Badminton Competition 🏸

This is a blogpost about the Badminton Competition I was in last Monday and Tuesday. In those two days, we had to get to school really early because we had to leave at 8:30. We versed different year 7 and 8's schools. After we get there we had to get our shoes checked if they had a "non-marking" sole, or a gum soled shoes since it's a high-quality badminton centre. The competition was held in

"Zhu Badminton Centre". 

Some of us had their own badminton racket and the rest borrowed from the school. I found it really challenging because the opponents were really skilled, well trained and really good. On Monday, I don't think I did well, I don't think that did my 100% best, I was really nervous because I didn't know how the other schools play. 

Each of us had turns umpiring the game, there was this tall chair for umpiring. The next day, I woke up and my body was aching. It's normal since it was a sport and we had to move a lot and we competed for the whole day. I guess I kind of like having a rest from school. 

Tuesday, I gave my 100% best, I thought that I needed to work harder, for me, my team and school. I realised that that wasn't good enough, I realised that I can play better than I did on Monday, and I did. Tuesday was our last day as well, they also gave out prizes, the girl's team placed 1st, the boy's team had a draw and the mixed, team I was in, got 3rd place. I was satisfied with the score my team got but it'd be better if we place 1st. 

Cooking Tech - Pizza

Today, we made pizza in Cooking Tech, I used the Tomato Herb base for my pizza. For the ingredients, I used tomato sauce, cheddar cheese, pineapples, capsicum, salami, and mushroom. First thing I put was the tomato sauce and then the cheese (already grated, I put a lot because I like cheesy pizza), salami that were cut into six small pieces, already cut capsicum and mushroom. We fan-baked it in 180 degrees, we baked it for around 7-10 minutes. We let it cool for a minute before digging in, we had a choice if we want to put barbecue sauce. After eating we washed the dishes, cleaned the table and made a blog post about what we did today and this is my blog post. I'm pretty satisfied with how my pizza looked like and I think that my group did a good job.

Hurumanu - P.E

Today for P.E, we did an activity where you make a game using the equipments that were given to you in your group. The equipments that were given to us were hula hoop, cones, tennis racket, tennis ball and a netball stand.

The game was like netball but with a twist, instead of having just one netball stand on each opposite side, there were two, one behind the other, if we manage to shoot on the hoop behind the other one, we'd earn 3 points but if we shoot on the near one, on the front, we'd earn 1 point. You have to share your game with another group and vice versa.

I think what went well was that we were able to communicate with the other team, we got on our game in time and that the other team was able to understand the game, how to play it, the rules, and how to earn points.

What I think we could improve on is probably making the game, I find it really difficult because it's hard to explain the game I had in mind to my team and I don't think they will be able to understand the game. We had trouble making a game because we had heaps of equipment to use. But in the end, we were able to make a game and we all agreed to play it, we also made rules and boundaries. 

I think that it'd be better if we used less equipment because in the end we just used two of those equipments and we had trouble thinking of a game we could make using those equipments.

Hurumanu - PE - Dodgeball

Today's the last day of our P.E Hurumanu, we played an activity that was really fun, we played dodgeball with a twist, when you're out, instead of standing on the floor, you stand on a bench and try to catch balls that are getting thrown at you. 

Working as a Team

Level 1 Below the Level	Level 2 Working Towards the Level	Level 3 Working at the Level	Level 4 Exceeding the Level
I have a negative influence on the team.  The teacher has reminded me to get involved. I get into arguments, and sometimes use nasty words. I sometimes cheat.	I sometimes make a contribution to the team goal.  I sometimes need the teacher or my team mates to remind me to join in or try harder.   I try to use positive words and actions to encourage my team, but I find it hard.	I always make a contribution to the team goal. I include myself in the team activity, and I include others.  I sometimes use positive words and actions to encourage my team.	I am a leader in making a contribution to the team goal.  I make sure I include everyone in what’s going on.  I am always encouraging, and my positive words and actions lift my team’s performance.

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Blog Reflection 

The team game we played was: Dodgeball 

For this activity, I rate myself (circle one) 1 2 3 4

Why I gave myself this rating

I gave myself this rating because I think that I did really well in this activity, I participated and put myself out there to play. I never give up, I tried and hit the opposite team’s players, I kept trying and I put my 100% energy and effort in the game.

What was something that was challenging about today’s activity? (in relation to teamwork)

The challenging part was when you’re out and trying to catch the ball that you’re team’s throwing at you because the opposite team was trying to stop the ball from getting thrown at us so we won’t be able to get out. Sometimes it’s really difficult to catch the ball because it’s too high or low. Throwing the ball at the opposite team was difficult because they were really good at dodging.

How did I overcome this challenge?

One thing that I did to overcome this challenge was trying my best to catch the ball that’s being thrown at me. I also tried to ai my shot when throwing the ball at the opposite team

Hurumanu - Music - Types of Guitars

A special guest came to Music class to show us different types of guitars and to tell us about his experiences with guitars. He even performed in front of our class which is 7/8 AL and the Wahanau class.

He played "Can't help falling in love with you" by Elvis Presley. He also showed us videos of how the guitars sound like and played like.

We had to make a DLO about what we've learnt today, we also got to pick what guitars we're making a presentation about. I chose the acoustic guitar, electric guitar and a Spanish guitar.

Get to know me!

My life is divided into twos, as a person and student. Kumusta, I'm Skyler and this is a blog post about me. 

I really like studying, education is my number one priority right now, I study hard and will continue to do so to get better knowledge so I can use it in the future. Speaking of studying, I have a lot of subjects I really like, my top 1 is maths, I really like maths because it puts me in my prickly zone, it's challenging but once you get to know how to do it, it'll be a piece of cake. 

I, myself think that I'm an achiever, I like to achieve a lot of stuff.  I like getting awards because all my hard work has paid off. Getting awards makes me feel good about myself because knowing that I worked really hard for it and getting that achievement is the best thing. 

I don't think I'm a sporty person I play badminton and I really love hockey. I've been playing hockey for winter sports since primary school. 

I really love art, it's actually my hobby, I do art weither it'd be in school or at home. 

Singing is one of my other hobbies, I sing a lot, in the shower, while washing dishes doing chores, at school. Sometimes I sing in my head, I know, weird right?

Cooking is also my hobby, I cook most of my lunch I bring to school. During the holidays I cook my breakfast and lunch. I cook for my parents as well, I always watch my parents cook and help them, they would sometimes teach me how to cook a certain dish.

As a person, I'm like any other teenager but I guess you could say crazier. I'm a big fan of BTS (A Korean boy band), I spend most of my time watching their videos on YouTube. I wish to go to their concert one day before they disband. It saddens me to think that they'll disband, they're my favourite boyband, they helped me a lot, they gave me confidence, they taught me how to love myself through their songs. They make me happy and I will forever support them and I love them so much.

I love listening to music, any type of music but I like Pop, K-pop and R&B the most. Listening to music makes me calm and relaxed. I listen to a type of music based on my mood. 

This is "Boy with Luv" by BTS

this is one of their songs this year, their album is called "Persona" 

This song is called "Indigo" by Niki

This song is called "Mama's Hand" by Queen Naija

I like playing games especially any fighting or shooting game, my favourite game is PUBG because it's an exciting game, it's a shooting game and during my free time, I play PUBG with my friends.

I really like reading books or online, I read Wattpad and I actually published two books there.

Hurumanu - P.E - Pancake Wars

My first blog on term 4, for P.E, we were introduced to a game that seniors in our school pay for physical education. It's called "Pancake Wars" the rules are pretty complicated but once you play it, it's pretty easy and you'll get the hang of it. 

This blogpost is about how we think we did if we did well or not. Each of us rated out selves and explained why we rate gave it that rating, what was challenging in the game and how we overcome the challenge. 

 Working as a Team

Level 1 Below the Level	Level 2 Working Towards the Level	Level 3 Working at the Level	Level 4 Exceeding the Level
I have a negative influence on the team.  The teacher has reminded me to get involved. I get into arguments, and sometimes use nasty words. I sometimes cheat.	I sometimes make a contribution to the team goal.  I sometimes need the teacher or my team mates to remind me to join in or try harder.   I try to use positive words and actions to encourage my team, but I find it hard.	I always make a contribution to the team goal. I include myself in the team activity, and I include others.  I sometimes use positive words and actions to encourage my team.	I am a leader in making a contribution to the team goal.  I make sure I include everyone in what’s going on.  I am always encouraging, and my positive words and actions lift my team’s performance.

Blog Reflection 

The team game we played was:  Pancake Wars 

For this activity, I rate myself (circle one) 1 2 3 4

I gave myself this rating because (describe something that happened that supports the rating you gave yourself).  

I think that I did pretty well playing Pancake Wars, especially with the contribution I did in my team. I also communicated with my team a lot like planning out how we’re going to bail out people in our team, as well as encouraging people. 

What was something that was challenging about today’s activity? (in relation to teamwork)

The part I think was challenging was, there were people guarding the jail, to be more specific, they’re guarding the people in our team, ready to tag the people who are going to bail our other teammates. Also, there are people who are trying to get in our area, trying to steal the pancakes so it’s really difficult to guard and bail people out at the same time.

How did I overcome this challenge?

I focused on one thing at a time. Other people in my team who are trying ot bail people out of jail and I planned a strategy we could use. Some of them will distract the people guarding while we try to bail the people out in jail and linked arms with them. Another strategy is when the people guarding are distracted or not looking, we sneak and quickly bail the people out.

I also watch out for the other team when they’re trying to get in our area and if they are in our area, we try to tag them. It’s not just being competitive, who gets the most pancakes, we have fun as well.