On Thursday the 21st of February, Kia Manawanui had the rest of the week planned to do team building. We did team building from Thursday to Friday. Team building is when you form a group and work together as a team. I felt really happy when we were doing team building because everybody was getting along but some groups were not participating in the activities. The reason we did it was because the teachers wanted the team to get stronger and to build relationships.
The first thing we did was get ready for technology. We had to get our technology book, a pen/pencil and our netbooks. When everybody was at class we went onto the bus and left to tamaki college. The class I do is cooking, that time we made vegetable soup. It was yum but I didn’t like the vegetables because i’m not a big fan of vegetables.
After technology we bussed straight to the panmure pools. We put our technology stuff into Miss Aireen’s car. We entered the pools and we got changed in the changing room and then went into the pool. At the pool was when we started the team building.
The first activity we did was to jump in the pool lock arms with your group and walk all the way down to the other side.
The next activity was to race down to the other side with other groups and the first one there wins and gets ten points. When groups behave, sit in proper lines and be quiet then you will get 10 points.
The third activity was to have a beach ball and pass it back to the person at the back of you. The person at the back has to get the ball go in the front and keep on passing it back, the first group to get to the finish line wins.
The fourth activity was to go in the middle of the pool and exercise. The two exercises we did were jumping jacks and arm rolls.
The fifth activity we did was to have your arms in a rocket position and go to the other end and swim to the middle of the pool. Miss Aireen was in the middle of the pool so that we could see where we had to stop. The reason we did it halfway is because there were other people down at the other end.
The sixth activity we did was to face left and try to get to Miss Aireen by walking sidewards. We couldn't walk straight or swim.
Then we had a break from activities and we had some fun. After we played we had to go and eat lunch. After lunch we got to have some more fun and then 15 or 10 minutes we got dressed into our uniform and walked to the bus.
When we got to school, we walked in a straight line to the hall. At the hall we waited till the bell rang and Miss Aireen dismissed us. Miss Aireen told us to go home and get your stuff but if you already brang your stuff then you can set up for the sleepover.
When everybody brought their stuff and set it up we did our first activity on team building. The first activity was to get in our groups that we were in at the pools, pick on person from your group to go and get a phrase. The phrase we got was “ Let's do the gangnam style”. We were all hoping that we weren't gonna get that one but unfortunately we got it. We had to come up with a skit that relates to our phrase we got, a name that relates to team building and a song that relates to team building. My group didn’t come up with a song but we did come up with a name and a skit. Our name was Attitude. When we finished we had to present it in front of everyone.
The second activity we did was to have a DANCE BATTLE!!!! First we had to get into groups and then choose a song that we want to dance to. When we choose a song we could come up with a dance to it or we could just do freestyle.
Getting ready for bed!
Most of the boys brang a tent and slept in it and only three girls slept in a tent. I didn’t sleep in a tent because I didn’t want to sleep in a tent but most of the girls slept in the hall with me. Only five boys slept in the hall with us girls. The boys slept on the stage and one boy slept on the other side of us.
