Taekwondo

This term we had lots of fun learning about body position, balance and control at our Taekwondo kiwisport sessions.

In writing we then wrote to describe being at Taekwondo using our senses.

At taekwondo we have lots of moves like punching and kicking.  I am good at the kicking and can hit the pad hard.  Nimit

"Come on punch! yelled Sir.  So I struck my fist on the black soft pad and kept on punching until I couldn't punch anymore.  Finally it was my partners turn.  His strike was good and  I was pushed backwards.   Alisha

I walk into the hall and our taekwondo leader (Sir) tells us to line up and turn.  I turn to discover my buddy for the day.  As I punch the pad my hand begins to ache.  I hope I didn't break any of my bones.  While I hold the pad my buddy rapidly punches it.  Luckily the pad is soft.     Zayn

WALT use basic Te Reo phrases to describe location

Over the last few weeks we have been learning to say basic phrases to describe location.  To show our new learning we worked with a buddy using the explain everything app.  Here are some of our videos.

Zayn and Daniel

Mahika and Romaisa

Sanah, Zoey and Caleb

Writing to inform

Check out some of the reports the students wrote about different reptiles.  They had to research, pull out key facts and then reorganise them into similar ideas.   We found that the sub headings really helped us to sort our ideas into paragraphs.

Challenges:  Pulling out the information without copying all of it.

Success:  Organising our ideas under sub headings.

Zayn's Video on Friday, 12 May 2017

WAL the maori names for the main parts of our body

We can share our learning in lots of different ways.   Over the last few weeks we have been learning Te Reo vocabulary to name the main parts of our body.   Here are some of our strip designer posters showing our new knowledge.

 

                                                                     Watch the video to hear our audio dictionary.