Sports Activator - Rippa Rugby

It was a beautiful sunny day for our Sports Activator session with Shea on Tuesday. We were focusing on rippa rugby, in preparation for the annual South/West Otago rippa rugby tournament on the 29th May.

Shea got us warmed up with two games of Octopus. We had to be in when one of our tags got ripped off. This was working on our dodging and spinning techniques. 

Once we were warmed up we moved onto some passing drills where we had to practice some short, pop passes. We all had two games of 1 vs 1, both as a defender and an attacker. This made us work on our speed and dodging skills. 

Finally, we finished the session with a game of rippa rugby. We will continue to practice our skills in our PE lessons in class, ready to do our best in the upcoming tournament. 

Make sure you watch the video of our 1 vs 1 games at the bottom, after the photos :) 

International Firefighter Day

Last Friday was International Firefighter Day and we were lucky enough a visit from the local Lawrence Volunteer Fire Brigade and NZ First Member, Mark Patterson. 

Mark introduced the Fire Brigade members, Jude, Matt, Colin and Jason. They talked to us about the importance of smoke alarms in our houses and to make sure we have an escape plan for getting out of our houses if there is a fire. We practiced how to wake people up if there is a fire at night, we yell "FIRE, FIRE, FIRE!" and we get ourselves out and stay out. 

We also had a water demonstration from Colin and Matt. It was interesting to see the different settings of water that they could use to put a fire out and how far the water could shoot. 

Jude then explained all the different bits of equipment they are required to wear in a fire. They had to make sure that none of their skin was showing, otherwise they would get severely burnt. 

It was great to have the fire brigade come and visit. We learnt a lot about how to keep ourselves safe in a fire. 

Get NZ Writing

Over the past two weeks Room 7 have been learning how to write effective metaphors. A metaphor is a direct comparison to an object/thing.

I have been super impressed by all the students' efforts throughout this activity. We have sent all our metaphors to Kawerau School, near Rotorua. The reverse side of the metaphor postcards make a puzzle with another metaphor on it, "Every person is a new door to a different world" 

We are now in the process of writing metaphor poems about ourselves. We will share these on our learning blog's soon!

Sports Activator - Soccer

We have had two sessions with our new sports activator - Shea. He has been taking us through some soccer skills to prepare us for the upcoming football tournament in Balclutha on Tuesday 10th April. 

We practiced some dribbling skills, making sure we are kicking the soccer ball with the inside of our foot and keeping the ball close to us so it doesn't get away on us. 

After our dribbling skills were up to scratch we practiced weaving the ball through cones and then aiming for the goal. 

We are also practicing these skills in our PE sessions at the moment.