Coral Reefs

 

Every week our class does a weekly quiz. Our teacher chooses a topic from the quiz for us to study. We got assigned to research about Coral Reefs dying. We have to make it as presentable and informed as we can so that we can get house points. I decided to make a few paragraphs about what was destroying coral reefs. Maybe next time I could make this BTB (Better Than Before) I could make it a bit more colorful. 

Capture the flag

 Capture the flag

Capture the flag is a game filled with teamwork, invented in 1992. It originated on the battlefield at war. 

To be able to play you will need 6-60 people. This game will take as long as it takes to find the flags. So around 10-30 minutes.

Equipment

2 cones/flags/balls/bean bags.

Something to represent each team's side of the playing area such as spray paint, tyres, cones, and more.

A big enough space to run around and to hide the cones/flags

Obstacles (optional)

Rules

An equal number of players in each team

When hiding the flags you have to make sure you can see a bit of them.

When guarding your team's flag you have to be 2 meters away from it.

When you get tagged you have to choose from 10 push-ups or 50 star jumps.

You can only tag the opposing team when they are on your side.

How to play

There are two equal(ish) teams that have to go off and hide their flag. Once they have been hidden you will run off to try to find the opposing team's flag. If you find the other team’s flag you have to try to run with it to your side of the playing area. But if you get tagged with the cone you have to drop it and choose from 10 push-ups or 50 star jumps, then run to your side of the playing area. If you get the opposing team's flag onto your side you win!

Tricks

When going off to hide the flag, try to go off in separate groups so that the opposing team doesn’t suspect where you are hiding your flag.

Guard somewhere where the cone isn’t so that the opposing team gets tricked.

Diagram of playing area

 

For the past week, we have been writing instructions for a game that we chose. I chose capture the flag and then I added everything you needed to know about it. It took a while for me to write down because this is like my 3rd copy of my capture the flag.

Self managing DLO

 

This morning Miss Farr made us make a DLO (Digital learning object) about Managing our self, Relating to others, or participating and contributing. I chose to do the Managing self. We had to answer all the questions that explained what it meant. It wasn't too tricky to complete but at first I didn't really understand what it meant but then I got it.

Valarie Adams

 Valarie Adams is a four-time world champion shot putter. She is a New Zealand Olympic athlete. She was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 metres outdoors, and 20.54m indoors. Valarie Adams has been a shotputter since 2006 when she was 22. 

Her height is 1.93m and she is 36 years old. She has 1 kid, who is 3 years old. She gave birth to Kimoana when she was 33. Valarie Adams has 3 siblings, Steven Adams, who is a famous basketball player, Lisa Adams who is also a shot putter, and Warren Adams. At the national level, she has won 15 shot put titles at New Zealand Athletics championships between 2001 and 2018, as well as having a hammer throw national title in 2003. From 2006 to 2012 she was chosen as the New Zealand Sportswomen of the year seven times.

Sportsmanship

 

This week we are working on sportsmanship. We looked at 2 different articles, one was one with bad sportsmanship and one was with good sportsmanship. We had to compare their personalities. We had to find things from their personalities that are the same. This wasn't too hard to complete although it was a little hard to find information about them.

The Wind Singer

 For the past 7 weeks, we have been working on novel studies for the first time. My novel is called The Wind Singer. It is a book about how Kestrel dares to rebel, and the Chief Examiner humiliates her father and sentences the whole family to a harsh punishment. Kestrel tries to save her family and learns the secret of the wind singer, and she and her twin brother set out on a journey to the true source of evil that grips Aramanth.

Coffee cast Ohau Lake Fire News Report

 

This week we were challenged to make a News Report about the Ohau lake fire. We had to explain everything about how it happened, like when, how, who, and what. This took quite a while for us to complete but it was really the editing that was letting us down and maybe a bit of the script and bad acting. I think we did quite a good job with the costumes and creating the people that we interviewed. I also like how we stole Miss Farr's coffee cups because that honestly added a little spice to our News Report. Overall this was really fun to film and create. I would definitely not hesitate to say no to this if we had another opportunity. Maybe next to make this BTB (Better Than Before) We could've added some effects to the video when editing and make it look a little more like a news report.