My Marvellous Moment At Camp

 

Hey peoples, 

I hope your holidays went well. Over the last week, Toroa has been at Wainui camp. We were there for 3 nights and 4 days, over those days we did the most fun activities and games! This included; kayaking, code breakers, orienterring. coasterring, and high ropes. It was great fun!

Our task today was to make a presentaion about our favourite moment in camp. Mine was high ropes. High ropes is climbing on different courses, one of them was a giant ladder. My presentaion includes a couple of slides about why I like climbing and why I liked high ropes this last camp. After that is a short animation of someone climbing and the other people belaying them. 

Here it is:

I really enjoyed camp and I hope you did too! What's your favourite moment? And what's your favourite camp you've been on?

See ya later;

Soph  :D

Magnificent Morrigan Crow

 

Hey peoples,

For the past week, some people have and some people haven't been going swimming in the afternoon. while the other groups are at swimming we have been given 12 options of tasks to do. As I am in swimming I have been given the task to do one of the 12. The task I chose to do was to write a book/movie review of something we have read/watched recently. 

I have recently read Nevermoor and the trails of Morrigan Crow, wow it is a great book full of amazing scenes and characters. Nearly everyone is friendly in Nevermoor and I really recommend this book! Here is my review:

 

 I hope this review is really interesting and has encouraged you to give this book a go!

Have you ever read this book? What is your favourite book? 

Post feedback in the comments below;

See ya later,

Spiggles :D

Fantastic Flax Flower

 

Hey people, 

Today a portion of students from our hub are at Athletics Zones so we have one less teacher. Because of this, we can't do our normal Tuesday things, (Maths, Literacy). Instead, we are practicing making Flax Flowers. We are practicing this so that next time we can make a bouquet for Mrs. Pasco,e our principal as she is leaving at the end of the year. 

We have learned about flax and how you treat it, how you stay healthy around it, and how you cut it, as well as the actual design of the flowers. You have to treat the flax with respect as if it is a human being, by not stepping on or over it and not leaving it lying in the midst of the floor. You also have to make sure you wash your hands after using it because of the oils on the flax which can make you unwell. When you cut flax you take from the outside, the grandparents. By doing this the children in the middle can grow and the parents can look after them. 

There are different types of designs of the flax flowers some simpler than others. I chose to do one that is a little more complicated. It actually turned out quite well:

What design did you do? Did you learn anything?

See ya later,

Soph   :D

Cool Ki o rahi animation

 

Hey peoples, 

Yet another cultural post to you all, I hope you're not sick of it yet! This time we had to make a Ki o rahi animation! Right now you're probably thinking 'What in the world is Ki o rahi', well, you're about to find out! It's a very fun and interesting game, this was our task...

Make an animation that explains what Ki o rahi is. This has to be easy for year 3-4 students to follow. At the start write a few paragraphs explaining the myth and legend, behind Ki o rahi. 

It was quite an interesting legend, in fact, it was really long so I have written most of it and added a link to the website where you can read the whole thing if you want to!

Here is my animation: 

I hope you learned and enjoyed this animation/post!

See ya later,

Spiggles  :D

Cool Cultural Interesting Information

 

Hey people,

As part of our cultural studies, we learned that New Zealand has so many amazing things that other countries don't have! A few examples we were told to look at were Ta moko, Korowai/Kakahu, and the Haka. These three things have existed in New Zealand for years, even several decades-long. 

Our task was to research what the design was, the use, and the presentation. I did mine with Zara! Here is our slide presentation:

I found it quite interesting to research, read, and write about. I hope you did too!

Hope you learned something!

See ya later,

Spiggles  :D

Hungry, Happy, Hangi

 

Hey people, 

At school, we have been learning about our culture and what makes New Zealand so special and unique. One of the things we had to research about is the Hangi. We had to make a poster that shows the differences between a Hangi from the past and from the present.

In the past, you had to dig a pit and after finding stones wait a long time for them to heat up over a fire. Then you put the food in flax baskets and put them in the hole. Cover with sacks, sheets, and dirt. Nowadays you use a Hangi cooker, which has provided stones, metal crates, and you don't have to dig a pit!

Here is my poster/step by step in the present and past:

Sorry, the photo's a bit blurry, if it doesn't show up I will try and take a clearer photo over the next couple of days!

I really enjoyed making this but my hand did get quite tired after writing it all!

Hope you learned something!

See ya later,

Spiggles  :D

Happy Holidays and Stunning School!

 

Hey peoples, 

I hope you have all had an amazing holiday and are ready to take on the last term of the year. I have had a great holiday, I went to Methin with Zara and stayed at her batch for a couple of nights. The next day I went to Hanmer with some friends and family, and then the next day we all went to Akaroa! But now we all need to knuckle down and start concentrating on work and make sure to listen and pay attention to classes. 

In literacy, I have been working on my film with Pippa, Riley, and Olivia. We are making a Horror film about a suspected murderer. This film will involve a lot of violence and distress. Here is scene one and the script for it:

Hope you are interested, I will post the film on my blog once it is completed!

See ya later,

Spiggles