Sunday, 29 May 2011
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!
Thursday, 26 May 2011
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.
Monday, 2 May 2011
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.
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.
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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.
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.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
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