Fiji Wins Gold Again!

Today for Hurumanu we had to do an activity about the Fijian Rugby Sevens winning against New Zealand for the Olympics. I was excited about this work because I knew a lot about Fiji because I'm from there. We had to read about Fiji winning against New Zealand and add missing parts to the task that was set for us. My favourite part about this was getting to do stuff about my culture because I know a lot about it. I enjoyed doing this a lot because I got to help others do this after. My thoughts on this was everyone who supported Fiji was proud, and the Fiji team try their hardest to help people in Fiji because of covid, because covid is really bad there. I am very proud.

Read all about the Fiji Rugby Sevens winning gold at the Olympic Games, then Blog a report about the game using your own words.

Olympic Gold was won by the Fiji Rugby Sevens team in Tokyo last evening (9:00-9:30).

The game was against New Zealand who ended up winning Silver Medals.

Fiji’s captain is Jerry Tuwai He said this win was very special because they had to go into lockdown after Easter.

They have not seen their family since. 

They spent most of that time shut up in a hostel in Suva , training in a gym they built in a garage.

When they were on their way to Japan the Fijian team got stuck on a cargo plane Along with some crates full of frozen fish.

These experiences helped them form a very tight group of people which makes for a great experience.

Here are some images of the winners.

Winter Learning Journey Activity 11

Today I'm doing another blog post about the Winter Learning Journey. The task is to explain how to play a well-known sport from your country. My country is well known for rugby. The Fijian rugby union is an international rugby team. To be honest, I don't know how to play rugby, so I'm only going to explain a few rules. One rule I know is you are not allowed to pass the ball forwards to a team member, in other words, you can only pass it backward. There are 8 forwards (hookers, prop, second row, flanker, and number eight) and 7 backs (scrum-half, fly-half, inside center, outside center, wingers, and a full back). A try is worth 5 points, a conversion is worth 2 points, a penalty kick is worth 3 points and a drop goal is worth 3 points. 

Winter Learning Journey Activity 1

The girl in the video I watched is Sadako Sasaki, I think she is in heaven because she had died when she was in the hospital. Sadako got there because a piece of origami paper flew down to her, so she made a paper crane and she got on and flew away. At the start of the video she is feeling sad, I can tell that because she is crying. A paper crane is something traditional in Japan, it represents good luck, people make 1000 paper cranes because it's true if you make 1000 cranes you get a lucky wish. 

Here is a video on how to make a paper crane:

Winter Learning Journey Activity 18

Today I did my first activity for the Winter Learning Journey. The task was to use google drawing to make your country flag. My flag was the Fijian flag and it was hard to make. It took around 1 hour and 30 minutes to make. My favourite part was using different shapes to create the flag. My least favourite part was actually making it because it was really hard.

Here is my flag:

STEAM Kete

This term we are doing a STEAM Kete. We have to work in groups of four, I worked with Mikhanya, Sovereign, and Aone. Our topic is fashion and e-textiles. We have to create something that we can wear in 2050. Our group has chosen to make Traditional Maori clothing. Our group has decided to make a Maori cloak and a couple of pois. The feathers are going to made out of paper, the cloak base is going to be made of recycled fabric. We are going to use black, brown and white paper feathers. Each one of us has a role to finish this kete, Mikhanya is making the cloak with me, and Sovereign and Aone are making the Poi's.

Lighting Our Hands On Fire

Today for science we lit our hands on fire. First, we put on our safety goggles, next we get water and put it on finger-tips till our elbows, after we get gas bubbles and go to the area where we lit it, last our teacher lit up the gas bubbles to make a big fireball in our hands. This was really fun especially for the second last experiment for the term. Before I did this I felt really scared but after I did this I wanted to do it again because it was really fun.