My goal setting

In Room 1 we are doing our goal setting ourselves. We chose someone from the Horouta Waka as our learning disposition. I chose Hinehakirirangi because she was a risk taker by bringing the kumara to Turanaganui-a-Kiwa.
Here are my goals.

My Lenten Promises

This week was the start of Lent. On Shrove Tuesday we made pancakes. Shrove Tuesday was a time when people ate all there rich food. Back in the day eggs and milk were expensive. We got in to groups. Some people brought ingredients some people brought bowls, wooden spoons, spatulas measuring cups and measuring spoons. 

On Ash Wednesday we got crosses on our forehead. The ash's are made from palm leaves from Palm Sunday last year. They keep them and burn them for Ash Wednesday. We got crosses on our forehead because it means turn from sin and turn back to God. We made lenten promises. We have to give up something, almsgive and pray more.

Lent is about fasting, praying more and almsgiving. We do this because Jesus was in the desert for 40 days and it was hard. It is a time before Jesus had his last supper and died on the cross. He rose on Easter Sunday. Lent prepares us for Easter.

Paoa and Kiwa

We were learning about Paoa and Kiwa. Someone from the museum came to talk about Paoa and Kiwa.
I found it hard to get my ideas down

Paoa and Kiwa were sea-voyagers who captained the Horouta Waka that sailed from Hawaiki to Aotearoa with Kiwa’s son and Paoa’s sister and his daughter.

They brought Kumara with them from Hawaiki to plant so they were able to stay here.  It was Paoa’s sister Hinehākirirangi’s job to look after the kumara on the voyage.

On arrival to Aotearoa near the shoreline of Ohiwa, the waka hit a sand-bar and damaged the bow and hull.  After lots of discussion they decided Kiwa would carefully sail along the coastline after some minor repairs that Kiwa did, while Paoa would search overland   Paoa looked for a big timber tree, cut it down and floated it down the Waipaoa River to where Kiwa was. While in Turanganui-a-kiwa they used a big native timber to fix the waka they used suitable timber to repair the waka properly.   

While sailing along the coastline Kiwa discovered a beautiful bay full of birds, forest and sealife which he named it Tūranganui-a-Kiwa. This was the waiting place of Kiw.  

It was later celebrated with the marriage of Kiwa’s son Hinehākirirangi, to Paoa’s daughter Hine Akua. There are still people related to Paoa and Kiwa living today.

Someone from the museum came and made presentation of Paoa and Kiwa to our class.  We then made sand art with pva glue and sand.  We made a waka out of driftwood, skewers and material.  The wood was our hull, the skewers were our mast and the material was our sail.  We put holes in the material to attach it to the skewers then decorated our sails with marker to decorate it with Maori art.  

Summer Holiday

In Writing we were learning to describe. We had to use specific nouns, adjectives, juicy verbs and something else we wanted to add. I wanted to add similes. I found it tricky to use a juicy verb because there weren't many verbs to use. Next time I will ask Kharn or Morgan to help me.

Remember 

the golden sandy beach and the glimmering water.

Remember 

the scorching sun and the shiny paua shells washed up on the shore.

Remember the big slimy scaly fish in the rock pool with the small sea creatures.

That was summer. 

Parihaka

This week we are learning about Parihaka.
They didn't fight back when the soldiers came and destroyed their village. The women baked bread for them to eat and the children danced and song with albatross feathers in their hair. The soldiers took the men to jail and destroyed the village. When the man got out of jail, they came back and started to rebuild the village.
My digital learning object shows the values pf the Parihaka people.
I found it hard to get the feather right.
I found it easy to get the words.

The Materialiser

In Reading we are learning to infer. We had to create a character profile of the Doctor from the story called The Materialiser. I found it easy to insert the clouds and shapes. I found it tricky to put it on my blog because I tried to link it instead of embed it.

Smart Media

 Today We were learning to know how to verify online information and analyse the construction of digital media.
I found it easy to  find the pictures.
I found it hard to get the moose.