Callaghans Ridge

Callaghans Ridge

On Thursday room one and eight went to Callaghans Ridge for the
William Pike Challenge. We did a scavenger hunt to find native
things. Some things we found were South Island fantails, miromiro
(tomtits) and some solid bracket fungi. Also we had to look for
other things as well.

The conditions on the day was raining and damp. Also it was sunny
at some bits. The conditions didn’t really affect the walk because
we all had rain jackets and wet weather gear.

Also we made bivvys at lunch time to eat our lunch in. All the
groups had to only use a blue tarpaulin and a long yellow rope. My
group made a small bivvy next to a bank and we got a lolly frog.
The bivvys made us work well as a team.

I really enjoyed the whole walk but my most favourite thing was
sprinting furiously to the end. I was a very speedy ginger ninja!
I was the first one to make it to the end.

A suggestion for another outdoor activity is we could do another
beach cookout because that was really fun.

Noho Marae Recount

Noho Marae Recount

For our Noho Marae trip we went to the Arahura Marae so we could
learn about the stories of the West Coast and so we could learn
about the heritage of our local area. We also went to the marae
so we could learn about the Māori culture.

We went to the marae on the 5th and the 6th of March. It was in
the morning that we went and I went with Cailan’s mum in the car
with Charlie, Cailan and me.

The Arahura Marae is in Arahura which is down from our school.
We also went to the Arahura river to look for pounamu. The next
day we went to the Mananui Tramline for a walk and we walked to
Lake Mahinapua.

The marae is a part of Ngāi Tahu and it is mainly about someone
who was in a boat but it got capsized and his friends died so he
got their heads and swam very far. Also we learnt about other
stories.

What we did is we went to the marae and we did the powhiri.
Both the groups did a waiata and a speech. Then we had food
and went to the river to look for pounamu. Also we made statues
of Poutini and Waitaiki. Then we went back to have dinner and we
went outside to play games. I did rippa rugby and ki o rahi. After
that we had smores and listened to stories at the fire. The next
day we did our mihi and went to the Mananui Tramline to do the
track and we walked to Lake Mahinapua. At Lake Mahinapua we
heard the story about the guy who got his boat capsized and his
friends died.

Room 1 and Room 8 went to the Marae with some parents and
teachers. Also there was people at the marae that were nice and
helped us do fun things. The teachers that went were Ms Kemp and
Mrs Glue and Miss Ireland came for the powhiri then left to go back
to school. Then later in the day Miss Ireland came with Ms Barrow.

How we got to the marae is we all went in cars that we were
assigned with at school. Also the teachers travelled and parents
came that were from our school.

Chinese New Year DLO

Tiriti O Waitangi

On the 6th of February we learnt about the Treaty of Waitangi. We learnt about the 4 New Zealand flags. They are Tinorangatiratanga, United Tribes (He Whakaputunga), Union Jack and the New Zealand flag.

Onomatopoeia Poem

The Chocolate Biscuit

Poem by Nathan Johnson

As I eat the chocolate biscuit I slashed

Through it with my teeth it smashed

My tooth and my biscuit fell out into the ocean

It got swept away with the motion

Of the current and it dragged it to China

Into a posh diner

And it got eaten

And beaten

By a child

With the spice as mild

Then it got digested

And invested

Into the Chinese bank

My Selfie Poem

My Selfie Poem

I am from the orange beanbag,

from fresh water and smelly soap.

I am from the ferns out the back,

from the West Coast Basketball team.

I am from the punga tree.

I am from the sounds of cicadas chirping,

from the soft couch.

I’m from Rapahoe beach and Punakaiki,

from Aunty Annie and Uncle Chris.

I’m from swimming at the pool and watching movies.

From playing Fortnite with Dad and sleeping.

I’m from, “Kia ora.” and “How are you?”

From the pages of Shrek and Baby Shark.

I am from gaming and Fortnite.

I am from basketball, my backyard.

I’m from Wellington and New Zealand.

Macaroni and soup,

from World  War 1.

From surviving Gallipoli

and my grandad’s tan leather wallet.

Mahatma Gandhi Reading Task

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi, was given the name Mahatma, meaning great soul,
because he was a great soul, he did things for others and didn’t want
anything in return. He was against racism, he went to prison for the things
he did and he was very famous.

Firstly, Gandhi was greatly against racism. Mahatma Gandhi went to work
for the South African office of an Indian legal firm. This is when Gandhi first
encountered racism. When he was on a train, a white man wouldn’t sit next
to him. He found that lots of Indians in South Africa were given the worst
jobs and they lived in poverty. Gandhi started working for the rights of
Indians and he campaigned for twenty years. Gandhi said, “Make the
injustice visible. Be prepared to die for it.”

Secondly,  Mahatma Gandhi was famous for the actions that he made
and what he believed in. He helped the Indians, by refusing to get his
finger print scanned and he wanted others to do the same. He thought
that he had helped the Indians in his country, and people started to
recognize the things that he had done. Other people started to follow in his
lead.

Gandhi’s main grumble was that under the British rule India had become
the world's poorest country. The British found India, while the Indian
people were already there and they tried to take over and rule over the
Indians. This was called colonisation.

Finally, Gandhi went to prison because he refused to do things that the
government said to do and he protested peacefully against racism and
lots of Indians were arrested and went to prison. He said, ‘An eye for an
eye ends up making the whole world blind.’ Gandhi meant that fighting
each other was a bad thing and that it can do horrible things to people.
We agree with Gandhi because fighting can do very bad things to you,
like traumatize people and injure people. We believe that Mahatma
Gandhi shouldn’t have gone to prison because of what he believed in
and he just wanted the make South African people all equal.

In conclusion, Mahatma Gandhi was a great man and his name fitted
who he was. He was recognized for being against racism, he made good
choices and he also went to prison for believing in the things that he did.
His actions have affected us today because people of all races are allowed
to have any job and many people are inspired by him and do not want
racism in the world.

Statistic DLO