Day 5 - Week 1 (Activity 1 + Activity 2 + Bonus Activity): Translating Phrases, The Treaty of Waitangi, #Earn the Fern

Translating Phrases:

1. Welcome to New Zealand - Nau mai ki Aotearoa

2. Sam is my name - Ko Sam toku ingoa

3. What is your name - He aha to ingoa

4. He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro - I like to play rugby

5. Where do you come from? - No hea koe

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Te Tiriti o Waitangi

3 things i'll do in Waitangi. First of all I would ask people who work there to take us around Waitangi like tour guides. Second of all, I would play Maori games and games they used to play or learn Maori dances. Lastly I would try all of the Maori foods that they used make in the old days.

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#Earn the Fern

Four questions I would ask Bill Kini.

1. How did you train for Rugby and being a Boxer? 

2. Who trained you and who was you coach when you played rugby?

3. When did you get your first medal and what was it for?

4. What sport would you recommend except for rugby?

Day 4 - Week 1 (Activity 2): Playing Games

I chose Poi Rakau. Poi Rakau looks fun and easy to play but eventually it gets harder. You have 9 or 8 people playing with you, you have 9 or 8 sticks as well and you stand in the circle with the sticks upright. When the ref calls Maui, you have to run to the left side and try to catch the stick as fast as you can without letting it drop. You can't dig the sticks into the ground and you have to leave the stick upright so it doesn't drop as fast. If everyone gets their stick, you have to take one step back to make it harder. It keeps getting harder until their is one person left or the ref ends it and finishes the game of. 

Day 4 - Week 1 (Activity 1) : The Waiata - A Song in Your Heart

Activity 1: The Waiata - A Song in Your Heart

In the past, Māori would often use song as a way of sharing information or communicating emotions.  A waiata is the name given to a traditional Māori song. One of my all-time favourite waiata is Kia Paimarie. What about you?

Use Google to research traditional Māori Waiata. Listen to a number of Waiata and read the lyrics. On your blog tell us which one of the waiata you found you like the most. Why do you like it? I don't really know that much Waiata's so I just chose E rere taku poi. I like it because we use to sing it in primary and intermediate.

Day 3 - Week 1 (Bonus Activity): Fun Family Facts

I asked my brothers and they said they like to do swimming and doing his summer learning journey. My other brother also said swimming and he liked to play with his siblings. Lastly I asked my other and he said he liked to go to the pools and swim as well.

  

Day 3: Week 1 - Activity 2: Sample Pepeha

SAMPLE PEPEHA

Ko Maungarei te maunga    The mountain that I affiliate* to is…

Ko Tamaki te awa          The river that I affiliate to is….

Ko ? te waka The waka that I affiliate to is…

Ko Tongan, Samoan, Niuean tōku tīpuna My founding ancestor is…

Ko Tonga tōku iwi          My tribe is…

Ko Samoa tōku hapu My sub-tribe is…

Ko Church tōku marae My marae is…

Ko New Zealand ahau I am from…

Ko Vivinea rāua ko Fuifui ōku mātua  My parents are … and …

Ko Sam tōku ingoa. My name is …

Day 3: Week 1 (Activity 1) - The more, the Merrier

I'll be happy living with more family members(seven -nine). I have 5 siblings now and its fun playing with them. When you have a big family, you have more people to protect you and look after you. When you have more family members, they have your back and the stick up for you when you get trouble from your parents, teachers or or kids.

Day 2 : Week 1(Bonus Activity) - Special meals

My favourite meal is Butter chicken. Butter chicken has a really yummy taste and it makes you full. I like eating it with rice and naan bread. It really is tasty.

Day 2: Week 1(Activity 2) - The rules of engagement

I want to be an Electrical Engineer if my rugby career doesn't end out well. I couldn't draw it so I found a picture. I want to learn how to fix cables and fix the power, plus you get paid quiet a lot of money as well. 

Day 2 (Week 1) Activity 1 - It's All In A Day's Work

A wharepuni has many similar things and many different things compared to our houses(Present). My house: Door, Roof, Kitchen, Living room, Bathroom, its made out of bricks, steps, window and rooms. Wharepuni: It's made of thatches, wood, it's smaller compared to the houses in the present, it has carvings on the wood. Similar things: It has window's, it has a door, it has a roof over their heads.  ------> 

Activity 2 + Bonus Activity - Week 1: Setting sail, Waka Ama

Dear Friend: It was awesome and scary at the same time. There was a lot of storms during the sail to the new land that we landed on recently, New Zealand. The water was as strong as if the there was a giant playing and splashing in the water. I was in the front of the canoe/waka and I wasn't scared one bit, well maybe. Our food got wet as soon as we got onto the water. so sooner or later, we started fish because we got hungry. We caught lots of fish. We've met lots of nice people who welcomed us into their homes and they even created houses for us. I'd reckon that this is the safest island we've been to other than the other islands. Well, see you later.

By Sam
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I would like to be in a Waka ama race because it looks fun and a very competitive race. I also have my reasons that would stop me from joining this race. reason 1: I dream to play other sports that don't include water. Reason 2: I pretty bad with the water and I can't swim. I'm kind of scared whirlpools as well. So it's kind a of yes and no.

Activity 1 - Week 1: 3 Facts about Maui

Maui punched his nosed so hard that blood came out. Maui used the blood for the bait and threw it out to sea. The hook that he used was the jawbone of a ancestor that Murirangawhenua had given to him. Maui's line sunk down to the bottom of the ocean, down into the depths of Tangaroa and the bait was taken instantly. Maui is the youngest brother but he was only one not afraid when his line caught and the waka started to speed across the ocean. Maui caught a big fish and brought it back to the village. The brothers were very greedy and started to make gullies and mountains from the fishes flesh. When time went on and thousands of years passed, the mountains became the landscape of Aotearoa as we see it present on this day. Maui's fish became known as the north island and Maui's canoe of the south island.

Maths - 10TSp

This week I learned how to do Integers, Factors, Order of Operations, Square roots and Bed mas. I did lots of my work and I achieved my goal by completing my work and get over 500 points but in class I got 24 points which is actually kind of good. I gonna learn some more interesting songs in 2018 and be more dedicated to my work and sports.

Graphic Learning

15/11/2017

Today drew patterns on a small strip of paper. We drew it on both sides so it looked like a mirror or a reflection. I did waves for my pattern, if you turn it around it also looks like Maori patterns. You needed to press hard while drawing so it shows on the other side of the paper. I was here yesterday and did a similar thing to drawing patterns. We didn't draw it, we cut it out and glued it to coloured papers. We made a lot of patterns and compared to the rest of the class. I learnt this last year in graphics.

What it means to be ‘Successful’

What it means to be successful is when When you finish your work and complete during class time.  Achieving level 1, 2 and 3. Achieving your goals. Making right choices and decisions. Their are many people who are successful in their own way. e.g, J.R.R Tolkien. He is successful because he has achieved his goal by writing books like the Hobbit and the Lord of the rings series. I really like the books he wrote, it was so mysterious and had interesting objects, like the ring, the four wizards, the two towers etc. Successful can mean anything like Leadership, Hard working team, Business, Innovation etc.

What it means to be successful is when you finish your work in time and not playing around, you can play games when you finished your work. In able to help your self be successful you can Believe yourself that you can do it, loyalty, being humble, persistence, thinking about great ideas and keep trying if you keep failing.

River Talks

Today we went to the River talks in Auckland, Glenn Innes. We there with 9KRO. The River talks were close to the school so we walked to the River talks. The other school that were there was, Point England, Glenn Taylor and Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Puau Te MoanaNuia A Kiwa. We went to the river talks because we needed to clean the creeks and save the animal sea life in the river.

We watched cultural performances. We saw a Tongan group singing about the river and how we can save it. There was also a Cook Island group and a Maori group who also talked about the river and how to clean it.