Flax Rock Rocks!

Ezra, the supersonic climber!

We went rock climbing at Flax Rock and we loved it. Highly recommended! Room 6 were enthusiastic rock climbers and showed real Parkvale PRIDE, especially determination and enjoyment. I loved how the students supported each other. Check out their blogs for creative posts about their experiences!

Thank you to all the parents who made this possible!

Matilda showed super determination!

Flax Rock Rocks! - Video Maker

Tōtara Hub Sports Pals Rule!

George gets whacked by Ezra!

On Friday, our Tōtara Hub Sports Pals (Mary, Cameron and Kory) took our whole hub in a three game rotation. They taught us the games and then we played them on Paki's Paddock. We were split into six mixed teams across our hub and we had so much fun together. Everyone was fully participating and contributing. It is great to see the Tōtara Hub culture growing strong!



Tōtara Hub Games from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Nasa-Jaye Capsizes

On your marks, get set, go!

Day two of kayaking in the pool. Basically, everyone brought their togs today. I wonder why? Lots of great photos which the students will be sharing in different ways on their blogs.

Our highlight was this little video of Nasa-Jaye capsizing. Cameron has been asking how to adjust speeds on videos, so we had a little play with this one. A big thank you for Nasa-Jaye for being such a good sport!
Nasa Capsizes from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Update: check out Maia's awesomely entertaining kayaking video!

Kayaking Fun

Give Jack a double tick for enjoyment!

Our swimming lessons returned today, or did they? Not quite, but something happened that seemed to get the students of Room 6 very excited. Using Miss Paki's generous gift which are our new school kayaks, we practised a different type of water safety in the pool. Those of us without togs became our assessors and coaches and we had a seriously enjoyable learning time. I am sure others will remember their togs again now!

This is what our buddy assessors looked for:

• Paddle Hold (right angles, right way, consistency)
• Balance
• Overall Safety
• Speed
• Enjoyment

Can you see the criteria displayed in this video?

 
Kayaking Fun from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Buddy Swimming 2014

Matilda and her buddy are ready for action!

Room 3 are our buddy class this year. We are so excited to learn with them! On Friday we met each other and then went swimming together. I was so proud of what wonderful teachers Room 6 were. They really helped Room 3 in the water.

 
Buddy Swimming 2014 from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Football for All

Today we had our second session learning football skills with the Napier City Rovers. Aaron and Harley are excellent coaches. Today we developed the skill of passing and last week we worked on dribbling.

Sam and Inderpreet ready for the next instruction.

Here is a video from last week's session:

Football Skills 2013 from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Music: Virus from the Sea by Digi G'Alessio (soundcloud.com/digigalessio) Used under Creative Commons.

Hockey Tips

Hockey from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

Today for P.E. we learnt and practised some hockey skills. It was our first lesson. Miss Hill, who is an excellent hockey coach, walked past so we asked her to give us some tips.

Here are Miss Hill's three tips to kickstart your hockey learning:

1. Hold the stick at two o'clock so you can look ahead while you control the ball.
2. Make a 9 shape with your stick and your bottom arm (right) and top arm (left).
3. Bend your knees.

Zeb, created the trailer which shows some of the hockey fun!

Check out the Hockey New Zealand website.

Rock Climbing at Karamu High

Today we got a chance to learn from Karamu High School P.E. students. After getting to know each other, we worked as teams going up and down their rock climbing wall. The year 12 students were awesome teachers and Room 16 were awesome students. We all learnt together. Luckily, we have two more lessons to go!

A big thank you Greg Ross and his wonderful students!

Joshua reaches the top in 23 seconds!

Here are the first student blog posts on the session. I like the variety of ways they have presented their writing and reflections!

• Joshua
• Bree
• Hemani
• Samuel
• Elijah
• Lily
• Hannah
• Zeb
• Olivia
• Tracey
• Marcus
• Nakita

Action Verbs Part 2

Here is a video I created about our work towards creating angry verbs with our buddy class, Room 5. The music in the video is by Jurassic 5. Notice that each verb has four versions. Which version you use depends on the tense (present, past and future) as well as how you have formed your sentence.


action verbs 13 from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

On Monday, we will be working with our buddy class to finish presenting our angry verbs. They're looking pretty funky so far! Here are some photos from Mrs Hill showing us working together.

Action Verbs

Zeb leaps Justice's spinning rope!

Today we started to work with our year two buddy class, Room 5 Kidd-Li-Winks on creating our own angry verbs (idea from our pen pal class Room 121 in the USA). This blog post has the first stage in the process.

Firstly, we read a quick book about verbs. Then using a variety of P.E. gear, we acted out sporting actions with our buddies. As it was happening, we discussed present, past and future tenses for our verbs. We also came up with many more verbs bacause of all the unplanned actions which were involved.

Here is our Padlet showing some of our verbs.




Photo Set:


What verbs can you see in the photos? Tell us in the comments section!

Doctor Doctor

Doctor Doctor from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Today our Sports Pals, Olivia, Joshua and Lily taught us a new game for fitness and P.E. It is called Doctor Doctor. They did a wonderful job. Best of all, I could capture some highlights of the game on the iPad while they were doing the teaching!

Top House 2013

Great fun had by all. PRIDE displayed throughout the games. Participation, contribution, thinking, teamwork and enjoyment.

I also believe that Kea house came out on top!

Extra! Check out these blog posts on Top House:

• Room 17
• Hannah
• Elijah
• Zach

Swimming with the Room 5 Kidd-li-winks

Buddy Swimming from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Room 16 have been very lucky! On Wednesday and Thursday afternoon we had the chance to help Room 5 Kidd-li-winks with their swimming goals. I am so proud to see the different ways Room 16 children help the Room 5 children learn to swim. You can see that we learn so much about participating and contributing and relating to others through the experience of teaching younger children.

Here is a post that Mrs Hill created about us helping Room 5 on Wednesday.

Swimming Tips

On Friday we were lucky to get swimming tips from Fiona at Swimming New Zealand. (If you click on the link you can go explore what their programme is all about).

I have been really impressed with the skills and most importantly the effort of the students in Room 16 and 17 in the first week of our swimming time. Fiona showed us how important it is to get our floating and gliding positions right so that we swim efficiently. It all takes a lot of practise even when you are a good swimmer!

Triathlon!

Today we had the senior triathlon. It was amazing! I feel lucky to have witnessed such determination and effort in our students. Well done to Casey for winning the Year 6 girls competitive race and Parris for winning the Year 5 girls! What tough races! We quickly posted our feelings about the triathlon on the Wall above. Add to it if you like.

Learning to Bowl

Today we were lucky to have bowling lessons with Hawke's Bay cricket. We learned tips on how to bowl, practised and then had a little game. I created a trailer with the iPad as we were learning.

 
Learning To Bowl from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

The BLOB!

IWB Brainstorm by Casey

Here are some of Room 20's favourite sentences from their BLOB writing!

Run! Josh is in, got you Katrina, lets get Brody! Got him. No you don’t. Watch out Teva. Oh damn they got me, quick we can get Rhys. Oh I missed him. Ahhh!!! A real blob. Watch out, he’s got a taser and a slime gun. Josh


“Hi I'm Bob the blob, I’ve been through lots of adventures, and at chapter one, you saw the beginning of the end of my journey. Now, lets see the Actual beginning below." Teva


The blob was chasing me. Then in the middle of my mind I thought LADS (life and death situation). Rhys


Once upon a time in a faraway land there was a class of penguins. The class number was 20. Amy


Oh oh! Here we go again I said to myself as the blob came my way. Luckily, it broke in half and gave me lots of room to run through. Jake


Fire the mortar at the miserable thing. Tyler


I like playing blob. It’s fun and sometimes it can be funny but not all the time. Charlotte


I run like I've not run before. Lachlan

As you dodge, step and scream you look back and your classmates are trying to get free. Half of your class are chasing you like a tiger. Parris

“Yay” Blob, my favourite game! Katrina

It’s a brilliant game!” I screamed and my mates said “because the Brilliant Gribbles made it up man”. Seth

The time had come, it was me and some friends and we were the ones that hadn't been tagged yet. Hannah

I was a human target. Kharn

What should we do commander? Zeb

Oh no, it’s a matter of life and death, it is coming this way. I miss my mum, please no. Samuel


I did my extraordinary slide. Daniel


Squirm, wiggle the worm tries to escape from the evil Blobinator, but ‘AHHHHHHHH” he got me “help.” Now that I was touched I had the disease, I can not ever in my whole life be able to let go. Felicity


Bombs dropping and guns shooting. Jacob


It was heading for me, I swerved around and ran like the world was breaking behind me, trying to dodge all the people shouting and screaming, but sadly I got the disease and I couldn’t let go of the monster. Natasha


I was running, sidestepping past the Blob. Brody

WALT: throw, catch & move without the ball

Corner Ball from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

We played corner ball at P.E. today. The skills we were developing were accurate, rapid passing and positioning to receive a pass.

We worked together as a team by passing and also by moving without the ball to be in a good place for a pass. When we were the defending team we had to use our dodging skills.

Some students also took turns to take some action shots on the iPods.

Update - Student Reflections:

• Natasha
• Brody
• Felicity
• Daniel
• Tyler
• Casey

Casey versus the Boys

Casey and Parris were the champion swimmers for Year 6 and Year 5 girls at the Parkvale Swimming Sports. They got to race the other champions in an exciting race. Casey pushed Matthew and Kayden right to the finish bar. All of Room 20 participated with enthusiasm and had fun at our swimming sports!

Buddy Class Swimming

Photos by Teva. Room 20 were wonderful teachers!