Creating Our Own Game - P.E

Today in P.E we created our own games to play with another team, we were given random equipment but the team that we were with had the same equipment as us so if we needed more supplies we could borrow theirs. My group ended up creating a game that was inspired by tapu wae.

How to play/brief description - Each end of the court will have a hula hoop with a circle around the outside, your aim is to get the ball into the hula hoop but the cones are your barrier also there are two kaitiakis/guardians stopping the ball from getting into the hoop. While getting the ball down the court you are only allowed 5 seconds with the ball and no stepping. 

Equipment we used - The equipment was simple and easy the equipment we used were cones, two hula hoops, racket and a tennis ball.

What went well - Before we started playing we were a little unsure if our game would work out or not but as everyone got the hang of it we ended up having a lot of fun and were scoring more points than we expected.

What we could improve on/change for next time - Next time I think we could make the playing area bigger because the ball kept on going out and all the swap overs were taking too long, I liked the equipment we had so I wouldn't change anything about that.

Overall I really enjoyed not only making our own game but getting the chance to play somebody else's game.

Working As A Team - P.E

Blog Reflection 

The team game we played was: Cross Courts

For this activity, I rate myself (circle one) 1 2 3 (4)

  

I gave myself a four because I felt like a leader during this game, I was always making a contribution to the team to help change our ways of playing to give us better chance to win. Also one of Mr Goodfellows “spies” gave me a four.

What was something that was challenging about today’s activity? (in relation to teamwork)

A little challenge was at the start was when people were arguing who was going to start with the ball but it usually happens. Everything was good today and everybody in the team was being a good sport which I was really happy about.

How did I overcome this challenge?

I suggested we throw up the ball and one person from each team have to jump and get the ball for our team and my idea worked.

Guitars - Music

Today in music we learnt about guitars, different types, the names of parts of guitars.

Acoustic Guitars -
The pro's of playing acoustic guitars are they don't need an amplifier and they sound good on their own. Some cons of the acoustic guitar are that they're a little hard than electric guitars to play.


Spanish Guitars -
Spanish guitars are similar to acoustic but some pros and cons of owning them are that they have nylon strings which are softer on your fingers. A con is that the strings are further apart from each other rather than other guitars.

Bass Guitar -
Bass guitars are guitars that aren't played by them self but played for the beat. They can reach lower notes that acoustic guitars can't play, there's no need to learn chords for them aswell. They have a long neck which is difficult for a child to play.

All different types of guitars can have a cut out which helps the player play bar chords, at the start of this lesson I had no idea why some guitars had those cuts I thought it was just for show.

Working as a Team - Pancake Wars

Working as a Team

The team game we played was:  Pancake Wars 

For this activity, I rate myself (circle one) 1 2 3         (4)

I gave myself this rating because (describe something that happened that supports the rating you gave yourself).  

I gave myself this rating because I worked well with my team and whenever I saw someone from my team not doing anything I went over to them and helped them by giving them something to do. I cheered on my teammates when they were trying to get to the other side or coming back with pancakes.

What was something that was challenging about today’s activity? (in relation to teamwork)

Something challenging to me was when people would fuss over who was doing what but we got there in the end as a strong team.

How did I overcome this challenge?\

I overcame this challenge by helping my teammates find what they could do to solve the tiny problem and after that they ended up contributing to the game which helped us a lot.