This week I Iearn about HPE.
Fsirt I had to go and get our hat .
Next I had to go outside and line up.
Then we had to go back insde the classroom.
I enjoy doing the HPE. I did well at doing my blog at the right timing.
This week for HPE we did Sprinting.
First, we had to do girls versus girls and the top three moved on to the next round. There were two sets of boys and two sets of girls to race each other (for now girls race girls and boys race boys).
Next, we had a second round that settled the top 2 going to the finals (boys and girls) (boys still racing boys and girls still racing girls).
Then, we did the final race to settle the boy and girl winner.
Lastly, I had to go back to class.
This week for HPE we learned how to play Ki o Rahi.
Rules for Ki O Rahi: Ki O Rahi are 5 minute quarters with an immediate change at quarter time and a 2 minute break at half time. The sport is non-contact but players wear a belt holding two velcro tags around their waist. Shirts must be tucked in at all times. No watches or other jewellery are allowed to be worn during play.
First, Coach Lucas teaches us what Ki o Rahi is. Ki o Rahi is a Maori game. if you have the ball you have to run and touch the long yellow stick. When you touch it all you have to try and score by touching the middle with the ball. If you are near the bin (tupu) you have to try and block the ball from touching it so the other team doesn’t get a score. You first have to wear a belt and 2 ripper tags on the side of your hips. if your teammate passes the ball to you, you have to catch it and throw it at the tupu to get a point.
Next, Lucas told us what equipment we need. We need 1 tupu (central target), approx 40 gallon drum or rubbish bin, 7 pou, Ki woven flax ball, normal ball, and field marking.
Afterwards, Lucas picked people to be in the red team and yellow team. I was on the red team. For example: he picked a boy to be in the red team and the other team yellow.
Lastly, we had one more round to see who won the game. The team who won was the red team.
This week I learned how to practice softball.
First we did our warm up. Our warm up was practicing musical cones. Then we played 2 different games. The first one was a musical cone. They were laid out into two lines and everyone had to go behind the cones. For example: if there was a cone in front of you. You sit behind it.
Next we went outside and practiced playing some soft ball. We had to wear one of the gloves but you had to wear it with your non – dominant hand.
Lastly we picked up the cones, balls and the gloves and we went to say thank you to the teacher who was teaching or learning us the game.
I enjoyed practicing softball. I did well on the musical cones. I need to improve on the second game when you put cones in a circle.