Year: 2024

Matariki Star

L.I: To plan, design, and create a class star for Matariki that tells a story.

To start off my star I did some research about some Maori myth stories for my design. I first started off by planning my ideas on a paper to see how my designs would turn out and to see if I like how it’s laid out. My story is a mix of Maui and the sun and Rona and the moon, and my story goes that Maui thought that the moon was running by fast so he and his brothers decided to capture the moon and curse it out while using their strengths to pull down the moon at the same time. So instead of the sun moving along the sky I changed it into a moon so that my story could have 2 different meanings behind it. 

I really enjoyed designing this star because I learnt about some meanings behind patterns. 

Self Portrait

Our task was to create a drawing of ourselves. Our first task was to start by tracing over the easy details then the hard ones. For example, you can either start with the pupils of your eyes or your lips then you move onto the harder details. With my designs I found it slightly basic so I decided to custom my self portrait and add some details that would outshine my drawing more notably. 

I enjoyed this task because it teaches me what I’ve improved compared to my drawing from last year.

 

Current Events (National)

LI: to identify author’s purpose

 

Our task was to chose 5 exploring current event words and find articles that relates to the 5 words we have picked, for example: the words me and my partner chose was emotions, impact, Conflict, unexpectedness, and famous person, Then we read the article and wrote a 10 word summary and what word that summary relates to.  We did this task on a Google map so people knew which area in Auckland the situation had happened in. 

I found this task a bit challenging and upsetting when reading most articles. 

Volleyball Interschool

Our school competed in a volleyball tournament which was located somewhere around papakura. Once we’ve arrived to our destination a school had started off our day with a karakea (prayer). After the karakea we starting warming up for our first games, and the school we had versed were, Point England, Ruapotaka, Stone field, and Glen Taylor. We had won 4 games and lost 2 but overall we enjoyed our game.

I enjoyed this experaince because there was good sportsmanship.

A Leader I Respect

My task was to create a DLO on a respected leader, and I chose Mother Teresa. Because she is a very kind woman who helps out people if they are sick, disabled, old, or even dying. I then researched information about her so I can know more about her. Some interesting information I found out about her was that she became a nun at the age 18 and not just to spread the love of Christ but to help others. 

I enjoyed researching Mother Teresa because she is one of the leaders I respect.

Abstruct Noun

Our task was to challenged to write a poem about an abstract noun using the 5 sences known as: Ofactory (smell), Gustatory (taste), Visual (see) tactile (touch) and auditory (hear). One the noun my partner picked was friendship, meaning being friendly to others. In each paragraph we described what we thought the abstract noun would look, smell, feel, hear ,and taste like. We lastly used wordhippo to change our words more powerful and make our poem more powerful.

I found this task fun because I get to enjoy writing poems about different things to learn more.

Momment In Time – Maungarei/Mountain

LI: To write a poem that describes as momment in time.

Our task was to create a poem by using the 5 senses which are Olfactory which means smell, Gustatory which is taste, Visual which is look, Tactile which is feel, and Auditory which is sound. Then we thought of what had happened in the past compared to today, For example: there weren’t many houses built in Auckland so Maori people lived in pa sites. We then wrote some things about what we heard while walking up the Maunga, and I had written things like the rocks rustling, the wind pasting through my ear , and the traffic. Then me and my group had thought of what the past could have heard such as the rustles of the piupiu skirts , the whistle of Tāwhiri-mātea welcoming us into his maunga, the voices of those who fought in the war. 

I really enjoyed this task because when we got back from the mountain I was really inspired about how Liana grandpa talked to my class about the history of Mt Wellington mountain.

Moment In Time – Polar Bear

LI: To write a poem that describes as momment in time.

Our task was to create a poem by using the 5 senses which are Olfactory which means smell, Gustatory which is taste, Visual which is look, Tactile which is feel, and Auditory which is sound. Then we watched a video of a polar bear approaching a man and how we needed to imagine that we were the man. After re-watching the video we thought of some words and then changed them into powerful words to make the poem more exciting. After all, we read our favourite part to the class and my group choice:  I felt… my heart pulsing as the oversized creature rattled my cage with each shake, fear entered every part of my body. Because it explains how I would feel in that situation if a polar which is about 7ft approached me.

I found this activity really fun because we got to experience new words to level up my writing.

Nonsense Paragraph

 

This week we have been learning about the vowels and the “ei” sounds. Ei can make long /a/ sound and long /e/ sounds. Long vowels are saying the letter name, and the short vowel is saying the letter sound. We made a DLO of Nonsense Paragraphs, The words we used in our paragraph to make a nonsense sentence is Veil, Skein, Eight, Foreign, Reindeer, Leisure, Receipt, Receive, Beige, Reign, Abseil, Vein, Perceive, Ceiling and Receive.

I enjoyed this task because I liked how we challenged our partners to see who wrote it faster.

Sound Focus

LI: Sound Focus: ei and in long /a/

For spelling we learnt about the “ei ” as a long /a/. First we looked at the words that include the “ei” sounds. For example: beige, skein, vein. When saying these words you need to be able to make the “ei ”. Then we chose a word which was veil, and veil is a type of material that is to cover a woman or to hide their faces.

I found this activity fun because writing down and sounding out the words were really fun as well as challenging my partner.