Words From Yesterday

We have learnt about ww1 and the anzac also we visted the website called Walking with ANZAC. we looked through hami grace’s dairy and it was amazing, the detatils were spoke of he told us everything the future generations the things that all the many soldiers would want to read about

.  Many young soldier were injured badly/killed in action, the mothers of these soldiers had recieved the news of what happened to their loved one that were fighting in the war.

We used Google Vids to record our diary entries. I enjoyed learning about this and doing this activity allowing me to paint a image or picture in my mind of the events that were took in that time period.

Pourquoi

Long ago. One day and the present day, her name was “Maungarei. The Terminator” stood proud, she could be found in a country called New Zealand, when the world was quiet. A fierce mountain indeed had awoken from her slumber, she roars in frustration! the destruction caused was inevitable, she repents, more guilt and guilt, shame and shame was stoked upon her. She had pleaded to be ridden as her regret was like no other, The outsiders perished before the lives of families. The destruction of the: herbs, herbivores, carnivores, all blown quicker than the sand that could be shuffled by the foot of a child. 

 

When the people and animals stumbled over her, they were ungrateful for the many good deeds she would offer. She would lose it, off the rocket I would say, her true colours flared and she was FURIOUS!. “STOP SUMBLING OVER ME, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH” Maungarei was tormented by her siblings who all despised her, she felt more and more angry that she was not noticed by her family. How would we feel? Understanding how she felt to be ridiculed for being the middle child would be worse than the eruption she would want to commit in the near future. Her anger drove the siblings, her fury roared, it echoed through the heart of New Zealand. 

“Why are you guys leaving?” addressed Maungarei.

“You are too dangerous for us!” The town folk exclaimed. “This could be the deadly  outcome of our selfish needs.” The chief cried out. 

As time passed, she soon found out how lonely she became. Her furious desires ceased, her erupting desires had died down, her aggression suppressed. Finally peace had been restored to the land, the battle’s end drew closer, the shadows lurked back to the place they came from. The people learn to be at one with her and they learn to show their gratitude for the abundant actions she had provided for the uprising of the people’s village. She was hesitant about the sudden change in the humans. But they prove worthy of her trust, her joy and heart lit in rainbows that they could finally be in unity, her depression phase releases from her heart. She lets out a sigh of solace that they could be together, her presence depletes rapidly! as if she is about to fall into a deep slumber.

 

Tamaki Makaurau was safe once again, her great sacrifice will be forever passed on from generation to generation. The plants bloomed, the animals were at peace, the skies hadn’t been this blue since the day she had awoken, the town folk talked about the great things of what the mountain did for them. Their gratitude is the cause of the world’s flourishing, things had taken a turn for the better. Although people had thought of this as a sacrifice action and for the greater things that would be erupting, she was surely dormant meaning one day she would awake from her sleep  this does not mean she will bring terror and destruction once again. The humans have learnt to be connected with the Maungarei.

 

She may be dormant now, but the awakening is near from today. She could wake up any moment, winding her up could be the death of all. 

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.

Volcano Animations

This term we’ve been learning about Volcanoes for the past two weeks we have been creating volcano animations it is about how the cycle moves e.g the tectonic plates, clashing and colliding and to show how the volcano erupts. I enjoyed this task as we made a animation of the things we have been learning about.

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. 

Working In Groups

LI: To understand that everyone has a role to play when we are working in groups.

For this task I learnt that working with and from each other is an amazing learning expericens to learn from others. Also our task was to learn about the Kuaka bird and learning from each other tells us more about the Kuaka. Talking to others during your activities is that 1. You could get lost and not know what to do or 2. You don’t know what you are doing, so its good to talk to each other and get different ideas. Something I enjoyed about this task is that talking to each other in your group helps build confidence in yourself.                                                                 

 

Preventing Kauri Dieback Disease

LI: To understand how we can help prevent Kauri Dieback disease and why we need to do this.

One of our challenegs at camp was to walk the Cossey- Massey track at Hunua. Before we entered the bush we had to make sure our shoes were disinfected. This DLO tells why we needed to do this and why we need to help prevent the spread of Kauri Dieback. I think this is an important message to share because we can keep these trees safe from going extinct. 

 

Who was Samuel Marsden?

LI: To use our smart searching skills to find out who Samuel Marsden was and what he is known for.

We used our smart searching skills to research facts about Samuel Marsden. To make sure our facts were correct we used three different websites. The websites I used were: Wikipedia Something interesting I found out about Samuel marsden was that he sailed down the Tamaki River.

I learnt its is important to use my own words because I have to share my knowledge that I know about Samuel Marsden.

What did Samuel Marsden see?

LI: To use the information in the diary extract to create an image of what we think Samuel Marsden saw when he sailed down the Tamaki awa.

We used Adobe Express to create what we think we saw: wakas, few houses, plenty trees. We included wakas and an eagle because that’s what we thought Samuel Marsden would have saw back in 1820’s. We learnt that Samuel Marsden is credited as the first Christian service in New Zealand on Christmas day 1814.

Exploring AI

LI: To identify and understand how descriptive language is used to create a clear picture of a setting in a text.

This is the image I created using Adobe Express. I found this activity challenging because I couldn’t find the exact  things that was in the prompt but I found it fun because this was my first time making an alleyway on a AI app before and seeing how smart, and reactive AI is. I learnt that is really fun to use.