Matariki Star Designs

LI: to plan, design, and create a class star for Matariki that tells a story.

 

In order to create my star I would need to find a story to tell, I decided to go with a puzzle because it represents our visual language. The stars represent Matariki and the family. The sun represents Maui and the Sun. The hook represents the fish hook (for example Maui fishing to get food for his family). New Zealand represents the whole world. The ocean represents the sixth star waiti. The tree represents growing food. The clouds represent our dreams and wishing upon the sky. 

I enjoyed this activity because it made me really think about what I will do for my Star Design.

 

Haiku Poem: Our Whenua

Haiku is a special kind of poem that has a unique pattern. It is made up of just three lines with a total of 17 syllables. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. When hearing the word Our Whenua, We suddenly think of our Tamaki river. With the calming tides, welcoming wakas. So that’s what we included into our poem.

I liked writing this haiku poem because it gave me a challenge. By having the syllable rule to make it challenging.

Haiku Poem: Fire

Haiku is a special kind of poem that has a unique pattern. It is made up of just three lines with a total of 17 syllables. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. Haiku poems often describe a moment in time, like the changing of the seasons or a peaceful scene in nature. We chose between Fire, Ice and Water, Folose, Armani and I picked Fire as our word. We came up with words that related with fire, and used some of them into a verse.

I liked writing this haiku poem because it gave me a challenge. By having the syllable rule to make it challenging.

 

 

Statistical Investigation

LI: To read the text gather, sort graph, and analyse the data.

 

In this Statistical Investigation task in collaboration with my partner, recently. After giving careful thought to our topic selection, we decided to inquire about the origins of our classmates’ grandparents. Our observations revealed that a vast majority of grandparents had Maori heritage and hailed from New Zealand. We confidently presented our findings using a visually appealing bar graph and a DLO, which helped us effectively communicate our results.

The activitie I liked while doing the statistical investigation was going around the class and asking my classmates “Where their grandparents are from”.

Taniwha Names

LI: To understand the Treaty of Waitangi.

LI: Understand how culture connects with your name.

As part of the task, I created a Taniwha using my name. It was a fun and creative exercise that allowed me to put my imagination to work. First, I practiced drawing different designs on paper until I was happy with my concept. Then, I brought my vision to life on my Chromebook by adding colours, details, scales, and tails. I even added unique patterns to make my Taniwha truly one-of-a-kind. I enjoyed this task so much because it allowed me to express my creativity and come up with some really good ideas.

Abtract Noun Poem

LI: To use metaphors and senses to describe the noun by painting a picture with your words.

We were given a challenge to write a poem based on an abstract poem. My partner and I picked a word, “Bravery,” which means being super brave and fearless. Bravery is an overpowering emotion in you, a strong beating in your heart. Bravery looks like a soldier in armors, riding back to the castle. It tastes like a calm victory, appearing in my mouth. Bravery sounds like a helpful person in a war, gasping for air as the air strikes come. It has the feeling of anxiety bursting through my lungs, attacking my health with weakness.

Tech

 

Last Week for tech we did the colour wheel, Mrs Fergurson handed out a paper for us and a white piece of paper with some paint that is: Yellow, Red and Blue along with Miss Mats help. We started out by getting plastic cups and filling it with a quarter of water, then we got a paint brush. We were induced to paint our colour wheel but we started on primary yellow once we finished painting the yellow, we started painting the primary red on the piece of paper, once we finished colouring the primary colours. Our art teacher showed us how to mix the primary colours into secondary colour. After we painted the whole colour wheel, we used the hot blow dryer to dry our paper, once all of us was finished blow drying the paper. I got a sharpie and drew designs on the colour wheel.

I liked this activity because it was very enjoyable for me to paint on the colour wheel.

Maungarei Moment in Time Poem

LI: To write a poem that describes a moment in time.

This week we wrote moment in time poems. We first got into groups of 4 or 5. We wrote a poem using our five senses from what we saw, heard, smelt on top of the mountain, and we connected it with the past. This activity was really fun because we had to find some way to connect the present with the past.

 

 

Polar Bear Moment in Time Poem

LI: To write a poem that describes a moment in time.

This week we wrote moment in time poems. We first watched a video of a man getting attacked by a polar bear. But thankfully he was in his protective cage and no harm was caused. We wrote a poem using the 5 senses, and wrote about how we would feel or what we would see, if we were the man in the video. This activity was interesting because we used interesting vocabulary using wordhippo.

 

 

Sound Focus

Sound Focus: ou as in short u.

Long vowels say the letter name and short vowels say the letter sound. For Example: Pray is a long vowel because it says the name of the letter, and Apple is a short vowel because it says its name. Our Sound Focus for this week is ou as in short u. To be able to pronounce ou, you will need to say short u, as in the letter sound. Some of the words we went over were touch, courage etc…

This activity was very enjoyable because there were words that could’ve had different spellings like tough as tuff or touch as in tuch.