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Thursday 27 June 2019

Matariki Meanings


Matariki Meanings 
If your wondering what does Matariki mean it would usually be a
special celebration to all the Maori people including the children/
teens as well.If you don’t know when is Matariki at nighttime
you would be able/not be able to see the 7 Sisters/Stars
and their names are Waiti,Waita,Waipunarangi,Tupu-a
rangi,Tupu-a Nuku,Ururangi and lastly Matariki.
The story began when Matariki got pregnant with
6 sisters so either way this is still a very special
celebration but this time Matariki is on this Friday.
Traditionally, Matariki was a time to remember those
who had died in the last year. But it was also a happy event –
crops had been harvested and seafood and birds had been collected.
With plenty of food in the storehouses, Matariki was a time for singing,
dancing and feasting. Modern Matariki: Matariki, or Māori New Year
celebrations were once popular, but stopped in the 1940s. In 2000,
they were revived. Only a few people took part at first, but in just a
few years thousands were honouring the ‘New Zealand Thanksgiving’.
A special feature of Matariki celebrations is the flying of kites –
according to ancient custom they flutter close to the stars.
Matariki is the Māori name for the small cluster of
stars also known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters,
in the Taurus constellation. In New Zealand it comes
into view low on the north-eastern horizon, appearing
in the tail of the Milky Way in the last days of May or
in early June, just before dawn. This heralds the Māori
New Year.

Tuesday 25 June 2019

Tasting Kimchi (Korean Food) & Pad thai (Asian food)

Today room 4 had tried something that was called Kimchi. Kimchi is a korean food that is really popular in Korea.The next food we tried was Pad Tai. Pad tai is made/from Thailand and it has the maximum of spice so hopefully it isn't that spicy.Kimchi tasted like garlic and spice together but it isn't that bad so I would rate it 7/10.Now it is time for the Pad Tai its nice as well but the result is 9/10 its really nice and simple as well.








Friday 21 June 2019

Battle of the mountains.

For reading this week kina had read a book called "Battle Of The Mountains" there are 7+ mountains in this book but all of them are fighting cause of a girl called "Pihanga".

Facts About South America

 Today for inquiry we had learnt facts about South america but even though they aren't like europe they still use argentina and other foods in south america.

Thursday 20 June 2019

My favorite past time



Introduction/Classification: Today I’m going to tell you what was/is still my favorite place
I went in the past and the place is where I went when I was around 5 years old when this
happened, but the place I’m talking about is fiji where.I came from Fiji is also located in Oceania.
Fiji is located in Oceania but it is also kind of a small island located far away from NZ
they usually would speak  is Fijian or even English.
The Wildlife:now what I know  about the wildlife animals/creatures are that there are snakes in Fiji but only in the water/ocean,River.
Grandparents:In Fiji my grandparents actually live there in a house while we get to visit them but next year or this year my family would want to go and see how they’re doing so far. One of my favorite past times in Fiji was when we (My family) got to actually explore but it was really tiring since I was only 5 years old at that time but they would always encourage me by saying “Wow you are really smart” which was really heartwarming. But the food was really different to the other countries/continents as well. Even though there was more of my past times this was my most favorite place as well.

The Beach: Even if you’re bored you can actually visit the beach.If you walk at the beach
you could feel the sand and see the ocean instead of a river like the ones in NZ.Conclusion:  I hope everyone had liked about something that had happened in my past time.This was an amazing thing that I will remember throughout my whole life thanks for reading and feel free to leave a positive/helpful comments.
Questions:Now would you ever visit/live in Fiji?,What was your favorite past times/places?,How did you feel about this?.

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Empanadas

 So Today in Room 4 we had tried a traditional dish from Argentina that is EmPanada's which does looks like an Asian dish called Dumplings  but morely different.The Empanadas smell like Pasta beef even if it was filled with chilli and other things it still was nice and it looks like dumplings as well. And it was delicous.

Monday 17 June 2019

Facts about USA


   USA
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern
Hemisphere and almost within the Western Hemisphere
but it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent.
But they have the different ends with Latitude And Longitude.
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https://media.defense.gov/2018/Jul/11/2001941257/780/780/0/180711-F-EF974-0115.JPG USA is connected with North America.USA stands for united states of America.


Friday 14 June 2019

Europe And North America

Today Room 4 homeroom had been learning about the different things about Europe and North America but also the same things that they have as well.But for the Statue of Liberty Europe had the Statue before North America but they do trade things to Europe as well.
Europe:
Paris
Colosseum  
Eiffel Tower
Italy
France
Rome
Leaning tower of Pisa
Pizza
Latin

The same things they have:

Statue of Liberty                                                     
Mcdonalds
Mexico
Spanish
Animals
French
Internet businesses





North America:
Canada
Bahamas
Biggest Lake
Auction Houses
Deers
USA


Tuesday 11 June 2019

The weird mixed foods we had.

Today my homeroom teacher Mrs Stone decided to get/eat a European food which includes Olive oil,Olive,Fetta Cheese and bread. But each student had to watch a video to know more about Olives. When your growing olives on a tree if it is green then it is starting to get more ripe but if it is a darkish color then its already ripe. but for me the Olives tasted nice,for the cheese it was very weird but the bread was nice. The next one was bread and Chocolate which is famous.And it tastes nice as well.

Advice Task



For this it could be useful for anyone but if you have a problem you can be invited to write if you need any more advice and I would reply but this is a reading task I have to do which includes a battle of the mountains which are fighting each other for Pihanga. But this would be related with the Maori Culture

The Populous Continent which is Asia.

Classification - Introduce your topic. Tell what the object or animal is, who the person is or where the place is.
Description - Use paragraphs with topic sentences, to organise bundles of information about your topic
Conclusion - Make a personal comment about the subject or report
The Most Populous Continent which is Asia:
Asia has been known as one of the most populous
continents because of the countries that are connected as well.
The first continent that is called China:
China is a country that is known for their language  Chinese.
They have a lot of town that are really popular.
The towns that are popular are called Tokyo,Japan.
The next Country is called Korea:
Korea is really popular due to the biggest boy band
and including KPOP (Korean pop).
The languages they would usually speak is Korean
but you could also speak English if you don’t understand.
 And the last country is Japan: in Japan there are a
lot of natural things from Japan like their language,Food,the places
they have and lastly the population also did you know that Japan is
hosting a rugby game?.
But would you ever want to go to Asia or any other countries
that are connected with Asia?

Wednesday 5 June 2019

Things we learnt about Fractions

Today Me,Tatia,Trinity and Pilini had learnt a lot more of fractions by using a knife and cutting through a Cake in sixth,thirds,halves and Forth's. Each Time Mrs Stone would ask someone a question about fractions.




Escape from the Wahine

 

Page
He Felt...
Because...
6
Depressed
There was an tragedy that had haunted him for all his life.
6
Tired
He hadn’t slept very well at all.
8
Confused
Graham did actually know that something was not right.
9
Nervous
Someone had came right behind him and he didn’t want to get kicked.
10
Shocked
Instead of taking him to the Strait,it had taken him to the Eastbourne side.
9
Raging
He and his friends would had nearly been perished.
8
Angry
He already had knew that something was really wrong.
8
Scared
The deck was very steep so he had to crawl.

Tuesday 4 June 2019

North America


   North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere
and almost within the Western Hemisphere but it is also considered
by some to be a northern subcontinent.


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North america had been in a few fights with the other continents
like Russia and France
In North America they would only speak in Spanish and English.



Coordinates 579,024,000