The Department of Conservation

The last few weeks my Whangara class has been looking at organisations that are helping to make a difference all around New Zealand. I chose to do a slide presentation on DOC ( The Department of Conservation), at the moment DOC are trying to have a predator free NZ 2050.  They want to rid NZ of pests such as rats, possums and stoats, (and so on). Here is my slide presentation on DOC. Enjoy! :)

ANZAC Day

In my Whangara class we were set some tasks we had to do two tasks of our choice I chose to make ANZAC biscuits with a twist and to read a book. 

ANZAC Cookies
I made three different types of Anzac biscuits and I recorded which one my family enjoyed the most. I made some normal ones, some chocolate ones and some seed ones. The chocolate ones got three votes, the seed one's got one vote and the normal biscuits got one vote. Now I know that my family enjoys Anzac biscuits with chocolate drops.

 Das Piano
 I read a story called Das Piano. It was about a young boy at war with his teacher while his father is at war. The kids end up playing a game called ‘catch the german’ but when the teacher that the young boy is at war with catches them playing it she punishes them by making them sing in front of the mayor. They start singing along to a piano but they soon find out that the piano was made in Germany so the teacher and the mayor destroy it with an axe.

Greenhouse Gasses

This week we have had online classes. In my Whangara class we have been looking at the climate. Today I have completed a presentation on the greenhouse gasses. Here it is. :) 

Food chains and Webs

Last week in my Whangara class we took a look at food chains and webs. We had a look at producers and consumers. We also took a look at how it could affect us and other consumers if one of our food sources disappeared. We made slides on all of these things take a look at mine.

About me

Kia ora and welcome to my blog. I am a year seven at Campion College. I will be publishing a post weekly. Here is a drawing introducing myself - enjoy! :)

Term 4 Summary

This term has been a blast! We have been surfing, competing in athletics, gone to intermediate open days,  kapa haka,  just dance, year six item and we are about to start swimming!  I have really enjoyed my final term at Wainui. There has been one thing that I have enjoyed a little above others which was our inquiry topic - Culture city.

I have enjoyed finding out lots of interesting facts. We are going to turn all of our information into a book. We had to find out about each cultures Drama, Dance, Visual arts and Music. I have written a blogpost on Kapa Haka. We competed in ball throw, sprints, long jump and  high jump for athletics. It was really fun doing just dance in the mornings, we danced to lots of different songs from different cultures with actions. Year sixes get to go surfing every friday morning if they would like to. We  even got to have a fun day out at our chosen intermediates.

We are creating a dish from a culture to bring in for a shared morning tea. I am making something from South America! We got up to lots of other cool things this term but these were my highlights. I am super excited for next year. :)

Kapa Haka

Sprints

High Jump

Long Jump

Long Jump

Ball throw

Turanganui Kapa Haka Festival

Kia ora, yesterday ( the 20th of November) our school was lucky enough to head to the Turanganui Kapa Haka festival. It was held at the Gisborne A & P showgrounds. The girls had to put on our dresses, get our Moko kauae done and apply black lipstick before we were able to leave. We had to be careful that nothing smudged while we were eating and drinking. 

Girls poi

As we walked onto the stage the crowd went wild and cameras flashed. Hunter (our kaea) started our pepeha. Then Haramai a paoa. After we sang and did our actions to Ka pioioi. Then it was time for the poi the moment I had most been looking forward to. So much time and effort had gone into this and it was finally my time to shine. "poi kamau" Yelled Matiria. In time with everyone else I pulled out my poi. Then she called Purianei toru wha. We began swinging our poi. As we finished I beamed with pride I had done it!  

We kept progressing through our bracket. Utaina, Ka mate (haka), Wainui e and to finish E honore. All up our time on stage lasted around fifteen minutes. Although we weren't on for very long it felt like ages. Over all I would give the experience a five out of five stars. I really enjoyed myself. I wonder if my intermediate will  have a Kapa Haka group.

Here are some photos:

Pepeha

Haramai a paoa

Boys Haka