Maths-Place Value

We are learning to...

-Recognise how many tens and hundreds are in numbers.

Here is my work. 

Maui Legends

As part of Matariki we re-read the legends of Maui. We then retold a legend and created artwork. Below is mine and Billie's artwork.

Once, a long time ago lived a man called Māui and he had 5 brothers. They were all tūpuhi (skinny)and hiakai (hungry) but were very generous. Māui and his brothers worked hard all day and night for the village people but the problem was that there were really short days so there was no time to do anything. The brothers and Māui didn’t look after themselves they looked after the village people. The village people were very demanding. Māui and his brothers were out every day hunting because crops weren't growing. The crops needed the ra (sun) to grow. One day a  woman entered the village, she called herself Wahine o te Moana. Wahine o te Moana was caring but told her opinion. Wahine o te Moana made the village people help Māui and his brother. Now Māui and his brothers can sleep and eat but they still weren't happy. Māui wasn’t happy because there wasn’t enough time in the day to do things. The next morning Wahine o te Moana had to leave. She gave Māui a special jaw bone from a whale. When Wahine o te Moana gave Māui that jaw bone she said, “Do something that needs to be done with this jaw bone Māui”! That morning Māui decided to slow the ra (sun) down, so he started to prepare. When Māui told the village people what was going to do they all laughed. But that didn’t stop Māui. Māui started plaiting strong flax rope with his brothers. They were up all night and day. Then they finally went to slow the ra (sun) down. As they started walking to where the ra (sun) set and rises the ground was as hot as fire. Māui and his brothers hid behind a small rock wall that they had made. When the ra (sun) started to rise Māui and his brothers threw the ropes over the ra (sun's) fiery hair, Māui said, “Hold on and don’t let go”! Then Māui got his jaw bone and smacked the ra (sun) over the nose. Māui yelled in anger, “You will slow down and make our days longer!’’ “Okay,”  said the ra(sun),  “but don’t kill me”! The brothers let the ropes go and the ra (sun) was in pain but he held his promise .When Māui and his brothers got back to the village everyone was hari koa (happy) at last, and all sang around the fire. That's how Māui slowed the ra (sun).

Retold by Sasha and Billie

Here is our artwork

My Mihi 2017

Here is my mihi video.

Classroom Kupu

We have been learning to say the names for classroom objects in Te Reo Māori. Here is the slideshow I did to show my learning.

Science Term 2 2017

This term we have been doing science. We have been learning about the water cycle and states of matter. Here is some of my learning.

Persuasive Writing - Why We Should Have Pets

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing on why it is a good idea to have pets. 

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Pets Are Great
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that having pets is a really great thing!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, Pets are extremely great for people with disabilities!   For example, guide dogs help their owner (who is blind ) to walk around places by leading them around. Guide dogs (or  hearing dogs) also help people that are deaf or find it hard to hear. Hearing dogs are specially trained to alert their owner if there is an emergency or an everyday sound such as a doorbell. The dog will nudge their owner and lead them to the source or to safety.
	Secondly, Pets are extremely helpful  for people that are lonely or have depression! People that are lonely normally have a pet to keep them company.  For example, if you have depression your pet will cheer you up.
	Thirdly,  pets are great for doing jobs. Dogs work in the police force to find things and to find people. For example, dogs pick up a scent of a person and go to find them. At the airport dogs sniff bags for anything bad.  For example, when I went to the international airport a dog came up to us and sniffed our bags. Finally, pets are good for warning people about medical conditions. Pets can detect if you have cancer or if you are about to have an epileptic fit. if you are about to have a stroke or if you have diabetes and you are high in sugar. Experts train dogs to sniff diseases  or medical conditions.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion, I think that people should have pets because they are extremely great for blind and deaf people,  pets are really helpful for people that are depressed.  Pets are great for doing jobs and are extremely good for sniffing out medical conditions.  It is extremely important for people to have pets. By Sasha

Persuasive Writing - Why We Should Fix Our Field

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing why we should fix our field. 

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great hākinakina (sport))’	Fix Our Field
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that we need fix our whira (field) NOW! My reasons are that the whira (field) is constantly muddy, the court and playground are getting too crowded, without the whira (field) we can’t train for hākinakina (sporting) events and we can’t hold special events. These are the reasons our whira (field) needs to be fixed NOW!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, we need to fix the whira (field) because the whira (field) is constantly muddy. When the whira (field) is muddy no one can go on it and if you do your shoe gets stuck!  There are also a lot of mud holes so you have to watch where you step. For example,  when you are having a running race you sometimes will trip up.
	Secondly, the court and the playground are  getting far too crowded! Everyone is crowded in the playground and on the court. For example,   people are getting injuries from falling over on the concrete and getting hit with P.E equipment.
	Thirdly, without a whira (field) we can’t train for hākinakina  (sports) events! No one can train for hākinakina (sport) events such as: cross country, soccer, rugby and more. At karoro wharekura (school) we like hākinakina (sport)s and we have to go somewhere else to train. For example,  the rippa rugby team has to train on the court instead of the whira (field)!
	Finally, we can’t hold special events. Now we can’t hold the gala, have a hangi or have a family fun night! The gala helps us fundraise money for the wharekura (school).  Now there won’t be as much money for shows, busses and other things.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our whira (field) because the whira (field) is too muddy, the playground and court is too crowded, we can’t train for hākinakina (sports) events and we can’t hold special events. It is important  to have a good whira (field) at wharekura (school)!   BY SASHA.