Swimming and physical activity

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Our swimming sports were a great success, and Aidan and Hannah from our class went on to represent the school at the Pegasus zone champs in Rangiora on March 5th.

Now we are working towards our triathlon and cross country.

How fit are you, and how fit can you get? Some of you are biking to school, which is great for building up strength and stamina.

Here's something to begin this week:
Record how fit and strong you are (same as last year). This will be baseline data to see if you improve in your fitness by the end of the term. To do this, there are two parts...

• See how far and how fast you can run non-stop (up to 3km).  Can you run for 5 minutes? 8 minutes? 12 minutes? More? How far do you go in that time? (Our running track at school is about 180m, or 3 laps of the school are about 1km.)
• How many of the fitness circuit activities can you do? Keep a log each day, including how many times you repeat, and how long it takes you. e.g.
• 20 step - ups (each side)
• Planks (prone hold) front, side, front, side ...20 seconds each
•  10 squats (3 seconds down, 3 seconds up)
• 10 push ups
• 10 knee-touches with elbow (like a sit-up)
• 20 calf-raises
• 20 leg lifts each side (kneeling position, one leg extended, raised & lowered)
• 2 lap run
• REPEAT 2-3 times

 By keeping a log, it will help to remind you to actually do it, rather than just want to get fit.

Let's see how much progress you can make.

Independent Thinkers and Learners...a home challenge

Let's start tuning in to dates in history at the time Ouruhia School opened. And how are you going with your personal goals? Are you improving? How do you know?

This week there are two things to do: 

1.  Record how fit and strong you are (same as earlier this year). This will be baseline data to see if you improve in your fitness by the end of the term. To do this, there are two parts...

• See how far and how fast you can run non-stop (up to 3km).  Can you run for 5 minutes? 8 minutes? 12 minutes? More? How far do you go in that time? (Our running track at school is about 180m, or 3 laps of the school are about 1km.)
• How many of the fitness circuit activities can you do? Keep a log each day, including how many times you repeat, and how long it takes you. e.g.
• 20 step - ups (each side)
• Planks (prone hold) front, side, front, side ...20 seconds each
•  10 squats (3 seconds down, 3 seconds up)
• 10 push ups
• 10 knee-touches with elbow (like a sit-up)
• 20 calf-raises
• 20 leg lifts each side (kneeling position, one leg extended, raised & lowered)
• 2 lap run
• REPEAT 2-3 times 

 2. Make a poster showing interesting and important events in history 1914-1919. Choose something from here: 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, or do your own search...using  kidrex, gogooligans,  kidzsearch,  Kids.Net.Au (Use key words, like 1919, kids history, important dates, New Zealand, world, sport, music, movies, science...)

Remember, your poster needs to have a large title (e.g. What Happened in 1914?), 3-4 key pieces of information easy to read from a distance; and pictures, maps or diagrams to add interest. Make a plan to do something each day...and be finished by this Friday 12th (or see me if you need the weekend to finish).

Let's see how your skills have progressed since Term 1.

Llew Summers visit (2)

Visit to see Llew Summers, sculptor

Last Thursday, 7th August, 10 of us visited Llew Summers at his home to see his sculptures and find out how he makes them.


















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