Poetry - Two Day Wonder

This week we were working on poetry. Our task was to re write the poem in our own words after reading a poem called Two Day Wonder. My partners and I decided to take one step forward and made our poem rhyme even though the original poem didn't. For this task I worked collaboratively with Jack and Fraidoon.

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Winter

I struggle to wake up, as I resist to get out of my warm bed.

I was stuck in the rain yesterday, now I have a fever, and a boiling head.

I dawdle through the icy smooth floor, chuck on my uniform, and go to boil the kettle.

I felt like I slept for days, maybe I’ll even get a sleeping medal.

I chuck on my bag, and scurry my way out the door.

I need to get to school fast, because I make it back home at quarter past four!

I have half an hour left, so I need to run.

Although I forgot my lunch, looks like I need to purchase a Cinnamon Bun

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Summer

As I leapt out of my bed I hear the birds carolling and chirping away.    

The bright leaves rush and gush in the breeze as they sway.

The sun peered over me like it was just waiting to give me a hug.

I say hello, stride to the kitchen, and boil the jug.

I assemble and eat my breakfast, and prepare to brush my teeth.

I then walk outside, and put up the christmas wreath.

Then I kiss my mum goodbye and dash my way to school.

But I make sure to check my bag, because that’s the school day rule.

Reading - Harry's War

For reading this week, we read a story called Harry's War. We read this story with my reading group. The we were to create quite a few DLO's. Our first DLO is about  vocabulary. This DLO  showed all the new words in the story. The Challlenging part was that we were to find the synonym and antonym. Following that we created a DLO called Evaluation. This DLO shows what we learnt from the text, questions we have after reading, and what the text was about. The third DLO was about the Bulford Kiwi. In that DLO we were to find,different facts, and information about the Bulford Kiwi. For these tasks, I worked with Jack, Joshua, Jericho, Mataio, Savelina, and Zane.

Mrs Gren - Inquiry

This week for inquiry, our focus was on the human body. To learn about what a living thing needs, we read a short story named Mrs Gren. Mrs Gren is a simple story about an old lady who find everything to be a living thing, because it could more, or breath, or sense, or grow, or reproduce, or excrete, or eat. Mrs Gren is also an acronym. It is made up of Movement, Respiration, Senses, Grow, Reproduction, Excrete, and Nutrition. All the things a living thing needs, or can do. We were to make a DLO with a partner, that explained each word, and what they mean to the human body. If you do not understand one of the words, you can look at the DLO, which explains each one. For this activity I worked with Jack, and we had a lot of fun doing this activity.

Tech - Term 2 Week 3 - Design Development

Today at tech we were working on a presentation we created last week. Firstly we were to create a google presentation and title it Design Development. Then we were to make some changes to our design on TinkerCad. Every time when I make an extinction or developments, I have to take a screenshot of it and paste the screenshot onto each slide and write a small description on why I decided to do that.

Maths - Age Problem

This week for maths we were given a maths problem from Ms Kirkpatrick which was based on age of people. In the problem there were 5 names and it gave a few hints to how old they were. We needed to figure out how old all of them were. We knew how old one of them them were which was Richard because it said Richard is 15 years old. I found it a bit easy but I also found it fun because we did some multiplying and diving in it (which I like). For this activity we were either to work with a partner, by yourself or with a teacher if you needed help. I worked with Ofa. We explained the process of how we found the answers.

The Unfinished Drink

This week for reading, we learnt about the story of Privet Ted (La Tour Mollet d'Auvergne). A poem written for Privet Ted was our main focus, because it told his story. We had two tasks to complete, 1 was to make a summary of the poem, and 2 was to create a DLO talking about Privet Ted's story. For both of these tasks, I worked with Jack, and we both decided to make a small animation for the DLO. This poem is both a sad, but happy poem. The sad part being Privet Ted never returning, but the happy part being him not forgotten. The full poem can be found midway through the animation if you want to read it yourself. Although unlike a real animation, this was done with a few different pictures, rather than over a hundred. In the end we think we did a great job, and that it turned out really well. Hopefully you think the same.

Inquiry: The Story Of Hineahuone - First Women On Earth

This week for inquiry been learning about something very different. We were learning about the story of Hineahuone. Our task for this particular task was to write down paragraphs and sentences our teacher ( Mrs Anderson ) on a paper. The challenging bit was that we have to write them using symbols. For example, when Mrs Anderson said the word slowly my partner in this case Jack and I drew a snail. As we all know that snails are very slow, and the snail symbol perfectly matches the word slowly. This was fun and really creative way of learning. After that we were to create a Storyboard which has 6 section and explain the story of Hineahuone. All the students in our classroom used a website called Storyboardthat. Although, Jack and I decided to challenge ourselves and make a google drawing. We also drew our own pictures using the shape tools and a tool called Curve Tool. 





Here is the full story of Hineahuone

According to Maori legend, the world as we know it was formed when Tane Mahuta – the god of the forest – prised apart Ranginui, the father of the sky, and Papatuanuku, the mother of the earth. Afterwards, Tane Mahuta and his brothers slowly went about making all things on earth and in the sky. When they were done, they had created a dazzling and beautiful world, but there were no people to enjoy it.

Tane Mahuta went about convincing the gods that they should make a woman, who could then go on to have children. The gods agreed, so Tane Mahuta took red earth from Papatuanuku, and shaped it into the form of a woman. Impressed, Tawhiri Matea, god of the winds, whispered “take my breath. Give her life”. And so Tane Mahuta bent over the woman he had created, placed his nose against hers, and breathed deeply. Her chest moved, and she sneezed – “Tihei!” The gods were ecstatic, and together they gave her the gift of life – mauriora – and the first woman, Hineahuone, was made.

Today, the hongi is the traditional greeting of the Maori people. It is known as the ‘breath of life’, and is performed by pressing noses – just like Tane Mahuta did to breathe life into Hineahuone. This greeting makes the visitor at one with the tangata whenua, or hosts.