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!     

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.

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.

Huriata - Maths - Thinkboard Master

This afternoon I started doing selfmanagement for maths (as the other groups are being observed) Something I found quite difficult was, as always, ten similar questions. Either way. Have a good day.

Feedforward? Feedback?

Number of the Week - Maths - Huriata

PLAYGROUND MAKER - Maths - Huriata

Long-Fin Eels - Writing - Huriata

PACIFIC PARADISE - Reading - Huriata

WALT evaluate a text using a PMIS chart.

PACIFIC PARADISE P4N2, 2010

Ensure you show your depth of thinking by adding detail to your responses.

P	M	I	S
Positive	Minus	Interesting	Solution
New Zealand eeling commercials are being stopped to save eels at risk. National parks protect eels (Prohibited eel fishing)	‘Glass eels’ are often caught by whitebait nets. When eels are at the stage of maturity, their bodies tend to change, making it a bit difficult. Once the female eel has laid enough eggs, she ends up dying from exhaustion.   95% of the lakes in NZ are drained. Trees and bushes are no longer keeping the water clean and cool. Lowland streams are still-flowing, polluted and warm. Not good for the critters/eels living in them.	Fertilized eggs of the eel float to the top of the ocean surface Commercial eeling in NZ has been going on since mid 1960’s. There are river reserves for eels to breed. Commercial eel fishing is banned in the Mohaka and Motu rivers You can estimate an eels age by examining the yearly growth rings in their otolith.	Plant trees around the awa’s. Stop commercial eel fishing in NZ To protect and clean the drains/waters (Keep awa clean)

Maths - Observation - T1W9

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Walt VVV

Diagram/graph I used to estimate ^^^ Playground Print

Thinkboard - Huriata - I can't write

Tense - Key vocabulary: Maori tense/ sentence structure

 WALT - say simple action sentences in present, past and future tenses.

Key vocabulary:  Kei te, I, kua and ka...
Grammatical focus:  purpose of verbs and tenses

Kei te - present tense
I / Kua - past tense
Ka - future tense


Present
Kei te aha ahau? = What are you doing?
Kei te korero ahau = I am talking

Past (A while ago)
I aha ahau? = What did you do before?
I korero ahau = I talked a while ago

Past (Just/ recently)
Kua aha ahua? = What did you just do?
Kua Korero ahau = I just talked

Future
Ka aha ahau? = What will you do?
Ka korero ahau = I will talk

Huriata - Venn Diagram Template of "Learning from the Tangata Whenua"

For the first blog of the morning I will be identifying some of the main ideas of "Learning from the Tangata Whenua". It was very interesting. Because this is something that I have just learnt,
because cultural and scientific knowledge are so different from how you may thing it may be.

Te Reo - "He Aha Tenei?" - Huriata

Explanation Writing - Plans - Huriata T1W5

Cause and Effect - Huriata - T1W5

In this presentation I am identifying and showing an example of it.