Te Oro

Today Te Wai, my sister and I went down to Te Oro with Whaea Odie to learn about the seven stars of Matariki. When we first got their we had a go with the virtual reality. We then went to a different room were we learnt the Maori names for north, south, east and west. We also played a game on a mat that had north, south, east and west on it. The instructor had to call out the Maori name or the english name and we had to run that place on the mat. It kept on getting harder and harder. We then went into a soft tunnel were we watched a video about sailing. We also learnt about the southern cross and the seven stars of matariki. At the end he asked us a few questions.

Poetry

LS2 has been recently been working on poems. After we read the poem we had to answer some questions. We were also been learning about verbs, adjectives and metaphors. I learnt that two lines the have words that rhyme at the end of the sentence are called couplets.

Dance

Today for dance we mainly focused on finding music the best fits your dance and your moves. First we had a warm up from Viva and Joshua. I found it quite fun. We then moved on to our music and dance moves. I worked with Daniel. We both came up with some moves and we are still continuing to make some more up. We also found some music to go with our dance. 

Haiku DLO

For poetry we have been learning about Haiku's. Haiku's are short poems that have three lines and have 17 syllables in it. We watched a video on how Maui brought fire to the world. We had to write five haiku's that retell the story in order.

Kilikiti DLO

 Today for reading we watched a video about Kilikiti which is a Samoan version of cricket. It was first played during the 19th century and is now taking place in areas all around New Zealand. Kilikiti is a common sport that Polynesians and other people like to play in the Summer time.

Student Led Conferences

On Tuesday Panmure Bridge School had their student led conferences. We created a Learning Journey to show our family members our work that we have completed and posted on our blogs. We also told them why we decided to show them that.

Summarizing DLO

Today I completed my summarizing DLO with my group Tiava, Sylis and Mathias. First we listened to a YouTube clip about Samoa and its traditional dances. We then made this DLO and had to write down 20 important words. Next we had to chose 6 words out of the 20 important words. Then we had to write a summery using the words we chose.