Te Uru Game

WALT: participate in the learning of others.

Our success criteria are to active participants in a new cultural game.  

On the 28/8/18 Wednesday  the class from Grey High school called 10CH, they

came and taught us how to play a Maori game.  They were here most of the morning.

We had to use our listening skills and watch and ask questions.

They taught how to play the game as well as taking us through some skills and drills.

The game that 10CH taught us was called Te Uru.

I really enjoyed the last drill that the group I was in did, it was the piggy in the middle.

To play the game you have to catch the ball with a flat hand and try and score points.

There are five dots and you have to try and catch the ball on the dots.

There are two teams on the field at once.

You are allowed to intercept the ball and then you have to try and get the

ball down your end of the field. The aim of the game is to try and get rid

of all the dots by getting the ball on the dots.

Next time I would suggest that you make four teams instead

of three then you can have to games going at once. Also it would be fun to play

the game with you.

Designing A Logo

Today in Ms Chowfin's class we were learning how to design our own logo. We got to change the background,figures.We watched a video to help us start off then we got to change things around. I am learning how to use the design principles. 

Shanty Town Fossil Work

Wednesday 25th of July 2018 we went to Shantytown to learn about fossils
and rocks.
We really enjoyed the experience because it was a good opportunity to
learn about something that we had never really studied before.
Our favorite activities were when we got to look at a fossil and draw it.
Another of our favorite activities were when we got to
look through a microscope at some really cool fossils.

We really enjoyed listening to Mary and Ian speak about fossils because,
it was really interesting to hear. One of the activities we did in a group was
learning about the different types of
coal, some of the names were lignite, bituminous, and anthracite.
We then had to go to a fire and put it on the flames and estimate
how long it would take for the coal to catch on fire.

Another activity we did was we got to go for a walk with Mary,
we looked at the mud-stone, limestone and other things that were in
Shantytown. It was really interesting learning about it and were it is in
Shantytown.

We learnt that coal can take a very long time to catch on fire.
Part of this activity was when we got given a piece of coal and a picture of
all the coals a description and we had to try and guess what our piece of coal
was.

We also got given a rock at the end of the session, we also got to use a
hammer and and chisel to try and break open a rock and here is a picture of it:

Over all we thought the experience was good and it was really interesting to
learn about. We would like to thank Shantytown for hosting it and we would
also like to thank Mary and Ian for teaching us about it all.

By Hannah and Caitlyn 2018