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Saturday Netball

KKPS Magics vs KKHS Saphires

On Saturday was the day when I got really nervous because the people that we were versing were on the on top of the leader board by the goal percentage, but we are winning by no loses. We have versed this team before and we beat them by 9 points I think, but they have up'd there game since last time we versed them.So I was on the court for the whole game and it was tiring because the rain and the wind was strong and I was trying to control myself with the weather getting thrown at us.It was a very good, challenging and interesting game. We won by heaps but it felt like they beat us.

Yay we are winning champs.

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BUBZ TOURNAMENT

NETBALL

On Saturday we had a tournament that my coach and her friends/team mates do every year for people to come and have fun play netball basically.

We versed five teams, we were suppose to only verse 3 teams but then we got in the semi finals and then the finals so two extra ones to put on top of the teams we versed. We were do really good throughout the whole tournament and it was really fun i must say. We beat the first team then the second the the third and it felt great we were actually going somewhere in this tournament we got to semi finals and beat that team and after we versed that team we went straight to versing the finalist, we were struggling in the whole game, they were always in front by two or more in each quarter and it was getting to us, we were trying our best but we lost by 5 points it was actually surprising because last year we would always lose by like 20 or 10 points so we weren't that disappointed at least we came runners up and get a prize.

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First Encounters Popplet timeline

This week I'm posting another presentation, this post is a first encounters popplet timeline that my group made about first encounters.We had to search in a lot of sites on google to get this type of research, it really wasn't hard to gather information in to this timeline.This is my timeline and if you have any problems and if you think this isn't enough information I will take it into consideration and make sure I put more facts into my work.

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Tuna and Takakau

Tuna & Takakau

So last week we were doing a tuna and takakau week competition that we do every year and how we do it is we get 4 days to set our hinaki and bring your tuna in (tuna is a eel) and then on Thursday you have to bring your takakau in. Your tuna has to be a short fin and then we judge it on the weight, girth, and the length and see who has the biggest. Your takakau gets judged on the taste,presentation, and the texture also you couldn't have decorations on it.The tuna and takakau week was really fun and I hope next term we do something similar.

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Te reo

This week for my blog post I'm doing a Te Reo presentation that I learnt to do with my Maori teacher and she taught the whole class how to do a pepeha structure with our papa's and nana's name in it on both of my mum's and dad's side of their families, also to do it with a character off a movie or tv show I did Dory.

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Maromaku Day

Maromaku Day

On Friday I went to Maromaku with half of the school and we went to go and represent our school and play netball and rugby. We had a Powhiri and Karakia then we started to sort out which court and people we are versing, after that we verse heaps of people and after all of those games we have won them and we are on to the finals... 

Just when the finals start we were doing really good until the last 2 minutes I jumped up and landed on my ankle but we still won we got heaps and the people that we were versing only got one point then we all went back to school.

The End

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Matariki Day

Matariki Day

On Thursday we had Matariki Day, and I really had a lot of fun. I really felt like on Thursday that it was traditional and I was like in the olden days which was amazing.First in the morning we had Powhiri, after that all the parents that were here for the Matariki Day went into the Whare Kai to have a cup of tea and etc. When they finished they came up to their children to see what they have learnt in the whole term and etc. We all went across the road and performed for the parents, then went back across the road to the Marae and had lunch our lunch was hangi it was so delicious. All the parents went back home and me and some other friends went to clean up the Marae then went to play a game. 

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My weekend

Saturday/Sunday

Netball

On Saturday my team was playing against Kerikeri Jades, but unfortunately I didn´t get to play because I sprained my ankle on Friday so didn´t play.They were warming up and they looked really tired but they kept focused, when they were playing the game it was very messy and they needed to clean it up because the ground was slippery and wet, but they hung in there and they won.On Sunday my other team for reps played a tournament in Kerikeri they did really well and they won all there games but they also won the whole tournament and got prizes.

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First Encounters Writing

First Encounters
cook is a  English explorer,navigator,cartographer,scientific method explorer and a

naval captain, but what he was really famous for in NZ was in 1728-1779 when he voyaged
into the Pacific Ocean and accurately mapped it, as well as for his application of scientific
methods for exploration. James was born on 7 November 1728 in Marton-in-Cleveland,
Yorkshire, England.

Childhood/Family

James was born on 7 November 1728 in Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England,
unfortunately James died of the age 51, 14 February 1779, in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii.
James parents are Grace Pace Cook, and James Cook, His siblings are John Cook, Mary Cook,
Christiana Cook, William Cook, Margaret Cook, Jane Cook, his children are Nathaniel Cook, Hugh
Cook, James Cook, George Cook, Elizabeth Cook, Joseph Cook, his wife is Elizabeth Batts Cook.
James did farming work alongside his father for work but at the age of 18, James Cook was
offered an apprenticeship by a Quaker shipowner in a small seaside village near Whitby, England. 

Career/Accomplishments

One of James achievements are, he got an award and it was a copley medal,
(The Copley Medal is an award given by the Royal Society for "outstanding achievements
in research in any branch of science." It alternates between the physical and biological sciences)
,  mapping out NZ and Australia's great barrier reef, becoming a naval captain in the royal navy
and much more.James career was that he was an Explorer, Navigator, Sailor, Cartographer.

Ship

James sailed on heaps of different ships named; HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution, HMS Adventure,
HM Bark Endeavour Replica, HMS Discovery, HMS Grenville and RR5 James.James most famous
ship was the HMS Endeavour, the one he travelled across the world and found different countries and
islands such as NZ and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. James had only made one voyage on
his HMS Endeavour ship, but then he made his second and third with his HMS Resolution.

First Encounter with Maori

James sighted  NZ on 6 October 1769, and landed at Poverty Bay two days later. He drew detailed
and precise maps of the country, and wrote about the Māori people. His first encounter with Māori
was unsuccessful a fight broke out and some Māori were killed, after that he went to the Bay of
Islands and stayed there for 10 days.

February 14th 1779 51 years of age, James died from these people called Hawaiian islanders, they
believed that the power of a man was in his bones, so they cooked parts of James body to enable
the bones to be easily removed, and the cooking of James body gave rise to the rumour of
cannibalism.

BY: Miria