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Thursday, 28 August 2014

Culture Research


This is my Reshearch that I have done about What I think Culture is,Three sources that tell me what culture is and what I found out what Culture is now.

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Kiwi Can Poster


This is my Kiwi can poster that I have made about Room 9's time in Kiwi Can. We have learnt alot of important things at Kiwi can and we have also learnt that Kiwi Can say's I Tell The Truth, How About You, Im Honest, Im True.

Museum Fotor


This is my Fotor hat I have made about our trip to the Auckland Museum. All of the year 7 and 8 students went to the Museum to learn about Migration. Migration means when people go to a place because they have to or because they want to leave a certain place.

Voyaging Waka Recount

The Voyaging Waka Journey

Have you ever wondered how overwhelming guiding 12 people is? As the  captain of a voyaging waka I guarded 12 lives, making sure they were safe at all times.  All passengers were    prepared for this long journey and were all ready to head off to find new land.  That week  everyone was tired and frustrated .   Storing and packing the food was difficult.  Live animals were  challenging to take aboard because of the fight they put up against the strong men. 1/3 of the Raven tribe had decided to travel in search of new land, because of the overgrowing population.  We had to sacrifice our life to make and set a good example for their kids. We all missed them a lot but, they made a commitment to set sail for another environment for us. The fears we faced was starvation, and not knowing where we were. We all were looking  forward to leading a better life.  All of the responsibility  realise on your shoulder.

It was amazing as  we  were leaving  our  Island because I thought it wouldn’t be hard to say goodbye, But sadly It was really hard to say goodbye to our family and friends,  because they have been there for  us  since we stepped foot onto this land.  As we got into the voyaging vaka  we  said goodbye to  our families because we thought that we would never see them again. As we were leaving they were giving us a traditional farewell with traditional  music and dancers.  As we walked onto the waka  our captain was  leading us through the stars  as we were travelling.

As strange as it may seem, us  Maori people had to keep our food source with us so we  wouldn’t starve to death. On the Voyaging waka we didn’t  have fridges to keep  our food source fresh so we used the water as our fridge’s. Sometimes live fish were kept in bamboo cages tied to the side of the boat.  Sometimes fish were caught but at the same time sometimes they weren’t. We  took  Live dogs, pigs and poultry.  We put fish and Shellfish on the roof of the waka to dry out the fish. We also took with us coconuts, They would be helpful for a variety of things like: Coconut milk For drinking, Coconut meat for food flavouring, Coconut fibre for making ropes and toilet paper and Coconut Shells (dried) for wood on the cooking fire.  Green Coconuts were kept in cool  storage or in the water because coconuts can go off fast in the heat.   We also took fruit and vegetables with us. The fruit we took were: Breadfruit, Bananas and many other fruits. Fruits were sometimes sun dried on racks.The vegetables we took were: Taro, Yams, Sweet Potatoes (Kumara) and many other vegetables. The smell of the fresh food could make us all fall to the ground.

Do  you know how hard it is to take care  of   12 people  because it is  the same as taking care of yourself?  Living on Voyaging Waka for about  two to three weeks  is hard. I had to take care of my siblings so that they are safe . It would be my responsibility to take   care of them especially if  my family was  living on a Waka.  My family and I were traveling to a far place on the Pacific Ocean.  It was really  extremely impressive that our family survived on this scary, long ride.  Being a passenger on our Waka is pretty scary because going thru waves, seeing big storms heading our way.Thats why it’s important that I keep my family safe on a Voyaging Waka.

I knew that everyone was terrified because they thought that they weren't  going to make it to their new home . As soon as they saw the land they were glad to know that they made it back to their new  home, that they could call New Zealand.   If we could make the Voyaging Waka different it would be a cage that would hold all of the animals. so they didn’t drown were coming back home.  

We all felt relieved because we made it to our new homes. Everybody on the boat including me, was cheering and jumping on the boat. As we were heading to shore we were doing our traditional maori dance.  I also felt horrible that  had to leave my siblings but at the end of the day I had to find new land for us.  

Monday, 18 August 2014

Space Jump Show




On behalf of Panmure Bridge School, we appreciate Tai And Naomi coming to our school to perform for us the Space Jump show. We really like the performance you performed to us about the alien coming to earth to search for facts about fiction books. The message behind your story was to use your imagination and to be creative. Also if you don't know how to read a certain book, try to look at the pictures or ask someone politely to read it to you. My favourite book you showed us was The Boring Book. I liked that book because it had scientific words in it and the pictures were really cool. Your show was funny and made us laugh, Also your guys voices were really good. Panmure Bridge School, we thank you guys for coming to our school to perform for us and we hope you guys come and visit again.

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Transum Fractions


This is a screenshot that I have done about fractions. I had to plus the top numbers of both fractions together. I got eight right and 4 wrong. Transum helps me with a verity of different maths and it also helps me to to succeed in my IKAN test.

Thursday, 7 August 2014

Homonyms Presentation


This is a presentation that I have done Collaboratively with Asmah. We both learnt that Homonyms are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. We also learnt what contraction words are. They are words that are shortened by a apostrophy