Poems

-What is a cinquain poem? 

A cinquain poem is a type of poem where syllables are the most important thing in a cinquain there are five lines in a cinquain poem the first line has 2 syllables the second line has 4 syllables the 3rd line has 6 syllables the 4th line had 8 syllables the last line has 2 syllables this is how you write a cinquain poem. Here is an example:

Seasons

Spring is lively

Winter is magical

Summer is the time for ice cream

Leaves fall

A limerick is a funny type of poem the first two lines rhyme and the third and fourth rhyme but the 3rd and 4th lines don't rhyme with the top two lines and the last line rhymes with the first line here is an example:

There once was a man from Nantucket

Who kept all his cash in a bucket

And his daughter named nan

Ran away with a man

And as for the bucket Nantucket.

I used to poem

A 'I used to' poem is a poem that not many people know. The top two lines are the same as the bottom two. This is the format we had to write a "I used to' poem

I used to...

But now I...

I always...

But now I never...

I once...

But now I...

If I could...

I would...

I never...

but I might...

I can’t...

But I can...

I won't...

but I might...

I used to...

but now I...

Haiku Poems

In Toroa, we have been learning how to write all sorts of poems. On Tuesday, we learned how to write a Haiku poem. A haiku poem has three lines. The first line has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables and the third line has five syllables. We all made up our own poems and had a choice to publish them on Canva or Google Docs.

Example:

Water, so clear, lush

Silent, quiet, moving, calm

An element, peace.

Diamante Poems

Last week, we learned how to write diamante poems. A diamante poem has five lines. It is about two opposite emotions and you write it in the shape of a diamond. The first line is the first emotion . The second line is two adjectives. The third line is three action words. The fourth line is also two adjectives and the fifth line is the opposite emotion to the first emotion.

Example:

Rain

Wet, cold

Showering, falling, cooling

Drops, water, heat, ray

Blazing, warming, soothing

Bright, sizzling

Sunshine.

‘If I Were Poem

On Thursday, last week, we all wrote ‘If I were’ poems. It’s about what you would do if you were in charge of the world. We all got a template for the ‘If I Were’ poem to help us write. It was very long and my hand got very tired after I wrote the poem. We all worked very hard. It was very fun imagining what we would do if we were in charge of the world.

Example:

If I were in charge of the world

I’d cancel litter and all rubbish

to save the environment, Wednesday mornings

Broccoli and also climate change.

If I were in charge of the world, there would be free food,

everyone could follow their own dreams and art lessons for everybody.

If I were in charge of the world, you wouldn’t have floods or wild animals.

You wouldn’t have to pay money or do anything boring. You wouldn’t even have to eat

disgusting foods. If I were in charge of the world, ice cream with cake and whipped cream would be a vegetable. All sweet things would be healthy and veggies wouldn't exist, and a person who sometimes forgot to be early and forgot to brush their hair when it’s curly would still be in charge of the world.  

COMPETITIVE SPORTS

Done by Zoe Hurst and Vanessa Hulme.

In Syndicate 3 there have been lots of competitive sports happening including football, hockey and even chess. We have interviewed some people to know more about these events.

Chess: Jack Zhang, Xuanxuan Zhang

On the 20th of June, there was a chess competition held at Halswell Library.2 teams from LPS competed. A yr ⅞ team and a yr ⅚ team. Here are some answers from the yr ⅚ team. There were 15 teams competing, 4 in each team and it was 1v1. Jack Zhang won 3 games and lost 2 games. While Xuanxuan Zhang won 2, drew 1 game and lost 2.

Hockey:

A team: Zoe Wilson, Antoinette Espozo

There were 9 players in the team and they played 9 a side and lasted 10 minutes. The team consisted of Zoe, Antoinette, Bernard, Nadia, Andrey, Isla, Bethany, Claire and Spence. The day started off cold, everyone was buzzing with excitement. They played 5 games and versed Nightstream, Prebbleton, Broadfield, Tai Tapu and Araria. They drew with Broadfield and won the rest. So they’re going to Canterburys.

B team: Nayantra Gangan, Leo Evetts

They played Springston, Prebbleton and Nightstream. Like the A team, they played 9 a side and their games lasted 10 minutes. The players were Nayantra, Leo, Harryton, Omar, Elise, Jack, Olive, Tiffany and Emily. The games were intense but fun. Overall it was rated a 8/10.

Football:

A team: Benji Materea

The A team competed in 8 games. They played everyone the B team did except they also played Ladbrooks. The Team included Cane, Benji, Jaxon, Charlie, Nelson, David, Cohen and Charlotte. They won all their games except the final. They will be going to Canterburys in September and are very excited about it.

B team: Connor Milne, Ben Maxwell

The football team had their tournament on week 7. They competed in 7 games and won 6 games. It was 5 a side. The team consists of Eli, Connor, Ben, Adam, Hayden, Ryan, Nico and Nasrul. The games were 10 minutes full. They played against Tai Tapu, Nightstream, Halswell, West Rolleston, Prebbleton, Araria and Broadfield.

Korfball

For the last couple of weeks, our syndicate has been participating in korfball training with the MIXX coaches. We were introduced to the rules slowly step by step… Here are some examples of what happened during our first session.

Firstly they split us up into 2 teams. At first, we just had a few rules, the basic ones. Korfball is played with your hands not your feet like football is played with. Also no contact and no striping of the ball basically like netball. So this meant you could run with the ball, there were no outs and so on. That of course made it quite hectic on the court, plus everybody was on the court, all 30 of us!!

Once a few goals had been scored on the tall hoops (like netball hoops) our Mixx coach thankfully put some more rules in!! For example, we were not allowed to move with the ball, which means no stepping and when you go to shoot you can only shoot when no one is defending you, this means if someone has got their arms up in front of you when you have the ball and is arm to shoulder length away from you. We also only had 8 for each team on the court at one time, 2 girls and 2 boys for the attacking end and 2 boys and 2 girls for the defending end and the same for the other team. We also had outs this time which was the court area of course. This time the game was quite good, especially with no one able to run with the ball.

After playing for about ten minutes with all of those rules we got called in again and this time all the rules were put in place the added rules were for one you can only defend your gender and for two every two goals, you switch ends so if you were on the attacking half for your team after 2 goals you switch to the other side and become a defender for your team.

These are all the rules for korfball. Our whole syndicate thoroughly enjoyed learning how to play korfball. And for those who want

to go further with Korfball will be getting to go to a tournament next week on Wednesday at the Selwyn korfball MIXX Cup.

By Millie