On the 18th of May, Kaupeka did the Caritas Challenge to support the people in Timor Leste. We did the live it challenge were we slept in cardboard boxes outside. We also did the move it challenge were you have to do non stop fitness for 3 hours. We ate like them and basically lived like we were people in Timor leste. At night time, we did a reflective journal and we got some questions we had to answer. Here is mine.
1. Describe your experience of our Kaupeka Caritas Challenge so far. What does 1 day of difference mean to you?
- The Kaupeka Caritas Challenge has been such an awesome experience so far. The first part of the day was a bit boring since it was just mass and assembly but the rest of the day was so fun! My favourite part of the day was probably either building our shelters or playing spotlight.
- I think 1 day of difference means that we can do as much or as little to help someone but we are still helping someone on the other side of the world.
2. What was the biggest challenge for you?
- Definitely building the shelter because it went dark pretty quickly and my group didn't have much resources. The other challenge for me was sleeping because I slept on the very end so I was sleeping on the wooden floor. It was pretty warm but after around 2:00 am, the temperature dropped and it was freezing.
3. What connections can you make with the people living in Timor - Leste/ those living in poverty from your experience in our Caritas challenge?
- That the people in Poverty live like this every single day so make the most of your life.
4. What could you do to help those in poverty living in our community?
- You could give them food, blankets, or anything really, but don't give them money because they could spend it on other stuff that is not necessary like drugs or cigarettes. And if you do see someone who is homeless, call the city missioner and they will try to help them.
5. What have you learned about Social Justice and Empathy while participating in the Caritas Challenge?
- Social Justice means not only standing up for someone but letting them hang out with you, or do something to make them feel good. Empathy means being able to understand how someone is feeling.
Have you done the Caritas Challenge? If so, how was your experience doing the Caritas Challenge?
Friday, 25 May 2018
Thursday, 24 May 2018
Winter Sport
Every Thursday, Kaupeka and Tumu (Year 5 - Year 8) goes to Hagley Park to play Winter Sport. Winter Sport is were you go verse other schools that play the same sport as you and you do that once week. The sport options are Hockey, Rugby, Football and Netball. The sport I play is Netball and I am in the B Team.
Today was Thursday so I went to Hagley Park to play Netball. The position I normally play is Goal Shoot. I love playing Goal Shoot because you don't need to run around much. Today, I played Goal Shoot for the first half of the game and the second half, I played Goal Attack. The school my team versed was Selwyn House School. We won 10 - 5 and it was such a good game.
What Sport do you play for Winter Sport?
Today was Thursday so I went to Hagley Park to play Netball. The position I normally play is Goal Shoot. I love playing Goal Shoot because you don't need to run around much. Today, I played Goal Shoot for the first half of the game and the second half, I played Goal Attack. The school my team versed was Selwyn House School. We won 10 - 5 and it was such a good game.
What Sport do you play for Winter Sport?
Monday, 21 May 2018
Science Question and Hypothesis
During last Term, we have been learning about Science and the teachers have been running workshops on different areas like the hypothesis and method & materials. We also had to go to a certain area one or two times within the Term.
From what we have learnt in the Term, we now had to create our own science projects from the Question onward's. I had chosen to do a project with Charlotte because we were aloud to go in pairs this year. Charlotte and I struggled to find a projects that suits both of us. So we came to our teacher with our problem and then our teacher came up with the idea of doing a science project about laughing because we laugh a lot. So we all searched up laughing topics and it came up with this picture of a monkey so of course we both started laughing. so our teacher helped us to create our Question. " The laughter of which age group is the most contagious?"
To elaborate on this question we had to research and find out more about contagious laughing. My partner and I weren't that sure about the topic so we researched and found that the human brains react better to positive sounds such as laughter and triumph rather then negative sounds like screaming and retching. After we had found this out, we realised that the younger people have higher pitched voices, so we created our Hypothesis. " The younger the age of the person laughing, the more contagious it will be because the younger you are, the higher pitched sounds you make." I have enjoyed researching about this topic and I can't wait to go further on this topic.
Have you ever done a science project? If so, what was the topic about?
From what we have learnt in the Term, we now had to create our own science projects from the Question onward's. I had chosen to do a project with Charlotte because we were aloud to go in pairs this year. Charlotte and I struggled to find a projects that suits both of us. So we came to our teacher with our problem and then our teacher came up with the idea of doing a science project about laughing because we laugh a lot. So we all searched up laughing topics and it came up with this picture of a monkey so of course we both started laughing. so our teacher helped us to create our Question. " The laughter of which age group is the most contagious?"
To elaborate on this question we had to research and find out more about contagious laughing. My partner and I weren't that sure about the topic so we researched and found that the human brains react better to positive sounds such as laughter and triumph rather then negative sounds like screaming and retching. After we had found this out, we realised that the younger people have higher pitched voices, so we created our Hypothesis. " The younger the age of the person laughing, the more contagious it will be because the younger you are, the higher pitched sounds you make." I have enjoyed researching about this topic and I can't wait to go further on this topic.
Have you ever done a science project? If so, what was the topic about?
Friday, 11 May 2018
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Holidays
On the 13th of April, we had our last day of Term 1. Overall, we had a 2 week holiday and in the holidays, I did some pretty interesting stuff. I'm just going to talk about the most enjoyable days of my holiday. On the 20th of April, I had a really fun day with Charlotte and Liana. First, at 12:30 pm, I went to Charlottes house and I had about 4 bags full of my stuff, especially clothes. When I got to Charlottes house, I just dropped of my bag for Ice-Skating and then we went to Lianas house which is pretty close to Charlottes house so we walked. When we arrived at Lianas house, Charlotte and I dropped off our other bags for later that night. At 1:30 pm, Charlotte, Liana and I went in Charlottes dads car and he dropped us off at Alpine Ice.
Ice-Skating was actually really fun because it is my favourite sport. The session went from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. The first activity was speed skating for anyone who wants to skate really fast without any slow people getting in their way. Charlotte and I wanted to do the speed skating so we did it and it was very fun. The second activity was spin the bottle and all you had to do was stand on the outside of the rink and if the bottle points at you, you win a free drink or candyfloss. The third activity was dance battle and it was for anyone who wants to dance on the ice and win a free candyfloss. There were two song choices; YMCA and The Chicken dance. Most people voted for YMCA so that was the song everyone had to dance to. Liana didn't want dance so it was just me and Charlotte and a couple of other people we didn't know. I actually won the dance battle and I got a free candyfloss which was really nice.
At 4:10 pm, we went to the supermarket to buys some candy, chocolate, chips and popcorn for later that night. We bought skittles, chocolate block, 1 bag of chips, pringles, party mix lollies, packet of red skins and a big bag of popcorn.
After we went to Pakinsave, we returned home and the beds were already made. As soon as we got home, we picked a movie and the first movie we watched was Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses. Half way during the movie, we ordered fish and chips. When the movie finished, we decided to go outside in the dark, and dance to music for fun. We then did the try not to laugh challenge with water in our mouths; and I think I lost. At around 8:00 pm, we chose the next movie, which was Bring it on All or Nothing. By the time the movie finished, I'm pretty sure I gained like 48 kg from all the junk food I ate. It was around 9:00 pm when Lianas family went to bed so we tried to be quiet. While Liana was doing something for like 5 minutes, Charlotte and I got motivated to make up a cheer routine. By the time Liana got back, we had finished and we showed the routine to her. It was really funny because she was quite shocked and weirded out, but also laughing.
Later that night, we were reenacting people that we thought would be quite funny to reenact. We got told off a couple of times for talking and laughing to loud. We went to bed at 2:00 am and Liana went to sleep first but Charlotte and I watched Barbie life in a dream house. At around 3:00 am, we decided to go to sleep.
It was around 9:00 am when we woke up. For breakfast, we had waffles with blueberry's and maple syrup on top and it was delicious. We all got changed, packed our stuff and then we were just talking after that while doing each others hair. Just before I left, we were practising our netball skills. Overall, this was probably the most fun thing I did in the holidays.
What did you do in the holidays?
Ice-Skating was actually really fun because it is my favourite sport. The session went from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. The first activity was speed skating for anyone who wants to skate really fast without any slow people getting in their way. Charlotte and I wanted to do the speed skating so we did it and it was very fun. The second activity was spin the bottle and all you had to do was stand on the outside of the rink and if the bottle points at you, you win a free drink or candyfloss. The third activity was dance battle and it was for anyone who wants to dance on the ice and win a free candyfloss. There were two song choices; YMCA and The Chicken dance. Most people voted for YMCA so that was the song everyone had to dance to. Liana didn't want dance so it was just me and Charlotte and a couple of other people we didn't know. I actually won the dance battle and I got a free candyfloss which was really nice.
At 4:10 pm, we went to the supermarket to buys some candy, chocolate, chips and popcorn for later that night. We bought skittles, chocolate block, 1 bag of chips, pringles, party mix lollies, packet of red skins and a big bag of popcorn.
After we went to Pakinsave, we returned home and the beds were already made. As soon as we got home, we picked a movie and the first movie we watched was Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses. Half way during the movie, we ordered fish and chips. When the movie finished, we decided to go outside in the dark, and dance to music for fun. We then did the try not to laugh challenge with water in our mouths; and I think I lost. At around 8:00 pm, we chose the next movie, which was Bring it on All or Nothing. By the time the movie finished, I'm pretty sure I gained like 48 kg from all the junk food I ate. It was around 9:00 pm when Lianas family went to bed so we tried to be quiet. While Liana was doing something for like 5 minutes, Charlotte and I got motivated to make up a cheer routine. By the time Liana got back, we had finished and we showed the routine to her. It was really funny because she was quite shocked and weirded out, but also laughing.
Later that night, we were reenacting people that we thought would be quite funny to reenact. We got told off a couple of times for talking and laughing to loud. We went to bed at 2:00 am and Liana went to sleep first but Charlotte and I watched Barbie life in a dream house. At around 3:00 am, we decided to go to sleep.
It was around 9:00 am when we woke up. For breakfast, we had waffles with blueberry's and maple syrup on top and it was delicious. We all got changed, packed our stuff and then we were just talking after that while doing each others hair. Just before I left, we were practising our netball skills. Overall, this was probably the most fun thing I did in the holidays.
What did you do in the holidays?
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