Kiwican Reflection

Today was our 3rd session of Kiwican. For Kiwican our topic is Respect. At school we are to respect ourselves, teachers, and other students. For our energizer we played a game called Sensible. This is played within a circle. Ms Paige (kiwi can teacher) put us into number from 1 to 4. Then Ms Paige called out a number and those numbers were to run around the circle and then try and steal the ball that was in the middle of the circle. We were to show respect in this game by not pushing to others and also respecting that there are other around us. After that we talked more about the rules of our school and if we either disagree with or agree with them. People disagreed that drink fizzing is not allowed. I agreed with this rule because fizzy drinks can lead to heart disease and since most students are active during the day and play a lot of sports we should eat and drink healthy. Soon we played Bus Stop for our activity. For this game we were put into groups of 6. Then either Mr Matt (kiwi can teacher) or Ms Paige were to give a letter. For example if the letter was 'L' we were to figure out a boy, girl, animal, food, and color that started with the letter 'L'. It was pretty easy for me since I played this game nearly every day with my siblings. At the end we were given points for showing or having Respect, Participation, Encouragement, Positive Attitude and Teamwork. We got 24.5 points which we are happy of.

Community Service Rubbish Clean Up

Today the P.B.S school leaders walked along Dunkirk road to clean up our community area. We went along with Miss Page (Kiwi Can Tutor) and Jordan (Social Worker). We weren't the only ones picking up rubbish. Glenn Taylor, Tamaki Primary, and Glen Brae also picked up rubbish. This was a good opportunity for us to make our community area clean. To not mix up the recyclable and the plastic rubbish we had two different bags. The place that had the most rubbish was Dunkirk park. We found a lot of beer cans (especially Cody's) and fizzy can's (a lot of mountain drew). There were so much rubbish that our bags were full and we didn't even get half way of our journey. At the end all schools meet up at Pt England reserve for sausage sizzle. We also played a couple of sports such as touch, soccer, and bats down. A huge thank you to Graeme Dingle Foundation for letting us partake in this event and to Lion foundation for providing us with the lunch.

Kiwi Can Reflection - T3 WK8

Today was our third to last session of Kiwi Can with Mr Matt and Miss Lily (tutors). First we discussed what out theme and topic were. Out theme for this theme is resilience. Resilence means bouncing back from difficult situations. I can use this quality in my rugby games and training because sometimes I just don't want to get up early in the morning and go to my games. Our topic is perseverance which means not giving up and being determined to succeed in something. I can show this quality during schools tests and also trying my best to be a good school leader (as I am a manaikalani leader) to younger students. After talking about our theme and topic we moved onto our energizer which was called tangled. This game was one of my favorites because there was running included in the game. Basically you have to link up with other people but you don't link straight away, you are to tag someone first. When you are linked up with people, the end people who are at the end of tangled line are to tag others. Our activity was called invisible tag. This sounds weird but we enjoyed it. First we were splitted into two groups. Then either Miss Lily or Mr Matt were to call a certain amount of people to run onto the court. After that Mr Matt or Miss Lily will call out which tea gets the ball (but there's actually no ball which is why it's called invisible tag). The person with the invisible ball runs and the opposition team tries and tag the person with the invisible ball. Who ever tags the person with invisible ball get's the invisible ball and runs to the end of the court only if he/she doesn't get taged.

Kiwi Can - T3 W6

This week for Kiwi Can both our tutors Mr Matt & Miss Lily was here (Miss Lily was gone for a few sessions). We were lucky to have her back. First we re-caped what our theme and topic was. Our theme still sticks with Resilience and our topic is still Problem Solving. Resilience is when you bounce back from challenges. Problem solving means when you work together with someone or in a team to share ideas and find the best solution to a difficult problem. For our energizer we played a game called quick draw. In this game there is a master and that master goes around the circle, then the master and the person standing up from the circle put's their hand behind their back. Once the caller (Mr Matt) says go the master and the other person are suppose to put 1-5 fingers up. The winner is the quickest person to add all fingers up (including theirs) and know the answer. For example if I'm holding the number three and the master holding two it's the first person to call out five (because there's five fingers all together). In my perspectives this was one of my best Kiwi Can sessions of this term. 

Kiwi Can Reflection

Today was our 4th session of Kiwi Can and Mr Matt was our Kiwi Can tutor. First we talked about the theme and the topic for this week. Our theme is still resilience which means bouncing back from difficulties or challenges. Our topic for this week is problem solving. Problem solving is when you work together with someone or in a team to share ideas and find the best solution to a difficult problem. We also talked about how we can problem solve in a maths class. For example if a person tries to copy you in a maths problem you can solve it by telling the teacher or if your kind you can help them. After discussing the topic and theme then we moved onto on our energizer. Our energizer game was called rock paper scissors. In this game you are to rock paper scissors with someone and if you loose you are to go on knees. Once you are on your knees you are to verse someone who's on there knees. If you loose then you sit out of them game. If you win and your on your knees then you get back up and verse another person. This game was played until last person standing. Next we played our activity which was the best Kiwi Can game. This game was called hand soccer which is similar to soccer but you have to use your hands to control the ball. I really enjoyed this game because it made us fatigued which was good.

Kiwi Can Session 3

Today was our 3rd session of Kiwi Can. We had Mr Matt Only since Ms Lily was sick. First we reviewed what our theme and topic is. Our theme for this term Resilence which means bouncing back from challenge and never giving up. Our topic for this term is Goal Setting which is when you set a little goals for something you want to achieve or accomplish. One of my goal for this term is to aim over 250 blog post this year. My goal for sports is to win all basketball games to make it to the finals. In Kiwi Can we also talked about how we can celebrate achieving our goals. For example what it if I make it to the Auckland Under 13's team. I would probably celebrate by having a BBQ or going to a restaurant. Our energizer was called snatch the cone. This game was very simple. First we made a round shape with a rope and then everyone was to stand outside of the circle. Then Mr Matt put some cones inside the circle. What we were to was when Mr Matt said the word go we were to react fast and try to snatch a cone from inside the circle. It sounds a bit dull but we were energized. Soon for our activity we played Golden Child. Basically for this game there is two teams. One team who are called the shooters and the other team who are called the runners. The shooters have to shoot the ball in the hoop and try get it in. The runners have to run around the basketball court and if the shooters shoot and make a the ball in the hoop the runner has to stop. If the shooter doesn't get it in then the runner can still run until reaching the end of the court. The last runner is the Golden Child. The Golden Child is the person who runs around the court unfreezing everyone who got out. Then the Golden Child and the other runners run until they reach the end. If the Golden Child make it with the other runners they win but if someones shoots and get it in then the Golden Child and his runners are out. This was a energized and amazing game.

Kiwi Can Reflection

This week was our 5th session of Kiwi Can with Mr Matt and Miss Lily. Kiwi Can is a really supportive guideline group that explore a lot of qualities and values that can make us a better person in the future. Our theme is the same which is Integrity (which means doing the right thing when know one is looking) although we have a new module which is Accountability. Accountability means when someone is responsible for their own actions. At school I can live with accountability by making sure I finish all work that is need to be finished and also bringing my PE on Thursday for Kiwisport and Rugby League training. Our energizer we played was called 'copy me.' For this game Mr Matt had a pile of cards from Ace (1) to Kings. On the whiteboard it had all the card numbers as it was said from Ace (1) to Kings. The game was played when Mr Matt gave us a card for example '9' and then there was a certain task we had to do on the board, such as 10 star jumps in 10 seconds or act like a zombie for 5 seconds. The goal was to see who got the most cards at the end. Our activity today was called 'Green light' which most of us have played before. We were to get into partners and then make a circle. One partner had to be in front of the circle and the other had to be behind.The game was played when Miss Lily says green light which means switch positions. If she says red light the person in front of the circle was to carry his partner. If Miss Lily says yellow light we were to sit on our partners lap and if she says Fruit Salad the person behind of the circle was to power walk behind the circle. The goal was to not be the last person to get back to your position.

Kiwi Can

This week was our 4th session of Kiwi Can. Our kiwi can tutors were Ms Lily and Mr Latu. First, we discussed about our topic and the theme for this term. Our theme is Integrity which means to do the right thing even when you know no one is looking. Our topic for this term is Positive Role Models. A role model is someone who inspires others to make good choices. As part of looking at Role Model we looked at four Kiwi role models which were Steven Adam (Basketball Player), Sam Webster (Cyclist), Jean Batten (New Zealand aviatrix) and Lorde (Singer). We played a energizer based on them. First we got into partners. Then, Mr Latu called out one of the four people. If he called out Steven Adams one of our partners were to make a hoop and the other was to pretend dunk on it. If Mr Latu called out Lorde we were to hold our partners hand and pretend to sing. This was a really fun game and everyone enjoyed it.The rules were simple. We weren't allowed to make any noise. After that we played GKQ (General Knowledge Questions) where we had to answer a questions for example who is the president for America? At the end we were given points for the 5 kiwi can values which are Positive Attitude, Respect, Teamwork, Participation and Encouragement. The points were scored out of 5 and we got 21 points.

Kiwi Can

Today was Kiwi Can group B's fourth session of Kiwi Can. Our theme for this term is integrity which means making good choices when know one is looking. We have a new topic for this term which is role model. A role model is a person who's actions inspires others to dream more, do more and learn more. It is important for us to be a positive role model to our new entrance students so they can admire us as good role models. Our energizer was really fun but I do not know the name for it. For this game we were splited into two groups according to the amount of people we had in our Kiwi Can group. We were to pick one person in our group and they were to be blind folded. They had a toy noodle (I would call it) and they had to try and protect the pen that was under the chair they were sitting by trying to hit us (with the toy noodle). Our goal was to try get the pen under the taggers chair. The rules were simple. We weren't allowed to go from the back of the chair and the sides. Our last game we played was called Who's Missing? In this game everybody were to spread out and lie down facing the ground. We were to cover our faces as well. Then, either Mr Matt or Ms Lilly were to tap a person and that person had to go into another room. After that we had two guests of who was missing from our group. The hart part was trying to know everyone in our group.

Kiwi Can Reflection

Today at Kiwi Can we were revisiting our theme and topic. Our theme for this term is integrity which means doing the right thing when we know no one is looking. Our topic for this term is Making Good Choices. First we talked about how we can show good choices in our class and in our community. I said that I can show good choices in my class by helping my classmates if they are stuck in any situation and not playing games during learning time. We also discussed about how making bad choices have consequences. For example if you fight someone at school the consequence will probably be getting expelled or getting growled at. For our activity today we played a game called hand soccer. This is similar to soccer but instead you use your hand. This was a really enjoyable and competitive game. At the end we were given points for showing the 5 Kiwi Can values which is Respect, Encouragement, Positive Attitude, Participation and Teamwork. The points were scored out of 5 and at the end we got 23 points. I think for next time we need show more positive attitude towards our Kiwi Can tutors and to our teacher.

Kiwi Can Reflection

Kiwi Can was amazing today because we played an awesome game called ball tag. Before explaining how it is played first we went over the theme and topic for this term. The theme for this term is Positive Relationship and the topic is Fairness and Fairplay. I learnt that Fairness and Fairplay is means when you treat another person equally like you want them to treat you equally. Positive Relationship included supportive and encouraging words to other people. Our motto for this term is 'If your argue, sort it out, don't shout, work it out. So coming back ball tag game. First we were splited into groups of 3. After that one team were picked to be the runners while three other people from another group were picked to be the taggers. The three taggers had to try and tag the runners but the rule was you weren't allowed to run with the ball (It's similar to netball). You have to past the ball to your group mates and get close to the runner to tag them. This game included teamwork, honesty and encouragement. A lot of people showed those values and it was good. At the end we were scored points to show how we have shown Respect, Encouragement, Teamwork, Participation and Positive attitude. Each value was scored out of 5 and We had a score of 21 points. 

Kiwi Can Reflection

Yesterday we had our first Kiwi Can session as it was amazing. Our Kiwi Can tutors were Mrs Lily and Mr Matt. Our theme for this term is Positive Relationships which means connecting with others and encouraging them in different ways you can help them out. If you encourage and support someone it will help them to boost their confidence. Mrs Lily and Mr Matt set up a game for us called 10 second tag that required encouraging and supporting each other in your team. In my opinion there were a lot of people showing the support and encourage to others. I think LS2 has started off with a great job.

Kiwi Can

Today LS2 went to Kiwi Can. During Kiwi Can we played three games which was Hand Soccer, 10 down and Objects. In Hand Soccer we were first splited into two groups. We each given numbers from 1 to 13. Mr Malo had to call out two numbers and those two numbers had to try and get a goal between the two cones with their hands. It was a very challenging games because we had to use our hand to get the goal. My favourite game was Objects because it was a very creative game. In this game we were splited into four teams. Mr Malo and Mrs Latoia had to put an object in the middle and each group had to figure out anything to do with that object for example one of the objects was a hula hoop. What my group did with it was pretending it was a basketball hoop. I think LS2 could play this game again.