Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby League.  We played on the bottom court at school.  We had two coaches.  Their names were coach Matu and coach Paul.  First we played rock, paper, scissors, dragon.  I liked playing the dragon game the best because I got to run down the path. 

Next we played the game octopus.  I got to be a tagger.  I chased after Eliza and I tagged her. I ran very fast when I was a tagger.

After that we did some rugby kicking. We kicked the ball high into the sky. We did chip kicks, grub kicks and bomb kicks.  I liked the chip kick the best because it is like a rainbow.  I enjoyed playing rugby with coach Matu and coach Paul

By Kena

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby League at the bottom court.  Our coaches were coach Matu and coach Paul.  We played Octopus.  I will tell you how to play Octopus.  First you have to pick three taggers.  Next you have to call people out to try and get to the other side of the court.  If you get tagged you have to stay still like a statue.  But if a person is trying to get past you, you have to stretch to the sides so you can get them out.  If you get them out they have to do the same thing.  I like the game because I get to run heaps.

We also learnt to do different kinds of kicks.  Their names were the grub kick, the bomb kick and the chip kick.  The bomb kick is very high.  The chip kick is like a rainbow, and the grub kick is when you kick the ball low. 

We also played rock, paper, scissors, dragon.  This is how you play the game.  You have to find a person to play with.  If you win then the person who lost has to go to the back of the line.  Then we all join up to make a dragon.  It is lots of fun.

By Fulila

Rugby League

Rugby League

Last week Room One played Rugby League on the bottom court.  We played Octopus as a group.  Eti and Oliver and Harley chased all the children.  They were the taggers.  When they caught me I had to freeze and become seaweed.  Then I was chosen to be ‘in’.  I was one of the taggers and I chased Summer.  I caught Summer.

Next we played rock, paper, scissor, dragon.  Eti won the game.  Then we played rugby kicks.  We did grub kicks, chip kicks and bomb kicks.  Bomb kicks were very high.  Grub kicks are low.  When you do a chip kick you kick the ball up like a rainbow.  My favourite kick was the bomb kick because you have to kick the ball up high to your partner.  Then we said thank you to the coaches.  I like playing rugby kicks.

By Eliza

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby League at the bottom court.  We had two coaches.  Their names were coach Matu and coach Paul. 

First we played a game called Octopus When we played Octopus we had to run to the other end of the court without getting tagged.  I didn’t run fast and I didn’t run slow, instead I jogged to the other end of the court.  When I got tagged I had to freeze and become a seaweed.  Seaweed people have to stretch their arms and try to tag other people who are running. 

Then we played a game of rock, paper, scissors, dragon.  Eti won twice so she got to be the head of the dragon.

After that we learnt how to do some different rugby kicks.  First we did a bomb kick.  A bomb kick is a high kick.  Then we did a chip kick.  It looks like a rainbow.  Then we did a grub kick which is a low kick.  I had a lot of fun learning new rugby skills. 

I like playing rock, paper, scissors, dragon the best.

By Elisha

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we had Rugby League at the bottom court, outside Room 8.  I missed the Rugby League game last Friday because I was sick.  Our coach was called coach Paul.  Coach Paul bought his bag with his balls and cones.  His bag was dark blue and black.

First we did a warm up game called rock, paper, scissors, dragon.  Eti won the game.  Then we played it again and Eit won again and so she got to be the head of the dragon. 

Next we played Stuck in the Mud.  There were three taggers in the game.  If you got tagged you had to freeze.  I was one of the taggers in the third game.  I ran fast and tagged lots of people.  To untag a person you push the person’s hand down.

After that we got into teams and played relays.  I was a team leader.  There were five people in my team.  Their names were Summer, Bryan, Harley, Kena and me.  We played several relay games.  In one game we ran with the ball to the cone and did a side step and a spin.  In another game we ran to

the cone and did five star jumps.  Then after that we ran to the cone and did a goose step.

By Heneliena

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby League at the bottom court.  We had two coaches.  Their names were coach Matu and coach Paul.  They were really awesome.  They play for the Warriors. 

Coach Matu and coach Paul taught us lots of things.  The first thing that we played was rock, paper, scissors, dragon.  We had to compete with our partner.  We call that versing each other, and if you get everyone you win, and I won.

Then Coach Matu and coach Paul taught us how to play Octopus.  We had three taggers.  The taggers were Oliver, Bryan and me. Some of the taggers were fast and some were slow.    When I was a tagger I ran very fast and I caught a lot of people.  When they were tagged they were called seaweed.  They had to stand in one place.  They had to stretch and wiggle their hands to tag other people.  We tagged Elisha, Harley, Fulila and Kena.  Then we had a new winner and it was Summer.  We all clapped for her.  Then we played again and there were three new taggers.  They were Fulila, Christopher and Harley.  They tagged Elisha, Kena, Bryan and me.  Oliver was the winner. 

My favourite part, that I liked the best, was when we played stuck in the mud and it was fun.  I will tell you how to play this game another day.

By Uinisieti

Rugby League

Rugby League

Last week Room One played Rugby League on the bottom court.  Our coaches were coach Matu and coach Paul.  They taught us to do a grub kick.  With the grub kick I had to point the ball towards the ground before I kicked it.  Then my partner had to try to catch it.  I kicked the ball and my partner caught it.  Then I had to do the same with my partner. 

The next game they taught us was the bomb kick.  With the bomb kick I had to kick the ball high.  We learnt how to kick the ball very high and it was fun.  Our next game was called the chip kick.  With the chip kick we were supposed to kick the ball like a rainbow.  That was as much fun as doing the bomb kick. 

The last game that we played was called the Octopus game.  The coaches chose some children to tag us.  The rest of us had to run down to the other end of the court.  If we got tagged we froze and became seaweed.  That game was fun too.

By Summer

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby League on the bottom court.  Coach Matu and Coach Paul taught us how to play Rugby League. 

First we played Octopus.  There were three taggers and if you got tagged you had to stand still.  Then you stretched out your hands and tried to tag other people. 

Next we did bomb kicks.  A bomb kick is when you kick the ball up high.  Then we did a chip kick.  A chip kick is when you kick the ball up high and someone catches it.  You kick it to a partner.  My partner was Oliver.  I caught the ball when Oliver kicked it.  I kicked the yellow ball to Oliver.  It went very high. 

After that we played grub kick.  That is when you point the ball at the ground and then we kick it low.  I jumped over the yellow ball and it was low.  Then I kicked it high. 

Then we said thank you to our coaches and went to class.  Rugby League is cool.

By Christopher

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby league.  We were on the bottom court outside Room 8.  We had coach Matu and coach Paul. They were cool.  First we did some running then we played the game rock, paper, scissors, dragon.  Next we kicked the ball to our partner.  My partner was Bryan.  We did low kicks and high kicks.  The high kicks were called bomb kicks.

Later we played Octopus.  The coaches showed us how to play.  First the coaches chose three people to be the taggers.  The taggers had to tag the other children.  If you get tagged you have to become seaweed.  When you are seaweed you have to stand still and stretch out your arms to tag the other children. 

My favourite game was rock, paper, scissors, dragon because we got to join together and become a dragon.

By Harley

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby League on the big bottom court.  Our coaches were Matu and Paul.  Coach Matu and coach Paul brought lots of balls in a huge red and blue mesh bag.  First we jogged around the court to warm up.  Then we played octopus. 

Next we learnt about some different kinds of kicks.

We learnt about a bomb kick.  A bomb kick is when you kick the yellow rugby ball up high in the sky.  A chip kick is when you kick the ball up high and then your partner catches the ball.  Oliver was my partner.  He was really funny because when we played the game called rock, paper, scissors, dragon Oliver was slow doing the rock, paper, scissors, and I did it fast.  I won the game.

Later coach Matu and coach Paul taught us to spin with the ball while running.  We raced at the same time.  It was very cool because I could run very fast.  It was fun at rugby league.

By Bryan

Rugby League

Rugby League

Today we played Rugby League at the bottom court.  Our coaches were coach Matu and coach Paul.  We did bomb kicks with a partner.  We also did grub kicks and chip kicks.  Bomb kicks were the highest kicks, chip kicks were a little bit lower and the grub kicks were the lowest.  In grub kicks you kick the ball across the ground.  Next we played the game rock, paper, scissors, dragon and the game octopus.  I liked playing rock, paper, dragon, scissors because we got to make a big dragon out of people. 

After that we played octopus.  In octopus there were three taggers.  When you get tagged you are a seaweed.  The seaweed people have to stay in one place and stretch their arms out to tag other people.  Rugby league was cool, fun and fabulous. 

By Oliver

Minibeast Experiment Data

Minibeasts          The type and number of minibeasts

                                 found in each habitat                                          How many found
The habitat                     Minibeast name                                                     and details

Lino                                 midget or sandflies                                                 about 30

Plywood Tile                          worms                                                                 a few
                                           slugs                                                     4 (2 adults and 2 babies)

Paper                               caterpillars                                                 larvae and 2 babies
                                        worms                                                                 several
slug 1

Plastic ice-cream         Daddy long legs (it flew away)                                       1
container

Cellophane                         nothing

Blue nylon material                 nothing

Bucket                                  slug                                                                      1
                                         ants                                                                      3
                                        worm                                                                      1

Ice-cream lid                         nothing

Small  cardboard                  Slug                                                               1 (black)
box

Netting nylon
cloth                                       nothing

Leaves of a              Ladybug (Ladybird)                                                               1
Puka Tree                                Moth                                                               1 (a baby)
                                      Slugs                                                                               4
                            Spider                                                                       1 (black)
                              Ants                                                                            lots





Results
We found out lots of interesting things about minibeasts when we  
did our habitat experiment. We found out that minibeasts do not 
like living under cellophane, blue nylon material, ice cream lids or
netting nylon cloth. We think that may be because it is too hot for 
them.
Worms, slugs and ants liked living under the plywood tile, paper 
and the bucket. We also found a slug under the small piece of cardboard and some more slugs under the puka tree leaves.  Sandflies 
like living under the lino.

There were caterpillars under the paper and a daddy long legs
spider under the plastic ice cream container. We also found a 
different type of spider under the puka tree leaves along with a 
moth, a ladybird and some ants.

Conclusion
We concluded that minibeasts can be found living in many different types of habitats.