Fitness in Tawa house

Fitness


In Tawa house this term, we are doing cross country training as we prepare for the big day. we have been doing the full course on Tuesdays. On Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, we have been doing a short run around the field and around the Tawa house area twice. The teachers have been timing us for both courses. The fastest year 8 boy is George and the fastest year 8 girl is Olivia. The fastest year 7 girl is Eden and the fastest year 7 boy is Brynn. We  are not going to let you know the times until we win the cross country! 

Hockey - Gemma talking to class


On the 23rd of May Mrs Flynn's daughter, Gemma came into our class to talk about nutrition, Fitness and her hockey career. Gemma is in the New Zealand black sticks hockey team, and is an elite athlete. Before she came to talk to us, we played a game of in door soccer in the gym. We asked her what was the game that stood out she responded with the final at the Commonwealth games in Deli against Australia. They lost the match in a penalty shoot out but she was pleased with the silver medal.


These are some of our questions we are going to ask Gemma to answer. Add more to the comments if you want to.


Questions:


* What is it like being in front of thousands of people while you play hockey?


* Where was your first game playing for the Black sticks?


* Why did you choose to play hockey over the other sports you played?






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Crazy Science Week

Last week was Science week. Room 27 went to the science lab to have fun by trying practical science experiments. We really enjoyed not having to write any thing and just doing the activities.
Sosaia learnt that if you don't close the lid on the jar of rice when shaking it, it goes everywhere!
But seriously, there were lots of cool experiments like the one that you had a piece of card and on one side was a fish and the other side was a bowl. When you spun it, it looked like the fish was swimming in the bowl!
We learnt that the illusion was caused because the brain can't keep up with the speed so it puts it all together creating the illusion that we saw.

Another experiment that was interesting was when you put one hand into a hot bowl of water and at the same time the other one in a cold bowl of water for 30 seconds. Then you had to take them both out and put them both into the tepid or warm water together. Guess what?  The interesting thing was that the hand that was originally in the cold water felt warmer than the hand that was in the hot! This is also a trick of the brain!
Thanks Mr Marsh and Mrs Jensen for letting us use the science lab for these fun science experiments and we learnt a lot too!
Posted by Kowhai Reading Group - Sosaia, Briahnne, Abbey, Olivia, Tama, Jessica and Kennedy.

Blogging

Today we have been learning all the features of a Blog and learning how to use it.

Welcome to Room 27's blog

Welcome to  Room 27, Tawa House!  Our house motto is ' We lead, others follow' so come along with us and share our learning experiences this year.

Each week Room 27 students will be keeping you up to date with our learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. Please share this link with family and friends who can enjoy our journey with us... We are looking forward to hearing your comments and feedback on our blog.