Flax Boats

 Two days ago I finished my flax boat. A flax boat is a basket made of flax that looks like a boat. We are Going to use them for our school sausage sizzle. Some are small, Some are big. Some, are good, some, are not as good. 

Do you like our flax boats? Who's do you like best?                       Me

Matariki Animation

Luke and I will write the same thing today. Here is our animation.

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It is about Matariki. We will let you see our animation instead of telling you more. Do you like to see Matariki? Have you seen it before?

Matariki Art

I  finished my Matariki art today. It is the southern lights and Matariki. I used some newsprint, a pencil,  scissors, a photo of a mountain, A4 black paper, pastel chalks, stars, hairspray, white mounting paper and a glue stick. I really like the final creation. Do you like it? 

Matariki

 Me and my class have been learning about Matariki. Matariki is 700 stars, but only 7-9 can be seen by the naked eye. It is also when Maori stop hunting and start planting and getting ready for spring. Here is a Matariki legend: Tawhirimatea was angry because of the separation of his parents, and got so angry his ripped out his eyes. He threw his eyes into space and they became stars. Here is the video:

NOTE: Read the English on the bottom of the video because it speaks Maori

E-ako

 Last week we learned about E-ako. E-ako is where you can choose a maths task along a thing called the pathway. There are at least 5 or 6 path ways. If a dot along the path way has a + it means you have to do more. if it has a flag on it it means your teacher wants you to do it. If you click a dot you can see how many points you can earn and start it. There are also three types of answers you can do: type answers move the answers and click the right answers. Do you want to do E-ako?  

Onomatopoeia Art

Today I finished my onomatopoeia art. First I choose my background colour. Then I choose the color of my letters. Then I checked if my letters fit on the news paper It took me 3 attempts on the news paper part. Then on my 3rd attempt I made a another small news paper but one of the teachers came up with the bending idea. The idea worked, just. Then I glued the news paper on then I glued the letters. Do you think you could do this with no instructions?  

Go Zen

At the end of last year and this year we did Go zen. Go Zen is something were you watch a video and sometimes answer questions. The one I most like is one were they give you tools that teach you to pause and think is this a good thought. We do Go Zen to, this year teach us well being. We also learnt that events cause thoughts that cause reactions. This is called ETR.