Haka

 29/09/21 

HAKA 

Once there was a strong, fierce, brave and smart chief named Te Rauparaha. He was a great warrior and had many enemies. Also he was feared by many other tribes. Then one day he decided to go look for reinforcements because his men weren’t enough to help him so he went to lake Rotoaira and asked their chief Te wharerangi. Then Te Rauparaha found out that his enemies tohunga was using magic to find him. 

The chief, Te Wharerangi told him to hide in the potato pit. In the bottom of the pit it was pitch black and a wahine called Te Rangikoea had so much mana that she weakened the magic. Te Rauparaha pressed his ear against the wall and the voices and the footsteps of his enemies Then muttered to himself, “Will I die? Will I die? Will I live? Will I live?” Then he heard  the footsteps and voices getting fainter and  fainter until all you could hear was birds singing. Then he exclaimed, “ Onwards the sun shall shine on me again!” When he got home he told the story to his tribe  and his tribe turned it into a Haka and that is how it was repeated for generations and that’s how we know it today!

Whiti te ra! 

         

Narrative writing

 22 September 2021

WALT:  Express myself in Narrative Writing

Hello,  today I am going to write about a story called Lost in the jungle.  Richard is  a great rage quitter and a bus driver.  Jacob is overpowered but he kind of has to hide it  from the public.  Tubby is an ice and fire Dragon and they all have blue eyes except for Richard he has brown skin and eyes.  Jacob has blue eyes and white skin.  Tubby has icy blue eyes and scales with a bit of red. 

Once on a sunny day in Africa  a boy called Jacob and his Dragon,   Tubby were on a bus but what was annoying about the bus driver Tubby and Jacob weren't  allowed to move or talk because their bus driver, Richard, is always enraged.  Then in about five minutes a giant storm started raging down with thunder and lightning lightening the sky with danger.  The thunder and lightning was as frightening as being chased by a bull with a sword in its mouth.  Richard, Jacob and Tubby were so distracted that they didn't even know that they were heading straight for a cliff!  BOOM CRASH SMASH!!!  They had made it the bottom and Richard started screaming,  “You stupid, stupid thing! I hate you Jungle!” “Don’t say that.”  Replied Jacob.  “Let's call the search and rescue and fast because I see a pack of wolves!”  suggested Tubby,  “Ok!” Replied Jacob.  In about three seconds after Jacob finished calling the Search and rescue team the wolves spotted them!   Luckily they were able to hold them off until the search and rescue team came which took at least five hours so Jacob,  Tubby and Richard were stuck in a tree for a whole five hours!  After the storm had passed Richard complained, “Now the storm stop’s?” 

When they got back home they thought to themselves,  “I am never ever going back there.  Meanwhile those wolves became vegetarians so they were much happier for now on.  Somehow all three of them ended up stuck in a building because all the doors were stuck and terroristes were everywhere! 

   

Asttle writing

 22 September 2021

WALT:  Express myself in Narrative Writing

Hello,  today I am going to write about a story called Lost in the jungle.  Richard is  a great rage quitter and a bus driver.  Jacob is overpowered but he kind of has to hide it  from the public.  Tubby is an ice and fire Dragon and they all have blue eyes except for Richard he has brown skin and eyes.  Jacob has blue eyes and white skin.  Tubby has icy blue eyes and scales with a bit of red. 

Once on a sunny day in Africa  a boy called Jacob and his Dragon,   Tubby were on a bus but what was annoying about the bus driver Tubby and Jacob weren't  allowed to move or talk because their bus driver, Richard, is always enraged.  Then in about five minutes a giant storm started raging down with thunder and lightning lightening the sky with danger.  The thunder and lightning was as frightening as being chased by a bull with a sword in its mouth.  Richard, Jacob and Tubby were so distracted that they didn't even know that they were heading straight for a cliff!  BOOM CRASH SMASH!!!  They had made it the bottom and Richard started screaming,  “You stupid, stupid thing! I hate you Jungle!” “Don’t say that.”  Replied Jacob.  “Let's call the search and rescue and fast because I see a pack of wolves!”  suggested Tubby,  “Ok!” Replied Jacob.  In about three seconds after Jacob finished calling the Search and rescue team the wolves spotted them!   Luckily they were able to hold them off until the search and rescue team came which took at least five hours so Jacob,  Tubby and Richard were stuck in a tree for a whole five hours!  After the storm had passed Richard complained, “Now the storm stop’s?” 

When they got back home they thought to themselves,  “I am never ever going back there.  Meanwhile those wolves became vegetarians so they were much happier for now on.  Somehow all three of them ended up stuck in a building because all the doors were stuck and terroristes were everywhere! 

   

Narrative writing

 Success Criteria: 

I  have proof-read my writing to ensure I have:

• Juicy sentence starters

• Correct punctuation - Capital letters, full stops, commas, speech marks, exclamation and question marks.

• A speech conversation in the body of my writing

• A simile in the body of my writing

• Read my writing to ensure it makes sense. 

14 September 2021

WALT:  Follow the sequence of Narrative writing

Title: Doomsday  

Shalom, today I am going to write about doomsday. On the edge of Turkey 1969 by the sea side there NZ was fighting Turkey in a giant thunderstorm and there were trenches, mortars, barbed fences, Artillery and fallen men everywhere! Turkey had taken out most of NZ’s army and all that was left was Private Beans, Private Boom and Major Deleon. Major Deleon had a large tattoo that goes up his arm and over his chest that looked like a siren tattoo from the game Borderlands 1, 2, and 3. Private Beans had a scar across his cheek and Private Boom had scars all over his body! The commander that was in battle was called Emir which means king or commander in Turkish.

Just when Private Boom, Major Deleon and Private Beans thought things couldn’t get any worse, bombs started dropping as if birds were pooping all over them. Major Deleon demanded, “Get down now!” Then the trench started to close on top of them! Private Beans exclaimed, “We need to get behind the boats now!” Once they were behind the boats the bombing stopped but then private Boom ran out from his cover taunting, “Hahaha!” Major Deleon screamed, “What is wrong with you?” Then Private Boom got shot five times in the leg. His leg was bleeding very badly too. They also had no medic or boat that was able to get Major Deleon, Private Boom and Private Beans to safety. At that moment  as soon as they thought it was the end They heard boats coming. It was their ally Australia! With their machine guns it held off Turkey so they could make progress in their mission.  

Just when they thought they could move on to their surprise, goliath sized sentry guns were planted in the way and the sentry guns were too strong! At that point  the Auzzie commander called, “We need  to head back to NZ!” As ordered  they went back to NZ and in two days turkey invaded but with Australia at NZ side they wasted Turkey’s whole army. In the end Emir was also defeated so there won’t be many wars with Turkey in it for a very loooooong time.     

In conclusion 

I would like to say

I enjoyed this very much and 

Thank you heaps for reading my story. 

Self Assessment 

What I enjoyed about my writing was when I introduced my characters Emir,  Private Beans, Major Deleon and Private Boom. My favorite is Major Deleon.  My other favorite thing to do was getting lost in my writing.

 

What I need to do to improve my writing.

• Write names in capital letters.

• Stay focused for longer periods.

• Make my story more of a Narrative.     

NLBC poetry

                                 30/06/21

                             Poetry writing 

WALT: write a descriptive piece of poetry 

 

What is pink?  The colour of roses,

Sprawling over the garden tank.

What is red? A chilli is red

That spices our delicious chicken dinner

What is blue?  Dorys are blue,

They are very colorful fish.

What is white?  Diamonds are white,

They are very valuable minerals.

What is yellow?  Pac man is yellow,

He is a small black and yellow ball that eats ghosts.

What is green?  Pounamu is green,

It is a very beautiful mineral.   

mothers day writing

 

11/5/21 

My mum is... spectacular! She helps my younger brother Nate, our dog, tubby, our Nan and me with the dishes, Nate's massive messes, Tubby's food, Nate’s and my education after school and the laundry. Mum usually takes out to the beach or to my friends house. She even lets us purchase anything we want! She buys us lots of warm clothes, blankets, duvets and shoes! Honestly I don’t even know how many shoes I go through a month! Mum likes reading Harry potter, The holy bible and Millions of kid books to Nate. She also likes Instagram, Facebook and social media. Mum you are extraordinary.   

👻Nico👻 - Te Puawai☻

       

NBC Tsunami warning

 

    

WALT: Write a Narrative

Tsunami warning Friday 05/03/21

Last Friday I woke up very excited to go to school.   I don't know why maybe it is that I enjoy school so much.   Me, Sophia and Lincoln sprung out of bed and got ready for school like our feet were on fire.   Once we got to our bus stop we saw Sophia’s best friends and I started to play with Licon who is one of Sophia's best friend’s little brothers.   Finally we got to school and did our writing.   

After a few minutes Yvette announced that we needed to go to the Whare because there was a Tsunami coming.   So we took essential items only and in about 5 minutes all the classes were in the giant Whare.  Mrs. Stevenson told us to go up to the top of Mount Ngatu which is the school's  Maugna.   After a few minutes we got to our first checkpoint and had a break.   We went to the  next break area and finally we got to the highest point.  Me and Millan were playing around on the hill like there was nothing better to do.   Then after almost 4 hours we went to a gazebo.   Soon I could smell sausages with bread and sauce!   The whole school could only have one sausage each. Only the downside is there was no mustard because I love mustard so much that I would eat it raw!  

The creepy thing was that in one of the lakes a whirlpool was happening!  Me and Millan were reading books under the shaded gazebo.   Finally we got back to school and the other students got picked up by the bus or went home with their parents. When Dad picked me and Sophia up Dad got a message from the civil defense and it told us that it is safe to leave and go home.  But don’t go into the water for any further notice! 

At home we all completely forgot about it. Well… to be honest I think it was me who completely forgot about it when I was doing my homework. The next day we all certainly forgot about it.                                                                                         

    

Thank You Note to Whaea G

 We made a thank you note to whaea g because she has had us for two weeks. Now she is going to the kaitaia intermediate. She was a REALLY, really, really great teacher. We also made thank you letters here is my one.

  I got to share my one because it was very thoughtful and generous 

What did I do well? My letter.  what was tricky? Nothing is it was really easy. what can I do better next time? Nothing really.  

My Speech

 WALT present a persuasive speech.

What did you do well? saying the speech and it turned out

GREAT!!! it was making nervous but I did it. in the end I was really happy.

What do you need to work on for next time? Not laughing to much.

Adding action. Adding more expropriation.

What was your overall feeling about your speech experience? Weird like there was butterfly's in my stomach. Here is my speech. The voting age should be lowered to age 12 and up 

Introduction:   

Tortola lava. Today I am going to talk about the voting age. There is an election coming up at the end of October and at the moment the voting age is 18!  I think it should be lowered down to age 12 because do you want to wait to vote until you’re 18? I certainly do NOT!!! 

Children have challenges and problems in their life that they face everyday.  Children can change the world.  

Firstly, If I could change anything by increasing the number of police so there is less crime and so the people are safe and by doing that we have increase the money because the lower the money is the less people will want to sign up. So the shootouts will be smaller and robberies will be less.      

Kids are very clever. They know a lot about science. If they could vote, they might be able to encourage the government to make a vaccine for covid 19 and other viruses.  

Creating equipment for jobs creating new jobs to fix the plastic problem. Did you know? Every second a plastic bag or bottle etc is being made. Kids can stop more pollution in the air and in the ocean. We can have  more schools, hospitals, hand sanitizer bottles, electric cars and less polluting.         

Making new entertainment things like basketball, soccer and rugby. Here is a new one that I made up speed this is how you play. You run around in a maze with a paintball gun and there are other people in the maze and if you get shot on the pad on the chest you are out.   

Thirdly, you can make people happier and make our country even better! Our earth even better, soul, friends, family and the  community!  If I could vote I would vote people should stop doing crime and then we would have a better planet. 

That is why the voting age should be lowered to age 12 and up.   

 

Level 2 Covid 19 Writing

WALT explain what the rules are at Level 2 and what we think about it. This is my covid 19 writing. What happens at level 2: physical distancing, eating inside/outside at school and sneezing/coughing into your elbow. [No change there though] I feel annoyed because I get bored at home in lockdown. [Apart from watching movies] I love watching movies. lockdown + movies = happiness lockdown + no school = boredness do not panic buy.  At school: junior lunch and  junior morning tea. Then senior morning tea, at lunch no touching faces washing hands. [basically everywhere] Everywhere: not bumping people, not  touching people because of covid 19, not buying all the toilet paper  in pak n save. I mean nobody likes covid 19. In America 5000 people are dying in America each day! That is because  they are not going into level four lockdown because Donald Trump said they don’t  need to.  Silly right? I think it is because if they don’t go into lockdown it will mean total extension. 

 

Moment in Time

WALT use descriptive vocabulary to describe a moment in time.

Learning Reflection

I described the elephants in the picture like sentinels on burning hot magma, I thought I did well!

What did I find tricky? describing a moment in time because I could not make up my mind which colour will be the really good in my colour combination.

How can I extend myself next time? try to write another paragraph because could not write one.

DESCRIBE A MOMENT IN TIME - Diving

WALT to hook our reader in with our first sentence.

A curious diver is searching for a KRAKEN in a beautiful turquoise cavern but instead of finding a kraken he found a skeleton.   There are RAZOR SHARP ROCKS  EVERYWHERE,
a GREAT WHITE SHARK is lunging at the diver  and the diver almost LOST A LEG!!! Just kidding.
He found a school of haku [kingfish] and some colorful kina, [sea-urchins]  huge rock-fish then it swam into the deeps of the unknown and little did he know that it led to a shipwreck.
When he got in the shipwreck, the water was even more turquoise inside than he imagined. There is dangerous jellyfish,  some crayfish, a school of flounders,  a school of snappers, the rockfish he seen before, a little seahorse, A MEGAMOUTH SHARK AND A KRAKEN

 

Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei taonga

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