Water safety

We made a DLO about water safety. It had five things or rules that you had to do or you would have to use. These will help you if you happen to have an accident out at sea or swimming. This will save your life. Do you think you would survive if you didn't know about water safety? Hope this taught you a lesson to always be safe on the water.

Aha Ngapuhi

Yesterday and today the Te Ngahere kapa haka roopu learnt the original actions and kupu for Aha Ngapuhi. It is a very slow haka but it has a lot of aggression to it. What I found hard was pronouncing the words and doing the actions at the end. Now I have them stuck in my head. What we learnt from this that some people got lazy and didn’t wanna pronounce the kupu properly. Have you ever forgotten how to do something and had to learn it again?

Kapahaka

In week 8 we were practising our Kapa Haka Bracket for the Cultural Festival in Kaikohe. We will be perform on the memorial hall stage. Our bracket had a Karanga, entry, waiata, transition, haka and exit. We chose to stay in at interval and practise. We even had a after school practise. After all of this practicing we were all hyped up. The hard part for me was the transition because there were really small gaps and I would nearly wack a girl. We all had a good time hope you like the post.

Beach clean up

Last week  Paihia School went down to the Paihia Beach clean up. We all had our own group of five people to pick rubbish up. Every one  had to put these gloves on so our hands wouldn't get dirty or cut. An Hour and half into picking rubbish up we were at the end of the beach. All of the groups had filled their rubbish bags up. After gathering most of the rubbish we had a group photo. We learnt that humans are lazy because we picked up a lot of rubbish. There is a liquor ban and we were picking all of these beer bottles and cans .The rubbish that we picked up the most was alcohol bottles, cigarette butts, alcohol cans and bottle caps.  I felt really angry that everyone was being lazy and wasn't putting there rubbish in the bin.

Kapa Haka Rakau

Last term the Kapa Haka Roopu boys went to go cut some rakau. The rakau we cut was totara Mr Lindsay said that it was really easy to work with. But the only problem was it had to dry up so we waited until this term and they were just dry enough. On Monday we spent the whole day working on them. But before we started to work on them we had to have a karakia. We also  learnt about the tikanga around them. The tikanga was that you could not drop them and also not step over them. We were making these rakau for our Kapa Haka performance. After learning about it we started to get in to it. After taking the bark off and sanding them down we coated them with oil. We had to coat them four times but only two of us did. I had to coat it one more time.

Script

For the past couple weeks in Te Ngahere we have been writing a script for an animation. The animation was to show what we learnt. We had the choice to learn about Refugees or The New Zealand Wars. My partner and I chose refugees. Our script had to include four to five parts explaining how they came here and what their motive was. The part I enjoyed was writing the script because I liked writing the funny parts. The hardest part for me was reading all of the texts. Hope you like my script.

Part 1

Dad “ We have to leave Scotland it’s to dangerous here.

Mum ” Why?

Dad ‘Well there's a war going on, plus our land has been taken off us.

Mum  ”You have a point there.

Dad “ Where exactly are we going to go?

Mum ” Somewhere better than Scotland...

Mum “Hurry up kids we're going to be late."

Boy “ Do we have to leave?”

(Boy and Girl eating breakfast

Girl “ Yes, it’s going to be fun”

Dad “ It's going to be fine."

Boy “ What will the people there think of us?

Girl “ This is exciting but I do kind of have butterflies."

Part 2

Girl “How are we all supposed to fit on this small boat it’s going to be crowded."

Boy “How long are we going to be on this boat for?

Mum “About 1 year."

Dad “ Oh look they're letting us in."

Boy “NOOOOO".

Girl “do we have to".

Mum “   Come on."                                                                                                       

Boy “ This isn't so bad but I think I have a few splinters in my back."

Girl “ Ha ha, this gunky boat is disgusting, can we go back?

Mum “ Very funny, we have been here for too long we can't go back."

Girl” you're joking right?

Boy “ Hold on, where do we go to the bathroom?

Boy leans his head against the edge of the boat.

Part 3 arriving

Mum “ what is that island in the distance it’s covered in fog.

Boy “ it’s probably another random island. Trust me it’s all we have seen for months now.

Mum “ you think?

Girl “  look the boat is slowing down I think we are here.

Boy “  We have stopped it’s getting quite dark are we at the island?

Mum “ I think we are!

Dad “  look they are letting us out of the boat.

Boy “  Yes, No more getting sick and no more getting splashed!

(they stand on the boat waiting to walk off).

( they get splashed constantly while they are walking of)

 

Part 4 Maori point of view

Maori 1 hey bro

Maori 2 what

Maori 1 apparently there's a ship coming with people from everywhere.

Maori 2 your all kaka

Maori 1 no

Maori 2 who told you then

Maori 1  my papa

Maori 2 no not even

Maori 1 go ask him then

Maori 2 nah i’m going to have some boil up

Maori 1 see you later then.

Maori 2 yeh.

Maori 1 going to have some hangi

Maori 2 fewww

(1 and 2 meet up again)

Maori 1 bro they’re here

Maori 2 not even

Maori 1 come then

Maori 2 yeh i’ll just go get uncle Hemi

(getting uncle hemi)

Maori 2 Uncle Hemi come there's people in a big waka

Uncle Hemi boy I was just about to eat my rewana bread

At the beach doing the haka

Uncle Hemi PUKANA!!

The end

Kawakawa Cultural Festival

On friday the Kapa Haka Roopu went to the Kawakawa Cultural Festival. We had two weeks to put together 5 items. What I enjoyed was doing the haka. Next time we come I want to perform a full bracket to show others. I think our Roopu did well with using our hoe of Tumia to put these five items together in two weeks, and representing our school.

Marble reflection

In Week 2 we made a marble run. Our challenge was to get the marble to stop at 110cm. We could use anything for the ramp.  There were a few rules. The first one was you can’t stop the marble, second was you had to write some instructions on how to build your ramp. And the last rule was you can’t talk or interact with the to the group that was building your ramp. The two groups that won were Cheyenne and Missy. And Bella and Mikaila.

The Great Marble Challenge reflection

Insert a photo or drawing of your marble ramp

What was something your group did well? Building the ramp

What is something you could have done better? Make clear instructions

How close did your marble get to 110 cm?  Did the marble go further than 110 cm? yes  Or shorter? no

Why do you think your ramp was or was not successful? The material we used Why? Because it was easy to bend and it was smooth Why not? Because when you bend the ramp it get bumpy.

How clear were your instructions? Pretty easy What was something you explained well? Puting were the marble was supposed to go. What was something that needed to be clearer? How to build our ramp.

If you had an opportunity to design a new ramp.  What would you change? Get a new ramp Improve? How the ramp would stand.

Robett

On Monday, a guy named Robett came to Paihia School to talk to Te Ngahere about “Saying yes to success”. He was traveling all around New Zealand to talk to high schools about his life and how he became a successful man. He explained to us how hard his life was growing up and how he didn't have much. My favourite saying from him was that “You don’t have be smart in school or have the best grades to be successful”.

Explorers

In Te Ngahere we have been reading and learning about Kupe, Nukutawhiti, James Cook and Abel Tasman. Our WALT was to understand how and why people like Kupe, Jame Cook, Abel Tasman and Nukutawhiti came to Aotearoa and the significance of these journeys. What I think I did well was finding facts about James Cook. What I enjoyed was learning about what he did and all of his travels. What I think I need to do better next time is to not social talk to my learning buddies.

Kio Rahi

Last term a variety of year 7 8 and 5’s went to play Kio rahi at Lindvart Park Kaikohe. The first team that we played was Kaikohe Intermediate. The ref said who are your guys captains. We got our captain and his name was Izaiah. The both captains played a game of rock paper scissor our opponents  captain one. They ether had the choice of being kiuma or taniwha. They chose taniwha. So they were blocking the drum in the middle while some of our team through the ball at the drum. The people outside of taniwha were running around touching pou and banking them. We finished the game and asked the ref for the score. She said we won by 1 point the score was 12 11. We did the same with all of the other games we played. I think I could do better at asking for the ball.

Technology

Last Term  on Wednesday the year 7&8’s went to Moerewa School to do Technology. At tech the year 7’s do wood work while the year 8’s are cooking. We cooked lasagne and it had to have a minimum of 5 vegetables. The lasagne had to be healthy and colorful. Our WALT was to have it ready by lunchtime. I enjoyed making the lasagne, but next time I think my partner and I could do better at  deciding on whos doing what in cooking.  

Technology

Yesterday the year 7&8s went to technology in Moerewa. We were learning how to make a model. It could be anything a car, tank, plane ect. I chose to make a mere (patu) I think I did well with carving it out and I enjoyed playing with it and sanding it down. I think I could do better at deciding what to make and draw faster.