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Tragedy At Tangiwai – Reading

For reading we have been reading a book called tragedy at tangiwai, this book tells a lot of details of the events that took place in tangiwai, this book was enjoyable to read because I could find out more information of the things happening in my country. At 10:21 pm on Christmas Eve 1953 the Wellington Auckland night express plunged into the flooded Whangaehu River at Tangiwai, 10km west of Waiōuru in the central North Island. We have made a google video to tell you some facts about the Tragedy At Tangiwai.

Diary WW1

LI: To retell an event in history through the fictional eyes of someone who was there

For this task I created a video and I talk about what happened during the WW1. We talked together and came up with a story to tell what was happening in the war.  We have been looking at the events that took place at ANZAC Cove on 25 April 1915, during WW1. Many of our NZ soldiers were wounded or killed in action. We looked at videos of life in the trenches, explored the Walking with ANZACs site and read Hami Grace’s diary. Doing this helped us put our own diary entries together.

We used Google Vids to record our diary entries. I enjoyed using this as it allowed me to voice over my diary and share my retell of the story in Hami Grace’s diary.  Something I found interesting about this task was that I could discover how to use Google Vids and learn about the war and what was happening. 

What Learning Should Look Like In LS2

LI: To co-construct ways we can make the most of our learning time in LS2

 

 

 

Our challenge today was to co-construct ways we can make the most of our learning time in LS2. We thought about what we expected to happen so we could make teh most of our learning time then thought about what our teachers expected. I collaborated with my group and others around which I enjoyed because I got to learn more about them and listen to their background. This activity was fun because I got to learn the expectations of our class.

Pepeha

LI: To let others know who I am so they can make connections to me and my place in the world.

 

 

 

Our challenge today was to write and record our pepeha to introduce ourselves. I found this interesting to make because I got to learn more about my ancestors, family members, I can connect to others & talk more about my culture.

Kauri Dieback

LI: To understand what Kauri dieback is and how it spreads


Our challenge today was to use the links provided and our own smart searching skills to find out what Kauri dieback is and what we need to do to try and prevent this from spreading. We need to know about this so that we do our part to keep our Kauri safe when we go on hike at camp. I worked with Vaingalo and we found it interesting that the kauri tree is considered a taonga (treasure) by many New Zealanders, particularly Māori, who see the health of kauri as a sign of general well being of the ngahere (forest) and the people. They are one of the longest-living tree species in the world, as well as the largest.

 

Evolution of the NZ Flag

LI: To understand the story behind our flag

 

                 

Our challenge today was to create a collaborative presentation that reflects the story behind our NZ flag. We did this by looking at how our flag has changed over time. Something I found interesting was that the United Tribe flag was made in 1834 designed by Henry Williams. Britain saw New Zealand as a individual nation and think of the mana from the chiefs. The New Zealand flag has a Union Jack representing the  British national flag. The Union Jack also reflects on New Zealand being a British Colony.

 

Comrades Marathon – Reading

LI: To make conections

LI: To reorganise your information

LI: To skim and scan to find facts and make notes in my own words

LI: To ask questions to strengthen your connections to the text

This week we have been reading a book called the “Comrades Marathon” and we answered questions talking about the marathon like:

  • Why is there a cut off time? Do you think this is fair or unfair? Why? I think this is unfair because the time they spent training for this momment but had been easily disqualified if they were one minute after. They had to endure injuries, heat strokes and if you crossed after 12:00 you will be disqualified.
  • How do the actions of Mr X and Rosie Ruiz connect? The actions of Mr X and Rosie Ruiz connects because both them had cheated and was ahead and near of the finish line.

We first predicted what this text was going to be about and I wrote” I think that this text will be about the Marathon becuse the title says  “Comrade Marathon: The ultimate human race”. Then made connections and found where Durban and Pietermaritzburg is on the map, and found how far Durban is from Auckland: 11,309 kilometers. Me and my partner defined the following words, dedicated, structured, grueling, ultramarathon, alternates, camaraderie, unity, terrain, crucial, allotted time, endurance, testament.

We talked about the training of the marathon they had to undergo: The specific training plan will vary depending on the individual runner’s fitness level and goals. However, a typical Comrades Marathon training program will involve several months of preparation, gradually increasing the intensity and duration of workouts. Lastly I answered how I don’t know if my predictions are right or wrong.

I enjoyed this task because I learnt about the training and the comrades marathon.

 

Provocation – Inquiry

Paris spent more then 10 billion Euros to host the Olympics. should they have spent this money?

LI: To make an informed opinion.

LI: To understand perspectives.

LI: to understand that your perspectives influence your opinion.

For this task we learnt the understanding for provocation, it is using two opinons/ideas to backup your answer or to inform your ideas to understand the answers. This task was about the good things they got from being host olympics and the bad things for hosting it, then we did a perspective a and b about how it was a good decision and wrong decision of hostings it eg: They made the right decision because they raise their global profile and the tourist that come their, they made also 10.7 billion Euros back, I they made the wrong decision because after future years these stadiums and items that are worth hundreds of millions are wasted and will be abandoned.

Born To Run – Reading

Last week we read a book about a man by the name of Arthur Lydiard, who was famous for his running techniques that changed a man of the name Peter Snell. While Arthur Lydiard was running he shocked the young athletes and wanted him to be their coach and mentour, his method helped all of the people he told to run. Arthur Lydiard came 13th with a poorly put out show, but the next marathon winning at 1st place inspiring young athletes to try be as fast as him so they can be fast and famous just like Arthur.