Maui legends

As part of Matariki we re- read the legends of Maui. We then retold a legend and created artwork. Below is my work. 

Jennae: How Maui Slowed The Sun

Maui and his four brothers had no time to do their crops or to do their garden, or even when they have done their hard work they didn’t even have time to play. Maui wanted to do something about it because the sun was just going too fast. Maui and his four brothers made a plan to try and slow down the sun. Maui and his brothers decided to make magical platted ropes to capture the sun and make it slow down. Maui and his brothers had set off to find the sun at night, paddling for miles. When they got to where the sun was  it  was coming out of its hiding place. When it had arose more out of his hiding place Maui and his four brothers threw the ropes over the sun and pulled it down. Maui had caught  the sun and slowed the sun down. The sun had agreed with Maui to slow down.

Retold by Jennae   

My Mihi 2017

Here is my mihi video.

Classroom Kupu

We have been learning how to say the names for classroom objects in Te Reo Maori. Here is the slideshow I did to show my learning.

Science Term 2 2017

This term we have been doing science. We have been learning about the water cycle and the states of matter. Here is some of my learning. 

Persuasive Writing- Why we should have pets

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing about why it is a good idea to have pets.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Good ideas to have pets.
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that having a pet is a great benefit to a family.
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, some types of dogs have been trained to do specific jobs. For an example, in Alaska, Huskies guard their owners houses to protect themselves from  wolves and snow foxes. Another dog that is good to have is a sheep dog. They help you if you are having trouble rounding sheep and the dog just chases the sheep and sometimes cows to help the farmer. I truly believe it is good to have a specific dog to do good jobs.
	Secondly,some dogs can tell when their owner has cancer or cancer cells. Also they can tell when their sugar level is high or low. I truly believe it is a good idea to have a dog because sometimes they can warn you when their owner has something wrong with their medical condition.
	Thirdly, it’s good to have a cat or a dog so they can get rid of pests such as mice, rats, weasels and stoats which can spread diseases. It is good to have a cat or a dog, because they kill our native birds and also because stoats and weasels eat baby eggs. This has a huge effect on our already endangered animals.
	LastIy, I strongly believe it is a good idea to have farm animals like pet sheep, cows, chickens and pigs. It is a good idea because they give you food like a sheep gives you meat, a cow gives you milk, a goat gives you milk and cheese, a chicken gives you eggs and a pig gives you bacon and crackle.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion I believe that it is a good idea to have pets because they help people with medical issues, dogs can sense when their owner has cancer,  farm animals give you food, and some dogs have specific jobs to do. Therefore it is very important for people to have pets.

Persuasive Writing- Why we should fix our field

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing about why we should fix our field.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Whakatika ā mātou whira (Fix Our Field)
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe we should definitely fix our whira( field) now. My reasons are we  definitely need the field for specific sport events and for training, we also need it for our Karoro School Gala, our school is too crowded without the field and can cause injuries.
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, I strongly think the Mrs Truman and the board of trustees should definitely fix our field. We need to fix our field because we need the field for the Karoro wharekura Gala (Karoro School Gala) We need it for the Karoro School Gala because we won’t be able to have it this year because there won’t be as big of a space as there was in the last years. Also in the Gala we have sometimes a horse riding event and we need it. We need it  because if we fall on grass it won’t be as hard as landing on concrete.
	Secondly, I truly believe we also need the space for training and for big sport events.  We need the field for big sports events because if we don’t train we won’t be as good as we could be. An example we need the field for tarai (rugby)training. We need the field because we need to know the  kāwanatanga (rules) and how to play it properly.
	I strongly believe we need to keep fit by running around on our field to keep healthy. We need to keep fit because Karoro School would not like to not go outside for fun punipuni (games)
	My fourth strong reason we need it fixed. We need it fixed because we have a lot of sports gear we have in the PE shed to use on our field. So if we don’t use it it is a huge amount of putea (money) wasted if we don’t even use the pe gear.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our field because we need the field for big sports events and big tātāwhāinga- tournaments, we also need the field because we need it for rugby training so we know how to play, we also need it because we need to keep fit, and finally, we need it for that we need to use the pe gear for something. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT KARORO SCHOOL HAS A FIELD!