SLJ Marina Silva Day 3

Today we did a teaser from the summer learning journey. We got to choose out of three tasks. I chose to do one about Marina Silva. She is an activist who is trying to stop illegal logging and in some cases, she is winning. For this task we had to interview three friends about what they're most proud of.

Sapphire: Coming first for the first time in a gymnastics competition.

Ayah: All the maths work she has done through out school. ( Well done Ayah! )

Breanna: Her water ski ability. She is happy that she can go to the lake almost every weekend to ski.

SLJ Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce Day 2

Today we did a teaser from the summer learning journey. We got to choose out of three tasks. I chose to do one about Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce. She is a amazing runner. For this task we had to write four similes about whatever we want.

1. She is as fast as a cheetah.
2. He is as tall as an adult giraffe.
3. Her voice is as small as an ant.
4. The balloon was as big as the Pacific Ocean.

Taku mōkai

For the past couple days we have been learning how to introduce in māori. We had to introduce what animal it was, what colour it is, what its name is and if we knew all that we added what it liked eating and drinking and what it likes playing. Down below is my poster about my pet.

Summer Learning Journey Taika Waititi Activity Day 1

Today we did a teaser from the summer learning journey. We got to choose out of three tasks. I chose to do one about Taika Waititi. He is Maori so our task about was to put our pepeha/mihi on our blog.

See below to read my pepeha/mihi.

Kia Ora koutou katoa.

Ko Indira tōku ingoa.

No Otēpoti ahau.

Ko Ngati Pākehā te iwi.

Ko Robins tōku ingoa whanau

Ko Tim tōku matua.

Ko Phaedra tōku whaea.

Ko Aalia tōku teina.

Ko Dakota tōku tuakana.

Ko Tawhana me Sunny oku rapeti

E ono oku heihei

Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou katoa.

My Magic Box Poem

For the past week we have been writing a poem about if we had our own magic box what we would put in it. We had a check list so we could mark off what we needed in our poem to have a really good written one.

The Dream Giver

We have been writing about The Dream Giver. We  had to use a lot of our imagination.  Task: watch the video ‘Dreamgiver.’  You then have to write a short story or piece of descriptive writing using this video as your inspiration. 

Success Criteria;

-use descriptive, interesting language

-start your story with a ‘hook’ 

-use your senses (see, hear, smell, feel, taste) 

-make sure that your sentences make sense

-use a range of punctuation

Here is the link https://vimeo.com/106989758

See below to read my writing

The Dream Giver

Most of you have heard of the tooth fairy or the BFG, but has anyone heard of the Dream Giver? Well, I’m about to tell you a story about the thing that makes you have any and every of your dreams. Well, one night I woke up at about 12:00 to hear a little buzzy sound. It’s just the wind, I thought. But it is a very still night and when I looked outside my window I saw not even one tree move. Suddenly the sound stopped. I climbed back into bed and lay awake for a couple minutes waiting for it to start again.

I finally drifted back to sleep and a couple hours later I woke up yet again. This time I had woken up to... 

wait what was that ? Something with an orange light of some sort just flew past my window. I quickly lie down, slit my eyes so I can just see the outlines of things and pretend to sleep as my door creaks open. I’m about to say, “ Mum, what are you doing?” but I stop myself just in time as I realize that whoever or whatever is coming into my room is not my mum. 

This creature looks sort of like a goblin mixed with a fairy, so sort of like a Foblin or Gairy. It is wearing what looks like a simple, plain, grey rag and a black backpack.  He pulled something out of his backpack and it looked like a spray bottle like what you use for cleaning. He sprayed it around the room and it was obviously something that made me fall fast asl… 

I wake up in a beautiful meadow with butterflies, bunnies, bumble bees and it’s a sunny day. Wait, what? I’m thinking, A sunny day?How is it day? I’m supposed to be lying in my bed but instead I’m in a field with butterflies, bunnies, bumble bees and it’s a sunny day. Well back to the story. 

I start walking around when suddenly I turn into an astronaut which is what I’ve been wanting to be since I was about two or three. It’s so, so amazing and wonderful in space. I’m just floating looking  at the milky way wondering if when you tasted it, it actually tastes like milk when... 

“Oh, no!” I scream. I’m about to head right into a big black hole that looks like it has no end. I’m about to close my eyes and brace myself when I see the creature that was in my room fly around the black hole wrapping what looks like a special sequined rainbow coloured rope around it. The black hole suddenly closed up and I was safe. 

All of a sudden a huge flash of turquoise light surrounds me. When it goes I find myself back in my bed flustered and scared. And then that’s when I realized it was all a dream. I look around the room just in time to see the strange creature fly out of my room. And this story explains why I called the strange creature… 

The Dream Giver.

BY INDI

Te reo maori. Introducing others.

In he kakano we have been learning different phrases. Here is one of them.Ko ___ tenei. Her/his name is ___.  He pai ki a ia te purei ___. He/she likes playing ___. He pai ki ahau te purei____. I like playing ___.

Algebra DLOs

Packing Our Bags For The Bottom Of The Ocean

WALT: develop our own poem in response to our model ( packing my bags for... By James Norcliffe)

WALT: use an increasingly descriptive vocabulary to add interest to our writing.

WALT have some fun and be creative with ideas and imagination.

Here is my poem that I worked with Billie on

( my partner )

Packing Our Bags For The 

Bottom Of The Ocean

One blackalicious, metallic, small stoned outside,

 spongey memory foam, warm and cosy inside,

 portable elevator 

to carry us to the bottom of the ocean 

to discover new species of fish.

A thick glowing, to cast light,

 blankety blanket,  in hypothermic prevention material

With clear wiggly tubes disappearing into your body carrying
oxygen 

 Specially adapted water pressure wetsuit

For exploring our underwater environment.

A pair of knee high, multi colored rainbow tie dye, pink bows for
good vibes, rubber steel cap, snuggly wuggly, patterned
embroidered boots

 so we don’t cut our feet on the slippery  slimy rocks 

on the bottom of the ocean. 

Green night vision goggles, soft, icy cold, elephant weight
heavy,  spot lights with optional shades of light at the front of
the helmet.  

And my Assistant

In case I get lonely.

By Indi And Billie.

Basketball Is A Excellent Sport!

Basketball ( Pāhikitepōro ) is an excellent sport


Have you ever played basketball? Well I have. I believe that we should get everyone playing basketball. It is a great sport and it is fun and energizing. If you try it, you might like it and recommend it to others, which in my opinion is great! These are four reasons to play basketball.

Fitness/health

Firstly, I think people who play basketball will have great health. People who play have fun being fit and healthy because you’re doing it in a fun way. You might have a healthy diet so you can be healthy while playing basketball.

Playing as a team

Secondly, you will become a good team player. If you play you will very likely develop great sportsmanship. You will learn that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and that you have to accept that. When you play basketball you will get used to losing because that is a part of sport that you just have to deal with. You will learn that you might be in a team with strangers but you will still have fun. You’ll learn to support one another as a team. In conclusion, I think playing basketball will help you learn how to play as a team.

Traveling

If you play basketball you will get to travel either around the country or around the world to go to  games and tournaments. If you do travel around the world you will see and experience amazing places.The more you travel the more people will notice you and you are very likely to become famous! If you play basketball you will meet new, amazing and talented people and they might even become your friends. I think you will make and get new, great friends when you play basketball and you’ll be given opportunities to travel.

Career

If you practise basketball and get good enough you could get into a really good and high up team like the Tall Blacks or the L.A Lakers. Also if you have basketball as your career you can get paid lots of money. Your career will keep you very fit. You will have fun doing your career instead of a boring job like a banker or consultant. This is why I think having a basketball career is great.



Furthermore, I think you should play basketball because you will have great fitness and health, you will learn how to play as a team, you will get to travel and you might choose basketball as your career. So why not give it a go? If you get the chance to play basketball, try it!

By Indi

My bunny collage

We have been learning to make a collage on google drawing. We had to use the explore, mask and arrange tools to get our collage to come together. We had to choose an animal and put it into it's habitat. It was a lot of fun and I am really happy with how my work turned out. Have you ever had a go at this? 

My Kiwi Collage

We have been learning to make a collage on google drawing. We had to use the explore, mask and arrange tools to get our collage to come together. We had to make an NZ bird and put it into it's habitat. It was a lot of fun and I am really happy with how my work turned out. Have you ever had a go at this? 

My New Zealand Ladybird report

We have been learning about minibeasts  in our class as part of science. We have been creating imformation reports on a minibeast of our choice. The minibeast we chose had to live in NZ/Aotearoa. Here is my writing. I worked with Alaska for this work.

    Amazing 

Aotearoa/New Zealand

  Mumutawa/ladybirds             

 What are Mumutawa/ladybirds?

Mumutawa/ladybirds are little kata/insects. They were brought to New Zealand.
Mumutawa/ladybirds are also called Farmers’ Friends because they help farmers
get rid of pests. The orange spotted ladybird is also known as Mumutawa and
Coccinella leonine. The Harlequin ladybug is native to NZ. They kaiao/live up to
2-3 years. They’re named Mumutawa/ladybirds after Lady Mary

( Mother of Jesus ) because off her red cloak that she wore in kōwhaiwhai/paintings.
There are many different types of Mumutawa/ladybirds. The Harlequin ladybug is
A.K.A Harmonia axyridis. The orange spotted ladybird is not threatened.
The Harlequin Mumutawa/ladybirds are 5 to 8 mm. 

                                                Habitat

 Mumutawa/ladybirds live in both North and South Island. Sometimes you
can see them in your mahi mara/garden rerere/flying around and being free.
Remember don’t hurt them because they help you. Som

LADYBUGS!!!e live in warmer places than others. 

Mumutawa/ladybirds live in shrubs, trees, mahi mara/gardens, fields, huahake/crops,
parks. Some even live in wharepuni/houses. They also live in native habitats. 

                  

                           Social Behaviour

Some mumutawa/ladybirds are takitahi/individual.
They only pāhikohiko/interact with others of their kind during breeding.
Each kind of mumutawa/ladybirds has its own odor for attracting  a mate.
Some are partly takitahi/individual and gather in large groups. This is during
takurua/winter or while hekenga/migrating. Mumutawa/ladybirds mate in
aroaromahana/spring and early matiti/summer. The male grips the
tuawahine/female from behind and holds on kita/tight.

                                    Feeding time

Mumutawa/ladybirds love to eat just like us. Tuatahi/First of all
Mumutawa/ladybirds are mostly carnivores (Carnivores only eat meat) but
some can also be omnivores ( Omnivores eat both meat and plants ). Carnivores
Mumutawa/ladybirds eat mites, white flies, kuturiki/aphids and scale kata/insects.
Mumutawa/ladybirds that are omnivores eat  mites, white paturongo/flies,
kuturiki/aphids and scaled kata/insects and they eat /pollen and mushrooms.
Mumutawa/ladybirds eat their pārurenga/prey alive. Mumutawa/ladybirds love
kuturiki/aphids.

                                 

                          How do they breed

Mumutawa/ladybirds lay up to 40 eggs at a time. Mumutawa/ladybirds lay
once or more times a year. The eggs of the ladybug is either orange or yellow.
These eggs will hatch within 4-10 days. Ladybirds lay their eggs in clusters or rows
on the underside of a leaf, usually where kuturiki/aphids have gathered.
Mumutawa/ladybirds usually  breed in May but they mate in Koanga/spring and
early Raumati/summer. 

                                                   Threats

The kapatau/threats of the Mumutawa/ladybirds are 11 spotted ladybugs,
poraka/frogs,wasps,spiders,dragonflies,birds. Manu/Birds are the main predators.
Mumutawa/ladybirds will hide in shrubs, trees, grass,and more.The bright colours
of the ladybug are telling predators to tua o tāwauwau/back off!! Also
Mumutawa/ladybirds ooze yucky smelly  toxic liquid that will also tell predators to
tua o tāwauwau/back off!!! Other konihi/predators are assassin bugs, parasitic
wasps, and ants. 

                              

Ending

This is some pārongo/information about Mumutawa/ladybirds.
Remember they help your mahi mara/garden so don’t uruhua/hurt them.
We hope you now know more about Mumutawa/ladybirds and make sure you
kaikanohi/look after them!

Ladybug life cycle

 Ladybug eggs

Ladybug Larvae

ladybug pupa

Mumutawa/ladybirds!!!!