On Tuesday 16th June 2009 Years5 and 6 walked to our bags to get ready to go to the Marae.
Finally the bus came so we got our bags and went on the bus. I walked to the back and I sat on the seat.
Finally we were there so I hopped off the bus and lined up and walked into the wharekai to put our bags away.
Next we went into our groups and we looked at the carvings. We sketched some of them in our booklet .
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Thursday, 25 June 2009
Emily's fun trip to the Marae
Before we left we were put into groups. My leader was Nikee. We also had to check if we had everything.
Then we walked on the bus to leave to the Marae.
When we arrived we got out our Aorangi Marae booklets and started to answer some of the questions in it. Then we went round to see the Hungi pit. Once we finished the outdoor activities we took our shoes off and walked into the Wharenui. When we went into the Wharenui we had to do the indoor activities and then we had to say our mihi's in front of the whole class! I was so embarrassed!!!
But after that we didn't have enough time to have a go at using the poi's so we grabbed all of our things then the teacher instructed everyone to hop on the bus so we could go back to school and work.
I enjoyed listening to everyone's mihi's when we were in the Wharenui and I also learned that the marae is not the building it's the grass in front of the building!
By Emily .S.
Then we walked on the bus to leave to the Marae.
When we arrived we got out our Aorangi Marae booklets and started to answer some of the questions in it. Then we went round to see the Hungi pit. Once we finished the outdoor activities we took our shoes off and walked into the Wharenui. When we went into the Wharenui we had to do the indoor activities and then we had to say our mihi's in front of the whole class! I was so embarrassed!!!
But after that we didn't have enough time to have a go at using the poi's so we grabbed all of our things then the teacher instructed everyone to hop on the bus so we could go back to school and work.
I enjoyed listening to everyone's mihi's when we were in the Wharenui and I also learned that the marae is not the building it's the grass in front of the building!
By Emily .S.
Monday, 22 June 2009
Blair and Kaylas cool trip to the marae.
On Tuesday the 16th Blair and I went to Aorangi marae to learn about their culture and the marae.
We went onto the grass (The Marae atea) and we did the outside activities. We organised ourselves into groups and worked together on each activity Kayla (me) worked with some of my friends in my group. After that we went inside the wharenui and lay down on the ground, looking at the pattens up on the roof. We drew the patterns and also we did a waiata (but only room 9). We had so much fun at Aorangi marae and we want to go again and again to learn more!
By Kayla and Blair
We went onto the grass (The Marae atea) and we did the outside activities. We organised ourselves into groups and worked together on each activity Kayla (me) worked with some of my friends in my group. After that we went inside the wharenui and lay down on the ground, looking at the pattens up on the roof. We drew the patterns and also we did a waiata (but only room 9). We had so much fun at Aorangi marae and we want to go again and again to learn more!
By Kayla and Blair
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Michael's fun Marae trip
Hope you have fun reading it
On Tuesday 16th of June Rm9,some of Rm12 and all of Rm13 went to Aorangi marae.
My leader was Harsh. Blair and Anna were in my group too. We had a booklet to do there at Aorangi marae.
This was my second time there. My first time there was with team B 2008. There was a lot of cool things at the Marae, like all of the koru patterns. My favourite ones were in the wharenui. After we finished the outside activities we had some lunch, some people brought shared food. When we had eaten most of the food we went into the Wharenui to do one more activity. We got to pick if we would do our Mihi or use Poi's or Rakausticks. I did Rakausticks and my buddy was Harsh. We are both good at it.
Then we got on the bus after having so much fun at Aorangi Marae.
I learnt how to use Rakausticks and how to say a Mihi
The end.
Hoped you had fun reading it.
By Michael Parsons
On Tuesday 16th of June Rm9,some of Rm12 and all of Rm13 went to Aorangi marae.
My leader was Harsh. Blair and Anna were in my group too. We had a booklet to do there at Aorangi marae.
This was my second time there. My first time there was with team B 2008. There was a lot of cool things at the Marae, like all of the koru patterns. My favourite ones were in the wharenui. After we finished the outside activities we had some lunch, some people brought shared food. When we had eaten most of the food we went into the Wharenui to do one more activity. We got to pick if we would do our Mihi or use Poi's or Rakausticks. I did Rakausticks and my buddy was Harsh. We are both good at it.
Then we got on the bus after having so much fun at Aorangi Marae.
I learnt how to use Rakausticks and how to say a Mihi
The end.
Hoped you had fun reading it.
By Michael Parsons
Friday, 12 June 2009
Ajs home-work success
On the first of June I drew my plan for my bookshelf ,the aim for my home-work was to design my own challenge.I thought about it for a while then realized I had too many books and nowhere to put them, suddenly the idea of a bookshelf struck
my mind! The wonderful teacher approved my plans. On the 3rd {wednesday} I started pursuing my bookshelf idea, dad brought home some good quality wood to build with,and a spirit level. We measured and cut to the size we wanted the four parts to be.
Drilling was unexpectedly entertaining, we placed the carefully cut wood on the outside table and then screwed the two side pieces on then the back piece then finally sanded the rough edges until they were smooth. The last task was to paint the
with white acrylic paint, as I was doing the 2nd coat of paint I sprinkled gold glitter onto my hand then blew gently towards the wet paint, once I had finished and the paint had dried I free handedly painted a thin black outline on the back of the bookshelf of a smiley face with of course black acrylic,then colored in the inside with yellow paint. Now I am finally and happily finished thanks
to my dad.
my mind! The wonderful teacher approved my plans. On the 3rd {wednesday} I started pursuing my bookshelf idea, dad brought home some good quality wood to build with,and a spirit level. We measured and cut to the size we wanted the four parts to be.
Drilling was unexpectedly entertaining, we placed the carefully cut wood on the outside table and then screwed the two side pieces on then the back piece then finally sanded the rough edges until they were smooth. The last task was to paint the
with white acrylic paint, as I was doing the 2nd coat of paint I sprinkled gold glitter onto my hand then blew gently towards the wet paint, once I had finished and the paint had dried I free handedly painted a thin black outline on the back of the bookshelf of a smiley face with of course black acrylic,then colored in the inside with yellow paint. Now I am finally and happily finished thanks
to my dad.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Our Hatchet art work
Room 9 has been working on the story about hatchet.
Hatchet is a story of a boy called Brian who survives a plane crash in the canadian woods and is left alone to survive, and he only has a hatchet. I would give it a 10 out of 10 because as soon as you start reading you want to find out what happens to him.
We are doing some art on it and we got to choose what we wanted to do to represent the book. We could do a diarama, a poster, a wanted poster or just a regular painting.
ZOE
Hatchet is a story of a boy called Brian who survives a plane crash in the canadian woods and is left alone to survive, and he only has a hatchet. I would give it a 10 out of 10 because as soon as you start reading you want to find out what happens to him.
We are doing some art on it and we got to choose what we wanted to do to represent the book. We could do a diarama, a poster, a wanted poster or just a regular painting.
ZOE
Hatchet - A novel by Gary Paulsen
We have just finished reading a novel called Hatchet. It is about a boy called Brian who is in a plane when the pilot has a heart attack and crashes the plane. Brian has lots of adventures,while surviving with just a hatchet.
We also have been drawing a scene of one of his adventures from the book.It has been really fun doing art about the novel.
Vienna Weldon
We also have been drawing a scene of one of his adventures from the book.It has been really fun doing art about the novel.
Vienna Weldon
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
WALT: IDENTIFY PARTS OF A WHARENUI
COME AND VISIT ROOM NINE TO SEE OUR WHARENUI MURAL. WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT THE MARAE AND HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE MEETING HOUSE ITSELF IS NOT A MARAE! TO LEARN MORE, CLICK ON ONE OF OUR LINKS THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO AN INFORMATIVE SITE ABOUT MARAE AND MARAE PROTOCOL.
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
GARAGE BAND AND READING
Hudson Sisson
Today I learnt how to use Garage Band
to help me with my reading.
I got to tape myself by talking into a
microphone while I read my story.
When I had finished I got to hear how I
sounded.
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