Turbo Touch

Here in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to play turo touch. In week 4 our class created groups that were our teams. We had already done the tournament in week 4 so this week we were playing in the finals. My group was called the team tokers. We first played against the champions and we won 10-1. Our next game we played Chig and we won 6-1. Our third game we played against Crazy Horses and we won 4-0. Our very last game we played a difficult team called Seagulls and we tied 2-2. Our total points were 11 and our total tries were 22. I personally enjoyed turbo touch because most people cooperated with their group which was cool to see. Hopefully we get more chances like this in 2020. 

Design our class

Here in Te Ngahere we have been gathering ideas to design our class room. The students from Te ngahere walked to the bush track down school road. The reason why we went to the ngahere was to get ideas for our classroom. We all decided what we wanted to create based on the ngahere. My group was Jorjah, Lilly and I. we are creating a 3d tree made out of polystyrene balls, scrunched up paper, paint and cardboard. Here is a rough design of what we are making. 

Turbo touch

Here in Te Ngahere  we have learnt how to play turbo touch. Turbo touch is a sport that includes other sports skills like netball, rugby and touch. We first had to get into groups of 4 or 5. Whaea Shanna decided that we did a few warmups before we started the game, the warmups that we did were passes, jogging and passing the rugby ball and low passes. I personally enjoyed practicing because the teams we were in could possibly help each other. We had 2 games running at the same time because we have many people in our class. My team was versing another group of girls. Once the game had started I didn't feel as nervous as  I was before. Once we found out that our team had got the try we were all very proud of the people that participated. I personally enjoyed playing turbo touch because the game was definitely a challenge to me.

Link to a turbo touch video

Four Hoe Creation

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the four hoe and the meaning behind them. We got the choice to choose one of the hoe to do a creation to show our evidence and what we know about Whanaungatanga - helping each other, Manaakitanga - respect, Kaha - being strong, Tu maia - resilience. We made groups of  2 or 3 and created something to show what we learnt. The group that I was working with decided to focus on Whanaungatanga. My group created a drawing with an acrostic poem. We had also made a video to explain what we learnt about. I personally enjoyed stating facts about the topic because the information I gather could help other students in their learning. I found learning about whanaungatanga little difficult because I always get mixed up with manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.