Mental health awareness week

Kia ora guys! This week is mental health awareness week, today I will be explaining/telling you guys what I like to do that helps me with my mental help. One of my favourite activities to do to help my mental health is listen to music. Music is one of the most often thing I do during lock down because it helps me get a great vibe when I am doing my learning, sometime I listen to music so it can help me sleep. it feels so relief and more energetic. It is also enjoyable and calming. when I listen to music. I usually listen to music with earphones because I don't want to bother anyone.

where would you be

 

Maori quiz game

 Hell guys, 

today I am going to show you guys this Maori game that use made with google slides, to play the game it will have a question and you have to press on which answer is right. and you will need to present the page to play if not jut use the links. here is my game

The activity was fun because I got to do the questions but it was challenging because I had to do a lot of linking and copying and paste. but I hope you enjoy Bye. :D

My pepeha

 Hey guys today I will be showing you guys my pepeha.  I enjoyed doing it but challenging at the same time because  it was hard to find images that was related to my pepeha but here is my pepeha

I hope you enjoyed this blogpost see you later and stay safe, Bye! :D

Maui and the Ra

  Hey guys today I am going to show tell you guys the story about Maui and the Ra or Maui and the sun, you might realise the maori words. That's because I made it more challenging for you guys to understand and to test how much you know about te reo Maori here is my writing

Once upon a time There lived a man call Maui and his 4 other Tuakāna, they lived In an 

Iwi and they did everything together, But every day the Rā Seemed to make the daytime shorter.

Maui was so annoyed with the Rā. He wanted to Mau The Ra so that he was slower in daytime so he gathered his Tuākana and they planned to leave the village at sunrise to Mau the Rā. So Maui and his Tuākana got some flax to use when they were going to Mau the Rā.

Early in the morning Maui and his tuākana took off to where the Rā always rose from with their flax ropes . Soon they realized the pūmāhu was getting warmer, after they saw the Rā getting ready to rise so they built a wall of pōhatu then got into position.

The Ra rose and rose, everything got Hotter and hotter. Maui pulled out his hook (jaw of his tupuna tāne) and he told his Tuākana to throw out the flax ropes to stop the Rā from escaping. Maui stood on the wall of pōhatu, he raised his hook, he smacked the Rā on the ihu. He smacked him again then shouted “You gonna slow down from now on?” The Rā cried and shouted “YES! Now let me go my ihu hurts” Maui and his Tuākana didn’t let him go because they didn't trust the Rā so they used the flax ropes to drag him to the village.

 The Rā never went fast ever again and from that day he was giving Maui and his tuākana enough daytime. 

The end

Thank you for reading my blogpost I hope you enjoyed and Stay safe. Bye.

Cool facts about the Akita

 Kia ora Bloggers, 

Today I am going to tell you guys what the Akita dog breed is and I hope you enjoy.

 The Akita is a dog breed with 2 types of Akita's, the first one is the normal Akita inu or the Japanese Akita and the American Akita.

the difference between the cousins is that The american Akita is a larger breed then it’s cousin the Akita inu  and also the American Akita is a Dog has loose skin and it is more bulky then the Akita inu and their eye shape is different. To describe The akita in many words here are words I would describe it with, Strong, calm, humble, Obedient, Huge, Hairy,  Rare, Loyal, Intelligent,

Faithful, stubborn, Quite, silly, independent and hardwired.

The Akita cousins come in different colours, here is a list of their coat colours.

Akita inu: brindle, silver brindle, black brindle, red & silver brindle, red, golden and white.

American Akita: Red/brown, Fawn, black brindle, red brindle, silver, fawn brindle.

My favourite one is the silver American Akita.

The Akita has 2 types of coats, The Akita Sheds the undercoat (blow-coat) every year and twice a year times a year which makes a huge mess.

The dogs with double coats shed or blow their coat because in the summertime it is really hot for them if their under coat stays on but their hair grows back before winter.

The Akita has Lot of hair, which means some American Akita are called long coat American Akita. The long coat American Akita has really long hair, it looks like it is covering its eyes and the tail has the most hair. It looks like this,

The Akita's personality is different from other dogs, The Akita Are quiet dogs which means they don’t usually bark like other dogs. They share their silliness and they are always funny to their family and friends. The Akita are also protective with their loved ones, they are Independent-thinking dogs and are really intelligent and smart.

The Akita are bulky dogs, that means they fear nothing and they are really brave, they are also overprotective. They are sometimes aggressive especially when they are in a fight with other dogs.

The best two facts I love about the Akita is that  the Akita are just like Huskies, they are really strong and used for snow work, also Akita are known for their really HUGE size, people fear their size alone because their size is unbelievable.

Olympics Fan Zone Trip

 Hi bloggers!

Today my class and I went to the Olympics fan zone for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. We had so much fun and we enjoyed it, when we entered the building we went then we met one of the Olympians that competed in the Olympics in 2007/2008 for New Zealand in Triathlon. Her name was Debbie Tanner, we asked her some questions and some of them were really interesting.

Debbie Tanner said she didn't expect to compete in Triathlon but she said she really loved the sport because it was made of 3 other sports, it was swimming, running, and cycling. Her favourite one was running because when she ran she would run through forests, beaches and many other places.

After we got to get free time with the games in the building. one of my favourite games was playing on the basketball machine. after we went to the other side of the building then we had more fun there. We had challenges relay races and many more. 

At the end we watched the men's rowing game, The best thing was that NEW ZEALAND CAME SECOND!!  I didn't believe it because the beginning was pretty sketchy. After that we came back to school.

Something I enjoyed was playing on the basketball machine because it was fun and my buddy was surprised when we got to stage 2 of the game. 

Something I learnt at the Olympic fan zone was that it is very hard to be an Olympian because you have to stay healthy and fit for the game and you will have to stay on a balanced diet.

Here are some pictures of when we were on the trip.

Bike lesson 1

Kia ora Bloggers

Today my class and I had a bike lesson and we learnt a lot of new things from today's lesson. before we started we learnt the rules of riding a bike one of them were: when you put on your helmet the front should be 2 fingers away from your eyebrows. We had many more rules and we followed them to keep ourselves and others safe. Our coaches were Loni and Jason, Loni helped the ones that didn't know how to ride the bikes and Jason took the ones who already knew how to ride the bikes, I went with Jason because I already knew how to ride the bike. 

During our lesson Jason taught us how to use signs on the road when your riding a bike, after we practised how to ride the bike with one hand and the other hand was putting out a sign to show which way we were going. When we got used to it we moved on to the next one. we learnt how to balance on the bike with a slow speed, it was also a game. If we touched the floor we were out and who ever was the slowest or came last won. 

Something I found challenging was trying to stay balanced on a slow speed on the bike, I tried my best to stay on balance then I did it.

Something I enjoyed was when our coach challenged us to look over our shoulder when we were riding the bikes.

I feel ready and confident for tomorrow and I won't give up.

Thank you for reading my Blog post  :)

Wonder project

 Kia ora

This term the seniors at Hay Park have been learning about rockets and physics. We learnt a lot  about the forces that make the rocket launch/fly. We talked a lot about the parts of a rocket and the important ones, when we were done we got to make paper air planes and we found out how to improve it.  We used air and water to launch the rocket so we learnt about how many water you should put in, if we put in too much the rocket will be too heavy, our air limit was 60 psi because if it went over it would be very dangerous. We also learnt about how to keep yourself and others safe, some of them were:

 Keep the rocket at a angle when you are about to launch it.

A supervisor must be watching you.

There were many more ways to keep others and yourself safe . My favourite part of the project was creating the rocket and modifying it but before we created it we planned  all the parts. It was fun because we were being creative and we did it with teamwork. 

Something that was challenging was when we had to measure our fins to make sure they were the same size. some of the fins I made wasn't the same size and I had to make it again. 

I wish I could do this again but I would want give other seniors a opportunity and I hope they have fun 

Thank you for reading Bye!!

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Waka hourua

 Kia ora!

My name is Pita and today I will be describing- my class’s waka.

Our waka hourua is huge and fast. Capacity weight can hold 20 people.
Our waka hourua has 2 strong sails that can hold the wind, it is also made out of flax. Our Waka hourua has a hut on the centre of the beam (between the two sails). It can fit storage and also it can fit the whole class. Our waka hourua is really fast, faster than Captain Cook's Endeavour. The two hulls are really light and they make the beam high enough. The hulls are also made out of Totara trees which is why the hulls are light because totara trees are lighter than the Kauri trees.  

As we are part of the waka crew Paterson class members all have their own jobs. I am a warrior/guard, I help the captain guard the waka. I also keep everyone safe. Here is an image of my own waka.

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you enjoyed reading it. BYE!!

Navigators/wayfinders

 Kia ora Bloggers 

This week my class and I have been learning about Polynesian navigators. 

Polynesian navigators were smart and creative. They travelled and they respected each other. 

They are really important to the Polynesian people, they were intelligent and they used birds to find land. When they would find land they would help each other,  they respected the land and they kept  their waka/canoe in a good condition until it was time to use them again. During the adventures of the navigators, the navigators didn’t use any technology/devices or google, they used the animals, the wind and the stars. 

One of the important things that the navigators needed to know was the star compass. A star compass was similar to the compasses we use these days but the one that the navigators used was hard to remember because the navigators had to memorise them in their head because they couldn't see the star compass. Matariki is a star cluster that is important to Maori people AND the Polynesians because in the beginning the people from hawaiiki used Matariki to navigate. When the navigators saw leaves floating around in the sea, they knew they were near land and when  they saw birds they also knew they were close to land. They can find clues from land from about 80 kilometres away.

At night they used up the time and they looked at the stars to see where they were, because in their times they didn’t have any devices so the navigators used the stars.  The navigators sailed by wind. They knew when it was time to sail because the wind was blowing from the opposite side from the way they wanted to go. Navigators used many techniques to find land.  When they found land, they would keep some people there then they would travel and find more land.

Thank you for reading

Exquisite Sentence

 Hi bloggers! 

Today I am going to be telling you guys about  rockets and space. As we were learning about rockets and about space we talked through what a verb, adjective and noun is. We also talked about the subject. We learnt about rockets and equipment that they need. After we talked about space and we wrote about it, I wrote a lot but this sentence was my favourite one. Here's my work. 

The best thing about space is that it looks like you're in a dream, another reason is because the stars are brighter than normal light bulbs.

Thank you for reading my blog post and I hope you loved it Bye

All About me

Hi bloggers, Today My class and I have been working hard on our book creator so we could publish it online so the world can see it . It was a bit trick but fun at the same time because we put funny pictures of ourselves on. We all tried our best and it was A goal for me. Something challenging was when we had to move the images around but then it kept on moving to far or short. Something I enjoyed was that we got to know more about each other. Here's my work. click on the link to read my book about "all About me" hope you Enjoy. 

 

  

ALL ABOUT ME

Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

https://read.bookcreator.com

Sound words

 Hi guys! Longtime no see and happy late new year. On Wednesday (3 march) My  class an I were learning about sound words  but not only we did it together but we did it on google meets with our Teacher. It was pretty fun. Sound words is the short of onomatopoeia.

Onomatopoeia means  Making sounds with words, Example: Bang!, The two cars collided  We also did one and made a picture of what it would look like. Here my one and hope you enjoy

Thanks for checking out Bye :)