Kiwi Can

This week for kiwi can it was our last week of it so we had a  fun week. Our topic is Respect and our theme is respect communication. We played a arrange of  games we played was musical cones, colour coordinates, Hot potatoes, Bitty Bitty bob and more. The games we played was fun. 

Kiwi Can | Respect

This week for kiwi can we learnt people's differences and how it can effect others. Our theme was respect. Our topic is respect communications. We learnt how to play a game called mirror, followed by another game called "pass and shoot".

Kiwi Can | Patient

This week for kiwi can we are learning how to become patient and how we can inprove our patients. To be able to do this we played activitys. One of the activitys had to work as a team and to be patient.  We were all benn put into 2 lines facing a chair with a cone sitting on it.

Kiwi can | Respect

This week we talked about respect communication. Respect communication has different meanings. Using emotions and Body languages. Our first activity had to include a partner called maths hands. Once we had a partner one hand had to be behind our back. Then we had to either pick random numbers from our hand. Then try to add de numbers.   

Kiwi Can | Respect communication

This week for kiwi can our topic is respect communication. There are different types of meanings, listening and responding to the person that is talking is one. Our game was animal choir. Each group got a animal. Tiger, cat, dog and pig then Mr Semanu gave us a song that we needed to practice with our group.

Kiwi Can | Respect

This week for kiwi can our theme is respect. Our first energiser was called follow the leader. For this game there was a leader for each 4 - 5 groups. Each leader got a scenario for example to spell the school backwards. Then had to go back to our groups and explain what we had to do. 

Kiwi Can | Respect

This week our catchphrase is " R.E.S.P.E.C.T, Find out what it means to me"  We were first talking about unique and what it means and how to respect yourself and one and other. Our first energiser had to include what people like. Each side had people dislikes and likes, Example: One side had spaghetti and the other had bake beans. One person could pick one side and then say an argument

Kiwi can | Respect

This week was our first session of kiwi can term 4. Our new theme is respect. We learnt different meaning of respect with our new kiwi can leader is Mr Simanu and Mr Latu.

Our first game was called Tooty fruity. For our enegiser it was all relating to our listening skills. We had different commandments. Apple was to jump forward, orange was to jump back and banana is to do a 80% turn then we .

Our activity was one truth and one lie. For this game one person could tell one truth and a lie while everybody else guesses to pick the truth. For an example I was one of the people that got to say "1. have I been bungy jumping before and 2. I eat fast food everyday after school" The truth was number 2.

Kiwi Can | Resilience

LI: To cope with challenges and bouncing back.
We learnt how to face our challenges and experience / attempt them. We looked at 3 different types of challenges and wrote about our feelings when we face those challenges . We figured out coping strategies in groups of three.

Kiwi Can | Puzzle

LI: to complete challenges and understand what a challenge is.
This week for kiwi can our theme was resilience. Means coping with challenges and bouncing back. We were also learning what challenges means. Our catchphrase was " kiwi can says, when your dealing with challenges, don't go over it, don't go under it, just go through it, and do it. 

Our energiser was called commandments. The kiwi can leaders had commands that we had to do in a circle. The commandments where look up, look down, turn around, jump in, jump out. My challenge for this game is that we had to use our ears.

kiwi can | Self control

Self control is meaning to control your body. Out theme is resilience. Meaning to coping with challenges and bouncing back.

Out first game was called rats and rabbits. The most thing I found challenging about this challenge is how it was pressuring me. To overcome this challenged I breath in and out. Our next game was called 4 challenges.

The first challenge for my group was the alphabet backwards. We also had a 1 minute timer to try and complete it. what I found challenging is that we also got pressured because we only had one minute.
Our next challenge was the work out challenge. It included 5x push ups, 5x sit ups, 5x burpies and 5x squats. The most thing I found challenging is that it was tiering and that is was a hard task to do.

Our third challenge was to match the Maori words to the English words. What I found challenging is Even though I'm Maori i still didn't know some of these words. To overcome me and my group sang the song.

And out last challenge was to remake the kiwi cans catchphrase.

Kiwi Can

Resilience means bouncing back and coping with challenges. This week for kiwi can we were learning self control and self disciplines. Self control is when you control your emotion in any such way. Our activity had to do with sunnarios that we had to act out that each group got hannded out. Our first game was called head shoulders knees and toes.

Kiwi Can

LI: To learn emotions by our bodies.

Resilience means with challenges and bouncing back. This week out Big T (Topic) Is resilience. We got handed a card that had different emotions. Everyone got a card and we had to sort them out for an example we had to find four more people that had a emotion that well link up to our own.

Kiwi can

This week for kiwi can our topic is responsibility. Responsible means to have duty or deal with something. Our energiser was called 21. We got into a circle we had to glance at a person while we say a number to 21. 

Catchphrase:
Kiwi Cans says, responsible is what I am , that's the way of kiwi can. 

Kiwi Can | Honesty | integrity

LI: To use integrity and honesty. 

Staying honest is not always easy but telling the truth or helping a friend to tell the truth must be done. 
we did a different activity to show peoples emotions in different situations like when a lie is told or when or when someone snitches on you. 

Kiwi Can | Integrity | Honesty

LI: To define what honesty is.

This week was our first session of kiwi can. Our kiwi can leaders where Miss Paige and Miss Peho. Our big T is theme and our theme this week is Integrity, And our little t is topic and our topic is honesty.

Our energiser was called 3 sports. In this activity one of our kiwi can leaders closes their eyes and face the wall in-front of them. Then the rest of the kids is behind her. We had to do 3 sports actions. Basketball, Boxing & Karate. By the time our kiwi can leader turns around we have to do one of the sports. I we do the same sport move as the leader we are out.

Our activity was called role play. In this game everybody would be in their own four lines. We were given a scenario about honesty. Cheating, change, wallet, window.

Catch phrase

kiwi can says, Speak to me, Truthfully that is called honesty. 

Term 1 kiwican overview

LI: To recap everything we did in kiwi can.
Today in kiwi can we recapped all of our learning from term 1. Our big theme was positive relationships. Our 3 modules were:
- Positive communication
- Friendship
-Cooperation

We made three groups. Each group talked about the 5W's & H for one module. After we talked as a group, each group shared their ideas back to the class. This term I enjoyed the topics and theme that we did as a group in kiwi can. This term I have learnt that friendship is when you make good relationships with people. I think I need to be better at active listening.

Kiwi Can

LI: To build positive relationships.
Today in kiwi can we were learning about friendship. We learnt that there are times we can say NO. We talked about situations were it is okay to say NO!. Wee discussed different ways to say no that cause disrespect.  We did a activity called empathy rold play. We needed to decide the way to say no.
Our options were,
- No thanks
- lets do something else instead
- its just not my thing
- its not a nice thing to do.

Kiwi Can

LI: To learn what friendship is.
This week for kiwi can our new kiwi can leader is Mr H. Our new topic is relationship. We learnt what relationship means. It means we can have a friend that we can rely on or count on. We learnt what this is by playing a game called secret cards.

We got into small groups. With cards like a scenario. There were ballons on each side of the room saying good and bad. On the cards they could be saying " Someone was keeping a secret for a birthday party" It would got under the good.

Kiwi Can | Postive relationships | Co-operation.

LI:

Today for kiwi can our topic is co-operations and our theme is positive relationships. We can use Co-operation in school.  Co-operation is working together to archive something. Or to get something done. 

Energiser:

Our first energiser was called opposite. Miss Mack said commandments and we had to do the opposite of those commandments. For an example if she said look down we had to look up. But first we had a practise round. If she said hands up we had to put our hands down. 


Activity: 

For our activity we played command and conquer. We were in groups of 5-6 and there were 4 groups in each corner. and the groups name was called group 1 - 2. one person went to Mrs mack. They got an instruction and went back to there group. Shared there instruction ad there had to to it as a team.