Jumping Spider

Today we learnt about jumping spiders and how they can do a lot of different things. Do you like spiders?              

Slide

The Solar System

My group and I have been doing this solar system project by getting a card board box and painting it black than we get sphere shaped balls than stick them to the box. 

We had to answer a question we picked about the solar system and my group picked the position of planets. 

Explanation Writing

For the past week we have been learning how to write explanations. I chose to write about how to play basketball . This is a topic I know well. My peer gave me some verbal feedback once he read my work. One good thing my pair notice was how I connected my paragraphs and something I need to work on is to stop using and so much.

Writing

Te Rapunga Matekai

Today in te reo we have been learning about a hungry kea.The book is called Te Kea Matekai and we had to find another animal that relates to the kea. We also had to find five new words for the food in the book but in te reo.

I think I learnt a lot about different types food in te reo. 

What's your favourite type of animal that steals food?

Book

The Great Explorer Tupaia

The Great Explorer Tupaia

I have been learning about the explorer Tupaia which is a famous Maori navigator who helped Captain Cook who done their first voyage in Tahiti. 

My learning has gone well because I have learnt a lot about Tupaia. 

What do you know about Tupaia?

Jimi Jackson

Jimi Jackson

I have been learning about famous Māori people because it will help me  research better in the future and it has taught me about famous people from my culture. 

I think my learning has gone well because I have learnt a lot about Jimi Jackson. 

What's your favourite famous Māori person?

In The Beginning

In The Beginning

We've been learning about the different versions of creation stories because we want to learn more about the different variations. 

I've rewritten the Maori creation stories in my own words. 

In the beginning there wasn’t anything but darkness. Not even a single thing moved or whispered. Later on in the darkness there was a shake and a tiny curl began to form. The light blew away the darkness and there in the fogginess was Ranginui the sky and Papatūānuku the earth. 

Ranginui woke up and looked around him and saw Papatūānuku. He was like sheesh, what a banger and then Papatūānuku was like sheesh wanna marry me and then Ranginui said, hell yeah.

I think my learning went well because I have learnt a lot of different things about the Maori creation stories.

What's your favourite creation story?

 

Wiremu Tamihana

In class today we learnt about Wiremu Tamihana and we had to take notes about his life. He was born in 1804 at Tamahere near Cambridge but the name given to him at birth was Tarapipipi. His tribe was Ngati Haua which have had many wars against other tribes. Tarapipipi fought with his father, Te Waharoa, in some of these battles and as a young man, he also became a christian and was given the name, Wiremu Tamihana. 

Histogram

A histogram is a graph that displays continuous data. All graphs need a title, x , y axis - labelled, even scales. A bar graph is different because a histogram doesn't have gaps between each other.

Mother's Day

Today our class were researching Mother's Day quotes to write in our cards. We also made origami flowers which we'd attach to our cards. I found this easy because I didn't even make a flower I made a moth after that we were put into year groups to make a sugar scrub and added the scent peppermint. Have you ever made a sugar scrub.

Digital Portrait

I have been doing a digital portrait on sumo paint and I had to take a photo then I outline myself with a pencil next I fill in the spaces with colors. After that I took a photo of my animated self next I insert it in slides and add pictures of stuff I like then I am done.

karakia

The reason we do karakia because they give us guidance, care, and protection.

We also use karakia in the morning and evening. Karakia can also communicate with the atua in different taiao to ask for different things that come from those places. For example kaimoana from Tangaroa, rakau from Tane Mahuta. Karakia can be used by anybody, young or old. The karakia I chose to learn and teach is Whāia te uru-tapu nui o Tāne. This karakia would be used when visiting the realm of tane and if I would be using resources from his place.               

Karakia

 

Karakia

Today we learnt about what karakia means and how,
when and who can use a karakia. I am also learning a karakia called Whāia te uru-tapu nui o Tāne which is a very cool and interesting karakia.