The Fantastic Week 13

 This week on Wednesday, we went to the Kapa Haka festival, it was quite interesting. First we got our mokos on, Fly put ink on the tracer and put it on our cheeks, also we took off our t-shirts and sweatshirts and our socks, shoes and our pants because we put on skirts. We left the nametags on the table, we got the skirt from and put our socks and shoes there too. I was trying really hard not to touch my moko and I didn't touch it because I didn't want it to smudge, but it was extremely itchy, I resisted. 

Then the bus arrived, I got in. It was really cramped, so three people had to sit on one seat even though 2 people could fit on it, it was hard but I managed to stay comfortable. On the way there we sang our waitas and the haka too. We also did the songs that we sang last year, we also saw an extensive golf court it was colossal, what was surprising was that the kapa haka festival was going on right beside the golf court. So we made it there, it was exciting. we came out and went to the grass to go to the toilet in the porta potties. We also practiced a little bit too.

When we were ready we went inside and waited, when it was our turn we stepped up on the stage, the crowd went wild. We got in our rows and started singing. We sang beautifully and at the end of our waita they cheered loudly. Then we did a haka, it was strong the crowd was impressed, when we did our last song the boys went to where the audience was. The boys sang still, and the girls went down too, at the end we watched the other kids do their performance and went in the bus and went back to school.

The Fantastic Week 12

This week is I got some good news, the craft fairs coming up! It's going to be extraordinarily exciting and also immensely fun too. I just can't wait, i've been to the craft fair a couple of times but it's still fun after years of celebrating it. They have lots of fun games like cow pat bingo which is when people pay money and wait for the cow to poop on a square they bought and whichever square it lands on first means that the person who bought the square wins lots of prizes. There is also lots of other things like food drinks and a whole lot of other entertaining games, like prizes dip where you put your hand in a mystery box and pull out a random prize.

Also there is some inflatable bubbles that you use to ram people down and, there is no points and it is only for fun. You can also by drinks from the soda van, they sell sprite, coke, lift and a big variety. Waffles are also for sale with chocolate sauce and whipped cream(which is mouth-watering). They have bouncy castles too, and a game where the kids are moles trying to steal all the balls from the bopper. The bopper bonks you on the head with a hammer to try to stop you from stealing all the balls, also if the kids get all the balls they win.

There is also a festival coming soon, it is called diwali. Most indians celebrate it and they light lots of lamps and light fireworks and celebrate and eating lots of sweets,Diwali is called the Festival of Lights and is celebrated to honor Rama-chandra, the seventh avatar (incarnation of the god Vishnu). It is believed that on this day Rama returned to his people after 14 years of exile during which he fought and won a battle against the demons and the demon king, Ravana. 

The Fantastic Week 11

This week has been incredible. The year 6's were sent to camp and all the year 5's and 4's stayed, while they were gone we practiced kapa haka and athletics. It was quieter without the year 6's, we saw them in photos and were they were.They were at a napier prison observing and exploring, also they went to white pine bush and the napier pā (village). They went to the arataki honey factory and got some honey and a thick strip of beeswax which they used to make a beeswax candle.

When they were going to sleep, they went to their cabins which they shared with a buddy or two. I'm sure they were having lots of fun at camp as it was expensive, it was two hundred dollars per student. For breakfast they would eat weet-bix or peanut butter on toast, and for lunch they would have a brownie or a muffin and an apple or an orange. They were at camp for about four days.

In the end they came back at around 7:30 and everything was back to normal, when we did our hakas and waitas they were louder and stronger, which was great as it was going to be the kapa haka festival soon, it was great with the year 6's back. Camp was done for them but not for the year 4's and 5's, I can't wait to go to camp because it sounds very fun.

The Fantastic Week 10

 This week is fun and exciting, lots of stuff has happened. On the first day, we were not doing any priorities and we were moving all the furniture into the hall. We took all the furniture and left nothing, I didn't know why we were moving to the hall but I soon realized that their was some builders in mlh (moana learning hub), People told me that mlh was going to be renovated.

On the second day, we went to pihitia station to see what they did to make money, set traps and shear sheep. When we were at school a bus came, we walked in and the bus driver drove us their. When we got there we got out of the bus and walked into the farm, we met some people, they told us the safety rules and what not to do. Then they showed us how to round up sheep, we start out walking along the corners and made them run into the other paddocks, when we got them in they were weighed.

After that, a woman got two dogs and made them round up the sheep, then we went to a tv with a drone camera someone drove the drone and found a dummy under a quad bike, I knew it wasn't a dummy so I told him "this is not a real person." and then he told us that it was a set up and he showed us some gadgets. After we had some food and we went to another room where someone told us about all the pests in nz and he showed us some traps And one even had a rabbit and a mouse in it.

Finally we went to our final destination the butchery, where we saw how they cut up meat and how much money they got. The butcher told us all about meat and what was the most expensive, He told us he was a butcher for 40 years! When we went in to the bus and we got back to school. It was interesting to see what they did at Pihitia farm.

The Fantastic Week 9

 This week at ltp (learning through play) I went to planet construction with Ben. First we came out of our classes, we got in and sat patiently, then we went to play. We used some plastic things and they slipped together, it was pretty fun and Ben made a totem of undying from minecraft but he said it was a better version of it. It had four arms with emerald eyes it was just like a normal one except it looked different

Then Noa made cubes made of purple pieces, They had holes through them so Noa put them on his fingers like rings, and Tay was also making a totem of undying too, but his was the normal one. Then Ben hit it which made its head come of, I got it and gave it to someone. I was making a long green line using the pieces and I put them into Ben's one, and it made it huge. Also when he tilted it to the side it slowly fell over.

After we were talking and Ben built a pedestal for his totem of undying so it wouldn't fall over, and for style.

Ben was really impressed with his creation, it was pretty good. Tay's totem of undying was really good too,

Noa's rings were almost longer than his fingers. Finally we were going to pack up so we put our stuff in the wip (work in progress) corner and we packed up. It was fun playing with Ben, so we went back to our classes.

Quick-Fire-Write 2

 Why is littering so bad: Littering is not good because it makes local parks and cities look unclean, and it is harmful to wildlife. Litter can also end up in the ocean, which can be extremely harmful to marine life. most societies believe it is wrong to litter so you could pay a fine. Littering can also decrease land and marine animals. Also if you burn litter like plastic it could make a smoke toxic to you and other animals which could also decrease the animal population. 82

who do you think is responsible for picking up litter, and why: I think that we should all pick up rubbish and we shouldn't litter too, if we pick up rubbish and don't litter we could save lots of different species from extinction. If you drop rubbish make sure you remember to pick it up and put it in the trash bin. 50

where would you like to organise a litter pick up in your local area, and why: I would like to organise it in town because lots of people go there, and there would probably be lots of rubbish around. I would also want to have one on the beach so rubbish doesn't go in the ocean because it could help the environment. Also it helps balance the amount of rubbish. 53

how could people be encouraged to litter less in your local area: We could encourage them by telling them what could happen if we continue to litter then they might understand and they will spread the word about the risks or littering and it might even be spread around the globe. We could also have prizes for the cleanest cities, It would help a lot.53

The Fantastic Week 8

This week I have been doing some interesting stuff, this week I went to the online chess tournament, it was very fun. First we had to get onto it, so we spent some time signing in and Koka Ngaire said to me I owed her a chocolate fish for her helping me sign in. After, we signed in I was challenged by someone, I joined and then the match started. 

I started out moving my pawns then it was my opponent's turn they took a while to move, so I waited, and waited until they got stuck in a corner. I was excited, it was kind of easy, so next round I was hoping for a harder opponent. It wasn't long until the next opponent came.

A few hours later I had got four wins, that was when Oliver's dad bought us some pizza we were very happy and we ate and played until the pizza was gone. Finally after that, we took the desks back into their class and went back to our classes. It was fun playing chess and it was also very interesting.

 The Fantastic Week 7

This week, I went to makey makey to create something Electrical. I started out choosing a buddy, I chose Anroux. Because he knew lots about makey makey. When we got our kit we plugged it into my chromebook and got the alligator clips, I went on a makey makey piano and every time me and Anroux fist bumped each other the piano made noise. When I held both I could tap one and the sound would still come. I don't think the electricity went through our hands because normally it would electrocute you.

Then we did makey makey bongos, there was only two bongos so we got one each and plugged an alligator clips into earth. We held two alligator clips each and tapped our clips, we made a song and it was pretty nice. Next day we got a bee-buggy and made a track. It was pretty cool. But then we went to Ella and made a human piano. I was part of the human piano, and every time they pressed us the piano made a sound. Finally we packed up, I helped with the bee-buggy and a makey makey. Then we went to our classes.

The Fantastic Week 6

This week has been a little different, I went back to planet construction and played with the magnet tiles. I got all the large squares and I also got all of the mini squares, I was helping Kale'a by giving her lots of squares. Then I talked about a game and, surprisingly she knew about it to. So we talked and talked while also making our creations.

After, Kale'a finished her creation and Nathan came and had lots of magnet tiles. So we had a competition to see who had the tallest pile, I did and Nathan tried everything to try to get his tower higher. But nothing worked, when it was pack up time Kale'a gave me her creation, but Nathan broke it and got most of the pieces and his was higher. I did not accept defeat because if I had enough time I could make my tower taller with the pieces kale'a gave me.

The Fantastic Week 5

The Fantastic Week 5

This week has almost finished but it's a great and exciting one, so much has happened. On the first day of school koka Ngaire introduced us to maths-whizz, it was fun and we still did math. It was like prodigy, but their was more math than play, but maths-whizz was still very fun, everyone played and we had to get a full crystal to make our very own avatar.F or every level we completed we got rewarded 30 credits, we used credits to buy pets,pet food, accessories, furniture and to play games.

When it was learning through play, I decided to play at planet construction. When I walked through the front door, I rushed to the giant lego pieces and then. Me, Tay, Oliver, William and Wolfe made a giant tower of lego, it was almost taller than William. But it was falling down a couple of times, so Oliver got an idea, we had to build around it like we were re enforcing it. We used every last piece to make it more stable, even though it still could fall it stood up long enough for koka Leah to take a photo of it. After she took a picture we broke it down.

The Fantastic Week 4

The Fantastic Week 4

The week so far has been a good one, in ltp I joined cardboard nation and I was with ethan. we were planning on making a bird box with cardboard, straws, barbecue sticks and a ping pong ball. We started making the box with the cardboard and barbecue sticks, we stabbed the barbecue sticks into the box because it was falling apart.  

 It helped keep the box up, and we used straws to make some areas where the birds could perch on. It was almost done and we were making some progress, we added some details and some more straws. We put barbecue sticks in the straws to make them stronger and harder to break. It made me feel creative and I liked how we used teamwork, Finally we were done. 

Koka Jo took a picture and I took it home.

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Quick-Fire-Write

Quick-Fire-Write

What does it mean if an animal is endangered:

It is at risk of extinction and their population is low, and in some cases their rarer to spot. It also means their population is lowering, and that they might die out all together. Endangered means that  they are at risk of extinction but some are at serious risk and will not survive for long.

How are humans responsible for endangering animals: They are because they kill them for their meat, bones, teeth, fur and horns. They kill them to make money. This is true for the tiger and many other animals like the panda and the polar bear. We destroy their habitat by chopping down too many trees and polluting and littering on land and in the ocean.

Why must we protect endangered animals: We have to because we chopped down to many trees and littered and pollute their habitat, we kill animals to make money and we sometimes even kill them for fun. If we don't protect them their will be less animals and if bees become extinct their will be less fruits and vegetation.

What can humans do to help endangered animals: 

Eat less meat, walk or cycle most of the time instead of using a car and recycle as much as you can whenever possible. Don't kill animals for fun or for money, pollute less and don't litter. Help an animal if its injured by calling a vet as soon as you can.

The Fantastic Week 3

The Fantastic Week 3

The week has so far been amazing, because we have been doing something fun. We have been on a mission called mission impossible. It was about Nga Ngaru, we had to observe to see how much action was happening.

We had to write down what we saw and what we heard, it sounded exciting. When I went in I saw them playing I was watching everyone it was interesting, some kids were playing snakes and ladders, I saw phoenix playing with george. for phoenix he got six 5 times in the match and george got 3 sixes.

When their playtime was over they rapidly packed up everything and walked over to room 8 and sat quietly. Then they walked out and got their food. Some went outside to eat while some ate inside then I asked some of them what they were doing when it was playtime and got some more information. Then we left and shared our reflection.

The Fantastic Week 2

The Fantastic Week 2

The weeks have been interesting and exciting, I've been doing some incredible stuff like building at room 7. Me, Carlos and Victor made a space station using magnet tiles at discovery. their shapes that have magnets in them to join together and come in all shapes and sizes. We started making it by making some cubes and sticking to each other.

When we made it it did not look like a space station. So I asked them "Why does it look like this, it doesn't look like an ordinary space station?" But then they flipped it onto its spikes and I soon realized that it was upside down. it was astonishing but they said they had done it many many times. For me I had never made it but it made me proud and mind blown.

Then I went to the wooden table to make something, I started getting some wood, then I started making a dagger. I added a handle, a tip and a blade, it was really cool. Even though it didn't shine it was great, I waved it around and showed everyone. Finally discovery end so I put the dagger in my bag and went into class.

The Fantastic Week 1

The Fantastic Week 1

This week's been fantastic because we have been doing some incredible stuff like bubble art in our buzz groups. Bubble art is a type of art where we have to make a drawing of a circle. Next we add some colours using pastels, but didn't put the colours in the middle because it will not be transparent. It sounded hard, but it was pretty simple once I got the hang of it. 

We were going to make a bubble recipe in our buzz groups, by researching bubble mixtures. We had to find one that was popular, because they would work better. So we searched around the internet looking for a good mixture. When we found a good mixture, Rio made a slide in her google drive which she shared to us. When we got the invitation we all went on and put our recipe on it.

It was fun making the slide, but there were no bubbles so we mixed our bubble mixture following the recipe and made our wands. using pipe cleaners. We made our mixture by adding dishwashing liquid, glucose syrup, water, food colouring and baking soda. For our wands we used pipe cleaners. First we added the dishwashing liquid and then the water. We got some glucose syrup and we slowly dripped it in. It was time for the baking soda. We used it because it would activate the mixture by fizzing it up. Finally we added 5 drops of red food colouring.

 We wrapped the the pipe cleaners around to create the wands. We made a triple bubble wand a giant one and some others too.

 Lastly we went outside and tested them out. I tried the triple one first. It was a success! The bubbles shot out  of my wand like a machine gun. When I tried the giant wand I dipped it in and slowly lifted it out but sadly it popped. So I tried some more until I succeeded and was amazed at the beautiful rainbow bubble I had created, because it was massive.

My group

 The bubble was incredible. It was huge and surrounded me like a large hula hoop and lifted up like a halo over my head. I tried the other wands and created some long and skinny transparent bubbles. I was impressed with another groups huge dragon bubble. The bubble wand was like a portal when the rainbow bubble dragon came out. At the end we packed up the mixture and wands. 

Here are some photos of my group and another group.

Other Groups

Bubble art

Bubble art

last week we did some bubble art with Koka Holly, It was intriguing because we got to go in our buzz groups and we had one peice of paper each. What made it fun was that we could make an enormous bubble by drawing a piece of the bubble in everyone's paper to form a giant one, but we had to make it like a circle and had to add colour because they had rainbow colors in them. We had to colour to the sides and not the middle because then it wouldn't be transparent. It is extremely fun doing it with my buzz group.

Lockdown

lockdown

Lockdown was fun and relaxing, but it was lonely without my friends. But now lockdown is over it is very exciting because now I can meet up with my friends and learn something new everyday.

It will be very fun to hang out again and to some art, but lockdown was still very fun because I spent more time with my family and we played lots of games and had lots of delicious foods.

But now its level one I can work in my parents shop and earn some money, its like theres no coronavirus at all, but we still have to wash our hands and sanitize them but other then that it feels normal again.

But in other country they have to stay home I'm delighted that new zealand is environment friendly that why we are on level one, it's good to be safe.

A giant's game

A giant's game

The enormous die crashed into the sand with a thud, but what number would it land on? The giants ran after it, craning their necks, jostling with one another to see what the outcome would be. As they moved across the beach the ground shook violently, barely able to contain their mighty weight and size. Finally, the die came to a rest. One of the giant let out an almighty roar of delight that reverberated miles around, "it was a six!'' he said with a sigh. It was his only chance of becoming smaller every time he rolled a number he got smaller so when he rolled a six he got to normal human size and left, he found a mysterious rune where he got a torch and an interesting coin, it was pure gold and probably worth about thirty thousand dollars he was delighted and moved on, sooner or later he came across two chests when he open one he got a hammer he was confused, did he have to fight he knew he had to fight but what did he have to fight as he moved on he came across a opening in the ruins and went in, and when he got there there was a place where he lit up, suddenly in an instant strange creature started appearing. This was the reason he got the hammer he thought a moment and then he swinged it at them their heads fell of and they were gone he was relieved that he beat them but the opening led him to plains where he saw the golden statue it was glisseming in the sun ray, he went to it and he was teleported to a mansion full of gold and riches he must have sold it to someone and bought the mansion he had a good journey and lives a happy life. the end. 

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

She had resided at raven cliff crag for hundreds of years,perfecting her art, honing her skills. Her concoctions bubbled and frothed in front of her; she let out a hearty laugh."not long now." she muttered under her breath. Her creation was almost complete, what she just needed was, this wouldn't be easy, but she had a plan in mind. she needed souls of night, fright, flight, light, sight, might, and souls of a dragon slayer. With a cold grin, the dragon slayer potion was made. It is said that those who drink it get supreme power and agility and she couldn't wait. She sped off and came to the river where the green titan crocodile was lurking. The Alchemist didn't wait at all. She dived into the water and pounced. Using her mutated hands she prised open the crocodiles mouth and barbarically ripped its long slimy tongue out. "Perfect, the first ingredient!" she muttered under her breath and  sped home where she stuffed it into a glass bottle.  "Now onto the snake venom!" she whispered and moving at lightning speed, she trampled on a bright yellow Eyelash viper. Shocked, she moved quickly, grabbing it by the neck she Shocked, she held its head over her glass bottle and venom slowly dripped out. Lastly the alchemist had to get a scale from the supreme dragon king. The task of getting the dragon slayer potion was tough challenge. As she came to the rocky mountain, the dragon emerged from the dingy cave and gave out an extremely loud roar. Pushing past her it stopped and he turned sharply to eyeball her and the battle begun. The dragon king breathed an elemental rays at his opponent.  The alchemist felt her energy draining away and she was hit by the ray again and weakened further. Suddenly a bright light flashed from the sky and an amazing amount of power entered her. The alchemist used a power up punch and the dragon king started to turn to stone, shattering into jagged pieces. Only one scale was left lying at her feet. She picked it up and headed home. mixing everything together and it was made, the dragon kings potion was created, she became immortal and got elemental powers and balanced the world. the end.

Mlh 2020 first day of school

Mlh 2020 first day of school

It was the first day of when I arrived I was intrigued, first we said what to do and we did quickwrites, first we got our books and we did chocolate vs cheese. I had lots of ideas for it and wrote 31 words it was good for the first time. Then we play a game it was to put us in random groups and it was called buzz groups, after that we walked to the hall and played a cup game we were trying to make a cup tower without our hands we used a rubber band with string attached to it for each of us. When the timer was on we were desperately trying to put the cups on, when unexpectedly my string came off but my teammates did not care and when I was trying to put it back on they said no, they weren't cooperating I was disappointed that they wanted to win more than doing it as a team.



We were going to do a balloon challenge It was exciting, first we went in a line and pasted it up and under then the person at the back would come to the front and first one to the end won. Then we did another game, we had to carry the balloon to the other side of the hall without using our hands and when we dropped it we had to go back to the start, also when your turn was up you would go to the back. Lola's team popped there balloon, they held it to tight, it was a great start to the year and I hope their will be more games like this in the future.

Te Poho Rawiri marae Visit

Te Poho Rawiri Marae Visit

Brum, brum, brum. We were driving as fast as a truck to Te Poho Rawiri Marae. We were going to have a stay there for the night. We first got there and we sat down and we put our luggage down on the grass where everyone put theirs.

It was exciting to go to a marae, we waited for a long time then we all went inside. There was lots of patterns and carvings. We sat down and then we got up and then we all did the hongi. The parents did it first and then us kids did.

After we went in, it was massive and the rooms were huge. there was so much space and it was awesome. We put our luggage in it and then we were off, we went outside and got in our groups and then we went to our rotations. First I did flax weaving and then I did some toi. We had to get a carving we liked and then take a crayon and paper then use the side of the crayon and color where the the pattern is and then cut it out and stick it on some paper. My next rotation was cups,