TLW research

this term me and my friends did a research about TLW and me and my friends topic is tongan dances and we had to go into 4 3 2 1 and I did 4 and my group is cattaleya and dito and baileigh and me.

Exectations for the pools

this trem on Thursday my class and I went to the pools and we had to stay with our group and me and  my group went in the warm one my  swimming teacher said we can play after swimming  we played red light and  green light and then the girls and the boys had to go in the changing rooms and get change so quick and  then we had to go on the bus and we  got to school we had to bring our swimming.

togs

goggles

brush

Mrs Spider’s Beautiful Web – Summarising

LI : Summarise main events.
LI : Summarise the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

This week for reading Miss Tele’a was talking about Mrs Spider’s Beautiful Web. We were learning to do summarising which means saying something in a shorter way. We used a paper to write down what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the book. I told my group what to write for the beginning. Then we put it on our slides. I did well at choosing my spider to put on the slide. Here is our work :

Matariki – 4 Stars explained.

This term we had to do a blog for Matariki and to explain 4 stars.  The first one was Tupuānuku. Tupuānuku is the star that represents food grown in the ground and the second one is Tupuārangi.

Tupuārangi  is associated with food that comes from the sky and is linked to birds. Traditionally kererū were harvested around this time. It is also connected to the harvesting of elevated foods such as berries and fruits.

Look upon this star to find inspiration for your five plus a day. Winter berries and fruits can be harvested around this time. Such as kiwifruit, fejoia, lemons, limes, oranges, mandarins, and passionfruit. Try collecting this fresh kai and sharing with your community, whānau and friends and the third one is Waitī .

The fifth star is Waitī which is connected to fresh water and living creatures in the rivers, streams, and lakes.

You can look upon this star is recognition and appreciation of our fresh waters in Aotearoa. It is a great time to set intentions to help preserve our freshwater ways, such as not wasting water or joining community stream cleaning events and the last one is Waitā

The sixth star is Waitā (twin of Waitī) which is associated with the ocean and represents food gathered from the sea. This star is also significant for its influences over tides and floodwaters.

You can look upon this star to set intentions of protecting our salt waters and living creatures within. This can involve practicing environmentally sustainable practices such as conserving water, reducing waste and fishing responsibly.

Keke Pua’a – Samoan Language Week

LI : Write descriptively.

LI : Learn about the Samoan culture.

For Samoan Language week, Miss Tele’a brought in a surprise for us.  We got to try keke pua’as! Keke pua’a is a steamed pork bun that is from the Samoan culture.  We had to work as a group to discuss and write down different words that we could use to describe what it looked and smelled like before we ate it.  Then we bit into the bun, and had to write down adjectives for what it tasted and felt like. I enjoyed that day because it was fun getting to do that with friends.

Gravity

LI : Understand that objects are pulled towards the Earth due to gravity.

LI : Understand that gravity affects the motion of objects.

We had to talk about gravity and do research to answer our group’s question.  My group’s question was How does gravity help shape the universe, such as forming stars and galaxies? Here is our work.