KiwiSport Reflection

I am learning to write a reflection about my Kiwisport experience.

Today in KiwiSport we did BADMINTON, this week we were working on movement and balance. Our instructor Ben taught and showed us how to use Backhand and Forehand grips using movement that includes moving our legs and hands. If you were a left hand you would start with your left foot first, if you were a right hand you would step with your right foot first and then follow through with your other foot. The other move also included footwork but then you would pivot. So you would step with your left/right foot and then pivot with the other and then hit the shuttle with your racket, but making sure you have balance so you don't risk falling down.

When Ben finished demonstrating the moves I buddied up with the same person I had 2 weeks ago, Siale. We went outside and started showing off our moves that we learnt from Ben. It was going awesome until Siale started playing around hitting the shuttle dangerously, one hitting me in the chest... Of course, it bounced off but it didn't hurt too much. I told him to stop playing around and stick to what Ben had asked us to do. Finally everything was going smoothly, "Bam" I hit the shuttle to high and landed on top of the school building, not coming down to the floor below. 

I hoped it would come back down but it didn't. Luckily Ben wasn't watching but then Ms Komor came out, I quickly ran and got another shuttle and then came back to Ms Komor knowing about the shuttle on the roof, she wasn't angry. I was ashamed of myself but I knew next time to hit the shuttle at a controllable pace.  



"Come on in now boys" said Ben, we all went inside and sat down then Ben gave us a talk about what we learnt today. We went over the movements again and then it was time to go back to class.

Overall, I felt that this week's BADMINTON session was both tiring and unique because I didn't know that there was different type of moving in the particular sport, well I knew that running was, but not like pivoting and turning your feet 90 degrees. My goal for next week is to hit the shuttle so that it doesn't land on the roof top again and take the time to learn more seriously. 



I enjoyed learning a new technique a real joy because one day I might be the best Badminton player in the school, maybe, maybe not. A challenge I found was trying to do the technique but in the end I got it!


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What Do I Know About Pollution?

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What do I know about Pollution?

Pollution to me takes up space on our land and endangers the species of different plants and animals. Humans cause Pollution by burning fossil fuels, driving cars and trucks, manufacturing and mining. For me I think that people should start looking after our planet Earth because one day every living thing on the Earth might be extinct forever. Landfills are one of the many things that cause Pollution, all unwanted waste gather up into mammoth piles underground and then causes Soil Pollution.

There are 6 different types of Pollution, they are;

Water Pollution

Air Pollution

Soil Pollution

Thermal Pollution

Radioactive Pollution

Noise Pollution

Light Pollution

Water Pollution: In my own words I think that Water Pollution is when people throw their waste into seas, rivers, creek etc creating unwanted water that are both dangerous to  wildlife and people. It is also the contamination of water bodies without treatment to remove harmful compounds, and when animals or humans drink water that isn't filtered you can become sick and weak.

Air Pollution: Air Pollution is when gasoline and other hydrocarbon fuels in automobiles, trucks, and jet airplanes produces several pollutants like; Nitrogen, Oxides, Carbon Monoxide and many more. It's also when factories burst huge loads of smoke into the air, and then we breath in that air and that causes Air Pollution.

Soil Pollution: Soil Pollution is when waste fills into huge landfills and are then buried underground making it harder for Mother Nature to protect the plants and wildlife from being harmed from waste.It is also caused by human chemicals that are wasted. Imagine all the different species of plants extinct? Future generations may not be able to witness the real life thing.

Thermal Pollution: Thermal Pollution is when power plants and factories eject both hot and cold water into nearby rivers,lakes,creeks,streams,seas etc, rapidly changing the temperature of the water. Some of the marine organisms require a certain water temperature and when the water changes suddenly they are unable to survive through out it.

Radioactive Pollution: Radioactive Pollution is when radioactive material particles are released into the air, water, or Earth from humans, accident or design. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, think about a nuclear bomb and how much destruction it can cause? When a bomb is set off it create huge amounts of smoke in which rises into the air causing Radioactive Pollution.

Noise Pollution: Did you know that Noise Pollution mostly comes from human technology? From cars to trucks and helicopters to jumbo aircrafts. Noise Pollution is when noise comes to an annoying or harmful voluming and is harmful to human and wildlife activity. When a Boeing 747 aircraft departs from its destination it creates huge amounts of sound waves although you can’t see it, you can hear it.  Before an aircraft departs, a man stands below the jumbo human piece of technology holding two orange sticks signalling the pilot were to go,  the noises are so loud they are to wear ear muffs created to block out the sound generating from the engines, that is called Noise Pollution.

Light Pollution: Light Pollution is when street lights fill the night sky, and for nocturnal creatures it can be  a distraction when looking for prey. It also obstructs the observation of night stars and neighboring planet’s. For astronomers light pollution has been a disaster. When a light is too bright it cause Light Pollution.

These are all dangerous types, but I think Water,Air and Light Pollution is being caused mostly by us Humans. People around the globe should be preventing Pollution from happening because fish and other sea creatures fills our stomachs with Nutrients, Vitamins and Fibre. Air helps us breath during the day and the light helps us see inside the most darkest places. But what would happen if all these things disappear?

Pollution makes the land unhealthy and filthy. And one day the Earth might not be able to hang on longer and might take the first step of decomposing! We humans need to take extra care about Mother Nature because Mother Nature takes care of us in many ways like giving us shelter, food and water.

Take a stand and call for Pollution ban!

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Technology Reflection

I am learning to write about my Technology session I participated in today.

Today we went to Tamaki College for our 2nd Technology session. The difference between last week's session and today's session is that the weather today is raining meaning the smell of dampness filled the bus. Inside the bus it smelt like wet dogs, well that's what I thought I smelt but it could've been something else. No Offense to my peers. The routine from here to Tamaki College only takes about 4 minutes, I was relieved when the bus finally pulled up at the gates of Tamaki College as I stepped out onto the wet concrete people started kicking the puddles. 

I wasn't too happy with that but they were boys, and boys are boys. My group walked to Mr Grundy's class where he was waiting for us, that was unusual because most times he walks with us to his class but the rain had stopped him from doing that. The weather outside was cold, so I was very glad when I stepped inside the classroom where no rain could reach me. I walked in the class and noticed other kids going up to get their piece of paper so I followed them, Mr Grundy said last week that we had to have 15 designs that could work and be made but today he cut it down to 9 or 10. 

For me I thought that thinking about the designs was really hard because I didn't want to make something that was already made. So I took a walk around the class to get some ideas, some of them were simple like a box, car and a truck but I saw a design called a Jewelry Tree I thought that was very creative but I wasn't a girl so I didn't want to do it. This week I was hoping that we could start creating something, but it turned out to be the opposite! We were still coming up with designs and I thought it was boring. 

After that Mr Grundy said "Front and Centre" meaning we all had to surround a table, I was trying to pick something off Metui's pants but Mr Grundy thought we were playing and me and him was sent outside. When me and Metui was waiting outside some of the kids were getting cheeky from inside. They thought they were funny but actually they weren't. It had been about 5 minutes and me and Metui were still waiting outside, then Mr Grundy arrived he didn't look to mad but he said we've already spent enough time mucking around and it was time to get some work done. 

I had finished my work and put my name on the board, I was happy to finally realise that my time had come but then it turned around! Mr Grundy has to speak to some other people who were wasting time and he forgot all about checking my work. I was waiting for him to finish and when he did he didn't bother coming back. "Is that how it is now" I thought. But I didn't really care because time was almost up. But before he left he gave us a talk about 'Finishing work and using time wisely' 

Next week I hope that I can get my work CHECKED and then be able to start sketching my design. My next steps in learning is to write a reflection, not a recount. I think it's because I get too carried away with my experience but I want to just stick with some simple but in depth thinking. A challenge I found during this session was not being able to get my work checked and approved.

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Counting numbers in Maori

WALA: Value of numbers using the Maori counting system.

Today we had a 'Learning Languages' session, for this week's session we called out random numbers and then we had to try and say them in Maori, for me I thought it was very tricky because I didn't know how to count up to numbers like 600 in Maori. Something that I enjoyed during this time was that other students said the numbers in their own language like Tongan, Samoan and Maori. We used a website called 'Random Number Generator' that generates numbers randomly.

 A challenge I faced was not being able to give the correct answers, but at the same time it's ok to try. My next steps in learning is to learn how to say numbers in Maori so that I am prepared to give the answer when Ms Komor asks me. 

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