Interesting Ngahere Walk

Kia ora. In Te Ngahere we have been learning about native species in our ngahere. So on Thursday our teachers decided that we would go for a walk into the ngahere so we did. We went to the ngahere so that we could try and see what we have been researching. Unfortunately I did not see what I was researching I was researching about Flax Snails. Did you know that Flax Snails can grow upto 8 cm long. Has your class ever been on a ngahere walk?

Delicious Cooking

Kia ora. On Tuesday all of the year 7 & 8’s went to Morewa for technology. All of the year 8’s do cooking and the year 7’s do wood work. For cooking we made meat pies and the year 7’s made metal necklaces. I think that the making the meat pies was really hard because we had to make sure we did not burn it. The easy thing about making the meat pie was eating it. But the easy part was actually cutting all of our ingredients. I really enjoyed this because it is good practice because I also have to cook at home. Have you ever made meat pies?

Confusing Collaboration

Kia Ora. In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to collaborate together. So for this activity we had one drawer and two runners. The drawer had to wait for the runners to run outside and then look at the teachers picture. Then the runners had to somehow tell the drawer what to draw and where to draw on the paper without touching or pointing at it. Our first attempt I thought that we did really well because I was the drawer and I had a good group because they could coordinate without touching or pointing at the paper. Our second attempt was worse than the first attempt because most of the time me and my mate were the runners and most of the time we would keep telling the drawer what to do and we would get louder and louder. The challenging thing about this task was that we could not touch or point at where the drawer had to draw so we had to coordinate using our mouths. Our first attempt is the one with the big smiley face on it. Have you ever done this activity before?

Delicious Food Web

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about a food web. A food web is something that animals feed off from each other, for example the Tui eats the Kowhai tree and the Stoat eats the Tui. An animal food web contains. Herbivores Carnivores Decomposers I enjoyed learning about this because I have learnt what animals eat what. I think that my food web looks like the teachers food web but the teacher has more arrows and the arrows are different colored so that you can tell what animal eats what. I also found the Activity hard because we had to put the arrows in the right places and pointing at the right animal so if there was a green arrow pointing at the Tui and coming from the Kowhai tree then that means that the energy is transferred to the Tui. Have you ever made your own food web?

Whakamataku(Scary) Tsunami

On Friday there was a tsunami warning My family and I had to evacuate my home to go to the golf club, because it was very high up and the tsunami would not be able to reach us. At first I thought that it was a drill but then my mum said that it was a real tsunami warning. Once we got to the top of the golf club we had to stay there for around 3 to 4 hours and then we drove to Shay’s house and got a pie. After about half an hour we went back to the golf club because my mum wanted to see the tsunami hit the rocks even though she was scared. 2 hours later we went home and I was glad to see my chromebook again. I didn’t enjoy the tsunami because I thought that I wouldn’t be able to come to school and see my friends again and I wouldn’t be able to see my teachers, but I wanted the tsunami to hit so I can see how big it was because I have never seen one before. Have you ever seen a tsunami before?

Ngahau Pepeha

In Te Ngahere we have been learning a mihi to say in the morning in our class. We have to say the mihi because we need to acknowledge the people who said the karakia/ and himene. We also have to say our pepeha. I think that I know my pepeha off by heart because I have been practising it over and over again in my head, but I think that I need to keep practising the mihi because I don’t really know it. Do you know your pepeha?

Caring Kawa Of Care

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to take care of our chromebooks this is called Kawa Of Care, because when we have a chromebook you need to take care of it so that it doesn’t break. Taking care of it means that you can’t eat/ or drink near your chromebook, you also have to carry your chromebook with 2 hand and the lid shut. I to chose create an animation about the kawa of care to show my learning to other students in my class. Do you follow the Kawa Of Care?