Kia Ora

This week I have learnt more about Maori prefixes, All about fraction, multiples and prime numbers. I also learnt how to make a kabab. This week we did more on maori prefixes. Last week we worked on the prefix Whaka so this week we worked on the prefix kai. For Maori we made posters using 3 whaka words and 3 kai words. For maths this week the year7 learnt about fractions, multiples and prime numbers, On the monday we did our pre test on our chromebooks I scored 75% which I think is pretty good seeing that I found the test difficult, On friday we did our post test I found It really difficult I i had to really think about my answers but in the end I scored 63% for the test which I personally think is a good score considering how hard the questions were. One thing I enjoyed this week was teaching the teina kaupapa Matua because this week they listened well and that made it much easier we had to teac h them some new actions which was hard I think it went really well  

Nga Mihi

Kia ora

This week I learnt how to make a skit, how to make a pizza bun and what irregular and regular shapes are. On Monday for maths I learnt about irregular and regular shapes. A regular shape is a shape with parallel sides and not on a lean but an irregular shape is a shape with non equal side shape and most shapes on a lean. I also learnt what and how to make a skit, on Wednesday for Maori we had to make a skit in all Maori in my group there was Stella, Amaia, Ella and Jaelyn. We made our skit about a class room in the script we had to use Whaka words unfortunately we ran out of time to record I still really enjoyed it.

I also learnt how to make a pizza bun at tech. It was really fun to make and I enjoyed it personally. I didn’t like my pizza bun but it was still fun to make. Something I enjoyed this week was doing the quick story with Sharon, for the quick story we had to go in buddies and write a story about our pet who turned out to have super power. My buddy was stella and we wrote about Diddley the donkey. One thing I found challenging was teaching the teina kaupapa matua because the teina was not listening and it was really hard to try to teach them something new we tried to work on doing a action they couldn’t and teaching them the new actions but they all were being silly and I found that really challenging. 

Nga Mihi

This week for literacy I learnt what prefixes and rootwords are. root word is a basic word that is the core meaning of a word and a prefix is a beginning of a word. We learnt about prefixes and rootwords to improve our spelling and reading.

This week I really enjoyed doing kaupapa matua and teaching the little kids what my group and I have been working on, at times it was difficult but it was still really fun.

Another thing I enjoyed this week was food tech. We made a fruit salad which i was expecting to not be so good and I really enjoyed making and cutting all the fruit. 

One thing I found challenging was teaching the teina in kaupapa matua because half of the teina wasn’t listening and at times it was just 2 of us teaching 14 teina 

Last week my class and I started a independent slide deck based on Matariki. I thought the slide deck was fun but hard at the same time which is why I believe I liked doing it so much. There were questions that made me think and that made it a bit of a challenge for me but I feel that I used resilience by bouncing back and keep trying.

Here is the link to my slide deck

What?

a Maori word that refers to a club or short weapon, primarily used as a weapon in close-quarters combat by Maori people. Patu is a weapon that the pre-European Maori  used. Patu means to strike, kill, hit, beat, ill-treat. Patu is a maori weapon used to finish off opponents in battle; it’s a short two edged weapon made of stone, wood, and whale bone. Very similar to a club and but is expanding in width from the butt and designed to  give a crushing rather than a cutting blow. There are so many different styles of Patu, for example  some patu are bigger than others, some are smaller , some are made out of wood, some out of stone . Each Patu is craved to tell a story, usually about a person.

 When ?

Traditionally the Patu  were used in battle to finish off opponents after putting the opponent on the ground by using the taiaha but in more modern day you can find patu at Maori performances most likely in kapa haka performances . Traditionally Maori would train hard to be worthy of the Patu to this day that rule stands for Maori to have to earn the Patu, even if it’s just for show. The most important tools were toki (adzes) and whao (chisels). Stone adze heads were lashed to a wooden handle and used in working wood, including canoe building

Who & How?

We know Maori use Patu but actually several cultures have utilized Patu ( most other cultures call it a club or pounder) , with examples  found in ancient europe and the pacific. Polyneisians culture,including  the Fijians and Maori, are known for their uniquely crafted club/patu. The Patu is a hand crafted weapon used to strike the upper body, Use always to finish off opponents when on the ground.                    

Where?

Most Patu was made out of local resources. One of the main patu the pre-European Maori  used were Patu Onewa, made out of basalt , which was a great local resource which made patu Onewa  quite popular. This was a hand weapon that was used to attack the upper body of an enemy by using a thrusting motion. These weapons were also used to hit the head as a mortal blow to a fallen enemy. In the pre- European Maori time basically every patu was made out of local resources which made patu really easy to make. 

Kia Ora, I am Isla and i’m going to tell you about my experience in Pasifika. This term and last term my whole class and I joined the school pasifika group. We train every week on Wednesday for 45 minutes. Our tutur  names were Albany and Noa. At first honestly I was not so happy I had to do pasifika probably because I few years back I did pasifika but had different tururs and didn’t like it at all, but by the end of the term I enjoyed doing lots of parts of Pasifika. I really enjoyed doing the songs in different languages but I found it really challenging to remember the move in the sasa moves. One of my favourite songs/dances was Mata Ki Te Mata which was the Cook island song.

One thing I really enjoyed was reading the  Flanders Fields Poem and answering the question. I enjoyed it            because it wasn’t really easy and you really had to think about your answers. A challenge I faced this week was       reading because I had to read to the group and I keep getting the words mumbled up which made it really hard

Something I felt proud of this week was when I got into the top reading group. That made me feel  really                  proud of the progress I have made. Next week, I want to get better at doing my dictionary definitions because                  I feel that I need to get faster so I can finish my other handwriting activities.

 If I could change one thing about this week, it would be, Nothing Because I think that this week has been good so I don’t want to change anything.

kia ora, Today I followed a Cyber Smart tutorial on how to make cool Google Slide with fun letters  and images

here my LINK

Make sure to link, then transition up the top then play

On February the 18 the year 7-8 from rawhiti school  attended the yearly Spencer Park camp. I made an reflection to tell you all about it. 

Here is my link to my Reflection i made

Today I learnt that all holidays aren’t made to celebrate, some are made to observe and give respect for what event means; Eg Anzac day you don’t celebrate people dying and going to war, you observe what they did for your country.

This is my reflection link