Coding For The First Time

My certificate when I finished the Flappy Code !

What the interface looks like !

Today, we were learning code for the first time in forever. It was really cool. We learnt that code is what everyone will need to know in the future in order to get jobs and other things. So Miss Haydon is preparing us and giving us the best start by showing us a new website called code.org. It was really fun and interesting too. We started with hour of codes where we had to drag commands in order to make our character/person to do something. There were different hours of code like flappy code, minecraft code,star wars code and many more !

High Jump Tips

High Jumping Tips :

Head Facing Up/Toes Facing up:

When you jump to go over the bar on an high jump, remember to look up and point your toes up while you're in the air.

Run Up Fast To Jump/Run Up Sideways To The Bar:

Remember when you run up to the bar, you always must run sideways to it in order to jump it nicely. And also run up fast.

Left Leg, Right Leg/Right Leg, Left Leg:

Right, right, left left means. when you run up to the bar sideways, the leg nearest to the bar is your lead leg. You must find what’s for comfortable for you. Then when you run up to jump, your lead leg should go over the bar first, then your other leg follows.

Left, Left/Right, Right:

When you jump, you need to remember when you lift your lead leg to go over the bar, you also need to swing your arm up with the leg. When you do that, it propels your legs to go further. For example, if your left leg wants to go over the bar, you also swing your left and and so on.

This term, we also done high jump, It was really fun. And just like when we done running which you can find on my blog, our athletic's teacher, Andy taught us some tips to help us with our high jumps. Hope you really like it !

Running tips

Running Tips:

#1 Run Straight/Look Straight:

When you run, we always look around and that distracts us from running thus making us run wonky. And when you run straight, you get there faster instead of covering more ground when running in a zig zag.

#2 High Knees/Light Feet:

When you have high knees, they help take bigger steps which helps you cover more area when you run. Light feet help you lift your legs so you can run easier.

#3 Tall Back/Cheek To Cheek:

Cheek to cheek means that you move your hand from your left cheek on your face to your left cheek on your bum and you have to do that for both your arms. Your arms also propel your legs to go further too.

This term for physical education we are learning althetics with our wonderful teacher, Andy ! We have learned the key things for running which I have listed above. Hope you enjoy !

Build With Chrome

My Fabulous Creation Which I Made !

Today, we were using build with chrome for maths ! It was really cool. Build with chrome helps us learn what we need to know in 3D printing like all the dimensions and Measurements, and this helps us with all of that so we can create our own 3D items with Tinkercad and other softwares. I made a house with different coloured bricks for every layer, also do check out my classmates creations too on their blogs ! Hope you like it !

Freddy's Explanation

“ 30 minutes left “ warned Mr Garfield. Today we were presenting explanations to the whole class for reading and teaching them about something new like how submarines go up and down. We had to choose something interesting and me and my buddy, Luke, chose how airplanes fly. Mr Garfield had said we only had 30 minutes to come up with what we were saying. First, me and Luke investigated on the web for facts and info about our topics, and I thought that it would be cool if we could show something to the class like a picture of a aeroplane with labels showing how it flys. “ Why don’t we make a presentation to show the class on the projector “ Luke said. So Luke went in search for a photo while I set up the presentation. “ Only 3 minutes left “ Mr Garfield said. Then we both started looking for photos, but finally we found it. It was perfect and that's exactly when our time finished. After a few groups had done theirs, it was our time to shine ! We had shared our presentation and our teacher put it up on the screen. And then we presented it. Everyone looked interested, and it turned out great. And that was my most favourite part of the day !
This time, Freddy is writing about his second day of Term 4 where he did a explanation with his friend in front of the whole class ! Hope you enjoy !

Freddy's Holidays

“ Cheesecake, Cheesecake, we’re going to make cheesecake ! “ sang my annoying sisters. Today was a special day because we were making cheesecake ! We all had went to the nearest supermarket ( which was a place called New World ) which we had visited a couple of times.

“ Remember to get the ingredients “ My Mum said while we were in the car. My sisters had to come because my dad had gone to work. When we arrived, my sisters quickly ran away and split up so me and my mum had to try and find them, then we heard the loudspeaker. “ Any customers who have lost there children, please report to the checkouts please “. “ Why did my sisters have to be found, couldn’t they have just hid forever “ I moaned to myself. When we got ingredients, we went to the checkout. But then we realized that we forgot the sour cream, so I ran and got the sour cream just in time. When we arrived, we got everything out and started getting the equipment like hand mixer and bowls. But we didn’t have a mixer, so my Mum said we have to use some elbow grease and try and do it with our hands. First we melted 570 grams of butter and melted it in the microwave for a minute. Then we had to crush biscuits for the cheesecake base.  Then  had to mix the butter with the biscuits and lay it flat onto the base of the cake tin. My Mum had to let them  it because they wanted to do something. Then we made the filling where we had to mix everything together. I then spread all batter onto the crushed biscuit base and then we put it into the fridge to form into a cheesecake. But my sisters were so impatient, they were opening the fridge every 5 minutes or so. But when It was finally done, we all had some and it was delicious !

This time, Freddy writes about what he done in the holidays with his family before Term 4 starts. Hope you enjoy !

Waikowhai Thank you comic strip

On Tuesday 22nd, The Kauri team walked to Waikowhai Intermediate to see their brand new production called "Anthem, our Tribute" And this is a thank you letter for them, but instead its a comic strip!