Maori Week

     Māori Week

Two weeks ago it was Māori week so we did a lot of things Māori related.The first day Ms Nelson went on google and found a Māori random word maker or something like that but then she found a word mauri mahi, mauri Ora.And then that day was done.The next day we learnt another word but I forgot what it was.After a few days we did Māori rotations with different senior classes.First we did our own class and we did string art.First we did a cup and saucer and once everyone got the hang of it we moved on to the parachute affect.But that was all we learnt in room 2.

Secondly we went to room 3 we firstly learnt about what the symbols meant secondly she told us a story about why she wore her item.And then we moved on to the real stuff we got to make items with salt dough.But first we had to chose which one we wanted to make,I made the whale tail.At first it was kind of hard to make at the start so then I just rolled it out and then I cut out a whale tail with one of the barbecue sticks.Once we finished making one you could make another but when I made another there was barely any space for me to fit my second one so I just made one.And that was our last rotation for the day.

After that day with Room 2 and Room 3 we went to Room 4 and we did a stick game but we used magazines shaped into sticks.The first game we did with the sticks was like a game like what we did at camp.So we just put the stick in front of the person on the left with your right hand while putting the left hand behind our back,And when he would say go we would have to let go and try to grab the one in front of you.And he would try to trick us by using words that
sounded like go.After that game we did this stick music game and then it was something like E papa .The first time we just practised with our friends and then we did the real thing and then we just moved down to the left and if you were at the end when he would say go you would have to go to the end and then you would be with the person at the end of the line.



After Room 4 we went to Room 1.We did bingo but it was in Māori she played a song to teach us the Māori numbers but I didn't win a prize. :(

Coding

A few weeks ago we started to do some coding.Ms Nelson told us to go on code.org,But first she gave out the secret words.The first level was an angry bird level.It told us how to include the code into the big code.The codes that were there was just "move forward,turn left and turn right".I completed eight levels.The first three were angry birds,The next four levels were about artists and the last one that I did was about a bee.Each level had different commands.It was very fun and interesting.

Dance Mat Typing Experience

When we were doing reading group two sat down on the mat and Ms Nelson told us to do something called Dance Mat Typing.The other groups were just doing normal reading stuff but group two was doing only the first level of dance mat typing.I finished level one and there is three stages in each level.Each stage has different keys on the keyboard.

Explanation Writing

Circulatory System

Dancing With Mrs Dinniss