As I saw it

Te Horeta

My Item: a ship biscuit

Description: This item is the main diet for the crew.

 It was made of flour, water and salt. It was then baked til hard.

One of the ships man walked up on shore where he then started trading with Te Horeta, Te Horeta gave him a kowhai flower and the man gave a “pumice stone”. The man showed Te Horeta that it should go into his mouth and so he did, but he found it very hard and sweet which he didn’t like. 

The man pointed his “walking stick” at the sky when thunder and lightning came out of it. 

 

The Cambodian Myth of Thunder, Lightning, and Rain. {not finished animation}

TASK DESCRIPTION: for this terms animation task we had to animate something that related to this terms theme "A World Of Difference", sadly I didn't get to actually animate because of the short period of time we had. Also because of covid-19 and all of the lockdowns I didn't get the enough time to 

Te Reo Maori Lesson 8 Create Task

 

2.7 Ko wai ō hoa?

 

TASK DESCRIPTION: for today's tech rotation task we had to complete this short presentation and then had a challenge along with our create task.

Writing - For Specific Purpose (NZ Sign Language)

 WALT: write an explanation.

TASK DESCRIPTION: today we explained what NZSL is. As our tests are coming up next term this was kind of like a practice for our writing test. 

Volume Problem

"From a square piece of paper we can make a box without a lid by cutting a square from each corner and folding up the flaps.

Find the different volumes of box it is possible to make by changing the size of the cut-out squares.

What is the maximum possible volume?

What is the size of the square cut-out that produces it?"

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my 3 dimensions were...

Width = 11 squares

Length = 11 squares 

Height = 4 squares

and altogether thats 484cm³

 

Reo Changemaker, Hinewehi Mohi

 WALT: Evaluate information in a text

TASK DESCRIPTION: for this weeks reading task we took a look at Hinewehi Mohi, someone who changed the way we sung our New Zealand anthem! 

Hinewehi mohi's story

Hinewehi mohi’s father came from an era where if caught talking Maori they would be smacked, and so this led to many not knowing their language. His parents as well thought that it would be better for him to learn english as the rest of the world. At age 36 her father decided to do something about the language and so he taught himself and then taught his daughter, Hinewehi was also keen on learning more about the language and so she did.

Learning the language came to a point where it became important to learn Maori at school. Hinewhehi mohi went to St Joseph's Māori Girls' School in Napier and went onto the University of Waikato where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Māori in 1985.

Her first album being Oceania, it was released in 1999. While promoting her first album in London, she was asked to sing the New Zealand national anthem at a rugby game in Twickenham. 

Although singing the New Zealand anthem in Maori had been done multiple times, it had never been done at the nationals and so when Hinewehi sang it in Te Reo everyone was shocked. Singing it in this version was very controversial; she decided to go forward with singing it in Maori.

Taha Wairua

 

Create Task Lesson 7

  WALT: ask and answer questions about what things are.

TASK DESCRIPTION: this is just a create task from before's task!

2.6 Kei te pehea te ahua o te rangi?

 WALT: ask and answer questions about what things are.

TASK DESCRIPTION: for today's maori task we learnt some new words and then had a few questions to answer! Lastly we just had a short create task to complete that relates about today's task!

Maori Moment

Today at exactly 12 pm we had a moment where we all stood up and sang 2 songs! We did this to remember the protest that took place in 1972. In 1972 30,000 signatures were taken to the parliament because they decided that we needed to do something to keep the language (Maori) alive in Aotearoa. And now we did a week every year to dedicate it to learn more about the native language! (Maori).

1 Measurement + Decimals =

Things T Could Go

Things T could do....

Personal: since T likes basketball he could go out and play basketball, get his mind off of all the things that are stressing him out.

Interpersonal: He could talk with Jack or maybe try and open up with his mum?

Societal: Go talk to counsellors or teachers, etc. Find help within the community.  

Maths Warm Up ~Tapa Cloth~

TASK DESCRIPTION:

For this mornings maths warm up we had this simple question to do! We had to figure out the perimeter of this tapa cloth and the area of it.

Since we could see that once side of each rectangle/square we added them up and got our answer for that side.

I got:

450cm or 4.5m for the perimeter

and for the area I got 12,600cm or to simplify it, it would be 126m

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What being Burmese means to me!

 I’m quite proud to be Burmese, there’s loads of cool traditions in every culture but here are just some of mine! Being Burmese means a lot and can mean quite a lot of different things to different Burmese people but this is what it feels for me to be Burmese! 

Firstly let’s talk about dances and festivals, there are multiple popular festivals but the most known one is the water festival. It’s called a Thingyan! Although it’s not just us who celebrate it but it is quite a big deal in Myanmar/Burma. It usually takes place at the end of the year. Participating in our cultural dances means quite a lot and we learn a lot about our culture along the way! 

In Myanmar/Burma they use a different calendar, it’s known as the lunisolar calendar many countries/cultures use this as well! The months in the lunisolar calendar are based on the lunar months and the years are based on solar years! 

And so these are only a fraction of the reasons why I’m proud to be Burmese! 

Tongan Travel

TASK DESCRIPTION: For today's quick maths task we had to solve this simple question! :D

Most of us completed it instantly and some of us found it hard. We just had to find out where each uncle and aunties dot is! 

The first dot is Aunty Ana and the second dot is Uncle Loni, the third dot for all of the graphs is Uncle Pita, and the last dot is Aunty Kuini.

                                                      

Conquering Fractions

 

TASK DESCRIPTION: Today's presentation was mainly just revision and re-learning what we had already learnt through out this & last term. 

Tongan Language Week!

 

This week is Tongan Language week. Tongan language week is all about celebrating their culture and language. New Zealand celebrates many cultures by having a week for them! 

Each year there is a different theme for the week and this weeks theme is "Fakakoloa 'o Aotearoa 'aki 'a e Lotu Mo'oni" which in English means "Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through Prayer and Faith".

This week gives all of us a chance to get to know more about the beautiful culture! Whether it's through music, dance, food, crafting, activities, etc. 

4 Fun facts!
~Humpback whales travel about 3,000 miles to breed and give birth in Tonga! 

~Tonga is the only pacific nation to not be colonised!

~Tonga is a disappearing island

~There are 170 islands in Tonga!

Measurement 3!

TASK DESCRIPTION: for today's maths task we took a look at measurements. We each completed a simple presentation depending on the group we were in. 

Te Reo Maori Lesson 5 Create Task

 WALT: to describe objects using colours

2.4 He hākete kikorangi

 WALT: to describe objects using colours