Gymnastics in P.E!

 Kia ora! Hope your day has been great so far! Also, long time no talk! Anyway, today I'll be telling you about what I've been doing in P.E recently. We started to do gymnastics late last term and continued on this term. We've been using 6 apparatus - bar, beam, parallel bars, mini-tramp, floor/mat and trampoline.

One challenge I faced while doing gymnastics was trying out new things and doing new techniques that I had never learnt before. I wouldn't say there was a 'most challenging' apparatus for me but the trampoline was quite fun. 

One achievement that I was proud of these past few weeks is probably learning to do things on the parallel & horizontal bars. 

These past few weeks taught me a lot of stuff to do with gymnastics and if I ever have to do something like this again, I would definitely take the chance!

Marijuana & our Bodies

  Kia Ora! Today I'll be sharing with you the work that I did for Health. We had to pick a topic out of Gender issues in sport, discrimination or racism, drugs on the mind &  body, obesity, addiction on the mind &  body, effects of gaming on the mind &  body, steroids in sports, illness (any), effects of social media on the mind, brain development during teenage years/neuroscience, coping strategies in practice, binge drinking, mental health/the mind and vaping. 

We also had to make something digital or on paper that we could use to present our work. I decided to create a collage!

I chose to do my work on how marijuana affects our bodies. I could have done a drug that wasn't as common but, I see so many people these days smoking weed and I just wanted myself and others to know the pros and cons before they end up doing something they regret.

Do you support the use of marijuana? Why or why not? Let me know in the comments!

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog, I hope you're all staying safe during lockdown.

Music Test

 1. What are the three elements of music?

Harmony, melody and rhythm

2. What music element is a chord? And name two instruments that can play cords

Guitar and Ukelele

3. What three parts make up a chord and what are their functions?

- Root

- Major or Minor

- Interval note

4. Name three of the four types of notes we've learnt about.

1/4, whole, 1/2, 1/8.

Emma Twigg

 Morning! You may know Emma Twigg, she recently won gold for New Zealand in the Olympics in a single scull race. My class was given a task to pick a sport that gets held at the Olympics, Summer Olympics, and Winter Olympics and research a person who plays that sport. I chose Emma Twigg, who does rowing. Here's a simple fact board I made about her.

Do you have a favourite sport to watch in the Olympics? If so, which one?

My Goals for Term 3

Morena all, welcome back to term 3 and my blog! I'm going to be starting off the term by telling you my goals for this term. What goals do you have for yourself this term? Let me know in the comments!

I like setting goals for myself as the term starts because it's always going to be in the back of my head to remind me. It's also something I can look back on. Do you set goals for yourself?

Diffusion of Potassium Permanganate

Hello! Welcome back to another Wednesday Science period! Today we did a little experiment resonating with diffusion, here's what I used!

Equipment:

Tweezers

Petri Dish

KMn04 (Potassium)

Cold & Hot water

Question: Does temperature speed up or slow down Diffusion?

Result/Observation: Crystal in the hot water grew and expanded 2x the size of the crystal in the cold water. Why? The particles in the hot water are moving faster than the particles in the cold water, which means that diffusion will happen quicker. 

Conclusion: The experiment was interesting because that was the first time I had seen something like that. It was also cool to see the effect the different temperatures of water would have on the potassium permanganate.

Last Card, Connect 4, and Twister! - Health

 Ciao! I hope you've all had a great day!

In Health for the past few lessons, we've been playing various games such as Operation, Uno, Pick-up sticks, and Guess Who. We played in groups with our friends. 

While we were playing we showed our interpersonal skills by being inclusive of others and letting people join in with us. In a game like 'Guess Who' we showed our active listening skills but carefully asking relevant questions. And, while playing something like Uno we had to negotiate and compromise whenever someone wouldn't agree with our rules and opinions. 

To be honest these last few lessons had been fun because we got to engage with students we might not be familiar with talking to. Also, I got to learn some new games and new ways people play certain games. 

Do you want to know more about Interpersonal Skills and why they're important in daily life? Click the link!