Taha Whanau

This task I had to make my own task. For this task you will have to show the different sign languages.

Taha Tinana

Today I had to make a new task about Taha Tinana. I got to chose which of the four Tahas I did. This is my task it is about  Sports.

Pourquoi Tales

Taha Tinana

Today I had to do a Taha Tinana and I had to show the signs of three different sports of sign language these are the three sports that I posted.

Keyword Chart

Task Description:  since last week we have been doing a keyword chart for our reading and writing warm up. When we do a keyword chart we first find a article to read and write the questions of the article. This task was easy because I actually understand what I had to do and it was because I had to read the book and write down Who,What,When,Where,How and why.

Key Charts.

This week is sign language week so this is my blog post about sign language and about key charts.

Rata and the sun

Today in this task we learnt how to answer questions clearly but with lots of detail! For this task we had to read this article named Rata and the Tree.

Taha Hinegaro

Today I had to do a blog post about hinegaro and this was about my feeling and about how I feel about the three things on the first page. It was easy because I just needed to video my self how I feel
eating your favourite food
b) watching a action/thriller movie
c) take a Maths/Writing/Reading test

I was doing the signing of happy, nervous and tired

Greek Myth, Maths

Today we did Maths and our Maths this week is about based on the Greek Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Taha Whanau

Sign Langage

This week is Sign language and today we had to make a video about sign language so this is mine

Tuvalu dance

Key Word Chart

Today my literacy teacher decided to make us do a key word chart about who? what? where and how so this is my task. I had to write down what happened in the article that I was reading and the article is called Warmest winter in NZ. Link to reading,

Pringles, Key word Chart

Today in Literacy we did a post about Pringle and we are learning about who? what happened? When did it happen? these are what our answers. A huge thank you to Kiwi Kids for the picture of pringles

Oral Language

Here's my map that follow a set of instructions read out by my literacy teacher. Here are three things that I have Learned.

1. I learned that we need to follow and listen to the instructions
2 I learned that it doesn't matter if we get anything wrong.
3. I learned that it is important to listen

Level 3 Maths Poly fest Te Reo Maori

 Today for maths we had to do three tasks that are different levels this is my second task which is level 3 in the task I had to work out the maths questions that were given about poly fest. This task was hard but then when I think about the question then I started understanding how to work out the task so it was hard in the beginning.

Finding Fractions Maths Level 2

Today for maths we had to complete three tasks that are different  levels this one is  first and it is g easiest  and in the task the questions were in Te Reo Maori and we had to find out what it means or just use the google translator, This task was a first hard because I didn't understand what I had to do for my task but then I decided to read the sentence about what I did so then I finally understand.

Captain Cook: Charting our Islands

This is my reading task and this task is about Captain Cook and my Walt is  analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a complex text. This task is about  Captain Cook's journey and about what he did and where he travelled.

Taha Whanau

This is my taha Whanau this is about my family and about one of my occasions that I Have went to and I had fun so this is my one and this is my pictures.

Te Horeta & Captain Cook

Today I was reading a book about Captain Cook and Te Horeta's and then after that we had to write facts from my own

Fun Friday

Last Week on Friday week we celebrated Tongan language and we had cross country and team five did drama and Tokelau dance. We celebrated Tongan language week by watching our Tongan girls and boys dancing and our team five choir singing. We were running for cross country that is how we celebrated but our year seven and eights got to run twice. The last thing we did was the everyday theatre. This was about a boy that always goes out with his friends, Maraea was Tee’s mum Maraea had the skarfe as the actor, Jake was Tee’s friend and Jake had the hat, Dave was Jake's dad he was the beanie  as the actor. We had to try and get the code and I learned that every child has hopes and dreams.

My favourite part of First favourite thing about Friday was watching our year seven and eight Tongan group dance and I enjoyed listening to our year seven and eight sing a different culture song. The second thing that I really enjoyed was the cross country because I attempted  my best and never gave up, I think that never giving up and trying my best was the main thing about cross country. 

I think that I actually enjoyed everything I did on Friday I liked how I tried to understand the everyday theatre. I liked how I asked questions and acted out things to understand and have fun with the game we played, the game is called game master the game was all about trying to figure out the code and the code was Every child has hopes and dreams I think that This is true because every child has hopes about things and dreams about there future. 

A huge THANK YOU And Malo Aupito  to Miss Va'afusuaga for organising our day for cross country and I would also like to give a huge Faafetai Tele Lava and Malo Aupito to Mrs Tele'a  for organising our activity called the game master and thank you for organising the Toklau dance, I would like to give a huge Faafetai,
for teaching our Tongan groups dances you are all amazing we all appreciate everything you guys do for us. 

The Legend of Kava Tonga

Today we watched a video about Kava. 

I feel sad because of what they did with her daughter and how they put the king first. It was so sad because the couple decided to sacrifice their daughter, named Kava. The couples names were Fefanga and Fefafa believe that it was necessary to fulfil their obligation and duty to there king. After watching the legend I felt so sad about what they did to there daughter.  

Ko e faunga hono ma'u'e Tonfa 'a hono hingoā

Today Mrs Tele'a was reading us a book about Maui and the book was from David Riley.

Once upon a time there was a pacific super hero named Maui he went out to the island of Samoa and found a man named Tongataumata'u he had collected hooks and he said to Maui chose one of the hooks the ones that he showed Maui and there was flash hooks and there were old hooks.Maui picked the old hooks and then he told Tongataumata'u I should pay you back so what shell I pay you back since you gave me a hook. Our deal should be if you find a hook then name it after me. One day Maui went out to the ocean and took his hook and then he put in into the water and pulled, after he pulled a huge island appeared so then he named it Tonga the guy that gave him the hook. 

Best Day Ever With my FAMILY!!!

 Today I am going to be writing about my best day ever with my family. The best day that I have ever had with my delightful, cheerful,favourite, content, talented family is when it was my cousin's 21th birthday. On Saturday Morning, it was my cousin's 21th Birthday. In the morning she came over to my house and  she thought that we were not going to do anything for her birthday.


First we went to the place where we did her birthday, there were people from her church already there. When we all  arrived we all waited for her to come up the stairs, when she came she was shocked to see us there to celebrate her birthday. My cousin and I went and gave her our present and it was a cute teddy bear and a sign that said Jordana and it was all white she was so delighted.


After that we gave her a 21 birthday key. She was really happy but she was tearful. 

Measuring Ngatu

This is my maths and today I am learning how to measure Ngatu and our Walt is Apply our measurement skills to everyday life. I found this  task quite easy and hard. Because there were some hard questions there and some easy. But overall all I found this fun! 1 thing I learnt is how to do areas again. So I hope you enjoy! reading. One thing I am doing my create task separately.

Interesting Facts About Tonga

Malo E Lelei today I am going to tell you one interesting fact about Tonga?

Did you know that one of the values are to respect the elders your thinking why?? you should respect the elders because it is the traditional way of Tonga and because that is the values of Tonga. Respecting your elders is important to everyone because elders have great wisdom to impart and you can spend quality with them. Respecting your elders is important to Tongan people it is because this is the important values and because this is the traditional values and it is from the island of Tonga. 

Reading

One of the things that I found so interesting  to keep the traditions alive in the culture Tonga is there traditional songs. As they sing there traditional songs they put there hands out into a gooey, paste and then spread the paste over a sheet of material on the table.



The second thing that I found so interesting  is that it’s a long way from the Kingdom of Tonga, which is about 2,000 kilometres north of New Zealand.

The third thing that I found interesting is that  the group is learning about Tongan culture and how to make ngatu, a cloth made from bark. Ngatu is known as tapa in many Pacific countries like the islands.

The fourth thing that I found so intresting is that Ngatu is made from the bark (tutu) of the paper mulberry tree (hiapo). Making ngatu is called koka‘anga. Ngatu is very important in Tonga. It is used for blankets, mats, clothes – and even kites.

Last of not least the thing that i found interesting is that Over four months, the group has made twenty large pieces of ngatu. Each woman takes a piece home. At home, they plan the design and then paint the ngatu. They might use designs of turtles, fish, birds, and animals. They might include the Tongan flag. Each piece of ngatu tells a story.




       

Te Whare Tapa Wha, Taha Whanau

Today we are doing another task about Taha Whanau so this is about my family and about how my family is and about my family. As you know we are learning new things in Tongan so this is my task for this week.Te Whare Tapa Wha

Taha Hinegaro, Tongan Langage week

This week we are learning how to new things about Tongan we just started today. Here are somethings I have been learning for this week. You can start learning new things with me and follow me along. Our Walt is learn new things for Tongan language week.

Ye Olde Recipe Book

For this task I had to make a recipe book a for Paul Bunyan so this is my recipe that I made and so for my recipe I made it for Paul Bunyan.

Creative with Myths and Legends

For this weeks task you get to pick a  creative  myths or legends so I decided to pick option three and option three was to create a image of a mythical creature, hero and villain.

Board games Vs Video Games

Answer the following questions in a different colour text.

1. What are board games? Board games are games that you play with pieces on a hard board,
   
   
   
   
   
   Why is it fun to play board games with friends? Because you can talk and laugh among themselves while they are waiting for there turn.
   
   
   How does the sense of touch matter when playing board games? The sense is following the rules.
   
   
   Why should games be played correctly?because it's fair and so that you can follow the rules.
   
   
   Why would Cooper feel bored when playing board games? Because he always plays video games.
   
   
   Why do some video games allow players to choose their own powers? because it discovers new worlds.
   
   
   What does no matter where they live mean? I think that it means it doesn’t matter where others live.
   
   
   What skills are needed to play video games?
   
   
   What kinds of board games or video games would someone who was blind like to play? The game snakes and ladders.

This is another task and this task is about board games and vs video games. For this task you have to read the book then you will have to answer these questions so these are my answers.

Icky Spider

1. Why did Sam tiptoe when he went outside to get Dad’s newspaper? The Icky Sticky spider web was there.
2. What was stuck in Sam’s hair and eyes? Icky Sticky spider web
3. Why couldn’t Sam get rid of the spider’s web? Because at night a new web builds a new web every night.
4. What made the spider’s web look beautiful?  How it  glistens and sparkling in the sun.
5. Why are these spider webs sticky? “They lay lots of eggs in sacs. There are probably some egg sacs
6. around here. But the spiders hide them.”
7. How did Jackie know so much about these spiders? Because of the book that she had.
8. What did Jackie tell Sam that made him feel even more anxious? He told him that the spider has probably laid some eggs.
9. Why didn’t Sam find the spider or egg sacs in the bushes and trees? Because “It was  almost autumn.
10. Why do spider eggs hatch in spring? Because the spiders don’t live for very long.

This is my reading task you have to read the book and the story is called Icky spider and the book was about a boy that always finds spider webs. So for my task I had to answer the questions about the story so here are my answers.

Taha Hinegaro,

This task we are writing something about what we are good at so these are the things that I am good at. The instructions for this task was take a photo of yourself and post here.   All around yourself tell YOURSELF about all the things you are good at! 

When your neighbour is ready, show each other your poster and add 2 more things for each other.

Taha Tinana

Today I am doing another Taha Tinana task. For this task I had to  Create a poster:
Give a tip to your peers about how they can strengthen their Taha Tinana in different settings of:
Home
Classroom
Community
Place of their choice

So all up you will have at least 4 tips for activities they could carry out to help their bodies stay fit and healthy.

Use eye-catching fonts here with your tips. 

**You are most welcome to have one poster per the areas you spend your days in.

Oral Language Activate

Today Mrs Tele'a gave us instructions and we had to listen so this is what my game came out.

Compound

Compound,

The boy was playing but I was scared of the dog.

I wore my new shoes when I went to cut my hair yesterday.

My dad was sick because the milk was gross.

My shirt was pink because I painted my bedroom.

I ironed my clothes then I did the dishes.

This is the writing that Mrs Tele'a provided for us.

A compound sentence is when you join two sentences together using a conjunction.
The most common conjunctions are; and, although, because, but, if, or, thought, where, whether.
Conjunctions that indicate time are; before, until, since, when, whenever, while.

The Amazing Planetarium

What is a planetarium?
Planetarium is something that shows astronomy in the night sky.


Why was the room shaped like a circle?
 Because the  constellation was in the shape of a cross.
Why was the teacher at the planetarium?
So that she can explain more about the  planetarium
Why is it usually hard to see stars at night in a city?
It's because the light from the city sends a glow in the sky, and they make a kind of fog.
What are stars made of?  Hot gas
Would the surface of Mars be wet or dry? Dry
What did the second planet look like?
Jupiter looked like a wild windy storm.
Did Sophie see real stars and planets? No
Why did Sophie want her cousin to go to the planetarium?

  It's because things were changing and because they started exploring.