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

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.

Nelson Mandela Work

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is a man from South Africa, and he was the reason that we have
race relations day today. He fought against apartheid and segregation, in his
lifetime ( 18 July 1918, to 5 December 2013) he also won the Nobel Peace Prize.
He also was against white supremacy.

Firstly, Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid and segregation. Apartheid is
when only white people in South Africa are superior and they have good things,
when the blacks are treated unfairly. Segregation means where one group of
people like the whites are separated from black people and are treated
differently. I think apartheid and segregation is wrong because everyone should
be treated equally.

Secondly, Nelson Mandela was against white supremacy. In South Africa he
did not think that it was fair that only the white people got all the good things
in life.  Only the white people got big houses, electricity and proper roads.
Nelson Mandela also thought that the black people should not have to live in
tiny hovels and should be allowed  proper roads or electricity. He did not think
it was fair that because of their skin colour, that the black and the white people
got different rights. We agree with Nelson Mandela because we don’t think it
is fair either.

Finally, Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He shared the
Nobel Peace Prize with Frederik Willem de Klerk. De Klerk was the president
of South Africa. They won the Peace Prize because of their work fighting
against apartheid and segregation. We think that they deserved the Nobel
Peace Prize because what they were doing was right.

In conclusion, Nelson Mandela is recognised today because he fought against
apartheid and segregation, he was against white supremacy, and he won the
nobel peace prize. Nelson Mandela was very important for the way he fought
for equal rights and helped support black people to have a better life. It affects
us today because everyone no matter what their skin colour is, they are

entitled to have equal rights.

The Guardian Of A Mysterious Swamp Creative Writing

The Guardian Of A Mysterious Swamp

In 1848 there was a mysterious swamp in the middle of a  random forest near Moisty
Mire.This perplexing swamp was very odd because sometimes furniture comes out of it.

One day little Red Riding Hood was walking through the forest and saw some soft
purple carpet that was as moldy as 100 year old bread next to a swamp. She sprinted
furiously and went to bring her granny to view the problem. When she arrived at her
granny’s house she wasn’t there so she fetched her butterfly catching net and sprinted
furiously back to the mystery swamp. The oak trees were wailing and dancing rapidly
in the breeze.

When she appeared at the swamp the purple carpet was gone but there was a ginormous
chair and a slimy, green taniwha that looked like a fat elephant sitting on the chair. At
the sight of little Red Riding Hood he dived into the mystical swamp. Little Red Riding
Hood scooped her butterfly net into the dark, slimy water but the taniwha wrapped his
scaly tail around it and yoinked it out of her grasp. Then the taniwha emerged from the
water with a silicone spatula and started intensely smacking little Red Riding Hood with
it.

She ran away and never came back again until years later. When she was 107 she was walking through the forest and saw the magical swamp again. She had completely forgotten about the swamp because she was very old but she still had the scar of the silicone spatula on her leg.

She walked up to the strange swamp and there was a wooden table lying on its side next
to the swamp. Then the taniwha came out and threw lemons and oranges and salt at her
until she sat down and started crying because the taniwha got her clothes dirty.

Then the taniwha tightly grabbed little Red Riding Hood by the toes and quietly
dragged her into the swamp and cooked her at 220o C for breakfast and the wrinkly
sweaty toes were the best.

Nathan J.

Welcome

Camp Thank You Letter

20 November 2018      

▁ ▂ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ Camp █ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▂ ▁

Dear Keiran,

Thank you for coming on the hike with our class. We all had a great time on camp. Did you enjoy going on the hike? My favourite part of camp was searching for Brian and going on the tramp. For the tramp we went to the Anti Crow Hut Walk but you probably already know that. When we searched for Brian we had to find clues about him like his drink bottle and his backpack and stuff. He was also addicted to minties so we found a lot of mintie wrappers. It was also fun talking to Brian’s mum Justine (which was just Charlie’s mum).

A challenge for me was doing the river crossing and doing the hike. Something I found out about myself was that I am good at reading maps. I enjoyed spending time with Nathan K, Callan, Tyler, Charlie and Ethan because they are my friends and they are funny. The best food was the Nachos and the baking. Schools should continue to do camps because they are really fun and everyone enjoys themselves. Other places I would like to go on school camp would be Wellington or Dunedin.

I hope you enjoyed your time with my class.

Ngā mihi

Yours sincerely

Nathan J

Nathan J E-astlle Descriptive Writing October 2018

For writing in our class we have been doing descriptive writing of a moment in time. We had to look at a picture for inspiration and we had to write about it with our senses.

Click here for the link to the original link.

The Incredibly Magical Terrificly Awesome Market (Tim-Tam)

As soon as I walked through the front gates I could see stalls selling everything a person could ever need. I could see soaps, foods, furniture, old DVDs and CDs, and much more. Everywhere I looked someone was examining something to see if they wanted to buy it or not. The marquees were as colourful as a multi colored quilt.

The market was bustling with people; everyone busily doing their own thing like some busy bees working in a hive. It sounded like a cinema full of excited teenage girls about to watch a brand new movie featuring Justin Bieber. There were babies crying and adults arguing about what to get and how to enjoy themselves. I could feel happiness in everyone I saw.

The fruit and vegetables that the salesmen were selling were as colourful as a rainbow when you are looking through a stain glass window. There was a person with chocolate sauce all over their face, there was also a DJ playing music that had a bucket on his head. There was just everything that you could imagine all squashed into this public carpark and topped off with sunshine. What more could you want??

THE END!

Manu Information Report

What Does It Look Like?

A weka looks like a brown bird with a greyish light brown tummy. It also has red legs
and a red beak.

What Does It Eat?

Weka’s are omnivores and they eat insects, slugs, frogs, lizards, rats, mice, eggs, small
birds and they also enjoy leaves, berries, and seeds.

How Does It Breed?

Weka breed in burrows in nests throughout all of New Zealand. They breed from
August to January.

Are They Social?

Weka like to be very playful with other weka and they are afraid of humans when
they approach them.

What Are Their Threats?

The main threat is starvation during droughts and their main animal threat is ferrets
but there is also stoats and possums. The man-made threats are them being fed by
humans and then they don’t rely on getting food themselves. In the future, we can stop
feeding them so they don’t rely on humans.

Inforgraphic - Reducing Waste in Our Lunch Boxes

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around

us and the negative of positive impact our actions can have on

these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in
• our own lives to help our environment.

Task: Create an infographic showing people how they can reduce their waste in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

Play Summary

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks, you are working in groups to practice and perform
a play. This is using our oral language and reading skills in literacy.
Our key competency focus is participating and contributing.

For writing, your task is to summarise the main events in your play in three
paragraphs. You must plan your writing first but it is up to you how you do your planning.  You must also write a fourth paragraph about your experience of
practicing and performing your play.

Yr 6

I am learning to organize my text into paragraphs which begin with the main idea and contain
supporting information/detail.

I am learning to make links across paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately.

I am learning to use dialogue punctuation accurately.

Yr 7

I am learning to use a range of different planning styles.

I am learning to plan my writing to suit the purpose of my writing.

I am learning to organize my ideas into paragraphs where the ideas are clearly related and
where
there are links within and between paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately in my writing.

I am learning to use complex punctuation to enhance my writing e.g. colons: and semi-colons; ,
and parentheses ().

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can/have

-summarised the play in three paragraphs

-made links across my paragraphs

-used some basic and complex punctuation correctly (speech marks).

Once you have finished your writing highlight these success criteria green if you have met them
and can show them in your work. Highlight green in your work where you have met these
success criteria.

Māui and the Sun

Māui is a demigod that lived long, long ago. He has four brothers called: Māui Mua,
Māui Roto, Māui Taha, and Māui Waho. In the first part of this story, Māui and his brother's are complaining that Tamanuiterā is moving too fast and they don’t have
any time to do anything during the day. Māui says he can tame the sun and his brother’s
laugh at him but they say they will help him.

In the second part of this story, his brothers and the villagers help Māui to make
harakeke (flax) ropes to catch the sun and Māui chanted a karakia so that the ropes
are magical. Māui gets his magical jawbone off his Grandfather before he sets off.

At the end of this story, when they are ready they set off towards the sun’s pit.
They only go by night so the sun doesn’t see them. When they get there they built a
clay wall to hide behind. Māui tells his brothers to throw the ropes when he says.
When the sun comes up, Māui yells, “Throw the ropes my brothers” and they stop
the sun. Māui hits it with his magical jawbone and tells it to go slowly every day.
From that day on the sun goes across the sky slowly.

When my group did our play we were a bit silly at the start but we got better as it
went on. One thing we did well was the jawbone and our props that we used.
We participated and contributed by making props and all having a role in the play.
One thing I would improve next time is not using a script.