How has Maori culture helped form our kiwi culture?

WAL how Maori culture has helped form our kiwi culture?

During tuning in, we watched a clip of the haka on you tube.

Next we organised our thoughts about the haka using a graphic organiser called Think Boxes.

See it:

• We drew an image of the haka

Feel it:

• It makes me feel excited because it makes me want to watch the game and do the haka too.  Alyssa
• It makes me feel prickly.  Jordan
• It makes me shout with excitement.  Elizabeth

Ask it:

• Why can’t girls do the haka? Arahi, Ella, Katie, Joshua.
• Who invented the haka? Mat, Thomas, Gabi, Lucas
• Where would be the most suitable place to do a haka and why?Zavier
• Why was the haka invented?
• What do the actions mean in the haka? Jack, Joshua
• Are there any other types of haka? Jacob, Fletcher

Show it:

• We drew symbols like the koru, kiwi, silver fern, rugby ball, rugby world cup trophy, All Blacks top.

Plus Minus Interesting

We are reflecting about our inquiry into energy:
Plus:

• We now know how we can save energy.-Anneliese
• We know which forms of energy are renewable.-Alyssa
• We know that we should do something about saving electricity such as turning off the light when we finish reading. Gabi
• We know which elements can generate electricity.-Mat
• We used our prior knowledge to begin our sorting out.-Alana
• We now know how we can make a difference.-Mekaela
• We should try to use only renewable energy.-Joshua
• We now know how the energy sources make electricity.-Diego
• We made a paper windmill that is a symbol of wind power.-Jordan
• We learnt how important energy is to us and that the sun is the most valuable energy source for us.-James
• Solar energy will nevenr run out.  Elizabeth
• You can cook food on solar dishes.  Dominic
• Hydro electric power is a highly effiecent example of a renewable energy.  Mat

Minus

• If windturbines are in too many places they can disturb the animals and birds. Joshua
• When will people stop trying to use fossil fuels?  Zavier
• Some types of electricity harm the environment.  Ella

Interesting:

• How can we save energy? Cain
• There can be wind turbines in the sea-Arahi
• Why is wind a source of energy? Jack
• Why do the solar panels trap the sun's energy source? Fletcher
• Why are the wind turbines blades 4 buses long? Jacob
• The first solar panel was made in 1860.  Lucas
• Solar panels were first made by mistake.  Anneliese
• The first person to invent the solar panel waas Willoughby Smith.  Clementine and Lucas.

Elizabeth is reporting about Learning Star 1s pea experiment.

Mat read his pea experiment report.

Our Day Without Electricity

Journal

9.00am: Today I walked into Room 1 and there wasn't any power and I felt confused.  Dominic

One school day I was freezing.  We went to do prayer.  next we went to the hall to do Jump Jam.  anneliese.

9.30am: We went to the hall to do Jump Jam to warm our bodies up. After that I felt toasty warm. Mekaela.

When I got to school there was no power on and I was feeling frozen but at least I got warm at Jump Jam. Fletcher.

11.30am: I feel very happy that we are saving electricity but I am not very happy because I am not very warm. Ala.

There is still no electricity but at Tech Kids there is.  I taught Kaleb and one of his friends how to do use power point.  James

I found out that having no electricity was actually quite fun.  Alyssa

12.45pm:  I'm going home now to get warm!!

2.30pm: Yeah I survived.  I  never thought I could make it without heatrs or computers.  Alana

Our Bio Gas Experiment

On Monday we began our experiment about bio gas.  We dropped 30 peas that had soaked in water, in a plastic bag. Next we put these peas in the sun. We're wondering:                           Anneliese: What will the peas look like after a week?   Mekaela: What will the bag look like after a week?Gabi: Will the peas rot and why?        Dominic: Will the bag dehydrate?                  James:  Does it matter whether the bags are in the sun or shade?                                                  James and Lucas have put their bags in the cupboard to get shade.   The other bags are in the full sun.

Tuesday: Zavier noticed condensation inside the bags.

Wednesday: Hoani observed that some of the peas are splitting and sprouting.

Ala showed us her expertise at Tae Kwan Do

In my expert talk I was doing Tae kwon do. I did some clicks and punchs. My colour on my belt was yellow. The colour on my dad's belt was black.

Diego's expert talk about Spanish.

On St Patrick's day I gave an expert talk about Spanish. At first I was really embarrassed about it, but then I was OK. When we finished, we sang a song that I had taught the class called "Adios amigos." I liked it. From: Diego.