Te Uru

Walt participate in the learning of others.

Why: Building on our transition to high school.

Success Criteria: Be active :use our listening skills, watch, ask questions and practice.

Yesterday 10CH from Grey High School walked to Karoro school. They came to teach
us a game from a different cultural for a project called Te Uru. First they explained the
rules which were you when you landed you couldn’t walk with the ball and when you
caught the ball you had to catch it with a flat hand. They also explained that there
were 4 dots and the aim of the game was to remove them. To remove them you had to be on a dot and catch the ball without dropping it.

We then did a warm up which was seaweed, it was a bit hard though because there
were so many people. Then we did some drills, my favorite drill was the one where
you passed the ball around and if you dropped it you had to sit down.

After that we got sorted into two teams and we played the game. It was a bit chaotic
though because we had to many people so it meant that it was hard to play. In the
end the high school students came off and it was a bit better.

I think next time they should have the teams organised a bit better and maybe have
to games going at once so that it isn’t as crowded and the high school kids can play.
They should also have two referees because people broke the rules alot and got away
with it. Overall it was very fun and I hope that they can come and play again.

Shantytown Fossil Work

Wednesday 25th of July 2018

We went to Shantytown to learn about fossils and rocks. We really
enjoyed the experience because it was a good opportunity to learn about
something that we had never really studied before. Our favourite activities
were when we got to look at a fossil and draw it. Another of our favourite
activities were when we got to look through a microscope at some really
cool fossils.

We really enjoyed listening to Mary and Ian speak about fossils because it
was really interesting to hear. One of the activities we did in a group was
learning about the different types of coal, some of the names were lignite,
bituminous, and anthracite. We then had to go to a fire and put it on the
flames and estimate how long it would take for the coal to catch on fire.

Another activity we did was we got to go for a walk with Mary, we looked
at the mudstone, limestone and other things that were in Shantytown. It was
really interesting learning about it and were it is in Shantytown.

We learnt that coal can take a very long time to catch on fire. Part of this activity was when we got given a piece of coal and a picture of all the coals a description and we had to try and guess what our piece of coal was.

We also got given a rock at the end of the session, we also got to
use a hammer and and chisel to try and break open a rock and here
is a picture of it:

Over all we thought the experience was good and it was really
interesting to learn about. We would like to thank Shantytown
for hosting it and we would also like to thank Mary and Ian for
teaching us about it all.

By Hannah and Caitlyn 2018