Futsal

This Term, our Kiwisport focus is Futsal.  Futsal is a smaller version of inside football where you get the chance to touch the ball in the game lots more.  You can find out more about Futsal here.


During our sessions, we have focused on developing our dribbling skills. While dribbling the ball, we need to be aware of others around us.  To improve our awareness, we have played different games while dribbling. Kingsley, our coach, challenged us to 'juggle' the football with our feet, our knees and even our heads.  We were working to get the highest number of juggles that we could in a row.


Our favourite part of the sessions so far have been the games of Futsal.  In pairs, we have worked hard with our buddy to try to score a goal for our team.  The sessions have been heaps of fun and we look forward to more chances to explore this sport.


We would love your feedback.  Have you ever played Futsal?  What is your favourite sport?  Please leave us a comment below.

Week 8: Cross Country

On Wednesday the 11th of September we held our annual cross country event.  This year, we have been working hard to fundraise for a canopy for our school courts as part of this. We have been very busy, gaining sponsorship for the different activities that we participated in on the day.  As well as running the course at school, we challenged ourselves to skip as many times as we could in a certain time, kick as many soccer goals as we could, traverse the tricky obstacle course and cheer other school members on while enjoying some cake and iceblocks for energy.    It was a fabulous day!  You can see some of us in action in the photos below.



If you have time, we would love some positive, thoughtful and helpful feedback.

Mural Art

Salaam. Hello. Kia ora. Selamat siang.

Our Art and Inquiry learning in the last few weeks is about the cultural patterns on clothing. We have been painting some large figures of children for a collaborative mural. Kaiwhare has been exploring patterns and clothing for an Iranian boy and a New Zealand European girl. Mokoroa has been exploring patterns and clothing for a Maori boy and a Malaysian girl.

Here is a slideshow Kaiwhare shared in assembly on Friday, showing how our ideas and designs have developed as we have been learning.


Although we haven't finished yet, we thought you'd like a 'sneak peek' into our project.