Maori Language Moment

This week sees the beginning of Māori Language Week. 

At noon today (Monday) was Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori (Māori Language Moment). 

In Haumia we practised some reo that we have been using regularly in class for a while. We found a buddy and asked one another "kei te pehea koe?" (How are you?) and responded with things like "kei te pai" (I am well), "kei te ngenge" (I am tired), "kei te hoha" (I am annoyed), "kei te koa" (I am happy)...

Later we listened to some Māori myths about Maui and Matariki on Youtube.

Basketball

Our PE focus for the next few weeks is basketball. We had Ronan and Mikey form Sport Auckland come in today for our first session. We practised lots of skills to get used to the basketballs. First we dribbled the ball as we walked (trying not to look down)...

We dribbling low...

And we dribbling high...

We crouched down and dribbled...

We even sat and dribbled...

And we also practised passing and catching...

Now we are looking forward to learning more.

 

Matariki Activities

On Thursday this week we celebrated Matariki with some schoolwide activities. in the Middle School we made our way around to each class to try out things like: 

• Making model manu tukutuku (kites) and playing a game called mū tōrere ngāwari with Mr Riceman and Mr Hing-Windsor

• Matariki star art with Mrs McLellan

• Whai (string) games and woven stars with Mr Rattenbury

Here are some photos of the woven stars...

And some string games...

Tennis

We started learning tennis this week (ongoing til the end of term). Our coach, Wayne, got us practising skills that will hep us in a game. We were put into teams and students had to balance a ball on a racket and walk it around the teams. It was tricky!

We also worked with a buddy to take turns to throw the ball (underarm) and hit it back...

Coat of Arms

As part of our inquiry (Ata-whakaaro/Reflection) we have been looking at the Coat of Arms and how in the past these have represented a part of people's identity. They can show what family, tribe, group or country somebody if from. We each created our own Coat of Arms on a shield shape that had four parts. Each part shows something about us: 

• the first letter of our name
• symbols or shapes to represent our family
• a picture of something we are good at
• things we like to do in our spare time

Here is a look at our finished work...

...don't they look amazing?!?

The Shape Of Things

Recently, during our lockdown/online learning, we have been using apps to create pictures using geometric shapes. 

The first task involved using the Pattern-Shapes app to cover a large shape with smaller shapes to create a picture...

For the second task, we used the Geo-Board app to create shapes and patterns... 

Don't they look AMAZING?!?

Marble Run Challenge

During the holidays my son, Charlie, and I designed and made two marble runs from things that we had at home (cardboard, tape). 

The first one was quite basic. I built the base and Charlie told me where to put the strips of cardboard. 

The second one was more complicated. I drew a grid on some cardboard and Charlie drew the path that the marbles would travel along. 

Then I made walls from card (it took ages!) and the end result looks like this:

Your Challenge: Create your own marble run from things you can find at home

Post the results (photos etc) to your own blog

Here's how our marble runs worked...