Te Wiki o te Reo Maori

 This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, Maori Language Week. For Reading, we read a story called Mossie. It was about a boy who came from Australia. He played rugby and all the commands were in Maori - he could understand them because he could speak Maori. His family were originally from New Zealand.

Our task was to create a book using Book Creator and make a Maori translation book. My book is about every day words we use in our lives. I enjoyed this task because there was lots to do and I had lots of choices. It was a bit tricky pronouncing the Maori words but Mrs Naden helped me.

Frog Part 2

This week we have been reading frogs a comic strip.

We had to make a part 2.

My buddy and I we created it on slides.

I found it easy to create the slides.

I found it hard to recreate it.

Here is my set of slides.

August Student Reflection Newsletter

This is our August Reflection. Every month we reflect on our learning. I found it easy to fill out the Google Drawing because I had most of what I wanted to write already in my head. I found it hard to choose three trivia questions because I lots to choose from because we have been learning a lot about endangered and extinct creatures.

Have you ever done a Reflection Newsletter?

Sacrament Word Wall

 In R.E we are learning about the Sacraments.

We found some words that we didn't know some of the words I didn't were ciborium, concentration, Grace, Hakarameta and Katorika.

Our task was to work with a buddy,  put them in alphabetical order and then to find the definition we put the definition in our own words.

Then we had to present it using a new Google to that we learnt this year. My buddy and I chose to turn into a GIF using tall tweets.

I enjoyed blinging it because the role of fonts and colours to choose from.

I found it hard to find some of the definitions.

Tracey Tawhiao Art

 For the past few weeks we have been doing artwork like Tracey Tawhiao. She is a Maori artist who uses newspaper for her art work. She finds words in the newspaper that have meaning. Then she paints over the paragraphs and then puts Maori designs over them. We did the same but chose patterns from our own culture. 

I found it tricky to get my name to stick onto the paper because it wouldn't stick to the pastel. I put it out into the sun to make the glue dry quicker. I found it hard to find a piece of newspaper that had words that meant something to me.

My digital learning object shows that I can explain what I did on a google drawing. 

Sacraments Of Initiation

This week we were learning about the Sacraments of Initiation. They are for when you are welcomed into the church. Sacraments are a sign of God's presence.

The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.

 

Haast Eagle Report

This week we have been writing a report about an extinct animal. 
We had to pick an extinct New Zealand animal I chose the Haast's Eagle we had the

research the description, habitat, diet and threats.
Our success criteria was to sequence ideas in order, stick to one topic and each

paragraph and use line breaks between paragraphs.
I found it easy to find information about the Haast's Eagle.
Here is my Haast's Eagle report.


Description
The Haast’s Eagle belongs to the Accipitridae family.
They're colours are reddish, brown, white, yellowish, and purplish. It had dark feathers

with white or cream tips. They had a wingspan of 3 metres which is the taller than

the roof of my house. They were 1.4 metres in size and weighed up to 8 kgs.

Habitat
They lived in the South Island, forests and marsh lands. The bones have not been found anywhere else throughout New Zealand. Haast's Eagle bones have been found

at dozens of sites in the South Island and one on Stewart Island.


Diet
They ate everything because they were at the top of the food chain. 
Threats
Their threats are human impact and habitat loss.


Did you know a Haast's Eagles claw is 11 cm long that is as long as a warwick highlighter.