Hauora - physical health and wellbeing

This term we have a new inquiry topic which is Hauora - physical health and wellbeing. We have been embracing this by doing optional sitting in silence after morning tea. As well as that we wrote four quick writes about our physical well being, mental well being, social well being and spiritual wellbeing.

Here is one of the quick writes that I wrote about Taha tinana - physical wellbeing:

One of the ways I look after my taha tinana is going surfing. On a crisp morning I love walking across the road and enjoying the fresh, salty, sea, catching lots of waves. The feeling of riding up and down is enchanting. Then, I dive off my board into the glistening water. 

Another way I look after my taha tinana is playing football. Practising about three times a week and playing with my team, winning all our games. Time after time I enjoy tapping the ball into the back of the net.

As well as soccer and surfing I also look after my taha tinana by going to taekwondo once a week. I enjoy it even more when my friends are there too. Taekwondo also helps with football because we do lots of kicking. I might even be a black belt one day! 

Radical Retro Tech!

Every term we have a new inquiry topic. So far we have had the Actions Speak Louder Than Words topic and Culture Club topic. This term the topic is Retro Tech. We have been looking into what kinds of old technology there were in earlier decades and seeing how much they have evolved over the years. So far we have had to pick an item that was either in a box or covered in a cloth and then reveal it to the class. Then we guessed what we thought it was. We then wrote the 5w's and the H about it. The item that my group got was on old tool that people would put in their leather shoes to keep its shape and correct size.

Here are some photos of MLH working on the topic:

Culture club

This term our inquiry focus has been to learn about different cultures around the world. Each person had to create a presentation about their chosen country and then share it to our whanau on Friday. Everybody brought in a national dish from their country so that we could all try something new! Here is the presentation and video that my friend Perle and I made about Greece:

LINK TO CULTURE CLUB PRESENTATION

Our video: LINK TO CULTURE CLUB VIDEO

Spectacular Shakespeare!

This week I got moved up to the reading group Huia. Huia is an independent reading group and this week we had to learn about William Shakespeare. We all had to make a slideshow about Shakespeare but most importantly why Shakespeare's writing is still important approximately 400 years later. Here is my slideshow: