Category: Ako | Learn

On the 13th of May Rm 6,  Rm 7, and Rm 8 were playing the Ki O Rahi tournament, the first game was kauri and rata and I am in kauri, I didn’t really get to see kauri vs rata, because my teacher told us let’s go back to the class to do some RE work, my group were almost done with our work but my teacher said just leave it and let’s go watch the games.

 

When we got outside, it was totara and rimu that was versing each others, and kauri won the first game, totara and rimu were playing their best but totara was ahead of rimu, totara was the winner of that game and the next game was kauri and totara versing, the game was intense, and I was playing in that game, the only thing I was good at was ripping of there tags and being a guardian.

 

I was so tired after the game but the only good thing about it was that we had so much fun and kauri also won against totara, and after that game it was rata and rimu the game was so cool and fun and they look like they were happy,  after that game the bell rang we all had a good lunch time and some of us were so excited for the last game.

 

We all drank lots of water to get us hyped up and my friends were also excited but I had to verse  one of my friends but I got that of my mind, and then the bell rang and we had to all go to the canopy to see who is going to play, it was kauri  and rimu and then we were told to go to the coaches to sort out which colour tag we should wear, the colour of putted on was yellow and rimu weared red.

 

The game was real good and some of us had to sub because the game was so long because each of the team were never going to give up and then the coach blowed his whistle and said kauri won and rimu lost, I was so happy I can stop cheering about it, and then the last game came up rata and totara.

 

Rata had lots of good players and totara had lots of fast players, the game was so cool I had to cheer for both teams because none of them were bad they all played their best and their hardest and then the coach finally blows his whistle, and he said rata won and totara lost and then and then my teacher said go sit under the canopy while the rest will clean up the field and the tags.

 

After cleaning up the mess I went to sit under the canopy along with the people that helped, the teachers were standing on the stairs and they were announcing and the third team was tie both rimu and rata won and the second was totara, and the first team was kauri I was cheering and was so happy, after the announcement we had to go clean up the classroom.

 

After cleaning up the classroom we played silent ball and I felt happy I didn’t win the silent ball but it was alright. I even went home happy, I hope we can do that again.

 

                                                                          My First E Pro Experience 

 

       On the 8th of May E Pro 8 was so kind to us that they gave us a chance to learn how engineering works. On the first day of week 2 we walked in the class and found E Pro 8 boxes in our class. They were shaped like coffin boxes but it was sort of like a rectangular shape.  They were 25 kilos and there were 6 boxes. It also came along with booklets.

 

Our teacher said we have to sit in a circle so he can give us the instructions, the booklets had a team code on it, and we had to go on to the E Pro 8 website  to type in our team code, after we did that we had to have a team name, this is our team name J.J.G. engineers used our initials on the first part, after we did that we had to watch a video, so we can know how to use the tools inside the box.

 

After watching the video our first task was to make a box, but we had to make it the same so it can be solid, after that we had to take it apart, when we did  our teacher told the first group finish will win but we had to be careful with how we put  the objects inside because it may hurt someone if we leave it around the classroom.

 

Some time later we finished, but we were not first, but it does not matter. He gave us an activity that has to do with measurement. We have to throw water bottles and see how far it goes. Each time we throw it we have to spill some water out of the water bottle.

 

During the activity everyone was having fun then our teacher told us to come into class and sit on the mat, when we did he told us our next activity we can do,  this activity was to build a tree hut and it had to be 700mm high because when it comes to the test which the flood will be 500mm  it has to be solid and high above the ground so the water can’t touch it.

 

Making a tree hut took us 2 or 3 days to make, in the E Pro 8 boxes there were 700mm pieces of metal, and 400mm pieces of metal, and 200mm pieces of metal and some red joiners to stick the pieces of metal together, and blue joiners to make the pieces of metal move,

All of those objects were what  we used to make our hut. We also had to find some pieces of cupboard to put on  the roof so it can really look like a tree hut.

 

Our tree hut was looking perfect including the other groups tree huts, it was going all well,  some of them finished and some did not but my group finished our tree hut, but the most best part we had to take it down so we can move onto the next activity, after we finished we had to come sit on the mat so our teacher can lay out the instructions, because  it was almost time for us to go home so he told the next day we will be building a garbage truck.

 

The next day we were all excited to make a garbage truck, as soon as the bell rang to get to class to start the day, we all went running into the classroom  to what we can start doing first, but we had to do prayers before we get into making the garbage truck, straight after prayers our teacher gave us some instructions to do we had to fill in some questions in the booklets, and know what a cab looks like.

 

First of my group was only a group of 3 one was missing,  so there were only the  2 of us that had to work. on building a garbage truck,the other person had to do the cab well I had to do the back of the garbage, it was so hard because I had to find out how to make the tray part go back so we can dump the garbage in the dump area, it took me some time to figure it out. Some time later I’ve already finished doing the back of the garbage truck and making it all the same so it can be solid when we push it around the class.

 

 After that I went to do the cab with my other partner but it was to late so we had to pack up everything before we go home, so I just put a few parts on the cab and made it solid so it doesn’t end up falling all apart when we try to test it if it can move or dump, so we  don’t need to check those part again, the next day we did the same as we do everyday say prayers and carry on making our garbage truck.

 

After lunch my group and I were finally finished, and the same as the other group so our teacher told us to come together as a group so he can take some photos, so the other group went first and then we came second, after all of those we putted on cardboard so it can look like a garbage truck, after that we had to take  the garbage truck apart because we were done and the bell was about to ring, so we can all go home.

 

So we took all the bits apart and place them carefully in the E Pro 8 

boxes, and we  had to take the cardboard boxes in the bin after all of that, I was so proud of what I made, and we also played some games to make us feel happy well we’re going home, It was so sad that we only got to do all those activities  for a week before we return it, but we were all happy we got to experience engineering.     

 

                                                                               Here are some photos