Day 1: Arriving in New Zealand… - Settlers - SLJ 2017!

Day 1: Arriving in New Zealand…

700 hundred years ago, it was believed that Polynesian voyages found themselves in New Zealand. Soon becoming the indigenous culture which developed their own language, traditions and culture - aka, the ‘Maori’ culture.

Through oral language, the Maori people were able to create stories and legends, which were used to teach among the villages/ iwi (these stories might have been altered throughout the years, just a guess).

700 years have passed, and a new generation stands. After the British settlers and the treaty had happened, they introduced a new way of communicating, written language. The newness of this made it easier to record stories and history.  That, is how I learnt of the Maori legends and myths.

A common example of this would be the legends of Maui, a mischievous god and shapeshifter who challenges the great and mighty. I think kids should be able to know at least 2-3 things about Maui, because he is a big part of the Maori culture.

Here are 3 facts about Maui -

• The first ever thing that I read about Maui was that he captured the sun and beat it until it was weakened. Then he demanded/ threatened the sun to slow down for longer, enjoyable and providing days. 

• Second, Maui being the trickster. After his village ran out of fire, Maui goes on a quest to meet the goddess of fire - Mahuika. Upon arrival, he explains how his village needs fire, where she contributes in helping by lending Maui one of her nails (of fire). Which he (purposely) drops in a nearby river. After using all her nails she became angered and a brawl began. 

• Third and most obvious, Maui and the great fish. A story of which Maui and his brothers go fishing to catch kaimoana for the village. Which actually turns out to be the north island, with the canoe/waka being the south island. This makes up New Zealand. 

But that begs the question, what is Stewart Island? Is it the hook? A chunk from the great fish? That’s for you to decide.

I hoped you enjoyed this, and I hope that this was interesting. Please give me feed forward and feedback!     

Technology T4W4

Pancake 

We made pancakes today, and I think i did pretty good! For the first time it didn't taste like eggs. I went with the flow till the last minute when we started to bake the mix in the pan, that's when they went funny.   

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cup of S.R.F
• 1.2 cup of sugar
• one egg
• 1/2 cup of milk
• Oil to fry the pan cake

METHOD

• Add dry ingredients and mix
• Add wet ingredients
• Mix until well combined
• heat pan (element 5-6) add oil
• use serving spoon to size amount on pan
• Wait for bubbles to rise/ golden sides then flip
• Add toppings

Huriata - Room 10 Zones of Regulation

Reflection: Mu Torere - Inquiry

Today we learnt how to play an indigenous game of New Zealand called 'Mu Torere'
It is a brain game allowing players to strategise and use their knowledge/ logic to outsmart their opponent. 
The set up looks a bit like this -
  1: You will need 8 counters, blocks or rocks (As long as you can tell them apart) 4 are yours and 4 are your opponents.
2: You will need a template.
Rules; Cannot jump over players, cannot layer blocks.
The way you play is to block your opponent from moving on 'THEIR' turn. For example:

The orange cannot move if it is 'Their' turn, as it cannot jump over or move past their opponent, meaning blue wins.

I had really fun playing this with my group, Paris, Ricky and Me. Paris was really good at the game (I'm a bit jealous) Paris won over and over again, and I won like, 1. I was really slow with coming up with strategies but it was fun nonetheless. They were quick games between our group, paris getting used to the game quicker than me and ricky - I thought I had it but, no. 

Writing; Cure Kids - Huriata

Room 10 participated in a kelly sport event to support ‘Cure Kids’.

Cure Kids charity is an institute supported by Rotary since 1971, and is known as a ‘Health Research Foundation’ who help and provide those in need; such as those with particular illnesses. This means they help by researching (doing projects) and providing information, they help the kids find cures and are able to fund them, and make sure that kids can be healthy and stay healthy.

An example of this is ‘Auckland Uni,' a research team who have come to a school (T.P.S) to collaborate in order to achieve a study/ project based on our urine - to see the effects of sodium inside a child's body, and the harm that it could inflict. This is done by getting volunteers to help with the research - in which they follow a task to 1; keep a journal and write which foods they have. And 2; pee in a large container. And to keep track of how much water they take. The effect of this could help the foundation in succeeding to find what children should be doing, to help benefit in the children's health.

Today I participated by doing the red nose day and giving a foundation of a dollar. That means it will go to the ‘Cure Kids’ in hopes of supporting kids and funding children’s health research. An example of a game I played was called ‘Capture the flag’ which involves kids retrieving cones to their side, with a defender and attackers.

By supporting Cure Kids I hope that my foundation was able to help someone.     

    

Term 4: 1st blog of the term - Huriata

Nau mai, hoki mai ki taku rangitaki. Ko tenei te wahanga tuawha o te tau! Kei te pehea tu hararei?

My personal goal for 2k17-
Managing my time and environment, this means keeping my work area clean and being prepared for upcoming events. I am very disorganised and untidy, so lately I've been... trying to leave my room 'well kept'. And to organise my papers at the end of the day.

One thing I am looking forward to this term is-
DINE AND DANCE! Because I get to hang around with friends, see others in unique clothes and have free food. Last year was a really fun year because I got to listen to some of my requested music (which didn't last through the full length) and  I always had dibs on the drinks no-one else really liked, like lemon water. I didn't like wearing the dress at all, and I wish, If I could change something - would be to let students wear proper, formal clothes (that aren't specifically dresses and tuxes)  

To fully enjoy these end of year opportunities, I will need to remember to have a positive mindset towards things, and to at least give things a try. Whether it be during learning, eotc or inside school events - and to participate in ways that I am involved.

GOALS RELATING TO HOBBIES: Literacy (Careers/ Skills lesson) - Huriata

GOALS RELATING TO HOBBIES: WALT: Identify and plan goals to achieve!

A skill I want to develop or improve: Is managing time and being more productive with my skill/ hobby. I need to be able to draw constantly and making sure it's at a good quality, so it can be sold and I can get money (To do other things/ buy stuff I want)

Ways I could develop this skill: Manage and plan events/ tasks. I need to sort activities separately (free time, school time, fam time) things like dates and set time frames so I'm well prepared and aware of what I'm doing (no waste time on unnecessary things) I think I'd be more successful if I have this type of mindset and skill.

Food Technology Reflection - Huriata T3W8

Cinnamon & Jam Muffins

(preheat oven: 180°C)

DRY

• 1 and a half cup of flour
• half cup sugar

WET

• one egg
• one third of cup oil
• half cup milk.

TOPPINGS

• 1 tsp of brown sugar
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 tsp of jam

The first method to making this dish was to add the dry ingredients with the wet, until it was thoroughly combined. When the mix is thick, transfer a spoon full into a cupcake tin (When they are all filled but some mix is still there, use it on the ones that might need some filling). Once the mix is all done, get your toppings and using the back of your spoon, scoop some jam and place it in the middle of your mixture inside a cupcake tin, then the cinnamon (also using back of spoon) and then brown sugar. Mix it a little, turning the jam over and then sticking it in the oven. Wait for 15 minutes and check if the top is a golden brown crisp.

ENJOY  

Food Technology Reflection - Huriata T3W7

Oreo Milkshake

Ingredients:

• 1 pack of Oreo's
• 2 cups Milk
• Whip-Cream
• Chocolate sauce

Tools:

• Blender
• Cups

Method:

First you get 1 pack of Oreo's and 2 cups of milk into the same blender, then mix until there are no big chunks of oreo left. Get your cups (serves two) and pour an equal amount in each. Swirl whip-cream on top and depending on whether you want your milkshake to be sweet or not, only counts on how much chocolate sauce you put in your drink. 

Now it is ready to drink. 

Reflection

I paired up with Rosemary that day. We had lined up outside the cooking class/kitchen and when we came inside we were told the rules, safety precautions and tools that we may need during the time spent in food technology. There are 8 tables, me and Rosemary seat at the 7th. When it came to cooking I had immediately (with Rosemary) gone up to the table with ingredients to grab the Oreo's, Rosemary making sure to get dibs on milk. I hurried back to my station waiting upon Rosemary to bring back the milk. I ripped the packet of biscuits open chucking all the Oreo's in while Rosemary inserted the milk. She started the blender but with a mere mistake of not holding the the lid down so it doesn't shake (not a fact, just logic) and the milk travelled everywhere in every space of our bench, I advised her to hold the lid whilst I cleaned the bench and the problem did not excel further 😌 There were 4 blenders, meaning we had to group up with table eight to share the blender. I didn't mind but my god did it take forever for them to clean a bench and a blender. When me and Rosemary's drink were fancy and done, I really expected the drink to taste just like water - but I was wrong, it was actually really good and tasted my like Oreo. I suggest if you like a sweet milkshake, mix and combine the drink rather that having the ingredients separated. The cream at the top makes the sweetness more subtle and the chocolate sauce is like a liquefied sugar.  

Pink Straw: Mine - Purple Straw: Rosemary

Huriata - DARE: Session 2 Reflection Task

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T3W7

T3W6 Huriata - Book Box - Reading

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T3W6

Huriata - DARE: Session 3 Reflection Task

WALA: Drugs and their effects/ notice.

Huriata - DARE: Session 1 Reflection Task

WALA: Drugs and their effects/ notice.

T3W4 Huriata - Dreams - Inquiry

T3W4 Huriata - Book Box - Reading

WALT: Identify a texts genre based on how we evaluate/ analyse our book. 
The text I read was 'The Great Ordinary' which I found really interesting. Edith is a local photographer (Is also her hobby) and she gets interviewed being asked questions like: "Why do you take pictures?" "What is special about this?" some feeling flattered when she took pictures of them. But it also has a look into the 'new' generation and how we may grow up to be/live/grow. She is a 'Documentary Photographer' - capturing the moment we have now before it all seems to vanish. I love the idea of that. She tells her opinions about how things may turn out in a couple years for cultural families in New Zealand.

Something I found difficult during this whole task was the 'Recount' I had to write. I've been staring at it for two days not knowing what to paste on it. So I thought, "My look in things..." And I figured I'd write something on my glasses. Many people find it surprising that I wear spectacles ( But I'm pretty sure it's because my frames always seem to pop out)

Huriata - ALGEBRA PRACTICE

PB4L - In The Corridors/ Stairs: Poster

Here is a poster based on how we are to behave in the corridors and stairs. A small message to tell kids that if they are hungry to instead of doing something bad/ negative in the school, to use their initiative and ask for some food/ full your stomach.

Huriata - Tōku Tuakiri - Poetry: Trees

Trees

By Huriata Paraone

I am Huriata

Black, my skin from the earth to the night duvet which Matariki sleeps in

I stand on breathing lands, and ride the largest stingray

I live afar my sleeping lands, the stingray guide me home

For my glazed over onyx gem that shows me what I am

I am Maori, I am Tongan

My whanau lived among many mountains and rivers, trees and sand

Caves wide like an owl's eyes, forest deeper than a king fishers fall

This clay and red wood, is my ancestors welcoming whare

The hair of tangaroa, my people swim in         

My ancestors

You planted a tree, a leaf so green, a bloom I see

And the harakeke you left us, we’ll weave wisdom and wit

For that in a next life, the after, the beyond, the where my eyes shall take me

I will be an ancestor to someone sane to meet heights, fall far but fly like a tui.

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T3W4

WALT make personal connections to a given whakataukī

Huriata - Heart Foundation In-Class Workshop Reflection T3W2

Huriata - Hip Hop T3W2

Farewell Spit - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit has been in the news recently as a number of whales accidentally swam into the spit and became stuck on the beach. They were unable to swim back to the ocean because the water was too shallow. Many local people tried to save the ‘beached’ whales. Please follow this Farewell Spit link to learn more about what happened. On your blog, describe what the local people did to try and save the beached whales.

It's name was haunting enough, known for many of the whales that have died there. 

The most recent was one a women documented, telling her experience while leading people to help get the whales back in the water. She and her group helped the whales by treating them with needed attention. She made sure that they were treated equally so that everything was at a regular pace. By making sure they stayed cool they covered a whale with a wet towel while diggin beneath it so it has more space to breathe. They did this to each whale - by the next day they were all lucky safe and in the ocean once again. 

Here are some pictures and videos

Vid 1

Vid 2

Three tips to help stranded whales:

Keep them wet! - get a bucket, or something that can hold water.

Cover them! - Wet a towel, shirt, anything that can shelter them from the sun. And change it once it's hot.

Keep the blowholes clear - This is so they can expel air from their blowhole to breathe. 

Warning: Keep away from the tail, to avoid injury.  

Reflection: Huriata

Reflection

Today I just wanted to sleep in - which is what I did. I found out something too, when I woke up I though that my cousin had gotten up to go in the lounge since his bed was empty - but then I kept hearing him "Don't touch that, Karma" or "Give me that" and the funny thing was that karma was in MY room, so I was clearly confused. I looked around my room again. His bed is still empty, he's not under the desk... He's not anywhere. Until, I saw the tiniest movement of the blanket that was on the bed. But the blanket is literally flat and his blanket was left messy till... POP. I had realised that my cousin is so SKINNY that he can mould himself into object and be completely invisible, He was in the blanket that covered 1/4 of his entire bed. 

Oh, and I'm doing Moa hunting tomorrow.

Possums In NZ - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

On your blog, tell us whether you agree that New Zealand should be predator free. In your opinion, is it right to kill all of the predators (eg. possums) or should we just leave them alone? On your blog tell us what you think and give us, at least, three reasons why you think this way.

I think it's fine, my reasons are -

Native Wildlife

The native well known creature named the Kiwi is in danger - from it predator, possums and stoats. I don't think it's wrong at all to kill them off if it's for the sake of our native animals. Possums are also not rare, nor are they native - they are literally in other countries, a bigger population than in NZ. For the sake of our endangered species I will agree to this system.

Native Plants/ Trees

The reason for this is because possums eat's native trees, little ones. But it interferes with the tree planting because they like to eat small saplings, which concludes in no trees.

Road Kill

Most of them die on the road too, where they rot and create more flies, the things that carry bacteria. It's overall disgusting.

Tautara Note Taking - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

Day #3: Wild Eyes

Curious Kiwi, a native New Zealand bird, is your tour guide for today. He is going to take you to visit the Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park where many of his aunties and uncles currently live. The bird park is a five hour drive from Dargaville so you hit the road right after breakfast and arrive in Otorohanga at lunch time. As you walk through the birdhouse you learn about the work being done to conserve and protect the native birds of New Zealand. You decide to help out by ‘adopting’ a native animal. Visit the ‘Adopt a Critter page’ on the Otorohanga bird house website to choose one animal to adopt. On your blog, tell us the name of the animal that you chose and a little bit about them. What kind of animal are they? What do they eat? Where do they normally live? You can use Google to help you with your research.

Colomfur is the name I gave it (Pronounced Column-Fur) Reason I named it that was because it's known translation means "Spiny back" so I used Column which is a synonym for spine, the 'fur' represents how i'm allergic to pet dander - so giving it to a reptile is funny.  

Rubbish: Huriata

Why not talk about the rubbish system in New Zealand?

We are like most countries, containing rubbish around big areas in Auckland or water ways lead to rubbish being taken to 'Land fill'. If you don't know what land fill is it's a large island made from litter all the way in the middle of the ocean. This affects our sea, the animals and the environment - spreading pollution all over the world.
We have three bins the trucks come to collect, the red bin, blue/yellow bin and green bin. These bins get taken to specific places - but specific items go in each. The red bin get filled with things that can be taken to 'Land fill' (Even the government and companies agree with it) Things like food and unusable things. The blue/ yellow bin is for things that'll be recycled - such as plastic, glass and cardboard/ paper. And the Green bin is for things like wood, plants and weed.



The garbage truck comes every Wednesday to pick up the rubbish .

Heres: REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

Heres: Landfill

Heres: Compost

For a better environment, use less plastic and replace it with a weaved baskets and or reuse the shopping bags instead of throwing them away, Make sure to sort your bins and reduce the amount of rubbish you get and throw away.

Reflection of Today: Huriata

Reflection of Today:

My thoughts for these holidays is that it is actually fun. Usually I get really bored - sleep through entire days and pop right back into school, but after joining the winter learning journey blogging I am actually keep myself productive and alive! Um, so this morning I woke up at 9am and chilled at Pipi's. Down stairs the adults were cooking Brunch (Breakfast-Lunch) and I got hungry sitting upstairs, smelling the food.
For brunch we had shredded tender lamb, bacon, crunchy cabbage and white sauce with mushrooms. It was so yum! Since everybody was amazing, guess who was on cleaning duties... ME! Today we are babysitting my cousin so his father can have his birthday (And right now he's sleeping on the bed inside my room that's actually Llama's, and he's 11 hahaha!)
We watched vine compilations and movies/ documentaries about aliens, paranormal activity and space. All was fun. When we left Pipi's we went out to get pizza, at home had Tawhiri's cake and played on the game for a while. We also had karma back from Aunty Nan and she is always the rambunctious kind.
The night ended with alot some blogging - very proud. If only I could do that in school too.

GOOD NIGHT WORLD

Five Fav Things 2-do Outdoors Interview - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

Five Fav Things 2-do Outdoors

Mom:

Swim
Walk
climb trees
Biking
Barbecue

Ranga:

Diving
Gardening
Fishing
Barbecue
Waka Ama

Tawhiri:

Swim
Skate Board
Chill
Walk
Eat

Karma Llama:

Scream
Run
Play
Eat Rocks
Clean (Actually makes a mess)

Laura Dekker sailing trip interview - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

Laura Dekker sailing trip interview:

Question 1) Is this the first time that you've travelled a long distance? If so, what was the distance before/ where did you go?

Question 2) How did you feel about leaving? What were the thoughts you had once you left your previous country?

Question 3) What did you have that lead you through to other countries? What did you use to locate yourself?

Question 4) How did you prepare yourself for the big trip? Who were you with at the time?

Question 5) What was the last country you went to, as it's said "Last for Best"

Travel Diary - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

09/08 - Dargaville

Today was a long day, we went to Rangitoto, Waipoua forest (The Tane Mahuta Walk) and then finished the day at karekare Beach (Otherwise known as Black-Sand Beach).

FIVE NATIVE CREATURES TO NZ - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

Five native creatures to nz

IALT: keep myself knowledgeable and productive about NZ!

KIWI BIRD

The flightless native birds of New Zealand, named the kiwi is one of the most well known animal to NZ. They have sensitive nostrils, long beaks and a fat round shape. The kiwi is used in a variety of ways to symbolise/ represent our country. These creatures eat small portions of seeds, grubs, and a hand full of worms. They can also eat fruit, small crayfish and eels. Fact: People who live in NZ are recognised as 'Kiwi's'. These birds are going through a hard time right now, as their population starts to decrease as more stoats devour them. The stoats are pesty buggers, a predator to the kiwis.  People have been working to ridding them (Stoats) as the situation starts to get worst. 

  

CHEVRON SKINK LIZARDS

The skink lizards are very small, quick creatures. You can usually find them in your backyard - which is where I usually find them. These small things are the colour of black, light brown or lighter, which makes them difficult to spot time-to-time. The Skink diet on insects, such as moths, crickets, earthworms, flies, grubs, caterpillars, grasshoppers, cockroaches and many more largish. These lizards can be found at Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island. (Chevron Type)

KEA PARROT

These are the only alpine parrots in the world and are commonly found in the 'Arthur’s Pass National Park' on the south island of New Zealand. These parrots get food from the trees (e.g: fruit, leaves, shoot, nectar and seeds) And get insects from within soil and rotten trees. These birds also have a cheeky/ annoying sense to dismantle car parts, so look out.   

HECTOR’S DOLPHIN

Named after their founder Sir James hector, these dolphins are native to new Zealand. They are also the worlds smallest dolphin, 4.1 metres long. to be exact. These creatures can be found in the south island waters and you could even possibly swim with them if your interested. Their diet contains of squid, red cod, flatfish and yellow eyed mullet. 

FUR SEAL

These furry creatures are spotted at the bottom of the Harbour Bridge on a regular basis. These funny things are usually found in the waters - but it wouldn't be strange if you found one in your back yard, haha! They feed on fish, birds (including penguins) squid and krill.

Reflection - Huriata

Reflection -

Today it was my brothers birthday, Lucky old 18. I looked after Karma for the day whilst Tawhiri was doing his usual routine. We didn't do much, but we're doing something next week. For his 'cake' we had some donuts from 'dunk n donuts'and for lunch we had some noddles/ asian food.
Lately I've been doing some early research and trying to get my brain into work mode for tomorrow, as my cousin's coming over (And I usually have to spend time with him)

My goal for over the holidays is to keep my brain productive, so that next term I don't frail behind on work. That's why I took my learning goal to the next step, joining the "Winter learning Journey" project.
Right now I'm trying to make more tasks for myself - to research on and eventually blog.
WISH ME LUCK!!

About My Flag - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

About My Flag.

The basic background represents the maori culture (White, black and red are common for maori colours) It's also is like the Maori flag - which was the concept I was going for. The native people of New Zealand is the Maori so I wanted something more along those lines. The fern forming a circle represents the 'whole' of our country and the bond we've made with those within it. Also to me this reminds me of aroha (love) and Whanau.
I am really happy about how this turned out in the end!

Five Things To Do In New Zealand - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

It's really early in the morning and right now I'm in brain mode, it's 4:07am and my brothers BIRTHDAY!! YAAYYY! We are most probably gonna be having donuts. lol

Day 1: 100% PURE New Zealand : Facts About NZ - Winter Learning Journey: Huriata

Fun Fact's about NZ

If you were to look closely at our country, New Zealand kinda just looks like an upside down boot.


But then if you were to look at Japan - that country just looks like a bigger, backwards way New Zealand! Amirite (Yes, yes I am)


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New Zealands different climate!
Well, nz has a very different climate during the years - December,January, February being the hottest times of the year and July being the coldest. Which might seem odd for other countries to hear 'Summer Christmas' The average temperature also starts to decrease as you move nearer down south too, going down to about 10°C (14°F) or lower.
Fun Fact: On July the 25th in 2011 there were snow storms occurring over a period of weeks (I remember a lot of hail back then in my old school - had a lot of ice fights/ snow ball fights. One dilemma was that no-body wore gloves so our hands got cold and we got sick)



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New Zealand's population of who?

New Zealand homes around 4.4 million people, 69% have European ancestors, 14.6% are indigenous  Maori (Really? What about white Maori's, did they count that in as well?) 9.2% Asian and 6.9% Non Pacific Maori (Tongan, Samoan)

It is believed to be that the Maori were Polynesian voyagers that settled here in NZ/ Aoteroa. The native people of NZ (Maori) is the main core of how NZ is today - and that the maori share their land and their aroha towards others. But now it's different as children learn negative things from others words and actions...

New Zealand is best known for selling/ producing manuka honey, a health beneficial and delicious treat used by beaty companies and others. This honey is quite rare and expensive - and is shipped to other countries to sell. Not only that, but NZ is well known for their dairy products, cows and milk too.  

    

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T2W10

WALT make personal connections to a given whakataukī

What the different used of honey: By Huriata and Rosemary!

Here is a presentation that me and Rosemary did for the 'Market Night'. Inside, it contains information about two types of honey - Raw honey and Manuka Honey. When it's talking about Manuka honey, it's the different uses of it. When it's talking about Raw honey (This kinda involves manuka too) it's explaining some of the health you benefit from it.
For more read the presentation - ENJOY!

Huriata - Matariki Maths

Multiplicative questions relating to Matariki!!

Huriata - Tāku Rākau Whāinga - T2W8

Matariki Constellation - Maths: Huriata

The vision/Constellation I have for spotting 'Matariki' is a pull-along trailer, because it's easy to spot out in any angle.

The matariki can't be flip (It can only be orientated, e.g; 360°, 90°, 180°, 270°) 

Syllabication - Spelling: Huriata

Ma-ta-ri-ki = 4 syllables
Te Tau Hou = 1 syllable?/ 3 syllable?
Ka-hu-i =  3 syllable
Whe-tu =  2 syllable
Kau-ma-tu-a =  4 syllable
Ko-re-ro =  3 syllable
Wha-ka-tau-ki =  4 syllable
Con-stel-la-tion = 4 syllable
Plei-a-des  = 3 syllable
Tra-di-tio-nal-ly = 5 syllable

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T2W8

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T2W7

Te Reo Maori - T2W7: Huriata

Morning Reflection - Huriata

What i did:

Today I did some planning for the 'Manaiakalani film project ' I'm doing. I was planning on making a film about problems of the world on a self portrait. I wanted something a bit abstract, not too childish. So, I researched a little on tips and tricks for portraits so that others would be able to do it. I also didn't want it to be difficult in understanding - so I placed some diagrams/ pictures and added some tutorials.  

What I need to work on:

Maybe, getting myself organised instead of doing things at the last minute. How can I do this? Doing things ahead of time or getting some opinions on this before hand to get me further into the project/ Learning. I should be doing this everyday.

What I achieved:

Making sure that it was simple and understanding for others (Because it is simple) And I did get some opinions from my pairs and family members. Now I have to discuss my work to others so that I know whether or not they agree with my plan.

Evidence For Taimana Group Task - Huriata: Maths

Here is a task I did for Taimana, my maths group, to show that we are level 4 thinkers (With evidential proof)

A smart thing to do is read thoroughly and have a better understanding of the problem.   

Race Against The Clock !! - Huriata

Repetitive Spelling

Restrict,Portion,Control,Excess,Moderation,Balanced,Calcium,Evaluate & Intrinsic.

restrict , restrict, restrict, restrict, restrict, restrict, restrict, restrict, restrict, restrict.

Control, Control, Control, Control, Control, Control, Control, Control, Control, Control.

Excess, Excess, Excess, Excess, Excess, Excess, Excess, Excess, Excess, Excess

Moderation, Moderation, Moderation, Moderation, Moderation, Moderation, Moderation, Moderation, Moderation, Moderation

Balanced, Balanced, Balanced, Balanced, Balanced, Balanced, Balanced, Balanced, Balanced, Balanced.

Calcium, Calcium Calcium, Calcium, Calcium, Calcium, Calcium, Calcium, Calcium, Calcium.

Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate.

Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic, Intrinsic.

  

Reflection - Huriata

Reflection

This morning after coming late to school I went to the library to start some unfinished work. I tried finishing some of the "Almost Finished" work - which was my Muesli presentation. I only had about three more slides to go and some required a little research. What I learnt during this was that...

1. Porridge contains a special fibre only in oats - called beta-glucan - this lowers cholesterol and helps fight off heart disease.
2. That although honey may be good for you, the same symptoms that sugar can have also apply to honey.
3. I learnt that the difference between fats - such as saturated fats, Monounsaturated fats and Polyunsaturated fats. Saturated fats is artificial junk fats. Monounsaturated fats are the liquids and oil fats at room temperature . And Polyunsaturated fats are one of the healthy fats found in plants and nuts.

What I can improve on next time is summing everything in a paragraph and using prior knowledge to create well sentences. Because I know I could've gotten this task done if I weren't so focused on finding and picking from information. I did learn more than that but I rushed and forgot some of them.

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T2W6

Spelling - Huriata

Today during spelling, I attempted one of the task involving my words. For this task I had to see how fast I could spell the words. It took "1:06" minutes! That's pretty good and I'm glad with that.

My word list

Samoan Numbers!! - Samoan Language - Huriata

This thursday morning, I have created a poster. This helps you count to 10 in samoan in no time! GOOD LUCK.

Huriata - That Sugar Film Pt. 1

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T2W5 - Reading/ Writing

About Me Collage - Technology - Huriata

This was from last week, when miss Ferguson (our next rotation teacher) told us to make a collage of things that describe "ME".

Fale - Samoan Language Week - Huriata

Me

My Cyber Smart Reflection With Constable Taina - Huriata

My cybersmart reflection

What did you learn from constable taina?

Pedophiles and molesters get fined $50,000 and time in jail -  for forceful or inappropriate actions/ rape on younger people.

What am I going to change about myself online??

I guess I have to change my settings (e.g: facebook, other things) to private/ friend, but otherwise I’m pretty safe - I don’t talk to random people (of who I don’t know) It’s usually someone introducing me to their people (ROBOTS) I don’t like that though I usually block that friend anyways hahahahahahhahaha. I don’t give out useful information that could lead someone to me, it’s humble information.

WALT not do dumb things on the internet.

I don't see what's wrong with posting this reflection - miss Aireen said it was personal but to me it's just facts that you guys should be aware of. I'd hope you take some of my actions - as to block or report anybody that may be a threat to you. Best of luck!!

Huriata - Whakataukī o te wiki T2W5

My Favorite Cultural Food - Personal - Huriata

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOR EVER!! I just started this today. It was a task that was supposed to be done on Friday, when Miss Aireen was our teacher for the afternoon. This is actually a group task but nobody knew what food to do it on - and seeing as nobody liked Mussel and Oyster chowder, I decided to just do my own. I started this task because I was bored, and this required me to talk about my favourite cultural dish. Not so hard. The reason I like this is because when ever we went to some sort of Maori occasion, I only ate mussel or oyster chowder. You see, when I was young I wasn't fond of "boil up" or "hangi" so I spent my time sitting on the steps with a mouthful of fry bread that had been dipped in the chowder inside my little plastic cup. It brings back so many memories, sad and happy.