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Friday, 25 September 2020

Iron Nail - As I Saw It

 


I am an Iron Nail, I was traded from the Pakeha to the Maori. I was traded for food and supplies. A Maori man named Horeta, kept his nail using it as a chisel. It was SO precious to him that he referred to it as his atua/God. The Maori use me as a chisel to split the Oyster from the rock. I am harder than any stone, I am an Iron Nail.


Thursday, 24 September 2020

My CV

Walt: Create your own CV

Task Description:

This week we had to create a CV of ourself. Click the image to see my full CV.

New Zealand Sign Language - Taha Whanau

Walt: Use NZSL to spell your name

Task Description:
This week we had to introduce ourselves using New Zealand Sign Language.

NZ Sign Language

Walt: Write an explanation

Task Description:
This week we had to write an explanation of what is New Zealand Sign Language.

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Maths Mix Up

Walt: Find the pattern

Task Description:
This week we did Algebra and had to find the pattern in the sequence.

Thursday, 17 September 2020

Taha Tinana (Exercise Routine)

Walt: Create a poster showing you're exercise routine

Task Description:
This week we had to create a poster of 5 exercises we do for a routine!

Hinewehi Mohi (Writing)

Walt: Write for a specific purpose

Task Description:
This week we had to write about Hinewehi Mohi and three things about her life.

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Hinewehi Mohi - Reo Changemaker

Walt: Evaluate info in a text

Task Description:
This week we had to study Hinewehi Mohi, who sung New Zealands national anthem in Te Reo Maori 21 years ago. And was hated by many people.

Monday, 14 September 2020

Practice makes good

Walt: Convert cm to mm

Task Description:
This week we had to convert cm to mm. We also had a recap on weight measurement.

Written by...

Walt: Understand how people remember and record the past in different ways

Task Description:
This week we had to research how life would be like on James Cook's ship, the Endeavour. We also looked at how life would be like for the Maori tribes.

Special Occasion

Today at exactly 12:00 we sang 2 waiata - E Ihoa and Tutira Mai Nga Iwi. We sang this becuase in 1972 the people of New Zealand were allowed to speak their native language, every year since then our school has sung waiata most years to honour the occasion.

Thursday, 10 September 2020

Tonga Profile

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Tonga


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Tonga is a small but populated country clustered in the islands of the south pacific. Tonga is part of the Polynesian Family - Samoa, The Cook Islands, Fiji and Tonga.


Facts

  • The inhabitants speak either English or Tongan.

  • Tonga was discovered by early settlers who  claimed the land around 500 BC.

  • The Tongan people still celebrate their rich cultural dances and songs that have been passed over many generations, one of these dances is names the Paddle Dance where they have paintings of the human body on paddles called the me’etu’upaki

  • In 1773 Captain James Cook sailed to Tonga for the first time and he named the country the Friendly Islands because of the welcoming reception the inhabitants gave him and his crew.

  • The people of Tonga were at war with each other for several years until King George 1 ended the period who had also recently become a Christian Methodist. Once the war had settled, life was much better with King George as their ruler. He taught Independence, Unification & Constitution. He also introduced christianity to the friendly Islands, and is now their main religion.


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The Kingdom of Tonga is very strong in their cultural traditions, yes they did lose some over the several thousand years they have occupied the island and called it their own but some still exist like the Drinking Of Kava, which they celebrate with their neighbours.


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The Capital of Tonga is Nuku’alofa, it is located on the north coast of the island Tongatapu, the southernmost island of Tonga’s archipelago of 176 islands in total. Tonga’s population ranges from 104, 500 people living in Tonga and counting.


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Tongans have moved on from their old structural houses which everyone believes they still live in. But today their islands are modernly dressed with brick houses, there is no doubt that some people respect the old traditions of living in leaf-made houses and Tapa furnishings.


Island Life

The Tongan islands are still very green with trees of life everywhere you look. Tonga is a beautiful place and has many beaches and wildlife everywhere. They don’t let the inhabitants venture everywhere around the island due to volcanic eruptions.


Heroes

Image result for toby faletauSuprisingly for a very small Kingdom, Tonga is very skillful in the art of sports. You may call them famous people but we call them heroes. Just today I reviewed and researched a Tongan Hero named Taulupe Faletau, a famous rugby star who plays for Wales!



Conclusion

Thanks to all the people who read my text about Tonga, I really hope you learnt something or you liked it, Bless you all and stay safe during COVID!Image result for Tongan flag


Tongan Heroes

Walt: Summarize & present key info

Task Description:
This week we had to research a famous tongan person, or hero. I researched Taulupe Faletau or his english name Toby, also my first name!

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Measurement Mathletes 2

Walt: The volume of 3D shapes

Task Description:
This week we had to calculate the volume of 3D shapes, also I had to use the Pythagoras theorem with the help of my mum & my brother.  

Tongan Language Week

Walt: Research facts about Tonga based on your topic

Task Description:
This week we had to choose a topic around Tonga and research 3 facts about the topic.

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

My Culture

 I’m proud to represent my culture, Maori. I enjoy it because my immediate family always represent our culture other than our cousins who don’t usually celebrate it. I would like to show them what it means to believe in your culture and show them how important our culture is. My culture means nearly everything to me.

I love the feeling when the entire group is banded together and performing as one.

Last Saturday me and my family visited a funeral for Maua Pagaialii-Taulu when they were bringing the coffin outside the church my brothers, their friends, my father & me, brought our voices together and performed a haka as loud as a siren.

I wonder where I'd be if I hadn’t known my heritage. I’m proud to be Maori.


This place is very special to me because this is the home of my Maori Heritage, Rukumoana Marae. It’s also where my koro is buried, Ike Samuels.

Monday, 7 September 2020

Measurement Mathletes 1

Walt: Solve the volume of 3D shapes

Task Description:
This week we had to solve many problems like the volume of 3D shapes or the area of a circle using PI.

Tongan Language Week 2020

This very week is Tongan Language Week! Tongan Language week is all about celebrating Tongan culture. Tonga is a small island in the middle of the pacific ocean, it's surrounded by many other tribes living their lives on islands as well. Like the Samoan's, the Fijian's, Cook Island's, and the Tongans. All Image result for tongan flagImage result for tonga map
Polynesians. Of course there are other small isolated country's in the pacific but we only focus on those few.
The theme for this year is - Fakakoloa ‘o Aotearoa aki ‘a e Lotu Mo’oni - or in English - Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through prayer and faith.

Sunday, 6 September 2020

Informational Writing - Extinction

Walt: research and present factual information

Task Description:
This week we had to study about a individual creature, I chose the Chesterfield Skink. We had to write what they eat, their predators, their habitat.

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

In The News (National)

Walt: Think about and respond critically to texts

Task Description:
This week we studied an amazing event that happened at Auckland Zoo. The Auckland Zoo has their first healthy baby rhino in 20 years!

Made To Measure

Walt: Solve problems using CM

Task Description:
This week we had to solve problems using measuring distances. We worked on volume and cubes.

Tuesday, 1 September 2020

He Hakete Kikorangi

Walt: To describe objects using colours

Task Description:
This week for maori we had to name objects with colours. We also had to make a poster of three objects, we had to name them and name their colours.

Taha Whanau

Walt: What is Te Taha Whanau

Task Description:
This week we had to explain what Te Taha Whanau is in our words.