Christmas Te Manga 2019

We have also been doing some Christmas activities!
Here are some last pictures from Te Manga 2019!

Learning Reflection 2019

This slide deck is about my learning in 2019.

Mathematicians - Math Strategies

WALT use different math strategies to solve addition equations. 

These are one of my math strategies. Rounding and Compensating is a really great strategy because all it is, is rounding up a number and then adding the answer to both of them.

I learnt how to do this strategy by using the class site. I practised all of the equations until I got it sussed.  I used my maths book and my slide on my drive to practise the equations. I will tell my friends to look at my video. 

Look at my two learning videos

Film Festival Maniakalani

On the seventh of the eleventh 2019 Te Manga, 8 students from Te Kauru and some other people from other schools came for an adventure to the cinemas to watch a-few films (including Te Manga's film). When I walked up the red carpet I felt like I was part of a celebrity. The first person I saw was Harley because Harley was taking pictures and videos by the red carpet. When I went into the cinemas I felt really excited to see my own face on the big screen. When I saw my own face on the big screen I felt like I was the Master Movie Maker. My favourite two film's was Making Friend's and The Trespasser. 

Click on this link to watch our movie Mum's School

MANAIAKALANI FILM FESTIVAL LINK

My RWC Country - Georgia

The Jvari is a monastery and it lives in a city called Mtskheta. It is about twenty-five metres high. 

This is the Jvari

The weather forecast in Georgia is very similar to New Zealand and really warm. 

This is my mapping activity showing the capital city and other countries that border Georgia.

First Draft Duffy Theatre Show

At the start Duffy was so excited because he was going to his favourite cousins house for the school holidays. When he got there he was bored and sad because Sam was addicted to gaming and got really frustrated. While Duffy was bored he put on Nana Whetu's glasses and did the dumpling dance. Then things got a little bit coo-coo!! 

Then Duffy magically soaked into the Magic Bricks game that Sam was playing in the lounge. When Auntie Grace came to the lounge to ask where Duffy went. Sam did not want to say that Duffy disappeared into the game, but Sam did tell her mum. They didn't know how to get out of the game. So Auntie Grace got Nana Whetu's Magic Bricks book to know how to get out. 

Sam read the book and thought that she found Nana Whetu's recipe for dumplings but it was actually the dumpling dance but. They did not know that it was the dumpling dance. Sam put on Nana Whetu glasses on and tried to do be like Duffy so Sam could help Duffy to get out of the game. Sam read the book and thought that she found Nana Whetu's recipe for dumplings. 

Then Auntie Grace put on Nana Whetu's glasses but she did not get sucked into the game. Then Sam said that the recipe must of been the dance that Duffy did when he was wearing Nana Whetu's glasses. Duffy and Sam heard a weird voice that gave him clues. The clues were to help Duffy and Sam make words. The first word was inventor and then Whetu. 

The Mysterious Stones of Tonga

• WALT explore some of the theories and traditional stories about the famous stone structure in Tonga
  WALT explore the structure and features of the text.
• Watch the video about Haʻamonga ʻa Maui

Three Facts about Haʻamonga ʻa Maui:

1. Did you know that it was built about 1,000 or 3,000 years ago.
2. Also did you know that hundreds of people had to drag the stones to their building site and had to use really strong ropes to get it there. 
3. Did you know that the Ha 'amonga ʻa Maui is very important to the people of Niutoua village. 

Structure: Something that is built from several parts. 

Burden: Stress and panic.

Gateway: An entrance to a place. 

Historian: A person that likes to talk about history. 

Lintel: Concrete or Steel across the top of a window or a door. 

Rugby World Cup 2019

In Te Manga we have been learning about the Rugby World Cup. My country is Georgia and I've learnt that there is some strange animals in Georgia. 

Yesterday I thought that we were the most colourful class in the school! Thats because we dressed up in our different countries. I learnt that learning about different countries is lots of fun that you can do on the last school days. I think that Georgia has the most strangest animals in all the countries in the world. 
Whaea Deb and Riley were supporting Japan.

I was supporting Georgia!

Look at our amazing pictures!

Lucy - T3 W7 - Toheroa - Connected L2, 2004

Name: Lucy Jensen

T3 W7 - Toheroa - Connected 2, 2004

Hard Ice, Soft Ice 

WALT increase our vocabulary by choosing interesting and tricky words in the text.

Interesting or Tricky Words	Meaning
Structure	The organisation of something or the way that it is made up.
Cumulus	Cumulus clouds are clouds which have flat bases and are often described as puffy, cotton-like or fluffy. Cumulus clouds may appear by themselves in lines.
Torrential	A whole heap of precipitation that is falling hard.
Atmosphere	the mixture of gases that  surround a planet.
Avalanche	a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling really roughly down a mountainside.

2. Choose one of the subheadings in your text. Summarise the information in your own words - one paragraph.

What’s The Difference Between Snow And Hail?

If you stand outside in snow or hail you can
feel the big difference. Snow is very soft, fluffy
and light, and snowflakes will not hurt if it falls on
you when it’s snowing. Hail is very hard, and it
will sting a little bit if it hits bare skin anywhere there is hail.

NZ Playhouse, Hare And The Tortoise

Today the whole school were in the whare to watch an  entertaining performance called The Hare And The Tortoise. When we got there one of the girls hooked the string on the pole and accidentally made it come off again. There was three people acting in the show, but the characters were the Tortoise, Piped piper, Humpty Dumpty, Hare - Hea and The ginger bread man/G man/Biscuit Boy. My favourite part was when the tortoise finished the race at the end, I also liked the part when the tortoise sung this song, slow and steady wins the race. The G man was sad at the end because the Piped piper said if the G man gave him one of the gumdrop buttons or ten thousand moon dollars . The G man said 'oh no, I don't have enough moon dollars and I don't want to give away my gumdrops!!' They talked to each other for a little bit. Finally the G man said ' Okay okay, I will give you one of my gumdrops until I have ten thousand moon dollars.'

The Great Reading Adventure

Last Friday Te Manga and Te Tinana did a great performance to lots of audience laughing, clapping and getting entertained. I felt like jelly wobbling on a plate. That’s how nervous I was. I was a narrator and I had to wear a Maori costume . First Duffy, Scruffy, Thing one and friend three. Next it was The Cat In The Hat’s turn, after that it was my turn. I felt like I had to explode when I was walking to the front. There was other groups like the Harry Potters, Cat in the Hat, Non-Fiction, Comics and Legends. I was in Maui and the sun Legends group. My part was to say is this, When the flax ropes were ready Maui and his brothers set off. They went on and on looking for the hole where the sun came up. They walked in darkness. When it was light, they hid so the sun wouldn’t see them. At last they came to the hole. They put the ropes across it and hid again, I also said Maui and his brothers held tight to the ropes as the sun battled to get away and now Maui and his people had plenty of time to fish, hunt and eat their food all in the light of the sun wouldn’t see them. They put the ropes across it and hid again, I also said Maui and his brothers held tight to the ropes as the sun battled to get away and now Maui and his people had plenty of time to fish, hunt and eat their food all in the light of the light of the sun. Whaea Deb put the Duffy Kid song on her laptop and we all sang the Duffy song. Then Duffy said Sir can you please hand out the certificates. The End

First Draft - The Great reading Adventure Assembly

I have written about my class assembly. I am at the editing stage so you might see some mistakes. I am still working on it and will post my published writing next week.

Lucy
Last Friday Te Manga and Te Tinana did a great performance to lots of audience laughing, clapping and getting entertained. I felt like jelly wobbling on a plate. That’s how nervous I was. I was a narrator and I had to wear a Maori costume . First Duffy, Scruffy, Thing one and friend three. Next it was The Cat In The Hat’s turn, after that it was my turn. I felt like I had to explode when I was walking to the front. There was other groups like the Harry Potters, Cat in the Hat, Non-Fiction, Comics and Legends. I was in Maui and the sun Legends group. My part was to say is this, When the flax ropes were ready Maui and his brothers set off. They went on and on looking for the hole where the sun came up. They walked in darkness. When it was light, they hid so the sun wouldn’t see them. At last they came to the hole. They put the ropes across it and hid again, I also said Maui and his brothers held tight to the ropes as the sun battled to get away and now Maui and his people had plenty of time to fish, hunt and eat their food all in the light of the sun wouldn’t see them. They put the ropes across it and hid again, I also said Maui and his brothers held tight to the ropes as the sun battled to get away and now Maui and his people had plenty of time to fish, hunt and eat their food all in the light of the light of the sun. Whaea Deb put the Duffy Kid song on her laptop and we all sang the Duffy song. Then Duffy said Sir can you please hand out the certificates. 

Lucy's Learning Goal's For Term 3

L.J's Fathers Day Card

If I love you now then I will love you my whole life. If you love me now to then you will be in my heart my whole life. You really are the best person that I have met. I love you dad. 

Making Puddles - Our Water Cycle Experiment

WALT explain what happens when water evaporates.Create a new blog post to explain our EVAPORATION science experiment.
What was our hypothesis?

Describe what we did?

1. Alani tipped 2L of water on the concrete to make a puddle in the sun.
2. Liv, Cleo, and Reina drew around the puddle with chalk and Anahera took a picture.
3. we waited for 15 minutes to check the puddle to see how much water had evaporated.

What happened?
Both puddles evaporated but the puddle that was in the sun evaporated faster than the one in the shade. Think about which puddles disappeared faster?the puddle that was in the sun evaporated faster than the one in the shade.

What caused the water to disappear?Water in the sun will always disappear faster than the puddle in the shade.

Remember to add photo's to your blog post.

L.J Label the Water Cycle

WALT label the different parts of the water cycle.

L.J Water Cycle term 3 2019

                                      WALT find key words related to the water cycle.

Place Value addition maths Strategy

WALT solve 3 digit addition equation using the place value strategy. 

Take a look at my math strategy slide deck. 

I have made a Screencastify video to explain how to use the place value strategy. Please watch my video.

L.J News Of The North

Is it fact or fable? Fact is something that is known or proven to be true. Fable is a made up story. Please Comment if you can. 

Ka Pai Kai With Whaea Anna

WALT cook healthy food with Whaea Anna. She is teaching us all about healthy eating. 

My group is Cleo, Alani, Teina and Millan and we are going to make delicious pancakes. Our recipe needs whipped cream (sugar free), banana and  vanilla ice-cream, berry's  (no raspberry's), flour, eggs, milk. 

The equipment we need is measuring spoons, pancake pan and mixing spoons.

Amazing Water Facts

My Amazing Water Facts

In my class we have been learning about the water cycle.  There is as much water in the world today as there was when the earth was formed.Earth will not get any more water! The longest non-stop swim was made by Susie Maroney from Australia in 1998.She swam from Mexico to cuba (197 km)
in 8 hrs 33 min.

The Lion King Te Manga And Te Tinana - First Draft

Te Manga and Te Tinana started watching the movie.

 Mufasa and Sarabi had a cub. The cub was so adorable. The cubs name was Simba. Rafiki the baboon held the cub up high to show all the animals in the jungle there was a new cub that got born. 

 Mufasa said to simba that he will become king one day. So Simba went with his dad to learn how to hunt for meat to eat every day.

One day Simba went to Scar. Scar said to Simba that there is a place that has bubbling mud pools and gross bones. Simba thought that he could go there. One day Simba asked his dad if he could go to the water pole. 

Lucy - Wonderful Sentences

I have been learning how to copy and paste from our class writing flip charts to share our learning. I know how to insert bullet points and use the highlighting tool.

We know that wonderful sentences need:

• Detail (elaboration)
• Capital letters and full stops
• Punctuation (, ! ? “ “)
• Quality vocab - WOW words

WALT recognise different parts of speech.

• Nouns are naming words. Eg. chair, book, July, Awhi
• Adjectives describe nouns. Eg. wooden chair, writing book, freezing July, lovely Awhi
• Verbs are doing words. Eg run, walk, jump, skip, chew
• Adverbs describe verbs. Eg. briskly running, slowly walking, jumping high, skipping happily
• and chewing noisily.

EXAMPLES

The bird is angry. 

The bird looks blueish and a bit black, it looks very evil too. 

The cat is sad.

The midnight cat is shedding a tear as it waits for the witch to return.

Place Value Math Strategies - Screencastify

I found it tricky to get chrome extension. 

It will always help me in my maths strategies when I do place value. 

Tuna Kuwharuharu (Longfin Eel)

This term we have been learning all about the Long Fin Eel.  

Our assembly item was based on the story Velvet and Elvis. This was a story about the migration journey that the longfin eel takes.

Click here to view our te manga class blog Assembly post


I have created 3 different digital  learing objects (DLO) to share my learning on this topic.

The first is a poster that I created in my topic book about the challenges to the long fin eel. 

We had been learning about the life cycle of the longfin eel. I created the life cycle using google draw.

I shared 5 interesting facts I know about the longfin eel on a google doc poster.

My Wonderful Reading - The tame eels of Anatoki by Susan Belcher

Waitangi Learning - Rarangi Matahiko

On May the 21st of 2019 it was the day Te Manga could go to Waitangi. Soon we arrived at Waitangi. when we arrived at Waitangi Whaea Monika and Whaea Kerry greeted us.

 They told us to go up long stairs to get ready to learn. I saw some amazing paintings from Antarctica and the beautiful technology laid out. I felt really pumped and superb when I walked into the building.

 Te Manga did some Unplugged Activities. Our Unplugged Activity was sorting out number cards from one to fifty. Me, Lara and Reina was my buddies for the Unplugged Activity.

 After that a nice person came in called Caitlin. Caitlin came in with six very special rocks. The rocks are important, soft, spiky and some smooth even a bit rough.

 We did Scratch and paint 3D to make some eels.My eel looked like a wobbly line line to me. I put my background on Scratch and me! Each of us made and decorated our own eel on Scratch and paint 3D.

 At the end Te Manga played Tag, Hare-In-The-Whare, Chain Tag and had a little walk on a track. All of us saw some eels at the cafe and the ginormous stump made out of Kauri-gum tree. Before we hopped on the bus we did was all of us doing a scary pukana!

Learning Goals Term 2

Mothers Day Poster

I love you to the      moon and
        back!

My School Holiday

On the first week of the holiday on thursday me and Isaacs Auntie and cousin came. When they came over we all drove to TE AHU LIBRARY to see the goat. The goat was really friendly. Me and my cousin felt the goats horns. the goats horns were felt really rough .when I felt it at the top it felt really smooth. After seeing the goat Isaac and I showed our Auntie how to go to the library. Then we walked up the dizzy stair's. My little cousin is scared of hight's so I went back for her. We went to the museim and saw Kauri gum hair, giant anchor and how the people lived in the olden-days.

Week 5 Tiakina a Tangaroa - SJ L2 by Jill MacGregorottles

All About Me - Bio Poem

Spongy Skeletons 28.03.19

Experiencing Marine Reserves

A marine reserve is a marine protected area where you can not take anything from. Without protected areas, the ocean might become barren-rock.

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