Cultural Instrument Study

Whats the time Mr Wolf

It was just a normal day at school it started of with a prayer next a mihi and after that a song. After all of that Mr Moran told us that we are going outside to play What’s the time Mr Wolf. I was so excited to play this game because I haven’t played that scene I was 7 and now i’m 9.When we started the game I knew it was going to be fun. I was running and then Mr Moran turned around and I had to go back to the start. It happened over and over again but I didn't give up and then someone finally touched Mr Moran but we were taking to long to get Mr Moran so we just had to go inside it was so fun.

Math

Measure a small desk.	Hands	Ruler
Measure your maths book.	2.5	29.5 cm
Measure a chair.	5	64 cm
Measure a large table.	9	150 cm

             15.1  cm                                                                   14.5 cm

Writing a Paragraph

A yoyo is an ancient toy that children enjoy playing with.  A yoyo is a very old toy, people used yoyos 1500 years ago. That never changed, people in our days still use yoyos it is very fun to play with. People love yoyos they are one of the most funnest toys in the world that is why we still have yoyos. With yoyos you can do tricks, here is an example you can do the rock a bye baby or the round the world its really fun and cool to see some other things you can do is play with a friend you can have your yoyo spinning round and round but you have to pass it on to your friends it might sound easy but really it’s not. Some yoyos can automatically come up when you make it roll down other yoyos can’t do that.

On The Move

Animal:	Humpback whale
Where is it from?	Cool water up north
Where does it migrate to?	Warmer water
What times of the year does it migrate?	summer

Other interesting facts: (please list at least 4):

1. is a species of baleen whale.
2. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 m
3.  weigh about 36,000 kg (79,000 lb)
4. .Its purpose is not clear, though it may have a role in mating.
5. Their diet consists mostly of krill and small fish.
6. Like other large whales, the humpback was a target for the whaling industry.
7. collisions with ships and noise pollution continue to impact the population of 80,000.
8.  While stocks have partially recovered, entanglement in fishing gear,
9. its population fell by an estimated 90% before a 1966 moratorium.
10.  Humpbacks have a diverse repertoire of feeding methods

what i learnt in winter learning journey

Well I learnt a lot of new things like

• Laura Dekker
• Possums
• Hector's Dolphins
• Whale Rider
• Farewell Spit
• Otago Rail trail
• And lots more!

My favourite part about this trip was learning about my beautiful country. I now know more about NZ. Other than that I enjoyed the activities. Hopefully when I go back to school I am a little smarter.
I'll also like to thank those who commented on my blog and to Rachel for organising this.

reading is relaxing

I also love reading so here I am reading too even though you can't see my face. I am still reading, reading is fun and very good for your learning.

keep NZ clean

Well the first thing that came to my mind was to have a bunch of pictures that look like this

 

and next to it saying "Do you want our neighbourhood to look like this?".

Next I would get some chalk and draw fishes or turtles around the drains that would say something like "Stop feeding me trash". This idea actually came from my teacher because at the time we were learning about Water Pollution and we decided to draw fishes saying "Help" or " Respect the ocean ".

Lastly I would advertise about how important NZ is and that we have to keep it clean. 

world cup

So I chose #2 has the best one because they were very fierce and in sync.   
And #1 because it was short but also loud
Lastly I chose #3 as my last option because they looked a bit messy and they weren't in sync

Matariki activate

1) There will be a kapa haka performance by 500 Māori elders
2) Secondly there will be a ritual
3) Lastly  Mātauranga Māori knowledge and science panel discussion  will be held

poem for Aotearoa

I wanna explore this place even more
I'm so excited I can barely touch the floor
I feel kinda afraid
But lucky me, I got a spade
Life on here would be pretty great
Now all I need is a mate .

facts about Valerie Adams

Valerie Adams is one of the most famous athletes in New Zealand.

because she is amazing in shot put when she does shot put she throughs it as far as any one else could through in shot put.

She was born in Rotorua.

Valerie Adams was born on 6 October 1984 she now is 32 years old. 

Valerie Adams is Tongan and Maori,  just like me

she is a very good shot put player she might be the best out of the New Zealand 

stuck in the forest

One day I and my group got out of the van that we normally go in and followed Curious Kiwi. He was taking us on a short walk through the park. As we started walking, we notice a really cool looking tree on the side of the trail and we stopped to take a closer look. When we turned back, and Curious Kiwi was nowhere to be found. we were all alone in the middle of a strange forest.I got very scared but then my friend had an idea it was to ring one of our parents but as soon as we took our phones out of our pocket we all had no signle!. We tried to find someone but no one could help us.then suddenly we saw them on the other side of the path way then we yelled WAIT, WAIT, WAIT then they came back and got us then we all got in the van and got home safely.

whale ridder summary

the first trailer was sad so was the second one but they were both pretty cool 

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to full fill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize . A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people. With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in order to full fill her destiny.

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Farewell Spit

A week ago, Farewell Spit was left a graveyard of more than 300 dead whales, after one of the biggest strandings in New Zealand history. Reporter Michael Cropp went there and found eight more stranded on the beach.

Ten minutes into walking down the beach and I begin to understand why the locals nod about the name Farewell Spit.The bones of birds and fish give it away. It is here that 300 pilot whales have died in strandings since 10 February. Farewell Spit is now a graveyard.  When I arrive, the beach is covered in whales' blood and scrape marks left by the diggers that moved them.  Pilot whales are social creatures. They probably followed each other onto the spit's tidal flats. They remind me of big, wet, blubbery lemmings, beaching en masse because their leader did.

moa birds

For a long … long time, there were no mammalian predators in NZ some scientists called it "a land without teeth". 

Aotearoa was pretty much paradise for the birds. Some of our birds stopped flying. The giant moa got so Nui that it became the tallest bird that EVER lived!

They didn't have a lot of natural predators to fly away from

why should we leave predators or why should we kill predators

I would choose to leave predators alone,
1.because predators are just animals and if we were them we wouldn't want to die.
2.if they come into your house maybe they just want some place warm.
3.there might be other things that you might be scared of and one day it might try to attack you and you never know if the predators could save you from something.

facts about a insect we choose

The kiwi is a brown, fuzzy, flightless bird native to the forests and jungles of New Zealand. In recent years the kiwi has become endangered, mainly due to introduced predators like dogs, cats, rats, ferrets, and weasels which hunt the kiwi and eat its eggs.

Kiwi has a highly developed sense of smell, unusual in a bird, and are the only birds with nostrils at the end of their long beaks. Kiwi eats small invertebrates, seeds, grubs, and many varieties of worms. They also may eat fruit, small crayfish, eels, and amphibians.

Kiwi doesn't need a pristine native forest and is found in scrub and rough farmland, exotic plantation forests, sand dunes and snowy tussocks, even mangroves. They especially like places with wetland vegetation, and where trees run down to a river's edge.

asking my cousin questions

asking my cousin questions

1.(question)what is your favorite subject to play on outside,(answer)play on the tramp.
2.(question)whats your favorite thing to do in the outside beach/ocean, (answer)snorkeling with her        Mum she also likes making a sand castle.
3.(question)do you like to play sport and why (answer)yes because it makes your body healthier.
4. (question)do you like to play on concrete, grass or sand and why(answer) sand because it's nice and moldable it's also very nice and soft.
5.(question) do you like to play in the water or on land and why (answer) on land cause you can do more thing than in water.

Asking Laura Dekker five questions

1. How long have you been sailing for.
2.When did you start sailing.
3.Who inspired you to sail.
4.Will you ever stop sailing.
5.Is it fun sailing from island to island to island.