit the ball with the front of the racket (forehand stroke) and used backhand strokes.

We enjoyed playing doubles. 

We found it challenging to practice our volleys which is when your buddy throws you the ball and you hit the ball back, don't let the ball hit the ground and you're close to the net.

We could improve by not hitting the ball down but up.  

Speed and coordination

Walt improve our speed and coordination

Today Ruma Rima had Matua Paulo and he taught our class to work on speed and coordination drills with hurdles, the ladder and running.

Reflection:

We learned to... improve our speed and coordination.

What we enjoyed was... jumping through the ladder.

What we found challenging was... sprinting

What we could do to improve... asking questions if we don't understand instructions.

Fun games with Matua Derek

WALT: play fun games with Matua Derek

Room 5 had amazing fun playing 3 games: He Pokopiko He Taniwha, Whano whano and Matimati.

These games involved being sharp, using good listening skills and following instructions.  There were lots of laughs and excitement to be had.   

Bio Poems

WALT: Write an interesting Bio Poems 

 Room 5 have been working hard at writing their Bio poems to describe themselves where they share interesting information about themselves. We hope you enjoy reading them.

 

Reflection:

What we learned was to... write an interesting Bio Poem about ourselves.

What we enjoyed was... showing our creativity when we were writing our Bio Poems.

What we found challenging was... having to follow the correct layout of our Bio poems, checking our spelling and putting the punctuation marks in the right places.

What we could do to improve... finish our poems quicker and edit our work properly.

Horohopu

Walt: play Horohopu

To play Horohopu you split your class into two groups. The ref throws the ball up in the air & you have to pass it to your team mates without running, until you cross the goal area. 

Reflection: 

We learned how to play a new game called Horohopu.

We enjoyed learning to play a new game and to practice our throwing and catching skills.

We sometimes found it challenging to listen carefully to instructions.

Next time we could work on looking at and listening to the speaker without talking.

Watersafety

Today Room 5 had a great time with our Watersafety teacher Whaea Nancy. She taught Ruma Rima students how to do a lot of different tasks to help us be confident in the water. 

We had to be fully dressed in the water and we also wore lifejackets. 

Ki o rahi

Walt: play Ki o rahi

This morning Room 5 played Ki o rahi with Matua Derek and we had an awesome time. 

We dodged, sprinted, tagged different pou and dived to score goals. What a way to start the day! 

Reflection:

We learned to play Ki o rahi as a team and to show Manaakitanga (caring for others).

We enjoyed spending time with Matua Derek and playing Ki o rahi.

We found it challenging to score goals.

Next time we could work on using our concentration and being careful of others when we play.