New Zealand History

This week for Māori Language week Florence, Victoria, Taheesha and I created a DLO about the history of New Zealand, some interesting facts, and we chose an example of a Whakatauki to share through a screencastify. In this DLO we have included all about the history of Māori Language Week and where it began. A Whakatauki is the Māori proverb or poetic and metaphorical expressions that reflects on thoughts, advice or values from past generations. We’ve enjoyed working collaboratively on this activity as we were all able to gain a better understanding of the Maori language and the history of their culture. 

Exploring Maori Place Names

This week for Maori Language Week, Sakina, Taheesha and I created multiple DLO's to share with others about the Maori Language. For this DLO we have worked together to find different place names around New Zealand and what we found interesting. A place around New Zealand that I found interesting was Whanganui. The reason I found this place name interesting is because I have travelled around the area a lot but never knew why it was named Whanganui. 

Taupānga / Create an app

Since this week is Maori Language week, Sakina, Taheesha and I created an interactive app where you can learn some basic words in Maori as it is a challenge that was set. In our app we’ve included some time words, greetings, days of the week and months of the year in Maori, we’ve also included a small quiz at the end where you can test your knowledge on Maori. We’ve enjoyed learning some words in Maori and enjoyed creating this app for others to learn the language.

Kiwi Can | Reflection

Today we had another session with Kiwi Can. The theme today was positive relationships and fairness and fairplay. For our energiser today we picked a partner and a cone was in between us. The kiwi can teachers told us the magic word and said it in a sentence. If we hear it we grab the cone and the other person had to do a push up or star jump for the practice round. When it came to elimination round the player that didn't grab a cone would have to sit up on the steps. After the final players played we all gathered up so we could listen to the next instructions. We were talking about giving things a go which is when you have the courage to do something even if you're afraid. The next thing we did was 1v1 which is when we show our partner whatever the action was like dramatic crying. That activity was about trying something new when you're scared. The last activity we did was GKQ, which was boys vs girls, which the boys won. The questions were all random like what was Mr Crabs enemies name. I really enjoyed this weeks kiwi can. 

Treaty of Waitangi Collaborative Summary

LI: To identify key words in a text and use these words to collaboratively summarise the events in the text. This week for reading, we created a collaborative summary about the Treaty of Waitangi. First we read a story about the history of the Treaty of Waitangi and made some notes for our summary. We then answered the learning conversations and created our own questions for our group. Something I found interesting was how over 500 Maori chiefs had signed the treaty.

Kiwi Can

LI: To include and engage others by being sensitive to their feelings.  This week was our first session of Kiwi Can with Mrs Mac and Ms. Grace. The theme for this term was positive relationships, fairness, and fair play. We started with an energiser, called Change Places. For this activity, Ms Grace called out some things that we might like and if we liked it, we would change places with a different person. After we did our energiser, we talked about words related to empathy, which were courtesy, common sense, and consideration.  Some examples to show courtesy with words are having manners, being kind, and being polite. Some other examples to show courtesy without words are hand gestures, facial expressions, and body language. To show common sense, you make wise choices and trust your instincts. Some ways to show consideration is thinking about others and how people may feel. Lastly, we talked about some ways to show empathy which are, being kind, supportive and being considerate. After that, we did an activity, where we acted out the positive or negative ways of showing empathy. In our group our play was about someone crying because she was bullied, so we decided to cheer her up.

Why is plastic pollution a problem for our coastlines?

Why is plastic pollution a problem for our coastlines?

Did you know that over 1,000,000 sea animals lose their lives each year due to the huge amounts of plastic waste into our oceans and coastlines? Mistaking it for food, the animals will eat the plastic...but as it takes years to break down, it stays trapped in their body and they will eventually die. From our actions, they are forced to suffer and we create a bigger problem for ourselves in the future...How would you feel to be swimming in plastic?

Plastic makes up 90% of the pollution on the ocean’s surface; a large majority of that ends up inside our sea animals or wrapped around their neck, and intoxicating the waters. The plastic we leave lying on pathways and throwing on the street ends up in drains and leads to the sea. About 97 percent of New Zealanders have admission to plastic facilities, but why aren’t we doing anything about it?

Plastic is biodegradable but it takes around 1,000 years to break down based on the type of plastic it is. Plastic NZ says that every New Zealander takes in about 31kgs of plastic packaging a year, but only around 5.8kgs get recycled. “Love Your Coast” is one of the many projects that is taking action by bringing together groups of people to help clean the shores of New Zealand. This project decides to clean the shores of New Zealand as they want the next generation to be cleaner.

We should take action now for a better and healthier future!

Victoria, Haylee, Florence, Sakina

This week Victoria, Florence, Sakina and I worked together to make a explanation about why plastic is effecting our oceans. Above is the writing we did and it explains what is happening and why its happening. A fact I found interesting was that only 5.8kg gets recycled from the 31kg we get.

National Current Events

This week as a group, we explored the national current events. In my group were Pouvi, Afa, Makaili and Sakina. Not only did we explore the current events, but we also learnt the different types of current events. Together we read articles about national news and which articles matched the best with each type of current events. On a google map, we plotted the locations of where the current event stories took place, with a short explanation of the article/story.