Term 2 Week 9 Let' Go Turbo!

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Room 9 went Turbo this week when we

learned a new game .... Turbo Touch

with Coach Mark!

We did warm ups and then Coach Mark 

told us the rules and how we

needed to pass the ball and 

score points.

Some people needed a bit of help with putting

the bibs on. Thank you DJ and Iosefo for being very 

kind and helpful!

We went into three teams and had two games

each to make it fair. It was really intense 

competition! Passing the ball was

quite tricky at times but we

did manage to score!

Thank you Coach Mark, we had 

a really good time and we

learned some new skills at the same time!

Term 2 Week 8 Zoorific Habitats!

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We are pleased to report that the Auckland Zoo animal habitats are all very well designed and maintained. The animals are well cared for and they seem to be quite happy in their man-made homes.

On Wednesday this week we went on a trip to find out if the habitats at Auckland Zoo are suitable for the animals that are kept there. Here is what we found:

The Educators are very knowledgeable and have 

Tuatara skin to share with us!

Squirrel monkeys love to climb and jump through 

the many trees in their habitat.

The two elephants like eating all the foods they

are given and they enjoy the pool in their habitat 

on hot days.

The rhino has quite a lot of room to roam in.

The cheetahs are so happy and relaxed in the sun

under one of their many trees that they play

together.

The serval likes trying to hide in the long grass and he also

likes to sit in the sun on one of the warm rocks in his 

habitat.

The giraffes enjoy stretching their necks to reach their

food and stretching their legs walking all round

their roomy habitat.

The tuatara are kept at just the right temperature

and have logs, plants and a mini river to

make it just like home in their habitat.

Thank you to The Warehouse for helping us

get to the Auckland Zoo so we could

find out more about animal habitats.

And thank you Auckland Zoo Educators and

Animal Keepers for teaching us so much!

Term 2 Week 7 Winners!

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What a great week for Room 9!

We worked really well in our trust activity

and we won the Rippa Rugby ball pass challenge!

We had to take turns being the leader who had their eyes open and everyone else had to put their hands on the person in front's shoulders and close their eyes. It was tricky getting through the chairs without touching them. If we did, we had to go back to the start. Some people were really good at saying when to step slowly or do little steps. It was a lot of fun!

This is us with our Coach, Cory from Auckland Rugby. He taught us lots of skills for playing Rippa Rugby and we had to do the rugby ball pass challenge. We had to beat a time of 19 seconds and our score was 15 seconds! We won three rugby balls! 

Thank you Auckland Rugby and Coach Cory!

Term 2 Week 6 Rippa and Kiwi Can

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This week we have some guest commentators to 

talk about Rippa Rugby and Kiwi Can.

Here is Malachi. "I am passing the ball to Iosefo. I like Rippa Rugby because it's fun and I get to run around a lot. I have learned better passing from Coach Cory."

Here is Shelan. "I am trying to catch the ball. I like Rippa Rugby because we get to learn about Rugby and try catching the ball. I like doing the games like Cat and Mouse and grabbing the tags."

Here is Renei. "I threw the ball to Shelan and she caught it. I like Rippa Rugby because its amazing and fun. I like all the games and I learned how to do 'dinosaur hands' and running and putting the ball down at the same time."

Here is Ngahuia. "I am trying to catch the ball after Solomon threw it to me. I love Rippa Rugby because it gives you energy to play and I learned new skills from Coach Cory. He taught us how to do 'dinosaur hands' so that we can catch the ball more easily."

Here is Willie. "I am kneeling down to try and catch the ball more easily. Malachi passed it to me. It was easy kneeling down on the ground. I like Rippa Rugby, I have learned about whenever the person rolls the ball to you you have to get ready by bringing your arms down and bringing the ball to your chest."

At Kiwi Can

Here is DJ. "We are working together as a team to make sure that this structure can stand and hold up a tennis ball. We used some long strips of tape to make the newspaper at the top stay up. I am the boy by the green flag."

Here is Kaulave. "We had to make a big circle out of newspaper and 2 pieces of tape. It had to hold up a ball so it doesn't touch the  floor. Our team won! We won because we worked together and helped each other. Kiwi Can was fun, I like it, I like the activities."

Here is Sosefina. "We are making a structure for the ball so that when it is dropped from a height it will catch it. It was quite hard. We all started to make our own thing at first, instead of working together. When the other team was nearly finished, we started to work together. I like Kiwi Can, I like that any time we go there we get cool things to do."

Here is Solomon. "We tried our best to make it work. We sort of succeeded, because when the ball dropped it held up for a little while but it still fell over. I like the games at Kiwi Can and it is interesting."