Week 1: In the Beginning (1800 - 1870): Day 4: Hitting a High Note…

Activity 1: The Waiata - A Song in Your
Heart

My favourite was Maramataka because it has a nice rhythm to it

Activity 2: Playing Games

Name: Poi Rakau

Goal: To always catch the stick

2 rules: 1. No digging the stick into the ground. 2. No holding the stick

Bonus Activity: Musical Festivals –
Matatini

1. Tamatea Arikinui
2. Te Puku o Te Ika
3. Te Iti Kahurangi

I gave these the rankings I did because of the rhythm

Week 1: In the Beginning (1800 - 1870): Day 3: It’s All In The Family

Activity 1: The More, the Merrier?

I would not like to live in a family of nine children because it would be to much
noise for me to read and I would get a headache

Activity 2: Acknowledging Ancestry

Ko Mt Alexander  te maunga    The mountain that I affiliate* to is…

Ko New river te awa          The river that I affiliate to is….

Ko ________________________ te waka The waka that I affiliate to is…

Ko ________________________ tōku tīpuna My founding ancestor is…

Ko McKay  tōku iwi          My tribe is…

Ko ________________________ tōku hapu My sub-tribe is…

Ko ________________________ tōku marae My marae is…

Ko Greymouth ahau I am from…

Ko Heather  rāua ko Kelvin ōku mātua  My parents are … and …

Ko Lucy  tōku ingoa. My name is …

Bonus Activity: Fun Family Facts

Mum: Swimming, going on holidays

Ruby: Swimming, staying in the shade

Grandma: Swimming, spending time with the grandchildren

Week 1: In the Beginning (1800 - 1870): Day 2: It's All In A Day's Work

Activity 1: A House or a Home?

Similarities: 1. It has a roof.    2. It has walls.

Differents: 1. It has calvings.    2. It has stone around the doorway.

Activity 2: The Rules of Engagement

Bonus Activity: Special Meals

Week 1: In the Beginning (1800 - 1870): Day 1: Arriving In New Zealand…

Activity 1: The First Settlers

1. Maui caught the north island
2. Maui’s canoe was the south island

3.Maui hid in the canoe so he could go fishing with his brothers

I have heard the story Maui and the sun

I have also heard the story of Matariki

Activity 2: Setting Sail

On my voyage, it was very pretty but very nerve-racking the sites of
New Zealand were beautiful.

Bonus Activity: Waka Ama

I would not like to be in a waka ama race because I don’t like going on boats.

Blackface

WALT to make a descriptive sentence
I enjoyed watching the video
I found challenging choosing a sentence to write

He responded with a disbelieving laugh “Ha Ha Ha, An immortal monkey? You liar”, he grumbled.

I made the cookies

WALT to show not tell
I enjoyed finding a photo
I found challenging thinking of new things to write

My Term 2 Emoji

WALT make an emoji to show our term
I enjoyed the disco because the seniors got limbo and we got to stay up longer
I found it challenging to run the cross country because it was much longer this year
I thought it was easy to make the emoji because everything was in the same place under categories.
It was fun making the emoji because we could add anything
  I have cat ears because I have a cat and I like cat's
I choose a blue mouth because I love berries and together they turn blue
I choose hair in a side ponytail because this term I have had my hair like that a lot
I put the letters there so they can spell my name
I put snowflakes and sparkles in my hair because I got hair accessories
I choose the glowing heart because I got lots of glowing items
I choose pinkish purplish eyes and blue eyebrows because they are cute and I like cute things
I choose the blue bow with a blue rhinestone because I like bows bows with rhinestones andI like blue