Sammy W's learning blog

Friday, 14 August 2015

DISTINCTION CAN DO

Choir

Yesterday at choir, I turned up really early ready to start practicing. First up we did our usual warm up, then we practiced for the Ring of Fire because we are performing in the ring of fire. We practiced quite a few songs we went over songs we have already sang, and practiced songs we had not yet done already. The first song was a song we have already done, but the next song wasn't a song we have already practiced so that meant before we started to practice we heard a version of it so we could get an idea of how it is sounded. After we had a run through of the songs we practice another song we have not sang before so we heard another version of it. The next song was a song we have practiced before so we had an idea of how it sounded. After we ran through several songs it was nearly time for years 5/6 to go to Maori with Matua and for years 7/8 it was time for 'My discovery' so to finish off we ran through half a song and finished choir for the day.

DISTINCTION CAN DO

Kapa Haka

Today at Kapa Haka we firstly practiced our school waiata and the actions to the song. Then we all practiced as a group tahurihuri ana which is the song we are going to be using poi in. We all practiced that song and years 4-7 were practicing short poi and the year 8's were practicing there long poi. The first time we practiced we only forgot one move in the poi the was fairly new to us. Then we all learnt that move we forgot and we tried doing the routine again and I kinda got the routine sorted but I was still struggling with the newest move. Finally I got the hang of it and Matua showed us some more moves but they were easier to get the hang of. Then for the last time we practiced the full routine and I thought I did really well doing the routine. When I fully got the hang of it I kept going on and on because after I had got the hang of it was more fun to do it and more interesting.

DISTINCTION CAN DO

Peer mediation

Today at peer mediation Reuben, Riley and I started to walk around the field and straight away there was a problem. It was about soccer and team captains for each team, there was one boy who got selected for a team captain but another boy wanted to be the captain for the team so he pushed the other boy over. After that the boy who was selected for team captain he pushed the other boy over who pushed him and it went on and on intill one boy saw us wondering around the field and then he came running to us for help. We asked for them all to listen to the rules, tell us there names and room numbers so we can fill out the peer mediation form. When we were finished with that part of solving the problem we got everyone's side of the story, when that was finished we came up with a solution that was name everyone with the number one or two and those will be the teams, team one vs team two. That solution worked and the all played nicely together. That wasn't all just before the bell rang one boy got pushed by another boy and the boy that got pushed over was crying but the bell rang so we said to Mr Sy what happened and sorted it out. We put the iPad back and sent an email to there teachers so they know what happened and we also put the peer mediation vests back.

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

DISTINCTION MUST DO

Technology

Today everyone needed to be at school at 8.30am because it was technology. We all lined up in either bus 1 or bus 2. On the bus ride I was respecting the bus driver by sitting quietly and talking to the person next to me so only they could hear me. When it was time to get of the bus I thanked the bus driver for driving us to Lincoln for technology. When it was time to go back to school, I was waiting in line quietly as we were waiting to get on the bus. When we were allowed to get on the bus, I got on the bus quietly. On the way back to school I was doing the same thing I did on the way to Lincoln that was sitting quietly so only the person next to me could hear me and thanked the bus driver for driving us back to school. After I got off the bus I was talking to the person next to me so only they could hear me and not anyone else could hear me, but we all got in the hall because it was loud walking back to class.

Monday, 3 August 2015

EXCELLENCE CAN DO

Librarian

Today I turned up to librarian as it is my duty every second Monday. First Samara and I started to return books to the shelfs. After that there was nothing else to do so we just sat at the desk and renewed, returned and issued books for people. After that it was about time to close the library so we went round and asked people to start to pack up because the library is closing. The library was empty so it was time to leave.