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.

My Name Meaning - Huriata

Yay!! I finally found an accurate meaning of my name. Every time I search up "Huriata name meaning" It always comes up with some random sites or I-can-tell-who-you-are thingy. So... YEYE!!

Huriata Sandwich Reflection T2W4

Number of the Week - Maths - Huriata

Ko te whakataukī o te wiki - Te Reo Maori - Huriata

Interview With Sam The Beekeeper - Inquiry/writing/reading - Huriata

My Diet Watch Reflection - Inquiry - Huriata

Do you feel like you are eating a wide variety of food?

Not really... I don't have much veggies in my diet (only because nobody buys it, that kinda sounds like an excuse) The "Veggies" that are most common to me are potatoes (no probs there) and... Peas and corn. I actually enjoy veggies a lot, especially if they're crunchy. Though I remember eating a cucumber from school and it tasted like dirt, BUT I LOVE CUCUMBERS!! A bit disappointed with that.  

Do you think you are "spending" your calories wisely?

No. Straight forward - No. I'm not active, I don't really eat healthy and I'm lazy. There is no denying it. All I do after eating is sitting down, so whatever I put inside my system - it doesn't leave till I... You know. I used to eat constantly (Lunch after school/feast) now I have slowed down and only eat when I have to.

What will your eating goals be for this week?

Eat proper meals at suitable times.

Explanation Writing - Practice - Huriata's Tips For You!

Tips For An Explanation !

A tip I have for you is to write in order, and to organise your paragraphs to make it make sense (Statement, Explain, Example). Another tip is use more empowering vocab, and to improve usage in metaphors and similes! A personal tip I have is to read a book everyday, this will improve your thinking and memory so that you can know and use the examples in the book to your writing!!

Reflection - Inquiry - Huriata: 'Whare Tapa Wha' using FOOD!!

Reflection

On a start of a new day we had Ms Fepuleai set us on our ‘Whare tapa wha’ house making with food. I was in a group of three with Paris and Ricky (And sorta with Lizzy and Mary-jane, Sharing items)

The items/food we used was:

• Tomatoes
• Cucumber
• Capsicum
• Celery
• Carrots
• Tooth picks
• Skewers

My design for the house was to make sure I had balance, support, and a way to form a house. With this in mind I had already had the idea to use the carrot stumps as a way for the framework to stand up, and the cucumbers to balance out the weight. A bad idea was notified by Azure, which was “The tomatoes were fragile and kept tearing apart” and he’s right. Though I still used them and used the carrots to stop the tomatoes from sliding down the sticks.

As you can see in the picture given, the celery is on the ground, because this symbolises a healthy environment, as it is green and good for you. The capsicum, cucumber and a celery in the middle was actually supposed to be a wall but I didn’t want to risk breaking the house. SO… it was placed in the middle by Ricky.

Problem & Solution

A problem I had was balancing the veggies on the skewers, because the weight kept shifting and the house would start to tumble. So we used a broccoli to balanced it off to the side. When we did balance it we took away the broccoli and TA-DA!!

Another problem was the celery, because I was expecting to get longer strips. But no. I had to try and make them proper sizes by snapping them in half and adding them to the smaller pieces to make them longer and match the rest.

Luckily we didn’t break any of the sticks, the carrots were difficult to puncture and I worried about breaking anything. So we drilled the sharp end of the skewer into the hard foods before sticking them on the structure.

I know there was a problem I could’ve solved and it involves carrots, where I could’ve stuck carrots on the framework to create walls to put kababs of the wanted veggies on the carrots going across.

 

In this picture we were trying to be extra careful (as you can see on the expression of ricky) I was testing the wall to make sure it didn’t tip over. Luckily it didn’t in the end but just for safety measures we stuck it in the middle.

Oh yea, here’s a picture of the group we were sharing with (Mary-Jane and Lizzy) and Paris in the corner trying to poke her eye with a skewer. They were doing really well with their ‘Whare tapa Wha’ and on the side you can see my group's work-in-progress with the veggies house.

Here’s where I was structuring the house with the skewers and toothpicks. On the side Ricky is having troubles with the smell of the vegetables and his little pile of tissues in front of him.

And when we finished the product Ricky hid between the lockers and I stuck a chair in front of him so he couldn’t get out from the small space. Paris, my partner in crime passed me my requested object. A BOCCOLI ! Rickys worst enemy! I threatened him with the green devil, with my foot keeping the chair in place. And then I slowly placed it on the chair, making balance so that if he knocked the chair over the broccoli can fall on his side. Instead I whacked it so the it fell on his foot.

Paris cleaned.

The end.

Matiu Douglas - Summary; Task one

WALT maintain meaning over an extended period of time.

1-16 pages

Matiu Douglas is a boy in crisis. Living with his working father in a smoke house after his parents divorced thirteen months ago. His mother living in Taupo, teaching a school in the area. Matiu is getting ready for his nana Wais funeral at the marae, his father is still working and they are becoming late. “Hi, dad” “Hiya” Tama Douglas, the father, was still working at his desk - looking up and down his son he frowned “ Go and get dressed. You’re not going to Nanny Wai’s funeral looking like that.” Matiu had changed into a suit and went back to his father, but not going inside - instead, he listened. His father was talking to someone on the phone. “Certainly… “ Tama Douglas said nervously. And in just the thought of Matiu encouraging his father to hang up, the man behind the call and his father had struck a deal. Things won’t go well from now, and all he has right now is a necklace his father wouldn’t wear and a tight suit.

Te Reo/ Writing - Kei Hea? Huriata

Honey Predictions - Inquiry - Huriata

Honey Recount

This morning Ms.Kyla set out 4 honeys in little cups and then put them on a table each. We were put in groups of 3 - 4 and my group consisted of, Ricky, Paris and Teresa. We were then given a piece of paper of which we were to predictic each honey by taste.

The choices were :

- Pohutakawa

- Manuka

- Clover 

- Mixed

Honey #1 - My prediction was Pohutakawa (wrong. Correct answer Mixed) This one was the most liquidy out of the rest and sweetest. It had a dark shade than the reast of the honeys and it's more transparent.

Honey #2 - Clover (Right) This has the white chocolate color. The thickest texture than the rest, this disolves in your face slower. 

Honey #3 - Mixed (wrong. Correct answer Pohutakawa) This one is gritty and like concrete. It's less sweeter and very very bland like. 

Honey #4 - Manuka. Melts in face. It's not too sweet but sweet enough. It's yummy and suttle and very bland and is balanced in taste. Mild taste.

My favorite out of all of them has to be #4. Because it didn't kill me like the rest. 

Reading Goal! 2017 - Huriata

WALT maintain meaning over an extended period of time.

My reading goal for this year would be to find interest in other books (Sci-fi fantasy, romance, horrors)  And find enjoyment in all books so that I could understand and find more time in doing something other that drawing, playing games, talking. I would like to entertain myself independently and to have fun.

Reading Tasks - Prestructural - BEFORE READING:Huriata

WALT maintain meaning over an extended period of time.

For my reading task this week (and for the following weeks to come) I will be doing a novel study on the book "The Bone Tiki" by David Hair.
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What do you HOPE happens? Why?

I hope that the book is interesting. Why? Because it would be cool to learn a thing or more.

What is confusing you about the storyline at the moment? Why?

Nothing really, nothing really confuses me at all. Especially if it's easy to understand what the book may be about. Could be fun.

Attitude Session 3 - Reflection: Huriata