Yay, now I know how to defend my opponent!

Netball recount

On a sunny Friday, Room 7 went to the top court to play Netball for Kiwisport. Our coach Tina came with her friend Christine.

First we warmed up by jogging up and down the court. Tina told us that it wasn’t a race so everyone took their time jogging across the court.

Then we learnt how to do the crab. We had to jog to the left, then to right. The crab move helps us when we are defending our opponents in Netball.

Next we all lined up in two lines. Mana was my partner and we took turns defending each other using the crab move. It was hard for me to defend her from getting the ball because Mana was good at dodging. When it was Mana’s turn to try and defend me, I ran as fast as I could from one side to another. It was very tiring.

After a while, we had to go back to class. I felt sad because I really wanted to keep learning new Netball skills. I had so much fun at my third Netball session and my favourite part was when I was defending my partner using the crab move.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a recount about the skills that I have learnt in Netball.

I want to be a Netball player when I grow up!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our recount. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adverbs and adjectives to describe my first session of Netball. 

Wow, Rippa Rugby is so tiring!

On the 1st of April, Room 7 and I went to the field to play rippa rugby for Kiwisports. Hamish was our coach and he was from the Marist club. When we arrived there, we had velcro belts that we put around our waists. We also had to stick the rippas on the sides of our belts. We played a small game and the rules were that we have to try and take rippas off our classmates’ belts. When we have finished each round, the person who had the most rippas was the winner. I didn’t win any rounds but I tried my best. In the second round, I was getting very tired because I was running around so much. After a while, we played a friendly game of Rippa Rugby with a ball. We had to get into two teams and I was on the yellow team. I was so excited. During the game,  I caught the ball but I didn’t move at all because I didn’t know how to play. Someone took the rippa off me and I had to pass the ball back to a teammate. After that, I started to get very exhausted and I wanted to stop running but I really wanted to get a try for my team. Finally I got a try and I was so happy! I had so much fun at our first rippa rugby session and my faviroute part was playing rippa rugby with my team.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount about Rippa Rugby.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the correct structure of a recount that includes, the title, the orientation, the events and the conclusion.

I can't wait for my next tennis lesson!

On the 18th of March, Room 7 went to the top court to play Tennis for Kiwisport. Our coach was James and we had to get into pairs with one tennis ball to share between the two of us. My partner was Mana and we had to throw the tennis ball to each other without dropping it on the ground. The first pair to throw ten successful throws without dropping was the winner but unfortunately Mana and I didn’t make it to ten throws but we tried our best. Next, we used rackets to hit the ball to each other using the serving posture with the racket. My partner and I tried our best to make it up to ten without missing a hit and we were successful! I had so much fun at my tennis lesson with coach James and Room 7. I hope to learn even more tennis skills in the next session.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount about our tennis lesson. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I record my recount of our tennis lesson using Blabberize.

Wow, tennis rackets are so heavy!

 Learning Intention: We are learning to write a recount.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record my recount of our tennis lesson using blabberize.