HAKA

 Sep 29, 2021

HAKA

Many many moons ago there was a brave chief called Te Rauparaha that guarded a place called Ngati Iwi. Te Rauparaha had a lot of enemies that would hunt him down and kill him. Because there were enemies hunting Te Rauparaha he thought that he must do something about it, so he went on a long journey to find more warriors to help Te Rauparaha. 

On Te Rauparaha’s journey he finally found a place where other chief’s were happy to help, that place was called Lake Rotoaira. When another chief called Te Wharerangi told Te Rauparaha that he can stay and that his tribe can be his protection if the enemies find him. Later in the day Te Wharerangi alerted Te Rauparaha and said that the enemies are coming so Te Rauparaha thought that in a potato pit is not where the enemies would find a chief because it is not tapu at all. As Te Rauparaha hid in the dark pit he asked a strong wahine to guard the entrance, her name was Te Rangikoaea. Te Rangikoaea listened out for the enemy's chants in case they were near. As Te Rauparaha was in the pit he whispered to himself saying “Will I die, will I die, Will I live,  I will live, and will I ever see the sun shining again.” While Te Rauparaha was saying that, he could hear footsteps coming closer and closer to him. Soon when Te Rauparaha could hear the footsteps going more quiet he jumped out and said “I live, I live and I can see the sun shining again!” 

That's when Te Rauparaha went back to his home and told everyone about his story and he told them what he was saying to himself in the potato pit. Te Rauparaha told his story to his kids and his friends and they made it into a strong haka of Aotearoa and they passed it onto their kids who passed it onto their kids who passed it onto their kids and that went on and on until it reached you. This is how the haka ended, WHITI TE RA!!

Narrative Writing

 Monday 27 September 2021

WALT: Add descriptive features to my Narrative

Once upon a time in the sunny tropical islands of Fiji there lived a cheetah called Bella. They say that Bella is the most fierce cheetah they have ever seen in their lives. As people came to see Bella, Bella noticed that one of them looked like the person that checks her health but then when he came closer and then patted her, she felt like he should live with her. The man had a really funny looking hat and a colourful lab coat. He had a lot of gadgets and all sorts of different things like straws, metal things, hooks and even food all on one hat. The funny man was called Peter. Peter felt the same way that Bella thought so he thought that he should take her home and so he did. They lived together for years and then Peter noticed that Bella had a pup over the time that Peter had stayed with her. Bella adored her pup but after a while Peter noticed that her pup was not growing fast and that it was a kitten. Oh oh!!

The Kitten Catastrophe

The kitten was the most trouble that Peter had ever experienced. The most annoying part was when Peter would try to go to work by himself but instead there was a kitten holding onto him the whole time instead of working. The only time Peter could have a rest was when Bella and her kitten were having a nap. Bella was getting bigger and bigger and harder to take care of by himself and the kitten started to get extra annoying from trying to climb on the curtains, always meowing for attention and eating all of the food in the rubbish bin. Bella was getting way too big to be living in Peter's house so Peter kicked Bella out of the house to see if it was any better then before and it turned out to be a lot worse because the kitten did not sleep at all. The kitten ended up being like her mother, all grouchy, mean, fierce, and really looking forward to catching prey even if she knew that she was not going to find any prey that day. As Bella grew the kitten grew and that was the moment when Peter thought of a great idea and he went off to find the old time traveller that he made years and years ago. 

The Time Traveller

Every night and every day Peter would be looking for his time traveller. First Peter tested it on a toy that he didn’t like then He put Bella into the time traveller and then set it to 6 years ago. Then off Bella went! Do you think Bella will ever come back?

Spelling W10/T3

 Here is my spelling for the last week of term 3. 

T3 Asttle Writing

 This is my Asttle writing that I did in 50 Minutes. 

22 September 2021

WALT:  Express myself in Narrative Writing

Once upon a time deep into the dark woods there was a Teenager with curly brown hair, she had a silky dark purple dress that went down to her ankles and a little purple hair clip made out of the same fabric as the purple dress. That teenager’s name is Jamica. Every time Jamica skipped through the woods she would go past a tiny squirrel in an oak tree. The squirrel’s name is Allison and he has two white stripes going down his back with a puffy but very soft reddish brown tail that feels as soft as your best blanket and I can’t forget to mention Allison’s dark blue eyes. It’s almost like Allison can see things from a mile away! One day when Jamica skipped through the woods she heard a noise and she followed it until she came face to face with a giant dark brown bear with the richest brown eyes and the most jaggedy, sharp teeth Jamica had ever seen in her life. 

Jamica and the bear

As soon as Jamica came face to face with the bear she screamed as loud as she could and Allison could see her face to face with the bear. Allison didn’t notice who it was with the bear so Allison kept lying down and looking at magazines. Jamica ran as fast as she could to her house and on the way there she got lost in the middle of the wood’s where no one could hear her shouting out “Someone please come and help me get back home!” Allison heard her that time and thought “Are they calling out for help from me?” So Allison ran as fast as a cheetah and when he could hear someone sobbing he looked that way and found out who it was then started running even faster then he ever had in his life. Allison came to a stop as soon as he saw Jamica and asked her “Why are you crying Jamica?” Jamica explained to Allison that she came face to face with a big growly bear and that she got so scared that she ran as fast as she could away from the bear and then she got lost in the middle of the woods. Allison yelled out “Look at what you did to this poor girl you should apologise.” The bear realised that scaring people was not funny so he walked droopily and sadly to Jamica and apologised to her for scaring her. Jamica thought about what the bear had told her and she told him back that she accepts that apology and that they can be friend’s so the bear’s not lonely. 

The Happy Ending

Jamica and the bear lived happily as a family and moved Jamica's house closer so they could have breakfast, lunch and dinner all together. Bear would always do anything with or for Jamica, especially when bear’s favourite thing to do is catch fish in the stream nearby the wood’s. Jamica decided to do something, something to repay Bear for being so nice to Jamica so she named Bear Oliver. Oliver was very proud of himself and Jamica. Do you think Jamica would go deep into the woods again?

Spelling W9/T3

This is something that my whole class does every school day every week, we call it our spelling. Every Friday we would have a spelling test to see if any of us has improved on our spelling.

Week 8 Writing

14 September 2021

WALT:  Follow the sequence of Narrative writing

The Cow And The Turkey

Once upon a time there was a cow living a normal life like every other cow, until she met the craziest bird she could ever meet, his name was Gavin. Gavin had a horrible looking face, half white, half brown, looking like someone had spilled coffee all over Gavin’s head. Although Gavin looked reasonably ugly he was nice, loving, and friendly. He’d try to help anyone, especially the cow Lanna. Lanna is the cow I was talking about before, the one that met Gavin. Lanna is double crazy since she has met Gavin. Lanna is a black cow with splotches of white all over her but mostly on Lanna’s face and neck. When Lanna was a calf she met an old man called Allison. Allison has always worn an old raggedy waterproof jumpsuit. After a while Lanna had to move to a different paddock. Lanna is freaked out that other cow’s just poop at random places. 

Problem 1

Lanna was raised by Allison and fed by Allison, Allison did everything for Lanna. Lanna had never ever moved out of the paddock she got raised in until today when she got moved out of her paddock. Lanna was happy because she was still on the same farm and she was with her buddies that she had grown up with, but above all of that there was a slight problem with Lanna moving paddocks. Lanna did not like it because her normal paddock had a bigger paddock and Lanna felt like she was stuck in a tiny space where no one could see her. Lanna felt invisible and not noticed. Lanna would wail everyday and everyday no one would come except one day Gavin heard Lanna wailing and calling out “Someone please come and help me go back to my home, where I belong!” Then all of a sudden Gavin came along and questioned Lanna “Was that you wailing and screaming out  someone please come and help me go back to my home, where I belong.” Lanna replied while sobbing quietly “Yes that was me because this paddock is just too different from the one I belong in.” 

Solution 1

Gavin thought of the best idea he had ever thought of, his idea was to try to fly and pick up Lanna and then fly Lanna over to her paddock. All in one breath Gavin called out “I should have flying lessons, then I’d be able to pick you up and  fly you over to your old paddock, where you belong.” Lanna had a think about what Gavin had said to her and then Lanna eventually told Gavin that “It’s a good idea.” Lanna got some baby bamboo that was by her paddock and used them as the lights that help planes go the right way. Gavin cleared all of the other cows to make a runway for Gavin. As soon as Gavin finished his flying lesson's, off they were. That is why you can see a cow jump over the moon. 

Self Assessment:

What I liked about my writing

I liked that in this piece of writing I could let my imagination and creativity go loose

I liked that I could add as many details as I wanted

What I need to improve on

Improve my proofreading skills

Write names with capital letters

Make sure sentences make sense 

Empowerment

 Today Whaea Donna taught us what to do when an unkind comment or email comes up on your device. We each had to copy a slide then do a little bit of things that you know already, then we had to add a picture of yourself and add it to our slide that we copied. This is what they look like.