Maungarei Poem

LI: to write a poem about Mt Wellington/Maungarei

In this task we wrote a poem about Mt Wellington/Maungarei, we walked up the mountain for information about the senses: what we heard, what we saw, what we felt, what we wondered and what we smelt.

I heard whistling of the misty and chilly wind blowing past my face, as the spine chilling cries of war faded into the distance.

I saw the traffic maneuvering around the streets of today, the streets that hold the secrets of yesterday.

I felt powerful on the mountain top, surrounded by the taonga buried it has in the past and the knowledge it brings to the present.

I wondered about what this mounga provides to us and what it provided, as the dangers and wisdom it brings today to travel up this mounga, along with the shelter and advantages it brought a long time ago.

I enjoyed this task because I got to learn about Mt Wellington/Maungarei.

Matariki Star Design

LI: To design our own matariki star, Making a star design to celebrate the importance of the matariki tradition.

First I had to think of a design to do, my design was based on the four elements and the sun and clouds. The sun of my design was representing as the brightest star and the star of growth and development. The clouds represent as the shelter of our country/world.

Secondly, I thought of my four elements and what I should try and make out of them, The four elements: Water, Land, Fire and lastly Air these elements are the importance of the whole world, this design was to show the importance of the four elements and supporting the matariki star tradition.

Lastly, Our class had to vote on who had the best star design, all of the designs were good because everyone tried there best at making theirs neat so people would like it and so we could decide on the  design they would paint.

I enjoyed this task because I got to create my own star design

Lantern New Year

LI: to learn the importance of the Lantern Festival in the Chinese culture.

The lantern New Year. For this task I had to research about the lantern new year and found interesting facts to put in my slideshow, and why it is a important in the chinese history.

This task was enjoying because I got to learn interesting things in the Chinese history of the lantern festival.

National Current Events

In this activity we found current events happening now in New Zealand. We also found 10 key words that linked with the article we read.

First, everyone got into a pair and made a google map and chose 5 reasons and find the articles to match it, Our first reason was conflict it was about a canceled rugby game: A rugby game was canceled due to gang linked violence.

Our next reason to match was impact, And was about climate strike Thousands of students across the country took stand for enviroment. This artictle impacts the readers to take better care of there enviroment.

Secondly, My next reason was oddity to match with, And was about the stolen trolly ending up into waterways: trolleys are being stolen from local New World and Countdown Stores. This Article is Oddity because it is unusual and odd to find a trolley in a waterway or sewer.

Next, The reason was to match relevance: This was about an accident that happened: guest that had to scramble as lodge was on fire. This is relevence as this article is in parnell city garden.

Lastly, I did timeliness this is the news that happening right now or to news of interest of watchers/readers, the article we read was about a new stadium coming to Auckland: In Auckland plans for a national stadium are moving forward. This timeliness because this article was posted 2 minutes ago.

 

Moment In Time Poems – Writing

For this task we wrote a poem of what me and my group heard, saw, felt & wondered called the five senses and wrote 2 types of poems.

First I did the moment in time task where we had to, I had to write a poem about what I heard, saw, felt and wondered when watching the polar bear scene. soon after me and my group had to make a copy of a google drawing of what we heard, saw, felt and wondered one of the senses were:

I heard the paws of the pale brute land on top of the weak plastic shield, rumbling the cage trying to break their way into the fresh meat hiding inside. 

Secondly I wrote a poem about the time we went up Mt Wellington and what we heard etc, we also wrote facts about Mt Wellington like: The Maori claimed Maungarei around 1400 AD. One of the senses for Mt Wellington was:

I saw the traffic maneuvering around the streets of today, the streets that hold the secrets of yesterday.

Lastly we had to make a slide and make two dlo’s about Mt Wellington and the polar bear scene we watched. Also the 5 senses are: Auditory, Tactile, Visual, Gustatory and Olfactory.

Abstract Noun Poem – Writing

I wrote a poem about a specific word containing the five senses.

First we read two example poems about gloom and happiness, Happiness talks about “Happiness looks like a full moon, shining brightly over a moody sky” and ” Happiness is a warm feeling, growing inside you”.

Secondly I had to choose a word to write my poem about, I chose the word compassion with my partner, we used Canva to : find a photo as a background of Compassion and can write the poem, this poem contains all the senses: Auditory, Tactile, Visual, Gustatory and Olfactory and Kinetic.

Lastly I had to actually write the poem, this poem is talking about how sour things can go, sour to sweet like a sour patch kid. One of the senses are: “It smells like a beautiful flower (sweet pea), that blooms with perfume everywhere.” and “Compassion moves like love, spreading all around the world.”

Sound Focus – Writing

LI: To write a sentence using long /e/ and long /a/

For this task, we wrote sentences in the long /e/ and long /a/, we had to write an silly sentence using the long /e/ and /a/.  One of our sentences we wrote from the “long /e/”:  The Foreign person forgot the receipt to the t-shirt from the leisure brand, but received uber eats from the ceiling and realised he was deceived. 

I enjoyed this task because I had to write a a silly sentence.

Treaty Of Waitangi

LI: To understand that events have causes and effects. LI: To explain what the Treaty Of Waitangi is and why it is important to the people of Aotearoa.

I made a DLO of the Treaty Of Waitangi. Treaty Of Waitangi  is a very Important piece of history to the Maoris and British people.  This story was about the Maoris and British people since the pakeha settlers from england were drinking because there was no laws or punishment. So the Maori chief sent a letter to the king of England asking for  protection since the pakeha settlers then sent James Busby to show them a description on a paper. if you want to know more it’s on the Google slide above.

I enjoyed this because I got to learn more about history. My favourite part was when I wrote a lot.

C.A.R.E Values For PBS

The care values shows what you do for PBS and there are 4 values.

First I worte on a piece of paper, I wrote the 4 values on it and had to explain what it means e.g C Stands for confidence, that means speaking up to the teacher and maybe presenting to the class. And asking for help if your not sure.

Next I wrote the next care value: A stands for attitude, that means doing well in learning and showing respect as well for respect and doing what the teacher assigns you to. Attitude can be shown in your house or anywhere your at by listening to your parents

After I wrote what attitude shows.

Confidence shows that you can “participate, do presentations, speech’s and shows that your brave”.

Attitude shows that you can “listen, do what’s expected of”.

Respect shows that you can “pick up rubbish even if it’s not your rubbish, put your rubbish in the bin, listen to the speakers”.

Excellence shows that you can “do your work/get your work finished on time, do what the teacher is telling you to do”.

Statistics Investigation – Strand

LI: to read the text, gather, sort, graph, and analyse the data.

Our task was to make a statistical investigation about or blog posts, between 2021 – 2023 (Year 8’s: 2020 – 2023).

First I found how much blog posts I did in that month (in that year as well), Then I made a Google spreadsheet and put the years and the numbers and I made a chart with all the months.

Next I made a “2022 chart” and a “2023 chart” I also found the amount of blogs I did in that month. I gathered all the blogs from 2021 – 2023 on this chart.

I enjoyed this task because I got to find how much blog posts I did in those months.