Te Tuhi

On the 3rd of December Class 4 went on a trip to Te tuhi which is a Art Gallery in Pakuragna.  We went inside, had a seat and watched sketch-up builds while waiting for our tutor Jeremy to come. After a while our he arrived and told us to follow him to the activity room to make tapa.

Tapa is a cloth made out of bark and is dyed earthy colours. The tapa we were making was to have symbols of hobbies, friends or family. We went inside and Jeremy gave us a sheet of paper. There were 4 squares on it. We were told to crunch the paper to get lots of crinkles on the paper. After, he told us to rub he red crayon on the four boxes. This This highlitec the texture of the crinkles. The next step was to dye the paper brown. Simple enough so I did it and it looked so realistic! But we weren't finished.

We still had to draw our symbols of hobbies and family to it! I added a computer because I love video games, a book because I love to read, a cricket ball because I like sports and a house for family. Finally we had to dye the boxes 2 different colours. I did 2 colours facing each other diagonally.

After we had finished our tapa we headed to look at the exhibits. The theme of the exibition was about pacific water but it was mostly a big  blur what Jeremy said because I was to busy looking at the paintings or movies. After an enjoyable afternoon it was time to go back we grabbed our pictures and hopped on the bus to go back to school.

MOVIE COMING SOON!!! :D

Extension symbols movie

This Term year 7/8 Extension we learned about symbols because of our school topic Art Attack. Here is a movie that I made to show what I have drawn and learnt. Symbols are cultural things which means they belong to your country. I drew the greenstone and Maori flag for my 1/2 NZ who's 2nd culture is maori. I drew 2 lions because i am  my 1/2 Netherlands.

Braeden



Here is where we got assigned our task
https://sites.google.com/a/ptengland.school.nz/extension-pes-2014/term-4-year-7-8

Aspiration meeting

The 5 intermediate classes filled into the street and sat down. Mr Burt and 4 others came in. I had no clue what  their names were. (apart from Mr Burt.) Mr Burt says that the main speaker for this event is called Andrew Patterson. He starts off by saying his welcomes and then he talks about a kid who was very shy. Now he’s a public speaker who gets paid for speaking at conferences.

He introduces the next speaker called Andrew Samuels. He shows a slide on the tv that said “To Mihiako Hoki” At first no one could figure it out. Then Andrew said that it was “you are awesome!”

He talks about when you would use it and how to say it properly. Then he advances to the next slide. It says “Your Past Does Not Have To Determine Your Future.” Meaning what happens in the past does not have to affect what you do in the future.’

Next was another male called Paula Fakalaka. He comes in and says some facts about himself then says “don’t be afraid to take risks.” Only if there good risks not bad risks because bad risks have the risk of killing you. We talked about what was a good risk and what was a bad risk until it was time for the female to come.

The female was called Amelia Unufe and she was underestimated at school because her 2 older brothers both flunked out and everyone thought that she was going to as well. She said that it wouldn’t affect her and she would continue doing the best she could. Thats why her thing to remember would be don’t let “peoples expectations stop you”.

We ended it off by singing our school karakia Powhiri Mai. We sang our hearts out to the 4 people that came. We gave them our thanks and gave Andrew Patterson a box of chocolates for being the host of this special event.

Braeden

Maths Term 4 Week 7

207 miles per hour world record

A French man set a new record for fastest speed on wheels. He used a rocket powered bicycle to beat the last record which is actually pretty funny. It took 4.8 seconds to get to the speed of 207 mph (or 333 km an hour)

The record holder said it was very scary to ride a bike that is going 207 miles per hour.He believes that he can get to 250 mph on his next run with a little more confidence. The bike is lightweight so there's no aerodynamic curves or turns.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30007505

Its very expensive to buy and build but it runs off of half the usual helium power than It should. so in the end it will balance itself out. The best part is he will never lose a bike race again!!

Jo may

Extension Symbols Blog

On the 17th of November Mr Tele'a came to extension to show us his tattoos to help us with our learning. He took his shirt off to show us the tattoos. There was one but it was a big one called the Tatau. It stretched from halfway down his back to his knees. We started to ask questions and my favourite question was What bit was your favourite part? The answer was his bellybutton because as soon as the bellybutton is tattooed the Tatau was over.

Here are some pictures

 We have been investigating tattoos for our school topic art attack. We had to draw a tattoo that meant a lot to us and a cultural tattoo. I made a Pokemon card because my friends in nelson and I loved to collect Pokemon cards and for the cultural tattoo I drew a lion because it is the national animal of Netherlands and a Maori greenstone

Here's a movie we watched to get the term started
Part 1
Part 2

   

Sniwt by Braeden

Book Title: Sniwt	Author: Justin D'ath
Reviewer: Braeden Class 4	Grand total of books read this year: 12 I think
Book Genre: (Highlight) Fiction Science fiction Drama Romance Mystery Horror Comedy Series Fantasy Other (state) Non-Fiction Biographies/Autobiographies Historical Instructional Other (state)	Insert photo of book cover here:
Reading Level: Easy Medium Advanced	Rating:✩✩✩✩✩
Review: Ever heard of a zzzpila? well thats what Olly and Sally used and it got them into a BIG mess. They now need to find a way to get people to believe that their minds are in each others body.	Excerpt:  I hear knocking on the door and I go to open it and see... ME?!?!?!?

1 point perspective

This is a 1 perspective pic what you do is put a dot in your page and all lines that are not horizontal and vertical go towards the dot like below.

Explanation on tests

The next few weeks are testing weeks, most people usually hate testing  but I'm not that type of guy. I love testing, I know its weird but I can’t help it. So this is how you can prevent having a bad time at tests.

It starts the day before the test because you need a good night sleep. When you wake up have a big bowl of cereal or something for breakfast for a lot of energy and nutrition. Preparation is key if you're not prepared your brain isn’t focused.

Doing your best at a test is important because if you don’t do well your college years could be ruined. You could be in a class that is way to easy or way to hard. It could take up to 3 years to get back in the right class.

So in conclusion be prepared the day before and the day of the test to do your best. Most importantly though be future focused and you won’t end up in an easy collage, you’ll be in the right class.

Braeden

Colour Wheel

Free Post

This story is about someone named Fred. Fred's favourite food was sausages. He had them in his lunch, his dinner and sometimes even for breakfast. One day Fred's family ran out of sausages and they wouldn't go shopping for the rest of the week. It was Wednesday. Fred started to cry, he knew that he would survive till Sunday just not by much.

Thursday

Fred got up like usual brushed his teeth got dressed for school and when he went downstairs to have breakfast. He went to open the fridge to get a sausage to have with his PB&J sandwich and... HE REMEMBERED! His family had no sausages. So he had a big drink of milk... without a sausage. Then he packed his lunch box without a sausage and went to school.

He opened his lunchbox at lunch  and remembered he hadn't packed a sausage in his lunch because of his NSW. He sadly got his sandwich out of his lunchbox and ate it. Without the usual sausage. The rest of the day he was sad but hid it well. When the science teacher asked him what ingredients are in a sausage. He answered but his voice has hoarse. Then he went home had dinner with no sausages and went to bed.

Friday

It was not going well for Fred He went over to his friend Bobs house and asked him if he had a sausage. Bob said no but they were going shopping on Monday after school. Fred said it would be fine by then because his mum was going shopping for more sausages on Sunday. Bob knowing how hard it was for Fred tried to help him. This is hard for you isn't it? Bob asked. Fred didn't reply . Bob then thought it was the time to shut up about sausages because it was only making Fred worse.

Fred went to his first and second class. It was the same as yesterday science studying about meat and maths doing division. Then it was lunchtime. Again it was as hard for Fred eating his sandwich without a sausage.

Saturday

Fred has been complaining how hard it is for him to mum but when mum makes a decision she sticks to it. Meaning no sausages for Fred until tomorrow. He goes on the computer and plays modded Minecraft unitil night time cometh.

Sunday

Fred can't believe that its Sunday the first thing he does when mum gets up is bug her to go to the mall. She says ok but after she has a shower and gets dressed. Finally they get the sausages and mum cooks two of them for a reward for waiting for four days without sausages and Fred couldn't be happier.

Braeden

Silver Scroll

The New Zealand Silver Scroll is a music award that was first held in 1965. Every year a winner is picked from New Zealand's most prominent songwriters and composers .It is in the news because it was recently awarded in Wellington on the 30 of October. Here are the last 5 years of winners.


2009: James Milane and Luke Buda 2010: Aaron Short, Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith 2011: Dave Baxter 2012: Stephanie Brown 2013: Ella Yelich-O’Connor and Joel Little 2014: Tami Neilson and Joshua Neilson.

What happens is the judges rate each song/songwriter on a scale to 1-10. The competitor with the highest score is the winner. The winner gets the award, pretty simple.

Braeden

Museum Trip

On the 28 of October the year 7's went to the Auckland museum. We were split up into 9 groups all with 1 parent. Then we went on 1 of the 2 buses and they started driving to the Auckland museum where we kicked the trip off with the great "MORNING TEA"

After morning tea we got given a worksheet to draw on. We went to the Maori part first where i drew a bag that they used in the olden days. Second we went to the pacific area where i drew a knife/sword that they used. Then we got a free draw spot which I never got up to because I was adding too much detail to the worksheet. I know the thing I would've drawn a sword with shark teeth around it (for extra damage).

Then we had lunch and went out for a scavenger hunt in our groups although Francis and I went off with Francis's mum to find things and we found lots of things and at 2:00 we had to finish to get on the bus to get back to school.
                       
Kite koe te wa i muri mai Auckland museum! (See you next time Auckland museum!)

Braeden 

Empathy Explanation

Who knows what empathy is? No one? That’s a shame. Empathy is a good thing, it’s where people are understanding of each other, meaning no fights and no one gets hurt or upset. The world would have no wars, no bombs, just kindness, if we all used empathy.

YOU TOO can be empathetic.  If you see someone crying or think they are lonely walk over to them and ask what’s wrong. After that maybe you should let them have a long talk to them & try to understand what's wrong. Trying to make them feel better by saying things that relate to what they said. You can also encourage people to show empathy.

Could you imagine the world without empathy? Empathy is important. It would be a bad world to live in. Fires everywhere, houses getting demolished, no place to live all because no one showed empathy. It would be TERRIBLE. Thats why people should use empathy because if we all use empathy everyone will get along and there would be nothing like war or a bad place to live in.

So this is why we use empathy, so we can get along and prevent fights. The next time you can use empathy it makes you a better person.

Transformations

Immersion assembly term 4

We walked into the hall on the first day. Everyone is hyped and ready to see the immersion assembly. “The theme for this term is Art Attack” Mr Burt excitedly cheered into the microphone. “Everyone yell ART ATTACK” like an echo he gets the response “ART ATTACK!!!” Team 1 was first to go on stage for their welcome back play.

The music started and the five of them went on and sat on the edge of the stage swaying to the music. All of a sudden they got up and got their buckets and boards and bumper boats. Mrs Belt started boogie-boarding, Mrs George sat in her bumper boat throwing chocolate fish, Mrs Wild

and another teacher started throwing the beach ball around, but there was one more teacher that was digging in the sand with the bucket.

The music stopped and Mrs george said into the microphone “Team 1 is very lucky because they are getting their inspiration from nature and they are going to be having a picnic someday soon by the beach.” Team 1 all of a sudden yelled “YAY!!!!” and I think some of the team 1 teachers said yay too! Meanwhile Mr Jacobson was painting a picture of the reserve.

Elections Over the Weekend

The elections on the 20th There was the election of New Zealand that happens every 4 years. Here are the turnouts.

8th Internet Mana
7th United Future
6th ACT
5th Maori Party
4th NZ First
3rd Green
2nd Labour
and 1st once again National.

Their were more than 2.4 million people who turned up at the election box.
My dad showed me how to vote and that the first time I will be allowed to vote will be in the 2023 election. It was  REALY SHORT drive to the election place. Not even a minute to get there. Then he showed me and the man that he had a slip of paper that allowed him to vote. Then he went to the voting booth wrote his answer and put it in the box. THAT SIMPLE. Then we went home.

Here are the policies of the parties

National: https://www.national.org.nz/policies
Labour: http://campaign.labour.org.nz/our-vision
ACT: http://www.act.org.nz/policies
Maori: http://maoriparty.org/our-policies/
United Future: http://unitedfuture.org.nz/policy
NZ First: http://nzfirst.org.nz/
Green: https://www.greens.org.nz/policy

NZ Election

Sepak Takraw

braeden sepak takraw from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Week 8 article

 Croxley has confirmed that 100 jobs will go when they close their Auckland factory? What does the company Croxley produce and sell?

Croxley is a stationary producing warehouse that will shut down next year, with 100 jobs on the line. The reason they need to shut down is because they haven't got enough money to keep it running. The reason they haven't got enough money is because not enough people are buying their products.

Quiz Article week 7

 What does Daffodil Day raise money for?

Daffodil Day Raises money for the cancer society. This information came from HERE.

Every day 350 Australians are diagnosed with cancer but every day there is more hope than the last day. Every day cancer society has found a better way of treating cancer because of YOUR donation. This is how you can help them.

$5 CAN HELP THEM GIVE A NEWLY DIAGNOSED CANCER PATIENT IMPORTANT SUPPORT AND INFORMATION RESOURCES TO HELP THEM THROUGH THEIR CANCER JOURNEY.

$10 CAN HELP OFFER FREE EXERCISE PROGRAMS TO HELP CANCER PATIENTS BUILD STRENGTH AND FITNESS DURING AND AFTER TREATMENT.

 

$25 CAN HELP TRANSPORT CANCER PATIENTS TO AND FROM HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

 

$50 CAN HELP FUND A CALL TO A CANCER NURSE ON 13 11 20, THAT PROVIDES FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON ALL ASPECTS OF CANCER.

 

$100 CAN HELP PROVIDE FREE ACCOMMODATION TO CANCER PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS DURING TREATMENT.

 

$500 CAN HELP FUND GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH INTO NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO PREVENT, DIAGNOSE AND TREAT CANCER.

House Planning

Fear of heights

Never in my life had I faced such a difficult challenge. I stood in front of the cargo net feeling a sense of dread. I would never be ready for this. Never in my life. It was like he was telling me to climb a skyscraper. I will never do it. My forehead was burning like a hot spa.

It was Physical Education and there was lots of equipment around. The net was something we all had to do and I needed to at least try to climb it. I was not a good climber, and never had been. I wanted to turn away. I’m afraid of heights. But I grabbed the net in my hands  and began to climb. Left then right foot then foot. “I CAN DO IT” I said repeatedly in my head. Hand over hand I slowly climbed up the cargo net my legs shaking. I said words to encourage myself as I went. I was worried that I might get a rope burn or splinters.  I tried not to think about feeling scared of heights. I went slower the longer I climbed. I stopped altogether. Even though i started slow, it was nothing compared to the speed I stopped at. I felt weak and there was still so far to climb.

I called to the teacher that I was finished. I couldn't keep going, and slowly lowered myself down. I was thinking that I had tried my best. I still most likely cannot climb the looming cargo net. But I was pleased I had tried. I got to the highest point I could.

Storylines Reflection writing

On Thursday the 28th the year five, six, seven and eight went on a bus to the Storylines festival at the Vodafone Events Centre. We saw 3 authors and 1 illustrator. Their names were Cathrine Mayo, Juliette Mclver, Jill MacGregor and Paula Green. I enjoyed Cathrine the most because her books sound exiting and she said it in a way that makes me want to read her books.

My second favourite author was Paula Green. She was a wacky poet that liked tongue twisters and rhymes. She just made a brand new book called The letterbox cat and 9 other stories. She asked us some questions and we eventually had a poem about tuis.

If I was to present at the Vodafone Events Centre for Storylines my messages would be read everyday, you'll never know what you'll do when you grow up and reading takes you to a new better world. I would've read part of my books (If I had any) and ask if you could write a book about anything what would it be?

By Braeden

Quiz article week 6

What was voted the funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe comedy festival.

I decided to sell my Hoover ... well it was just collecting dust.

Quote by Tim Vine winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His night vision goggles were definitely a total rip off and at the end... he remembers he doesn't have a wife. His other jokes were as funny as the rest. "Excuse me sir do you happen to have llama?" He asked the someone in the audience. "Don't worry I ask everyone in that seat if they have a llama.

Watch this video to see his performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSl-7Md-ccA

Kabaddi Explanation

Research

Sport		Kabaddi
Intro Description		Kabaddi is a game of…..? What sort of skills are needed?
		tackling , defending, speed, agility, aggression, strength
Background		Where and when was this game invented? Was there anything significant about the game? i.e. was it connected to an event, did it relate to a legend or story? Was it teaching about something or used as a celebration at certain times of the year?       Has the game altered or been modified over time?   Is it still played today? If yes where? How popular is it?
Background		(Write your notes here - then organise them into paragraphs) Developed 4000 years ago - develop self-defence skills - warriors India In Sanskrit - translation - holding hands Contact sport Similarities- rugby,  Capture the Flag, wrestling International  Competition - kabaddi World Cup Other countries play Alterations- time / one breath.
The Sport		How to Play/Rules What is the purpose of the game? How many players? Where is it played? (size/shape/type of field/court) Are there any positions?  Where are they allowed to go? What is their main purpose? What equipment is needed?  How is the game won?
The Sport		(Write your notes here - then organise them into paragraphs) Field/Court - rectangular -  centre line -  gateway middle 7 players each side Alternate between- defence/attack Attack - Send a raider - tag an opponent-  run back through gate Defence- 4 players link arms - If tagged by raider- catch - restrain from  getting over line. Skills - wrestling, speed , agility for dodging, side stepping, strength
Conclusion

Kabbadi is a sport like capture the flag and tackle rugby. You need to tag a defender and run back through the gate in the middle of the rectangular field to get a point. But the defenders are trying to tackle you to stop you from getting past the gate in time.

It developed 4000 years ago in India. In Sanskrit to English Kabaddi means holding hands. Its a contact sport because people try to tackle you after you tag them so that you can’t get past the gate. Originally you had to take a big breath and say “Kabaddi kabaddi kabaddi” until you ran out of breath. Now you have 30 seconds to run out tag someone and run back through the gate.

14 people or 2 teams of 7 are needed to play kabaddi 4 as defenders and 3 as raiders. The defenders need to tackle the raider from the other team after the raider tags one of them. The raider needs to tag a defender and get back through the gate within 30 seconds, but the defenders are trying to tackle you.

Kabbadi is a fun game that has got a world cup named after it.

Extension Storyline Tour

On Thursday the 28th of August the year seven and eight extension class will be attending he Storylines Tour at the Vodafone Events Centre. We will meet 4 different authors called Juliette Mclver, Cath Mayo, Jill MacGregor, Paula Green. They will be sharing their books with us and hopefully sing some songs. I have researched a bit about each author.  I'm looking forward to Paula Green because she likes to work with kids my age.

Cathrine Mayo:

1. She’s a musician with a band called Gentle Annie.

2. She has made 2 books Murder at Mykenai and The Bow

Jill MacGregor:

1. Jill was a school teacher for many years.

2. She has made 6 books, Taremai’s String, Wrapping it up, Kelea’s clothes, a nest of Pigs,

The Uga Hunt, Billy’s Weekend, Market day and The Rat and the Octopus.

Paula Green

1. She has written 7 books, The Letter Box Cat and Other Poems, Flamingo Bendalingo Macaroni Moon, Aunt Concertina and Her Niece Evalina, The Terrible Night, 99 Ways Ito New Zealand Poetry and Dear Heart.

2. She likes to come to different schools and likes working with year 0 to year 13.

Juliette Mclver:

1. She grew up in Wellington and went to Victoria University to get her degree in linguistics

2. She traveled around Thailand and Europe alone.

Holidays + Assembly

In the holidays I went to Rotorua for a night. We had a buffet for breakfast and I had 2 pancakes, a croissant, a pile of bacon and scrambled eggs. Then we went to the gondola and luge where we met MItchell my friend from year 2. Sadly he moved to Napier in year 4 and is now a 6 hour drive from our house. So we went to a campsite for another night and we stayed  up late watching Drug Bust and stuff like that until it was 9:30. Then mum came in and told us to go to bed. So we did. And we both fell asleep quite fast, but i guess thats what you get when you stay up late. The next day we went to rainbow springs. We went down “the big splash” 4 times. You learn a lot from it but you pretty much lose your stomach on the way down the slide. Then we part ways again.

Then we had a 45 minute drive to Matamata where my grandma and grandad live. They have a dog named Bobbie. We had to walk him every day twice. Sorry I had to walk him every day twice. I didn’t mind though. I like walking dogs. When we get back to Nelson Dad and I want a puppy. A small brown one. Back to the topic of grandma and grandad. After dinner we played games with them. Josh, Grandad, Grandma, Mum, and me. We played dominos because its a short fast game and josh can get to bed roughly on time. When Josh is asleep Mum does work and leaves The rest of us to play what I want. My favourite game over there is chinese checkers. because I almost always come 1st or 2nd. on the 3rd day we had to go home or we would be late for school the next day.

The first day of term 3. I’m happy and not happy at the same time. Happy because I get to see my friends again, not happy because we have to go to school again. To tell truth, I look forward to the first day of school because of the immersion assembly. Its where all 5 teams of the school make a video and play it at the immersion assembly. Five teams equals five videos. My favourite video was team 1’s because My dad was the commentator for the first little bit. Then we got back and had to write about something, so I wrote this.

Bradley Wiggins

Quiz article week 5

What was the score in the Bledisloe Cup opener between the All Blacks and the Wallabies?

The score for the All Blacks Vs Wallabies ended up in a 12-12 draw.Like two years ago, an 18-18 draw in Brisbane prevented the All Blacks matching the 18 straight wins by New Zealand. Wallabies Kurtley Beale and All Blacks Aaron Cruden both landed four penalty goals in wet and slippery weather at Sydney's Olympic stadium. Despite ending a three-year losing run against New Zealand, the Wallabies still face rugby's version of impossible to wrestle back the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in 12 years.

Ki o Rahi explanation

Ki o Rahi

Ki o Rahi is a Maori sport based on a legend of Rahi. In the Legend of Rahi, Rahi’s wife got abducted by a second tribe so Rahi went on a mission to get her back. In the end the two tribes make peace and decided to make a game for people to play and they called it …. Ki o rahi.

In Ki o Rahi what represents the legend are the Te Roto, Te Ao, Ara, Po and Tupu. Te Roto and Te Ao are the two zones. Po are the 7 poles around the outer circle which represents the 7 stars of Matariki, the ki is the flax ball which represents the flax basket that the moa eggs were in and te Tupu represents the rock that Rahi got stranded on.  

To make the playing field you need to make a 3m radius circle and then put te tupu in the middle. After that make another circle around that one and make it 2m bigger than the other circle. Do the same thing again exept 2m around the 2nd circle.

To play Ki o Rahi you will need 7 po, a ball,  a te tupu and circle outlines for the teams you need 2 teams of 7, 14 players in all. The Taniwha team's aim is to hit the Te tupu and the Kioma team’s aim is to  hit the po and block the ball from getting to Taniwha.

Ki-O-Rahi is an exciting game that people really enjoy. It is starting to become popular in New Zealand.

Tukutuku Panels

Maths week 5 term 3

Click here to see my maths for this week

FINISHED ASTRIA

Ok so we killed 30,000,000 people. Our choice wasn't the best. The bug was fixed we finished the ship and then killed 30,000,000 people. I'm not proud. So.... We tried again. This time we chose solar sail instead of kinetic impactor. AND WE SAVED THE WORLD. No meteorite damage and no deaths. We got a score of % 80 instead of % 24 which we got when we killed 30,000,000 people. The game was fun and challenging at times. We didn't read the text properly otherwise the council would be easy-peasy.

By Braeden

Astria countdown to impact

The past few days we've played Astria and finished the keycode. Its *>*. Kinda looks like a bird face. The keycode took forever to do but we finally got it.  Then we went onto the council. It took a while but we decided on a way to stop the meteorite and then the game froze. We saved the game left and then came back on. Game still froze. It was very sad because i like the game and want to see the outcome, If I stop the meteor or if I kill 30,000,000 people. ;)

By Braeden

Common Wealth games

http://www.glasgow2014.com/

The commonwealth games have come to an end leaving these countries as the top 5. New Zealand came 6th with 14 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 17 bronze adding up to a total of 45 medals. The Queen's Baton is still going around the country. England have always come in the top 2 apart from one year.

By Braeden

This is my maths week 4 term 3

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dCCvLV3fLqnIP-wpRwGUPDmMC2od6RCzr9Cyi8vbj08/edit?usp=sharing

ki oh rahi comic 2

Kahurangi dance

The Kahurangi dance is a Maori performance that goes from school to school singing and dancing sharing Maori traditions. The males first had this long stick and they twirled it, pounded it and pointed it, the females though twirled poi around and sang. They told us where they came from and what their treasures are. There were 2 females and 3 males, one of the males was the guitarist for the group. The whole school came round at different intervals, we were the year 7/8 classes. The rest were coming at a different time.

They showed us these short sticks called Tititorea and threw them to each other, they were white and red. A song started up and all 5 members threw sticks to each other and banging them together like symbols. Then they got 3 people up to swing the long sticks around. They kept on messing up and we all laughed."HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" echoed around the hall.

By Braeden

Editing document

Astria Countdown to Inpact

Monday the 11 we had Naomi and Jisinda from Auckland university come and show us a game called Astria Countdown to Inpact. Its where you have 99 days to try and stop a meteor from crashing onto your planet. You need to find out information to figure out what the best way of solving this is. We got split into 2 groups, A and B. A went on week 4, B will go on week 5. We've completed every room apart from the room with the keycode. You'll figure it out if you download the game. Its on Google Store. The ship is pretty cool. The colours are yellow, blue and red.

By Braeden

Ki-o-Rahi legend comic

The legend of ki oh rahi

Rahi lived with his wife named Ti ara. They lived in a hilly place. One night Ti ara got kidnapped. So Rahi got a basket of Moa eggs for the journey. He walked, and walked until he found a yellow stone and had a rest on it. All of a sudden a eagle swooped down and Rahi got on its back. The eagle flew to the spot where Ti ara was held hostage and Rahi freed him. They both flew back on the eagle to their house in the hills

Week 3 article

 Which actor has been named Hollywood’s highest paid actor for the second year running?

1. Robert Downey J
2. Robert has now been highest paid actor for the second year will get roughly $75 million dollars. He is 49 years old and was born on April 4, 1965. He has two children called Indio Falconer Downey and Exton Elias Downey and his parents are Elsie Ford, Robert Downey Sr. He has made 45 movies. Click here to see them all.