POLY FEST LEARNING STORY

POLYFEST LEARNING STORY

On the 10th of August, Corinna School performed at Hosanna Church for Polyfest. What was polyfest you say?   

Oh! Polyfest is when school or  College and University do dance, not like hip hop or ballerina, Cultural dance.

In polyfest we also have groups e.g. Maori, Samoa, Tokelau/Tuvalu, Cook island and  

Kapa haka and in polyfest you represent your culture  too.

 

On the day I performed at Hosanna Church I was good at using the K.C. skills like Managing Self, Relating to others and Participating and contributing by Choosing appropriate behaviours to learn and improve, listening to the teacher’s instruction what to do, and Performing with confidence and flair for the audience.  

Mel saw me using sharp actions and stepping up to take a risk, Sareta saw me being a role model for others to copy and Jhan saw me using lot’s of facial expressions like smiling.

I also saw others using their K.C. skill’s like Aria she used relating to others by being a role model for others to copy and I saw Mel working hard so she will know the song and dance and in Kapahaka I saw Claudia and Jillian taking a risk being leaders and being role model and not scared to do the pukana.

It was good to learn other student’s culture and next time I need to work on being patient and try not being shy.

By Trinity Nua

Poly Club Learning Storie

 

In the poly club, there was a Samoan adult called Pina has been teaching us different Pasifika dance like Samoan, Tonga, Hawaii, Cook island, and others.  

When I first started poly club I was feeling very confident because I knew that Pina will teach us Samoan dances because she is Samoan, and I was right Pina taught us Samoan dance I thought that was it but Pina was actually teaching us Samoan dance AND Cook island dance it was PRETTY hard, the Cook Island actions was So hard and I did funny weird actions and people sometimes laugh at me when I get it wrong but anyways I don’t care because I’m still not giving up.

The K.C. (Key Competencies) I used at poly club was Managing self by listening to Pina when she is showing us the moves step-by-step so I don’t miss out any of the actions and so I don’t have to tell Pina to repeat it, and I also used Relating to others by encouraging others who don’t know the actions and sometimes friendly arguing with others about the actions like e.g. “this action goes to the left’’ ‘’ no I think it’s right’’ and then we solve the problem.  

In Poly club was fun I get to learn cultural dance and learning other languages, that’s what I learnt.

By Trinity Nua

Athletic's Learning storie

“When you feel like stopping, Think about why you started”  

On the 27th of October, it was Athletics day, if you a wondering what is athletics well athletics has lot’s of different activities e.g. like Shot put, long jump, high jump, long distance, sprints, Discuss, and Voltex.

The first activity we did was sprinting which was not my thing but I tried my best and stayed calm, I got a silver which was great but next time I should listen carefully to the instructions that were told because I wasn’t listening at all and didn’t know what to do.

Then we moved on to long distance, I came third and I got a silver. I  tried my best I got tired along the way but I kept pushing myself to do my best. At the end, I was very proud of myself because I did not stop throughout the whole run. I think I could work on trying to pace myself, that means I go the same pace until the end so that I don’t get so tired after.

Next, we had high jump. I got bronzes because I was mucking around not trying my best and I didn’t really push myself, well I think next time I should try a bit more and put more strength to lift up my leg so I can get over the pole.

Straight after that, we had long jump, which is not my thing. For long jump I got bronze because the others were cheering up for me so loud that I couldn’t concentrate on my I running so next time I should tell the others don’t cheer for me loud but quiet and to take off my legs on the red mat, not the grass.  

Now we got into throwing activity’s Voltex. I was pretty good because I got a Gold, I was good at holding the Voltex and throwing but not too high. I think next time I could work on not wasting all my power in the practice throw and just throw it softly but when it comes to the real throw I could try to throw it harder.

 

Our next throwing activity was Shot put, I think I did alright in the shot put I got a Silver.  

I was good at holding the shot put and pushing it high but not throwing it. Next time I could try to stand a little bit closer to the line not way behind.

Now our last activity was Discuss I was not very good but I got a Silver which is good.

It was quite hard throwing the discus but in the second round, I did well. I need to work on bending my legs and put more power into it.

Throughout that whole day I think I did pretty good because I give everything a go but not try my hardest on everything and that is one thing I need to work on.

PLAY BASED LEARNING

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CUBISM ART LEARNING STORY

If you are wondering what CUBISM ART is I will tell you. See if you look at a broken mirror you will see parts of your faces all around in pieces, and that’s what Cubism Art looks like. It is when you look at art from lots of different perspectives. Long Long time ago about in the 90's, there was a Spanish man that was an artist called Pablo Picasso. He was the founder and creator of cubism Art, with another man named Georges Braque. On 28th of February, both Aroha and Awhina Tuakana went to the Pataka Exhibition to learn more about Cubism Art so we could get some good ideas when we do Cubism Art at school. I had lot’s of ideas from the Pataka Exhibition like you don’t need to make your art perfect because when you're finished it’s going to look AMAZING!    At school, both Aroha and Awhina had to draw our self-portrait but in Cubism Art style. In the beginning, I was struggling because I wanted the circle of my face to be perfect but Mel said “It’s not all about making your art perfect because if cubism art is finished then it will come out great oh and remember never give up on the thing you want to finish’’ and I was thinking ok so I just drew a circle but it came up good in the end. In art, I was good at putting more cubism in my art by taking a risk and giving things a go because I knew it didn’t need to be perfect. I used bold lines the way I wanted it to be and I chose the right colour so I could make my art stand out.   I used contrasting colours like green, purple, yellow, and red or blue.  Blue was my contrasting colour. Bue represents my culture Samoan and even adding my own style to my Art. If you want your Art to look very very perfect but you can’t and just give up DON’T YOU DARE give up the things you want to finish just be yourself and draw because if you draw something it will make your art look AMAZING! Remember never give up, just believe in yourself, and just be yourself.

P.E. LEARNING STORY

In P.E. we have been learning how to help our teammates by sticking as a team, sharing strategies, sharing the ball, being on the waka, making sure we respect our teammates and also using our key competencies.    

We played two games, the first game was dodgeball ‘’of course dodgeball why would no one play dodgeball?’’ In dodgeball some people can get angry if you make the team lose but seeing lot of people telling each other strategies and giving the ball to their teammates so everyone gets a turn helps your team to win.

Dodgeball is quite a hard game for other people but if it’s hard for me I will just take a risk even if it’s scary playing in front of other kids. My team was good at encouraging me and I’m good at encouraging my teammate’s by saying  ‘’ Catch the ball and try and hit them. You can do it’’
I am also good at giving my teammates the ball if they didn’t have a turn.

I have to improve on most of my skills such as, trying not to get out first, having a turn when throwing the ball and improving my throwing skills.   

Our second game was T ball. T ball was a pretty hard game but most of the teams were participating and contributing.

I see students in other teams encouraging their teammates and saying ‘’catch the ball’’ or ‘’throw the ball at them’’and saying to other team’s ‘’you did well’’ or ‘’keep up’’ (when they lose).  Also I like the way how they encourage me because I dropped the ball but they didn’t get angry or moan at me, they just said ‘’ good catch keep on trying’’ and my teammates all ways respect me.

I’m good at helping my team by using ideas to try and throw the ball to the other team and using good ideas and explaining it clearly so my teammates will understand. Also making sure the team is sticking together so that mean’s no one should be out of the waka being a passenger.

In P.E. we have learn lot’s of new game’s and that means taking risks and student’s using key competencies to wori as a team. I think when you are playing it’s not about winning it’s about sticking as a team, being in the waka, making sure we respect our teammates and also using key competencies and also having FUN!

MATH LEARNING STORIES

In maths, we are trying to figure out How many tablespoons of coconut cream will they need for 38 containers?

Our group decided to do Multiplication because it said How many tablespoon of coconut cream will they need for 38 containers?  

So you're basically timings it.  

Our group did 38 x 12 = ? it was too hard so we decided to split 38 since it was a big number, so we times it.
We did

10 x 12 = 120

10 x 12 = 120

10 x 12 = 120

8 x 12 = 96  

Then we add all the answers together  

  120

+ 120

_____

 240

+ 120

_______

  360

  + 96

_______

   456

We worked out the Answer it was 456.

So they would need 456 tablespoons for 38 containers.

In math, I was good at sharing ideas so we could get more and more ideas and I was good at explaining in different ways to my group so they would understand and also asking good questions if I get confused.