Kiwi Can Reflection

This week in Kiwi Can, our new topic was role model. We started off by talking about what a role model is and who we look up to as a role model. A role model is someone who sets good examples to other people, people who are inspired by them and someone who is a leader. Someone I look up to is my sister, because she sets a good example and solves different situations. After talking about role models, we did our energizer called Hammer. For this activity, we got into partners and put our hands above each others hands. When Ms Grace called out Hammer we tried to slam each others hand, to win. Once we played our energizer, we played our next activity called picture it. For picture it we got into groups and tried to make a shape, Ms Grace called out. This game was based on role models, because a person took the lead and helped others.

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This week in Kiwi Can, our theme was positive relationships and our topic was leadership. We started off with our energizer, called Bop It. For this activity, Ms Grace and Mr M gave us combinations of moves from the Bop It game. If we were the slowest to do those moves, then we would be out. After that, we talked about leadership and about who we looked up to. Leadership is taking responsibilities and doing the right thing so younger people follow. We then moved onto our activity called, Bowchickawowow. For this activity someone started off with doing a dance move. Then the next person would add on a dance. If we didn’t do the the dance on time then we would be out. Lastly we played the end of the road. At the end of kiwi can, we created a DLO about how to become a leader.

Kiwi Can Reflection

This week for Kiwi Can this term, our theme was positive relationships and our topic was positive communication. First, we got into two groups (Mr M and Ms Grace's groups)  and did an energizer called Up and Down, which included using positive communication. For this activity, one group flipped the cones up, while the other flipped the cones down. The group that had the most cones flipped either up or down, would win. After that energizer, we talked about positive communication. As a act, Mr M asked Karlos to help him set a scene. In the act Mr M told Karlos that he was rubbish at basketball. In our groups, the goal was to get Karlos to be cheered up, by saying positive things. Nextly, we moved onto our activity, called Street Fighters. In this activity, we had fighting actions from Mr M and Ms Grace. In our groups, we competed against each other to see who could do a combinations of moves the fastest. I really enjoyed playing these activities and talking about positive communication.

Kiwi Can Reflection

LI: To include and engage others by being sensitive to their feelings.  This week was our first session of Kiwi Can with Mrs Mac and Ms. Grace. The theme for this term was positive relationships, fairness, and Fair play. We started with an energiser, called Change Places. For this activity, Ms Grace called out some things that we might like and if we liked it, we would change places with a different person. After we did our energiser, we talked about words related to empathy, which were courtesy, common sense, and consideration.  Some examples to show courtesy with words are having manners, being kind, and being polite. Some other examples to show courtesy without words are hand gestures, facial expressions, and body language. To show common sense, you make wise choices and trust your instincts. Some ways to show consideration is thinking about others and how people may feel. Lastly, we talked about some ways to show empathy which are, being kind, supportive and being considerate. After that, we did an activity, where we acted out the positive or negative ways of showing empathy. In our group our play was about someone crying because she was bullied, so we decided to cheer her up.

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This week in kiwi can our theme was integrity and our new topic was reliability. First we played the energizer. For this energizer one person from their pair was blindfolded, while the other partner was to tag other pairs and protect their partner from getting tagged. After we played the energizer we talked about reliability. Reliability is when you trust others to do something. An example of being reliable is keeping a secret if your friend tells you one, because they rely on you to not spread it out to others. Once we talked about reliability, we played the activity, which was about relying on your partner to be balanced, when doing movements that include balancing together. Lastly we moved on to GKQ/General Knowledge Questions. In a circle there was a master who went around the circle, while the teacher asked a question. The first one who answered the question was master.

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This term for a great session of kiwi can our new theme was integrity. Integrity means making the right choice when no one is looking. One example of showing integrity is picking up rubbish, when no one is looking. Something I learnt from Kiwi Can was the definition of honesty and why we show it. The activity we played was role play. The role plays were about showing honesty. My group's role play was about cheating in a test, but then owned up to it and told the truth. The image below shows the role play activity.

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This week for another fun day of kiwi can, our kiwi can leaders were, Ms. Paige and Ms. Mac who was new. Our topic for this week was positive relationships and our theme was co-operation. We first talked about positive relationships, positive communication and co-operation. Positive relationships is when you have good relationships with others, positive communication is when you talk to others in a positive way and lastly co-operation, is when you work together and negotiate to an agreement. Our energizer was called A's and B's. For A's and B's, we chose two people who were your A and B in our minds. We tried to get as close to A and as far as your B. Our activity was Magic Boots. For Magic Boots we got into groups. One person had magic boots who could cross over the toxic lava to go to the safe zone. The magic boots person tried to carry their teammates to the other side while their feet not touching the other side. The person to the safe side also has magic boots.

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This week for kiwi can we had Ms. Paige and Mr. Alabati. Our theme was positive communication and our topic was voice tone. Positive communication is when you talk to someone in a positive way. Active listening is when you listen to others and voice tone is the way that you speak to other, for example happily, angrily and more. Our catchphrase was "kiwi can says, talk to me, so you can see, someone with positivity". One of the activities we played was called "Negative and Positive role plays", which was part of voice tones. For this game we got into groups and got a card which either had a positive or negative text. In groups we acted out the card, but started from negative to positive. For example someone was bullying someone. The person who got bullied was crying. The bully felt sad and went to say sorry. I've had a lot of fun playing these two activities.

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This week for kiwi can our leaders were Ms. Paige and Mr. Alabati. Our topic is active listening and our theme was positive relationships. Active listening is when you listen to other, when they are talking and positive relationships is when you talk positivity to others. Our catch phrase was "talk to me, so you can see me, someone with positivity". We played two activities which we needed to listen. My favorite activity was "Chop Suey Salute". In Chop Suey Salute, there are 5 moves which include punches, kicks and powers. I've had a lot of fun playing these activities and learning about topic and themes in kiwi can.

Kiwi Can|Fun Week

This week for kiwi can we had Ms. Paige and Ms. Peehok. This week was fun week and the last week of kiwi can.  We recapped on our topics and theme on how we can respect it. The topics were respect for our school, community and environment and the theme was respect. We did a challenge using the catchphrases that we learnt. The first catchphrase was "kiwi can says take pride, in who you are,  respect the school and you'll go far". The next catchphrase was " kiwi can says we come in unity for our community". The last catchphrase was "kiwi can says respect our waters, air and trees and keep it tidy and keep it clean". We tried to memorise and say the catchphrases without the kiwi can leaders' help We played three games for fun week. The games we played was "invisible tag, ten second tag and octopus". We did GKQ, the master version. After that we went back to class. I enjoyed kiwi can a lot. The thing that I loved most about kiwi can was the activities and the energisers.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige. Our theme was respect and our new topic was respect for our environment.

First we started off with the energizer which was called "Snake". For this game someone was the tagger. The tagger had to act like a snake and had to tag people. The tagger had to lye down on their stomach. If someone got tagged they also had to act like a snake and try to tag people. For the first round Mojtaba was the tagger and for the other round Alayah was the tagger. The last person standing would be the winner.

After that, we sat into our four lines and talked about how we can respect the environment. We respect the environment by picking up rubbish and more.

Once we talked about how we can respect the environment, we moved onto the activity which was called "Tic Tac Toe". For "Tic Tac Toe" we got into groups of five and one group of six. In my group I had Florence, Victoria, Alayah, Miiana and Sulia. We had to name our group. Our group name was "Islanders". For this game there were nine chairs which was placed like "Tic Tac Toe". There was two groups who was versing at a time. Each person had to run to a chair and sit down. One group were the o's and the other were the x's. The winner of this activity was " The Footballers".

We did GKQ/General Knowledge questions after playing "Tic Tac Toe". For GKQ/Geneneral Knowledge we played the master version. We all got into a circle. Someone was the master. They had to go to someone. Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige would ask questions. If someone answered correctly, they would be the master.

Once we played GKQ/General Knowledge Questions, we did our class catch phrase and went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige. Our theme was respect and our topic was respect for our community.

First we got into our four lines and talked about what community is. Community is a group of people who live in the same area.

After that, we did the energizer. For the energizer we got into a circle. Our legs had to be spread out. We could only use one hand to hit the ball through other people's legs. We had to protect our legs, so the ball didn't go through our legs. If the ball went through someone's leg, they would be out. We only played one round.

Once we played that game, we got into our four lines and talked about community. We talked about how to keep our community safe, communities and how to respect our community. Some communities are the hospital, the police station, the community hall and more. To respect our community we have to listen to them and more. To keep our community safe we have to help them and more.

After we talked about community, we did the activity. For the activity we played handball. For handball we were split into two groups. We had to name our group. One group had to go on one side and the other had to go on the other side. My group's name was the cookie potatoes. We were numbered 1 to 13. I was number 5. There were cones on each side. If Mr. Matt called out a number or numbers, the people who got numbered that number had to go up and hit the ball in between the cones. The first group who got 10 points would win. For this game my group won.

We did GKQ/General Knowledge Questions after we played handball. The master was Mojtaba and the winner was Sandra.

After we did GKQ we went back to class.

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 LI: To learn about the community and respect about the community. This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige. Our theme was respect and our topic was respect for our community. 

First we started off with the energizer. The energizer was called remote. For remote we did remote moves. For the moves there was fast forward, rewind, pause and play. For fast forward we had to walk forward, but fast. For rewind we had to walk backwards, for pause we had to jump and for play we had to walk. If someone did the wrong move, they would be out. Once we played one round, there was a new move added. The move was stop. For stop we had to lye down. We played two round of the energizer.

After we played remote, we sat in our four lines. We talked about communities, like in houses, malls, libraries and more. We also talked about why we have communities and how we should respect them. We should respect the communities, by listening to them, giving them space and more.

Once we talked about community, we played the activity. For the activity we played invisible tag outside on the court. For invisible tag we were split into two teams. One team had to go on one side of the court and the other had to go on the opposite side. If Mr. Matt said four, four people had to run up from each team and up to the hoops and into the middle of the court. When we ran up, Mr. Matt said someone's name. The person who got called had a invisible ball. They had to run up to the other side, to win a point. After a few rounds, my team won.

After we played that game we went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige. Our theme was respect and our topic was respect for our community. First we talked about the community. Community is a group of people who lives in the same area you live in.

Once we talked about the community we moved onto the energiser, which was called catch me if you can. For this game we had to get into a circle. Then we had to put our left hand out. We also had to put our index finger on the person's hand next to us. When Mr. Matt said go we had to catch the person's finger and we also had to try and not let the other person catch our finger. If someone did catch our finger we were out. We had to sit near the windows and watch the others play.

After that we played 10 second tag. For this game there was a tagger. The tagger had to try and tag other people. If someone got tagged they were in and had to try and tag someone. They couldn't tag the same person that they got tagged from. Mr. Matt had to count down from 10 seconds. When 10 seconds ended we had to stop. The last person that got tagged war out. We practised in class, then we went down to the court to play.

When we finished playing this game we went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige. First we started off with the energiser. The energiser was called centre ball. For this game we had to make a circle. Ms. Paige numbered us 1 to 4. If Ms. Paige said 1, the people who got numbered 1 had to run around clockwise and back to their spot. Then they had to run to the middle and get the ball. We all had turns to play. 

Once we played this game we sat down in our four lines and talked about respect and the school rules.

After we did that we moved onto the activity. The activity was called bus stop. For bus stop we got split into 5 groups. In my group I had Miiana, Sione T and Pua. We received a piece of paper and a felt tip. We had to draw 6 lines vertical and one line horizontal. We also had to write down the categories, which were boy name, girl name, food, animal and colour. We also had to include the total. Once we did that Ms. Paige and Mr. Matt called out a letter. We had to write down words that started with the letter. If it was e we had to write down a boy name, a girl name, a food, a animal and a colour starting with e. If we finished we had to say bus stop. The rest of the group had to stop. After that we had to tell the boy name, girl name and more. If two groups or more had the same answer then we would get 5, but if no one got the same answer then we get 10 points. The winner of bus stop was my group.

Once we played that we went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and a new teacher called Ms. Paige. Our new theme was respect and our new topic was respect for school. First we started off with our energiser which was called rules or no rules. For rules or no rules we started off with the no rules. For the no rules we had to tag each other and we didn't have any rules. For the rules there was two taggers. They had a pool noodle. The taggers had to try and tag the rest of us and there was also rules. Once we played rules or no rules we talked about what respect is and our values. Respect is when you treat people, objects and places. My value is my family. Once we talked about that we played the activity called role play. For role play we got into four groups. In my group I had Alayah, Sulia, Liane and Sandra. After that we had to do the same role play. We could either choose the role play with no respect or respect. We chose the role play with no respect. The role play was where there was shared lunch and that two students felt left out because they didn't bring any food for shared lunch. Once we played role play we did GKQ/General Knowledge Questions. After that we went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Lily. Our topic was persevere and our theme was resilience. First we went outside on the court. Then we played the energiser called tangled. For tangled there was a tagger. The tagger had to tag people. If someone got tagged they had to hold hands or hold arms with the tagger. Only the end of the link could tag the other people. We couldn't go past the yellow line. The link got really big which made it hard for us to run away. Sometimes the link was broken because we went our own ways.

After we played our energiser we played the activity which was called invisible touch. For invisible touch we got into two groups. One group had to line up on one side and the other group had to line up on the other side. Ms. Lily called out a number like three. The three people that were in the front of each team had to run around the hoop. Ms. Lily would call out who has the invisible ball. The person with the invisible ball had to run to the other team's hoop. We all had turns playing. At the end we did our catchphrase and went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt. Our topic was persevere and our theme was resilience. First we played the energiser called add on. For add on we got into a circle. Someone had to stand up and go in front of someone. The other person had to stand up too. They both had to rock paper scissors, but instead of saying rock paper scissors we didn't say anything. We could put as many fingers up. We could only put 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 fingers up. If someone put two fingers up and the other person put five fingers up, they both had to say how much it adds up to. The fastest person who said it won and the loser had to sit down. The winner had to carry on versing other people. We could use two hands. We could put as many fingers up as we wanted.

Once we played add on we talked about frustration. After that we played no frustration. Mr. Matt put us into 5 groups. In my group I had Victoria, Florence, Angelica, Sulia and Liane. Each group got a bunch of cards. We had to create something cool using all the cards. We couldn't get frustrated. It was very hard for us because the cards kept on falling. We only had a few minutes to do this. Once we finished Mr. Matt chose which one was the best.

After we played no frustration we did GKQ/General Knowledge Questions. We got into a circle and their was a master. Mr. Matt asked us questions. Once we did GKQ/General Knowledge/Questions we went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Lily. Our topic was problem solving and our theme was resilience. First we started with our energiser which was called Hoop de hoop. For hoop de hoop we got into two groups. I was in group one. Group one went on one side and group two went on the other side. There was hoops of the floor. One person from each group had to run to the furthest hoop. Then we had to stop if we were on the same hoop or if we were on different hoops. We had to at least be near the other person. Once we stopped we had to do rock, paper, scissors, shoot. The person who lost had to go back to their team. The person who won had to run to the hoops. If the person landed to the hoop near the other team, they won and got one point for their team. The group that had three points won. My group won.

Once we played hoop de hoop we sat in a circle and talked about problem solving. To solve problems like maths problems you can ask for help. The people you can ask for help is your friends, you family, your caregivers and your teachers. If you need help ask for help even if you think that people are going to say that you are dumb. Remember to not be afraid.

Once we did that we played Mat dodge ball. For mat dodge ball we got numbered one to five. I was number five. Ms. Lily called out a number. If she called out number two the people who got numbered two had to go in the middle. The other people had to try and hit the people in the middle with the ball. The people in the middle had to dodge the ball. If they got hit by the ball they had to sit down. The last person standing won. Everyone who won had to play. The winner of the game was Lorenzo.

Once we played that game we sat in a circle and did GKQ/General Knowledge Questions. We didn't have a buzzer, we had to shout out the answer. Two people had to stand up at a time. When I stood up I had to answer a easy math question.  After we did GKQ/General Knowledge Questions we went back to class.

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This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt, Ms. Lily and Mr. Latu. Our theme was resilience and our topic was goal settings. First we had played a energiser called Snatch. For snatch we had to get into a circle. Then we had to hold a rope and put it on the ground. There was cones in the middle. Ms. Lily put on a song. We all had to dance around the circle. When the music stopped we had to get a cone. While the music was playing we couldn't step in the middle. We couldn't dive if we were going to get a cone. If we dived we had to sit on the side and watch. Once we played Snatch we sat in our four lines and talked about goal settings and what we did last week. Once we talked about that we did the activity which was called Octopus. For Octopus the boys had to go on one side of the room and the girls had to go on the other side. There was a hoop in the middle. Mr. Matt stood on that and he was holding two pool noodle. If Ms. Lily said crawl the boys had to crawl one the other side and the girls too. Mr. Matt had to hit us with the pool noodle, so that we could be octopuses. Ms. Lily said to crawl and walk only. It was hard because there was a lot of people acting like octopuses. After we played Octopus we did GKQ. Our buzzer was to put our hands on our heads and say our names. Once we did GKQ Ms. Lily did the points. All together we got 23.5 points. We only needed to work on respect. When we finished we did our chant and went back to class.