Reciprocal Reading

Today for reading I've created another Making connections DLO. I have read a new book called The Forty Coats Man. This story is about a man that wears many of coats and goes to this womans house called Mrs Archie just to ask for a cup of tea but sadle Mrs Archie gets mad and tries to hunt him down. But he comes along and meets Jerrie a kind girl who actually likes this man and becomes friends with him.

Kiwican

This week was our 4th session of Kiwi Can. Our kiwi can tutors were Ms Lily and Mr Latu. First, we discussed about our topic and the theme for this term. Our theme is Integrity which means to do the right thing even when you know no one is looking. Our topic for this term is Positive Role Models. A role model is someone who inspires others to make good choices. As part of looking at Role Model we looked at four Kiwi role models which were Steven Adam (Basketball Player), Sam Webster (Cyclist), Jean Batten (New Zealand aviatrix) and Lorde (Singer). We played a energizer based on them. First we got into partners. Then, Mr Latu called out one of the four people. If he called out Steven Adams one of our partners were to make a hoop and the other was to pretend dunk on it. If Mr Latu called out Lorde we were to hold our partners hand and pretend to sing. This was a really fun game and everyone enjoyed it.The rules were simple. 

Kiwi sport

This week was our 4th session of kiwi sport with Hamish (Rippa Rugby Coach). First we played two rounds of octopus using the rippa tags. Most people used their speed to get pass people and some used their foot work to get pass the taggers. After that we were splitted into three teams to play an actual game of Rippa Rugby. Two teams were chosen to go on he field and had 5 minutes of game time. Then the other group verses the winner of the first game. It was great to see a lot of people participate. 

Samoan Numbers

As it is Samoan Language, Myself , Viliami, Kanye, and Jordan created an DLO and a screencastify on how to say Samoan Numbers. We decided to make this, so for people out there that dosent know Samoan Language, you can always feel free to learn from this DLO. We took turns saying the Samoan Numbers from ten to one hundred.

Samoan Language Week - Food

Samoan Langue Week-O le Vaiaso Gagana Samoa.This week the half of LS1 and LS2 made a DLO about Samoan Language week.I corroborated with Kanye,Viliami, and Jordan. Our DLO was about food.First we Talked about the different food that are eaten in Samoan Culture. We all tryed our best and complete this well. I had fun doing this activity and also teaching my teacher Mrs Anderson how to say some Samoan Language words. I'm sure everyone had fun learning some new things in their lives. I was trying to support everyone by going around if they needed any help becasue, i can speak Samoan Language fluently.

Leap of Faith

This week for writing we were writing a narrative. This narrative is about taking a leap of faith. This is a first person story describing the feelings and mixed emotions this person was feeling while competing in a big event. To help improve my writing I proof read it out loud to hear for my mistakes. I added, deleted and changed sentences and words to make it more interesting.

Tech Reflection

Today was our last session of art tech and to end a great orientation we learnt about jewellery boxes from the maori culture. The jewellery box from the Maori culture is known as a waka huia. A traditional waka huia consists of feathers from the huia bird and has cultural maori patterns. Contemporary on the other hand does not have feathers from a huia bird and nor does it have carvings. Prices also differ because of the authenticity and the age. We were asked to create sections of the waka huia. The photo above is a Kiwi who is sticking his beak in ferns. That is the lid of my waka huia. A waka huia usually holds green stone pendants and special jewellery. The waka huia is similar to the Japanese himitsu bako. I really enjoyed learning something about a culture and it was fun being taught by Mrs Telefoni. Mrs Telefoni is without a doubt one of the best tech teachers I had. Thank you Mrs Telefoni for a great orientation.