Basketball

Senior students have been lucky enough to have basketball coaching this term with Coach Manu and Aja.  We focussed on skills such as running, changing direction, pivoting, throwing and catching as well as shooting.  The coaches used heaps of fun drills and games to help us learn the correct skills and techniques.  Check out our skills in action.

Dear Coach Aja and Manu,

I am writing this letter on behalf of Room 20 to say thank you very much for the great basketball skills you have taught us at Yendarra School this term.

I really enjoyed learning the awesome basketball techniques and skills because it will be handy for our upcoming after school tournament.  I also enjoyed playing the game ‘Golden Child’ because we used all of our new skills and got to compete against our friends.

I learnt how to pivot and defend the ball properly using the jump stop.  I am going to practise these skills in our P.E lessons.  I also learnt how to run properly to build up my speed quickly.

Once again thank you very much for taking time to teach us basketball skills and  techniques.  We hope to see you again soon.

Yours Sincerely

Sila and Room 20

Check out these links to see us practicing our skills in action!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hCMCgSLRHY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn6oz5v3PCk&feature=youtu.be

Sushi Making

In Room 20 we have been learning about the effect food has on our bodies in our Grow Me Well Inquiry Focus.  One exciting activity we did was sushi making.  We investigated where sushi came from, learnt how to make it, wrote our own set of instructions as well researched what ingredients we would need and looked at the nutritional information.  

It was sooo much fun to make and delicious to eat except when Mrs Walter asked if anyone was brave enough to try Wasabi!  

“Man was it HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”    

“My tongue was on fire!”

Now we are beginning to look at the impact advertising has on food choices!

Visual Art in Room 20

Our latest Visual Art focus has been on the artist Robyn Kahukiwa.  We looked at all her work and focussed on one of her portraits.  We looked at skills such as proportion, symmetry and shading.  First we planned our portraits by practising to draw faces, looking closely at proportion.  Then we completed them using crayon and dye.  After that we reworked features using pastel, lastly we added real feathers and the moko’s.  I really enjoyed drawing the moko because we studied different designs and created our own.  I learnt a lot of new skills drawing my portrait.  What do you think of our portraits?

Sila Hifo Room 20