Week 10 Tainui Netball Tournament

Well done to all the 9 Tainui Netball team for their awesome display of sportsmanship and competitiveness.

My holiday challenge is to email Room 1 and see how many students can add a comment about how they felt about the Netball sessions leading up to the tournament and the tournament day.

So enjoy looking at the photos and great to see such happy students playing the awesome game of Netball.
Practice Drills first...

Tournament...

5 out 5 from Room 1 Make It Through.

Congratulations Caleb, Emma, Jordan, Shaanveer and Laura for making it through to Eastern Waikato Science Fair and all the best for Wednesday's presentation at Morrinsville College.

Many months of careful monitoring has allowed Jordan to apply some valuable research on ProGibb product.

Shaanveer's technical concept of shooting hoops.

Shocking Seats by Laura got many people intrigued about her science investigation.

Emma's concept of the relationship between waves and wind proved a winner.

Caleb looked at the recovery rate after doing the beep test.

The Meaning behind the Waikato-Tainui Chiefs

Ko Waikato te awa

Ko Taupiri te maunga

Ko Te Wherowhero te tangata

Waikato Taniwhara

He piko, he taniwha

He piko, he taniwha

Waikato is the river

Taupiri is the mountain

Te Wherowhero is the chief

Waikato of a hundred chiefs

At every bend, a chief

At every bend, a chief

Explain in your own words what is the connection 

between the 

Chiefs symbol and this hepeha (Tainui saying)

Research for Waikato River Proverb / Pepeha

Waikato-Tainui have many pepeha or sayings that acknowledge the connection between the river and the people. One of these is: 

“Waikato taniwha rau, 
he piko he taniwha” 

or 

“Waikato of a hundred chiefs, at every bend a chief”. 

Taniwha (a guardian) is used as a metaphor for a chief and recognises the many communities along the Waikato River. It acknowledges the connection between the river and the people.

Find out the full proverb through the link below and illustrate it through a collage in River Google Slide:

Link: Waikato River Research

River Resource

                                     

                                               Below is a link that will help you find out rivers.                                                                                
                                                                          Rivers

Malala's Inspirational Speech that captived UN (United Nations) Audience

It is now Week 5 and we have nearly completed our persuasive speech.

In class we viewed what happened to Malala as a 15 year out and her amazing speech to the UN as a 16 year. We had a brief discussion about what she went through and her speech content.

Malala Yousafzai

          You can view again the BBC Interview and her UN speech from the links below.

                                                 Malala's Story - BBC News

                                                 Best of Malala's UN Speech

Comment on what you think of this girl for standing up for a specific human right and why was she trying to persuade the UN and the world about terrorists, her own personal experience and human rights.

Looking forward to some very powerful comments from Room 1 that supports her powerful speech.

Cross Country Week 3

After soon terrible weather, our School Cross Country went a head on a sunny afternoon. These photos are taken on the farm section of the course and it was great to see so many students still smiling after crossing the muddiest section of the farm.

These lovely students had time to stop for a photo pose.

Write a comment about Cross Country and how did you feel at the end of the course.

Congratulations Tainui Team for taking out the Te Kotahitanga Trophy.

I am super proud of everyone!