Maori Language Week

During this week I worked with Loise and Junier from my class we were pretending to be mini teachers so we had to make activities for apretend class. It was fun working with others. It as a lot more fun than doing it on my own. I helped making one of the slides and I did one on my own. I was half way thue making one when we had to stop and I had to delete it so I didn't get in troublele.

My Tongan Flag

 

This is the Tongan flag. The reason I made the flag is because it is Tongan language week.  I made it with Angelina and Jessica from my class. We used google drawing to make the shapes. The red in the Tongan flag means sacrifice to Christ. The white on the Tongan flag represents purity.

My New Zealand T-Shirt

 

This is my t-shirt. I made it on the 1st,2nd and 3rd of September. Room 8 did it for the fun and the learning. Mrs Kumar and the teacher aides Miss Jasmine and Mrs Lammas decided that there would be a competition and whoever won would get the t-shirt printed into a real shirt!

My Face Mask

 

Why wearing a mask is important

Wearing a mask is important because one it stops germs from going more than 6 cm from you but if you accidentally swap masks with someone then it could end in disaster. In saying that it is still a good idea to wear one because it slows the spread of covid 19. Wearing a mask is good for lots of things but if it is made of cotton it will need to to be washed daily so you will need to have a few masks. I think that cotton masks are better because if you have single use masks you have to have lots and lots but if you have a cotton one then you only need 2 or 3 plus you can make them at home! 

Cook Island Language Week

It was fun learning Cook Island words!

On the Monday of the third week of term 3 I was sitting in the classroom reading before school when Mrs Kumar came in and said ‘’ Today it is the start of Cook Island language week. ‘’ Then I stopped reading and started to talk to Mrs Kumar after a little while I got bored and went outside to play on the playground when the bell rang and I ran to the line. I was first in the line so I was happy.

 Mr Hendricks came from the office and started talking about how all the classrooms had a tight schedule, then he stopped mid sentence and sent two seaniars on a run to the two rubey posts on the field. One of the people was a girl and she went running and the other was a boy and he walked.

When the assembly was over room ten was sent first because they had special maths to go too. Room 11 had left earlier in the assembly but I didn’t know why. When it was time for room 8 to go Mrs Kumar said we were going to do fitness so we all went running around the curt.

When we were on the second round of running it started to rain just a little but just enuff to be annoying. Mrs Kumar called us all into the girls and boys lines so we could go back to class. In class we all sat on the floor when Mrs Kumar said “ all the boys in the front and all the girls at the back” because all the boys liked to sit at the back and the girls in the front.

Then Mrs Kumar Casted on the TV so she could teach us how to have a conversation in Cook Island. Some of the words were Kia Orana ( Hello), Pe’ea Koe? ( How Are You?), Meitaki au ( I am fine) and Akape’ea koe ( how about you?). The next day at morning assembly Mr Nido greeted us all in Cook Island and we had to reply in Cook Island.

Finally we got to go back to class because Mr Nido had made us talk to each other in Cook Island. When we got in class we all sat down on the mat ( girls at the back and boys in the front).and watched another video and learned how to say goodbye. The person who started the conversation would say Aere ra and the other person would say Eno’ ora. (  both words have the same meaning.) I felt so proud of myself for learning Cook Island Language.

Matariki Celebration

Matariki Celebration

Matariki is so intriguing.

At Glen Innes School it was the first Friday of the term three and we were going to have a celebration. The celebration was about Matariki and stars. The Matariki is a cluster not a constellation. The Matariki is a group of 7 stars and in the past people used them to guide them. Room 8 had a song about the Matariki stars and we also had some moves. Do you know the dance moves to the song macarena? Because those were the moves!

The song went like Witi, Wita, Waipuna Rangi, Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Ururangi, Matariki. After the third break we were going to go around the classes and look at their art. The art Room 8 had made were some wishing stars and a map of the stars. When we went to Room 11 I was breath taken, the art was beautiful. I love Room 2 and 3’s art. It was so neat for 5 and 6 year olds.

After we had been to all the classes we went to the hall to have the hangi. All the classes were in their own circles. One by one the classes went up the kitchen to get their hangi, when it was Room 8’s turn we went up to get our meal. The hangi  was in a small square box. When we sat down again I opened the box and inside was some chicken, caret, komera, pumpkin, peas, a pea pod and some potato. I ate the chicken, the chicken was sooo good (yum). 

After that we all went out to play. I was nervous because I had to perform in front of the whole school. When I was playing I was called to get ready for the performance. I had to get my poi and rako, when the kapa haka group were all set we warmed up our voices and went over all the things we were going to sing while everyone came in. When everyone was settled Mr Hendriks announced that ‘’the Kapa Haka group is going to perform’’, so we started. We did five songs in all and I had messed up in one of the songs.

When we went backstage we put our shoes and socks on and went out the back door so we went in the main entrance, one of the kids in my class wondered how we got back in line so fast. I felt so proud of myself!

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