International Netball Competition

In the school holidays I competed in a international netball competition that was held at Hagley Park in town. Everybody played on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. The teams had to be there by 8-8:30am and the teams could leave after there last game of the day. The guests could arrive anywhere after 9am and leave whenever than wanted as well. 

I played in a team that knew anybody because we were formed 24 hours before the whole tournament started. In my team I had Jane, Holly, Hannah, Eve, Jess, Ngakiha, Nyra and myself. My team was called the NZ All-sorts that wore Australian Five Rivers netball dressing for the competition. 

Everyday was played 3 games and every game was played for 40 minutes in quarters. On Saturday we played Motivations,Revelation and Marian. On Monday we played Motivations, The Malaysians team and Merlins. On Tuesday we played The Australian team, The Malaysians team and Merlins. We had some loses and some wins. We placed 5th in our sections for this tournament.

On Tuesday after playing three games was presentations and my whole team got participation awards. 

Cooking Pizza

Today in cooking technology we made pizza in a group of 4 and in my group I had Hope, Addyson, Megan and myself. All my group had different toppings and liked different toppings as well. I had a tomato & herb base, tomato base sauce, cheese, ham, salami, mushroom, tomato, some mixed herbs and BBQ sauce. After we made our pizza we cooked it for about 10 minutes or until all ingredients are cooking perfect. Once the pizza was cooked we took it out of the oven, we put it on a small plate and we all ate it up into our tummy's. After eating the pizza we did the dishes and packed our space up completely. Then we made a blog post about today's session on making pizza. 

P:E Hurumanu

Today in P:E Hurumanu we played heaps of different games and my favorite one was bench ball with a twist which was adding netball into playing it which was really fun. 

Working as a Team

Level 1 Below the Level	Level 2 Working Towards the Level	Level 3 Working at the Level	Level 4 Exceeding the Level
I have a negative influence on the team.  The teacher has reminded me to get involved. I get into arguments, and sometimes use nasty words. I sometimes cheat.	I sometimes make a contribution to the team goal.  I sometimes need the teacher or my team mates to remind me to join in or try harder.   I try to use positive words and actions to encourage my team, but I find it hard.	I always make a contribution to the team goal. I include myself in the team activity, and I include others.  I sometimes use positive words and actions to encourage my team.	I am a leader in making a contribution to the team goal.  I make sure I include everyone in what’s going on.  I am always encouraging, and my positive words and actions lift my team’s performance.

Blog Reflection 

The team game we played was: Bench Ball  

For this activity, I rate myself (circle one) 1 2 3 4

I give myself this rating because I was a leader in contributing to my team, I made sure that everyone we included, I was always always positive words and encouraging my team while playing bench ball.

Something challenging was when nobody was passing me the ball even if I was open without anyone guarding me.

I overcame that challenge by always having myself open without a guard, saying the person's name who had the ball and hoping they would pass it to me. 

What I want Miss Birtch to know about me...

Today 7/8 Al are having there first lesson with Miss Birtch teaching them. I'm really excited to have Miss Birtch teaching me as I've never worked with her before and also want to get to know her.

1) I really love playing sports and getting involved with things that are to do with being active.

2) My 3 favorite foods are butter chicken, tacos and ice cream. I could eat these foods everyday if I wanted but there not the healthier foods on the planet.

3) I have an amazing load of family and friends that I couldn't live without.

4) I love animals and I have a dog named Boof and a cat named Bubbles. These animals are so amazing and have a loving family that cares about them so much. 

5) My all time favorite colour is blue and my less favorite colour is pink. I love the shades black, white and grey. 

6) My favorite movie/season right now is called Riverdale and my favorite TV show is Shortland Street.

7) My favorite thing to do at school is hanging with friends but my favorite subject is P:E.

8) The things I love doing in my spare time is practicing netball, watching Netflix, hanging with friends, etc.

9) My perfect night would be watching a movie/season while eating my favorite foods. 

I hope you learnt something new about me and we can get to know each other well...