Joshua T @ Ngatea Primary School

Today for iDrive I did carpentry with Luke, Heath and Finn. We were planning on making a bike but then we changed our minds so we made a foam pit and a sign with cool logos on a piece of paper. The skills we showed were problem solving, communication, questioning, fun and collaboration. The learning power we needed was connecting because we had to communicate to each other so we knew what everyone was doing.

Here I am practising the scissor jump in high jump. I started running from the left side because it is my comfortable side. The bar was low at the start, then it went a bit higher and I was able to jump both heights. I found the scissor jump quite easy because all you had to do was jump over the bar like scissors.  

In New Zealand Labour day is a public holiday and it is the fourth Monday in October. We have this day off because of a carpenter by the name of Samuel Parnell who came to work in New Zealand in 1840 and  refused to work more than eight hours a day. He fought to have the eight hour day in Wellington and won the right. Many workers that live in New Zealand take the spare time to relax and go away on the long weekend. Labour day was first celebrated on October, 28, 1890 in New Zealand.

In the holidays I went to play golf with my dad and brothers and I also went to the park to play with my friend Mason. On Wednesday the 30th of September we played golf and did the first ten holes. My favourite hole to play on is hole two because it is a short and  an easy hole. I saw my friend Nathan their playing golf aswell. I used a driver to tee off at all holes because that is what you are supposed to use and after that I used a iron because you always use it once you have teed off with your driver. Then I used a picture because you use it when you are close to the green and I used a putter to hit my ball onto the green. A putter is used to putt the ball into the hole. I enjoyed playing golf with my brothers and my dad. I went to the Ngatea park to play with my friend Mason and first we played tackle ball rush. There were two of my brothers playing and Mason’s sister and brother playing. First in was Mason’s brother and he tackled one of my brothers. They then tackled my ot...