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.

Ripper Rugby

Ripper Rugby

Today we had Ripper Rugby.  Coach Curtis came to teach us.  We played Octopus.  There were three taggers who tried to tag us.  When I got tagged I became a piece of seaweed.  I stretched out my arms and tried to tag other people.  Next we were in teams.  We did side stepping, spins and goosey.  We played these games to get better at playing rugby.  Eti, Kena, Roneeza, Kevin and George were in my team.  My favourtie part was playing zig zag in my team.

By Oliver

Book Review about 'Charlie', written by Richard Vaughan and illustrated by Bryan Pollard.

Book Review about 'Charlie', written by Richard Vaughan and illustrated by Bryan Pollard.

The main character in this book is Charlie.  Charlie is a cloud.  In the beginning of the story Charlie is trying to get people's attention.  He does this by performing lots of tricks in the sky such as turning himself into a rocket ship shape spiraling in the sky, and writing his name up high in the sky.  But nobody noticed him.  Even when the other clouds went by Charlie they did not notice him.  This made Charlie feel very sad.  Then one day the strong wind carried Charlie a long way out to sea.  While out at sea Charlie took a big drink of water.  The water made him get bigger.  Charlie kept on drinking and getting bigger.  

Charlie hoped that now he was bigger people would take notice of him, and they did.  He was so big that the people and the birds were afraid of him.  Charlie shouted to the people not to run away because it was him.  It was just that he had got bigger. 

Now that he was bigger Charlie's voice sounded loud like thunder, and his big belly made lightening as it touched the tops of the mountains.  He was cold and lonely, and he began to cry.  As he cried the water left his body in his tears and he got smaller.  

After that Charlie was tired and so he had a little sleep.  Then all of a sudden someone noticed him.  They told other people to look at the beautiful cloud, and they did.  The people,the birds, the animals, the mountains and the sun thought that he was so beautiful that they smiled at him.  They all liked Charlie the way he was.  He didn't have to do anything special because he was already beautiful being himself.  

We liked this story because it reminded us that God made Charlie and us.  Also, that just like Charlie, we are beautiful the way we are.

By Room 1 Students