HIIT Training

Today at HIIT we had changed the exercise we have been doing and are now doing exercises to do with our strength. The exercises we had to do were push ups, sit ups and pull ups. Before we started we did some warm up exercises. When we finished our warm up exercises we got straight into the exercises we had to do for HIIT. For me the exercise I struggled the most on was the pull ups in the first round but I got use to it later on in the 2 and 3 round. From these exercises I learnt how to do a pull up properly and a push up properly.

Tech Reflection - Pewter Casting

Today we had tech. In pewter casting some people were still finishing there designs and some people are on to the second which is using sand paper to make there designs look shiny. All I have to do is to start polishing my design with the sand paper. When you shine you have to use different sand papers because they have different grip on it. You had to start with roughly 100 to 120 then you go to 400, 800, 1200 and then you have to keep doing this process until you can kind of see your own reflection on the pewter (A type of metal).

KiwiCan

This week for Kiwican with Miss Lily and Mr Matt (Our Kiwican Tutors) we had changed our topic from integrity to accountability. At Kiwican we learn about values and the theme and topic that is chosen. For this term we are learning about integrity and accountability. Accountability means when you take owner ship for your own actions and integrity means doing the right thing when no one is looking. Accountability can be used in Panmure Bridge School when you do something wrong and owning up and not blaming anyone else and integrity can be shown when you turn up to school early with your P.E uniform or bringing your device at school fully charged. After learning about our themes and topics we played a game called two truths and one lie. Then we did GKQ, in this activity we had to answers random questions that our kiwican tutors gave.

Fractions Of An Amount

For maths today we solved fraction equations. First we solved the first three with our teacher (Ms Kirkpatrick) then we could choose if we would stay on the mat or go work by yourself. Fraidoon and I chose to stay on the mat because we still didn't quite get what we had to do. We did 5 more then we had to do the last 2 by ourselves. I think this task was bit hard at first but it got easy at the end.

Kiwisport

Yesterday we had our third session of Kiwi sport with Haymish. We learnt how to side step to get away from our defenders but we also learnt how to spin to get away from our defenders to. We were learning these skills while playing different styles of rippa rugby games. I found these activities good because even tho I play Rippa rugby, I have know learnt how to side step and spin of both legs.

Tech - Pewter Casting

Today for tech we've been learning how to cut our design using a saw blade. First we make sure that our design is possible to make. Secondly we trace our design to a wood, then we cut it. Next week we will put the Pewter to our design, Pewter is a grey alloy of tin copper that is look like a Iron. Pewter is easy to use because you can melt it in just 240 degree, if you use iron it will take so long to melt it down you need up to 2,000 degree to melt it.

Human Body Quiz

Today for inquiry we did a quiz about the human body systems. I found this activity very easy because this term for inquiry we have been learning about body systems and at school we went to the life education caravan and we learnt about the body systems.. 

Kiwican

This week for Kiwi can we were learning to work as a team. Our topic this term was is integrity. Integrity means to show kindness when no one else is looking and doing the right thing. In kiwi can we talked about how we can show how we can respect others in our own ways. To show integrity we played a game called captain ball. The aim of the game was that their were 4 teams and we needed to choose 1 captain to the ball to. This game was quite hard because lots of people were trying to hit the ball away from us.  

Tech Reflection

Today for tech we have been learning about pewter casting. The first thing that we had needed to do was read the rules for the pewter casting tech room. We were first asked questions if we knew what pewter casting was and what it is. Our task was to find out what we wanted to create and how we will be using it or even who we were making it for. So Mr Grundy had sent us a worksheet showing who we will be creating our design for. The Designs I am making for are my mum, dad, cousin and myself. We chose 4 of each items that we wanted to create into our DLO. But the thing is the images we had chosen had to be silhouette so it would be easier to create. The thing is our images couldn't be thick or else it would bend or snap. I had enjoyed doing this rotation because I would really want to make something special for my family. 

Ballad Poem - Charlotte Ann

This week LS2 focused on a ballad poem which was based on a pioneer name Charlotte Anne. Charlotte Anne wasn't like other women. She wore jeans that means would wear and Hobnail boots that were size 6. She worked as a bullocky (bullock driver) with other men and she broke down social barriers and wasn't ashamed of being herself and what she did. She took a lot of risk in her life and told herself that women are just capable as men. During reading this poem we learnt a few words such as Catamaran, Marrow, Yarning, Caressed. The word I found interesting was caressed which means to stroke someone or something gently. We didn't just research about Charlotte Anne but also the author of the poem. His name was John Thomas Diamond (short for John.T Diamond). We wrote facts about him and I learnt that he was a New Zealand Author and sadly passed away in 2001. I have worked collaboratively with Josh, Jona, Joshua and Jericho to complete this DLO.