Alexis' Blog

Last week on Friday we went to Waltham pool. We left school at 11:15 and arrived there at 11:30. If you didn't do your work than you would have to sit out for a few minutes before going into the pool. At the pool there was a hydro slide and different years would go on it at different times. Our teachers Miss Lover went down the hydro slide too. Have you ever been there before?

In writing we have been working on different types of poems. Some examples of different poems are: Haiku, Limerick and Cinquain. For my poem I decided to do a Haiku poem. We watched different videos on what each poem is to get a good understanding of poems. We brainstormed some ideas on what the poem could be about and we all talked about what each poem presents. Here is mine: All work on a list With more hair ties on my wrist Always got more tips On how to make my work slick Sun beams around me With my Friends surrounding me Art in my bloodstream With my cat always on scene Music in my brain And Managing to sustain Have you ever written one of these poems before?

This week for reading we have been looking at some poems for one of them we had to comment on the poem and say what this makes you think of. In our poems we have been reading between the lines and finding what image comes up in your mind. Here is mine: Link to doc We also did the same but this time we would draw what we imagined. Here is mine: Have you ever done something like this before?

Last week on Friday our hub did top team. Top team is when you get put into a group and play small activities with your group. The people in my group were Katie, Arihia, Max, Flynn, Nicolas and I. For each activity you group would get points based on how well you did. There different activities were: *Tic Tac Toe *Water Bus *Hoop Throwing *Ski's * Invisible Maze *Pipe Carry *Maze Puzzle *Plug The Pipe *Sling Shot *Sack Race *Walking Race Have you done top team before?

Last week on Wednesday we went to tough kids it is like a mud run with around 2000 people running at once. It was really fun because there was obstacles and my favorite was when we would have to run through the deepish water and I was sooo soaked afterwards. We were near the beach so we could run in the water. We weren't too muddy after and it was really fun because we didn't have to run competitive and we could do it with our friends. Another thing that happened was that the changing rooms were so crowded you could hardly stand up right.  The different obstacles were: *Mud crawl *Plank walking *Water at the beach *Tire climb *Fence climb *Water slide *Bouncy castle *Crawl under bridge *Rope obstacle *Hose When we arrived back to school it was before lunch time and we still had to do school work but we arrived in time for lunch so we got a break. Have you ever done something like this?

For the last few weeks every Thursday we have been rotating between 4 sports in our home base's: Cricket, Lawn Bowls, Softball and Korfball. Korfball is a new sport to most of us in class and it is a bit like netball but with a few different rules during game. In Korfball instead the hoops were plastic and taller than the usual hoops. My home base has done all of them except Lawn Bowls and in our next rotation we will be doing that. Have you ever played Korfball before?