Manaiakalani

Check this episode of What Now? Where my school got to be part of the Manaiakalani.

What Now - Manaiakalani Film Festival from KPE TV on Vimeo.

Blood Animation!

GoAnimate.com: Blood by tpsroom8


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Apples' Lung Presentation

My Beautiful Place

Beyond the clouds, nearly into space, my beautiful hidden place appears on top of Mount Impossible. The hot blazing sun peered down at the old cottage while I felt the honey flavored air rushing into my mouth. I could trace the scent of the beautiful roses on the well raised bush. And just to state, at night all the flowers glow! The view so is so beauteous! I can hear Shippo giggling while playing and running around with Turnip Head.

As the chilled wind blew my hot air balloon to the other side, I could see Howel’s moving castle. It was no ordinary castle, it was a magical castle full of wonders, but there are only four places you can go in my secret place. The colours blue, green is where Turnip Head came from, which is where there are lots of mountains and hills filled with different types of plants and flowers dancing in the wind. The colour black is Shippo’s store where he learns his magic and acts like an old wizard. The last colour is yellow which is where Howel comes from where lots of long fresh grass lives.

I can hear the wind blowing to the sun like it’s trying to say something. I can smell the displeased sudor from Shippo running around all the time and also I can taste little pinches of turnip on my tongue - from Turnip Head of course. Ohh how I like to see the pure blue sky covering the air! Oh no! Time is running out! I’m sorry but I have to go, I hope you enjoyed the tour around my beautiful place!

Did you know about Ireland?

Are you aware that leprechauns are a myth and a legend? Some people these days still believe that somewhere out there in Ireland is a real leprechaun.

Have you ever wondered what the Irish celebrate? I have heard that in Ireland they have a pancake festival!

In Ireland they have potato pancakes, beef, sea food, cabage and pasta. Some other food in Ireland that we kiwis haven’t tasted or seen are water birds, soda bread and black pudding.

A famous person most people know in Ireland is Brain O’Driscoll. He is famous because he is the captain of the rugby Ireland team and he leads the team well too. Terry Wogan is a very famous and important person because he is an Irish radio and television broadcaster and he holds British citizenship.

Did you know that fun activities in Ireland are Irish dancing, shopping, fat Tuesday, golf, pancake festivals, the Dublin wheel, the ice bowl, running, walking and hiking.

Not many people know but the four-leaf clover is special, the first leaf means hope, the second luck, the third faith and the fourth love.

Apples - Castles

Describing Piri Weepu

It was windy as I looked out from the stadium to see Piri Weepu start the haka. Stomping powerfully, shouting and leading. He slapped his chest fiercely as the crowd went wild. He then showed a pukana with his brown eyes and his tounge came out proud when the haka finished.

Piri had the white ball and started to zoom across the field to get a try. He trained well and that’s why he is fully fit. His strong legs made him score a try. The crowd went wild! Piri Weepu went inside with his team for the first half.

Mr Weepu’s face was sweating and so was his black hair. Now I think he’s thinking about when he was young and a little boy and now with some tattoos and a big heart here in the rugby world cup 2011. He must feel proud of himself. The second half in now on. They done a scrum and Riche MaCaw got the ball and passed it to Piri Weepu. He sprinted half way down the field and he got tackled. He smashed onto the ground. He was running across the field like a mighty warrior.

The game finished and he went to the barber to shave his beard to raise money for a girl who has cancer. Mr Weepu put the hair on trade me. How kind of him to shave his beard for money to donate to a sick girl. Did you know that Piri Weepu shows good sportsmanship and has never got a red or a yellow card? He is special to me and my country because he leads the haka for New Zealand.

My Adopted Team

Buddy Writing - Welcoming Tonga

When I tried to open the car door, through the window I could see a wave of red, white and brown, coming towards me.I heard chanting and screaming. People were waving flags in my face and I just said “CHEE HOO!” The Tongan people were louder than the aeroplanes coming in. Now my feet were itching to go outside to be on camera. As I pushed through the passionate crowd they pushed and squashed me.

Four hours has passed of waiting in the boiling sun, then something surprised me... When all of the Tongan rugby team came out with a shock, they got their phones and cameras out videoing the excited players. They were dressed in black with ta’ovala on each of the Tongan players. When they walked in with a shock it was like they were in another Tonga. As they started their dance, I filled with pride from head to toe. As the Tongan rugby team finished with a serious face then a smile popped out as they got off the stage to hug there family members a hello.

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QR Codes

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Here is my blog's QR code...

Whirlpool Group

I researched Whirlpools as part of inquiry for Natural Disasters. I used GoAnimate to create a movie. Here is my final presentation. I hope you like it!

GoAnimate.com: Whirlpool Group Movie by tpsroom8

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Seasons In Maori

What Makes A Good Speech?

All Black Presentation

Feelings Slideshow

Writing sample

People are screaming for help, there loved ones inside a building screaming. Houses damaged and power lines collapsing. I could see that the waves are fighting on houses. The snapping of trees as the water started to charge through.

I can smell the salty water. The strong water damaged houses and buildings. I can see people and children climbing hills and high buildings that are stable so they can be safe.

People thinking that they’re going to die. All I can hear is pain and hell. Mums and dads are worrying about their children at school, or on a trip. After the water went back to the sea, To people tsunami’s are a villain.

Writing sample

People are screaming for help, there loved ones inside a building screaming. Houses damaged and power lines collapsing. I could see that the waves are fighting on houses. The snapping of trees as the water started to charge through.

I can smell the salty water. The strong water damaged houses and buildings. I can see people and children climbing hills and high buildings that are stable so they can be safe.

People thinking that they’re going to die. All I can hear is pain and hell. Mums and dads are worrying about their children at school, or on a trip. After the water went back to the sea, To people tsunami’s are a villain.

Buddy Writing

Today we did some buddy writing with room7. We helped them re-craft their writing samples. This is me and my buddy Paterita. I hope we do this again, it was fun.

earthquake slideshow

We took photos in a group for this slideshow to tell you some instructions about how to be safe in an earthquake.

Layers of the Earth

WALT- make a model of the layers of the earth out of play-dough.

So... that when we learn about natural disasters we can use our knowledge of the layers to understand them better.

To... help us in topic and science and learn about the earth around us.

The crust contains continents and seas. The thickness of the crust is 15-75km.

The upper mantle is 400km thick. Its made out of iron, magnesium and silicates.

The lower mantle is more dense than the upper. It is 2300km thick.
Did you know that the outer core is liquid. It contains iron, nickel and sulphur. The outer core is 2300km deep. On earth sulphur is a soft yellow rock that comes from a star, when it’s fuel is out.

The inner core is solid, which means its hard. It contains iron, nickel and sulphur. Nickel is a silvery-white metal and an element number. Are you aware that the inner core temperature is 6650 degrees Celsius?

Whanaungatanga Description

Whanaungatanga Description.

I opened the door to the time machine and what lay before is what I could smell, see and hear.

The muddy village was the first thing I saw. Fresh plants grew around. I could hear the children laughing as they were playing. I saw a Marae, I could see the poi swinging round. I heard the elders talking as they kept warm in there cloaks.  I saw their houses were made out of wood as people went in and out. I could smell the fresh air. The broken wooden fences surround me as I stared at the view.

I looked at people walking by and I spotted a Tohunga as he was saying a karakia before he cut the harakeke. I saw the Tohunga heal the wound and the ladies weaving baskets and other things.

I could smell the hangi that was steaming and cooking and I looked at the huge pit before my eyes. The men rolling the hot rocks into the pit, the ladies putting the baskets on top.

When I turned around the corner, I could see the children walking into a church to start school as they would sit on wooden chairs. The only thing I could smell is rusty chalk back then.

I could hear the children running on grass playing sports and games. I saw games like string games, knuckle bones, poi, poi toa and ki.  I saw the children preparing  their plans and going into action.

I opened the door to the time machine again and travelled back to 2011. When I got back I felt like I won the lotto, but I didn’t.  I had just had a great adventure!

The Different Uses Key

The Different Uses Key...

I used the Differences Key to find 10 new and unusual uses for poi.

1. To pretend it is a micro-phone and sing.
2. To make it more colourful.
3. To use it as a quest and make it the treasure but it will be the sword.
4. To throw at people.
5. To try and break a coconut with it and you can use any part of the poi. (world record/famous)
6. If your a secret agent you can put a bomb in it and throw it at people and the bad guys will think it does nothing and  it will explode.
7. To play poi and not bands.
8. To make a dress out of lots of poi.
9. To draw on it and hang it up.

  10. To clean your body with it because you put the soap on the plastic and
    rub it on your body.

Inquiry Presentation - Governance Group

Our group was researching Maori governance as part of our topic Whanaungatanga. Did you know it were the tohunga that upheld Maori laws before the missionaries arrived? Neither did we! Watch to find out more!

My First Movie!

Miss Hansell set a challenge of making our very first movie using iMovie! We had to take the pictures, add transitions, add music and edit it all ourselves! Here is the end product, I hope you like it.

Elizabeth Term 2 Goals

Term Two Learning Goals
My learning goal for Reading this term is:
To read a whole book a day and move up a level. To be higher than the national standard.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Go to the library and go on my pin and to reserve books and return it back to the library.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
Getting me reading books to them and my whanau will help me with the mistakes I make.

My learning goal for Writing this term is:
To describe my characters better and not have a story that I’m not going to finish and to be higher than the national standard and moving up a level.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Write descriptions of my family and to not give up and finish my work.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
Helping me get up a level by encouraging me.

My learning goal for Maths this term is:
To learn my 12, 8, 7 and 6 times tables and to be higher then the national standers.To learn my dividers.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Practice my 12, 8, 7 and 6 times table and my dividers then tell my family if they could check my work.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
Checking my work and timing me.

My personal goal this term is:
To look after Ria. (which is our pet rabbit)
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Give her lots of food in the morning and water so it could last till I come back from school.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
Brushing Ria and reminding me to take care of her.

Marae Recount

It was a windy Wednesday, 6th of April 2011. The senior syndicate went on a trip to Orakei Marae and traveled on a bus. As soon as we got there we rushed out to get in a line, then every one started to talk. Finally we scuttled into and through the office into a small room that had a white board and I think there were some awards on top. There were chairs for the teachers to sit on and chairs next to some round tables near the door. Miss Hansell told us to put our bags on the side wall then line up. The boys had to go in the front of the girls, then finally we were at the entrance of the marae.


A lady called Whaea Celeste lead the powhiri. There were children too, taking part in the powhiri. We walked slowly to the marae. There was a tekoteko at the top and an eagle or raven on the middle of a long log with patterns. We had to put our shoes on the side of the walls because that is a rule.


Inside the marae, a man called Matua William greeted us. He let out a speech to welcome us, then a prayer.Then Arapeta told a speech too then Matua William told us a couple of Maori stories about the chiefs of different tribes. He also told us that this marae is like a body. He told us where the spine was, the ribs, the head was the tekoteko, the arms and the legs. We presented our performance, which was Mihi Mai Ra.Then we ate our morning tea.


After we ate, we had to go back to the marae. The boys had to go with Kaumatua to do their thing, while the girls learn' t how to make a poi on t.v with a DVD. We saw some actions too. When we finished watching that, we broke up into three groups. The first group had to do the pois and the second had to do actions and the last group had to use the sticks which are called “rakau.”


We had to line up in rows and and when Whaea Celeste said “Kia Mau” the first row had to hold up their poi and the second row had to put their hands on there hips and the back row had to hold up the rakau in the shape of an X. We sang the song while doing the actions and it was all good. Next we had to eat our lunch.


When we had finished eating our lunch the girls done there performance and when we finished the boys done there haka. When that was finished we sang Mehi Mara again. Khyle and Arapeta went up and gave Whaea Celeste and Matua William a gift from our school.


Finally it was time to go home. I learn' t that knowledge is important to Maori because it is traditional and they pass the knowledge down from generation to generation.


It was a cool trip to visit a marae.

This is Me

I am Elizabeth and I like my netbook because you can play games and you can learn on it.