Maths Place Value

We are learning to...

-Recognise how many tens and hundreds are in numbers.

Here is my work.

My Mihi

Here is my mihi video.

Maui Legends

As part of Matariki we re-read the legends of Maui. We then retold and created artwork. Below is my work.

      Māui and the North Island

One day  Māui was walking in his village and he heard his brothers  Roto, Mua, Pae and Taha talking. They said that they would go fishing the next day. Māui asked  if he could go too but they said no. So the next morning Māui hid in the bottom of the boat so his brothers would not  see him. His brothers set off in the boat not knowing that Māui was there. Later Māui jumped out of his hiding spot and scared his brothers. After that he told his brothers to paddle. They did not want to paddle but they obeyed and did what Māui said. Māui also helped to paddle. Then Māui took over and slowly all his brothers fell asleep. But Māui kept paddling. The sun set and Māui kept on going. Finally the morning came and the Rā (sun) was in the sky and Māui had found the spot that he wanted to fish. His brothers were very unhappy and grumpy in the morning. So his brothers did not let him have any bait. So Māui scratched himself with his magic hook and put his own blood on it. Roto, Mua, Pae and Taha put their hook in the water. Soon they pulled up their hooks but there was nothing there. Māui had just put his hook in the water and it hooked on the foot of a carving at the bottom of the ocean. Māui pulled but it didn’t come up. None of his brothers chose to help as they were too scared. Māui planted his feet on the edge of the boat.  So he tugged, he jerked and hauled. Then the water started to bubble and fizz and something began to rise up to the surface and come up. The giant stingray came up to the surface and was sitting on the water. Roto, Mua, Pae, Taha and Māui climbed onto the giant stingray which has now become the North Island. Māui had to walk to the head of the stingray that was all the way down south because he had to get the hook out of the stringray. He told his brothers not to touch the creature while he was gone. But once Māui was out of sight his brothers got out the paddles and started to hack at the creature. It cried in pain and moved around a lot. Now the creature is jagged and bumpy and that's why the North Island has hills and ranges.

Retold By Hannah

Classroom Kupu

We have been learning how to say the names for classroom objects in Te Reo Maori. 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 did persuasive writing. We did it about pets and I did it for having pets. Here is my work. Please leave a kind, thoughtful, and positive comment.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Pets are fun!
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	Many people around the world have pets. I think that it is a good idea to have a pet. Also they are fun to have around!
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 can be trained to do specific things.  For example, police dogs are trained to sniff things out. Also dogs can be trained to detect cancer or cancer cells.  Airport dogs can sniff out bad things in the bags.
	Secondly, most people with disabilities have a pet. For example, blind people have a dog to help them see where they are going. They make people with depression feel happy and comfort them. Also  I truly believe that people with disabilities should have a pet.
	Thirdly, pets are good for fitness. I believe that you should get a pet to help you keep fit. It also gives you something to do when you are bored. I think walking a dog is good fitness and fun to do.
	Finally, pets can give you food. For example Sheep = wool, cow's =milk, chickens= eggs, goats=milk. I think it is a good idea to have one of these animals because they can give you food and you do not need to buy it. In conclusion, I think having a pet is a good idea because, they help people detect cancer, good for people with disabilities, good for fitness and finally they are good to have so you can get food.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our field because we don’t have enough room to play, we need our field for sports training and games, we need the field for events like the gala, and it promotes good health and exercise.    It is vital that we have a good field at school.

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 of why we should fix our field.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great 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 should fix our field! My reasons are that we need the field for space to play on. We need it for training for sports events, and so we can use it all year long. We also need it because we are all so crowded.  Finally we need it so we can keep fit.
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 should fix our whira (field) because it takes up a lot of our space to play on. I think we need more space to play on because we are all crowded on the playground and the court. There is also a very strong risk of getting an injury because you could get hit by a ball or bat.
	Secondly, I think we need our field fixed so we can train for  taputapu tākaro  (sports) events. If we don’t get our field fixed we can not train and we won’t get good at our sports. For example we have Rippa rugby coming up and we need to train.
	Thirdly, I believe we need our field fixed so we can use it. We have not been able to play on our field much because it has to be so muddy. All our events can’t happen  because of the field being out. For example we are not having our gala this   year.
	Finally, we need our field to keep fit.  A way for us to keep fit is (whati) running around and hīanga (playing.) At the moment there is not much space to run around on.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our field because we are all crowded on the court, so we can train for taputapu tākaro (sports) events, it is always muddy and finally we need more space.  This is why we need to get our field fixed.  FIX OUR FIELD!!