Poutini and Waitaiki Legend

Poutini and Waitaiki Script

Jennae: First of all there was a legend we may have heard of. Producer Milan and Director Jennae will inform you about this legend.

Milan: Long Long ago… there was a taniwha called Poutini. He swam up and down the rough seas

of Te Tai O Poutini protecting the people and the spiritual essence of pounamu.

Jennae: One day while Poutini was resting in the warm waters of Tuhua he saw a beautiful woman, called Waitaiki, bathing in the moana. Poutini immediately fell in aroha and he snatched Waitaiki and swam south towards the mainland.

Milan: Waitaiki’s husband, Tamaahua,  was a strong chief and he was the most skilled person in the

spiritual world. When Tamaahua finally found out that Waitaiki was gone, he threw a large dart into the air;

the dart pointed in the direction that Poutini and Waitaiki were. Tamaahua and his slave quickly paddled in

their waka towards that direction

Jennae: Waitaiki and Poutini finally reached the shore at Tahanga /Taupo and Poutini lit a fire to warm them up. When Poutini heard Tamaahua coming he grabbed Waitaiki again and took off.

Milan: The chase kept going and going all around Aotearoa. Each time they stopped somewhere new Poutini lit an ahi.

Jennae:Waitaiki was terrified and makariri. She begged Poutini to turn around. After a lot of begging

Poutini listened to Waitaiki and carried her back up the West Coast.Tamaahua found his wife’s tears in the waters near Piopiotahi / Milford Sound and realised that they had turned around.  Those tears are found in the greenstone known as tangiwai.

Milan: One night Tamaahua sat down and got ready for a big fight with Poutini for Waitaiki. Poutini was concerned and said to himself, “If I can’t have Waitaiki then no one can!”

Jennae: Poutini transformed Waitaiki into pounamu, and laid her down in the makariri waters of the Arahura River. High up the Arahura River there is a stream known as Waitaki Creek, the legend says that in the waters of the aahura, at this point, lies a ledge of pounamu, the body of Waitaiki.

Milan: Tamaahua set out tin the  morning to fight Poutini and to claim Waitaiki back. He reached where Waitaiki was and realised what had happened. Tamaahua was devastated and returned back home without his wife.

Jennae: That concludes our story of Poutini and Waitaiki. Thank you for watching we will see you next Sunday on ABC News.

Milan and Jennae together: Kite Koe I muri  

Link to our video

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Learning Intention and Success Criteria

In Room Eight we have been learning about the Chinese New Year and what they do for their New Year and how different it is to our New Year. We are learning about the Chinese New Year to  have more of an understanding about their culture and to have repsect for it. This also goes back to one of my school values 'respect.'

‘What’: (L.I) The dragon is a mythical creature that looks a bit like a lizard or a serpent. Combine some of the features of two interesting animals to create your own mythical creature. Decide on a habitat for your creature. This is a drawing of Hannah and I’s mythical creature. It is named FlamingoX. The FlamingoX lays eggs every chinese new year and it likes habitats like swampy and wet places. They love to swim and are very good at it, which make them a very dangerous aquatic animal.


‘Why’: (L.I) One Chinese New Year tradition is to give children red envelopes containing money. Make a list of pros and cons of giving money as a present. Would you rather receive a surprise gift or money? Explain why.  Pros: you get money to spend, you can get more money to save for something, so you have money to buy something for someone. Cons: it puts lots of pressure on the people who give the money, your siblings might nag you for it, you might feel bad taking the money, it is only on special occasion.  I would want a surprise gift because I would feel bad taking the money and I might not need it.

‘When’:Large crowds of people come together for festivals and parades.
Do you remember when you part of a large crowd? How did you feel?
Use all your senses and describe the experience in a paragraph. I remember
when I was a little young and I were at the Jackie Thomas concert in
Greymouth at the Regent Theatre. I was standing in a huge crowd full
of other fans holding up signs. My mum  and the rest of my family seen
that on television she had won the XFactor and we had been watching
every week when it was on at her singing. I felt happy that I met her after
and had her signature and a photo. I also felt like I could do that because
ever since I could sing my mother printed out song lyrics and I always got
told to be quiet when I was singing them. So I could only sing songs when no
one was in the house but me.

Taste: I couldn’t taste anything when I was in the large crowd.

Sight: I could see a huge gathering of people like me (fans) swarming in,
around the stage just watching Jackie Thomas. I could also see Jackie opening
her mouth to a microphone.

Touch:  I could feel the vibration of the floor shaking me and the feel of the
bamboo stick gripped tightly to my hand with a message to Jackie.

Smell: I could smell the powder they put on stage for effect flying up in the air.

Sound: I could hear a really good singer on stage, the crowd yelling and
screaming when Jackie sang and also the sounds of the speakers vibrating.

‘Where’: Red is considered to be a very lucky colour in Chinese New Year celebrations. Make a list of the red things you would find in a supermarket.
Apples, Strawberries, Raspberries, Cherries,  Dragonfruit, Capsicum, Grapes,
Chilli, Tomato sauce, meat, bacon, fizzy drink, redskins, liquorice, baby food,
lolly pops, watermelon, grapefruit, jam, wine, red food dye,

‘How: Look at pictures or videos showing how teams of people hold a dragon on
poles to make it dance during a parade. How can you improve this method of making
a dragon move?

I watched a video on two people moving a dragon on tall poles. I saw that there
were two people that were lifting their partner up in the air and moving them to
the next pole in front of them or behind. This made it look like the dragon was
moving around on the poles. A way I could improve this method is by making
the poles maybe a little closer to each other and then the dragon can move faster
and make it look more real.

Hannah and Jennae’s own Trek Cards

‘Who’: Who has the biggest Chinese New Year celebration outside of China?  
San francisco America has the biggest Chinese New Year celebration outside
of china. It has huge parades and dances., street fair and fireworks.

“Which’: For the Chinese New Year they celebrate for 15 days. Each day they have
different events.  Which events have you heard of they do for the Chinese New Year?
Which event is the most popular?

The event that is the most popular for the Chinese New Year is the Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival is the most popular because it is the first event that happens
at the beginning of the New Year. Some Chinese New Year events I have heard of
is the lantern night,  dragon and lion dance and the spring festival.

Hannah Coggle: Chinese New Year (Mind Map)

Jennae  Coggle: Chinese New Year (Mind Map)

Summer Learning Journey Week Four Day Five Activity 1,2 and 3

Activity 1 Week Four Day Five

Success Criteria:On your blog tell us three things that you could do to help save the planet.

1)An idea for helping the planet is I could try and get the most votes and win the election to run New Zealand and do something about this pollution problem and not just talk about doing it and focusing on other things but to actually do it.

2) First of all there is this layer of heaps of different types of gases that is around the Earth. What happens is when the sun produces heat it goes through the layers or gases around  Earth and hits the water creating high temperature into the ocean called climate change. When this happens the heat bounces off the water back towards the sun but because there is thick layers of gases made by humans the heat can’t travel back out to space. This layer of gas is called the ozone.

I can try and reduce the impact from me on Earth using different types of gases and to decrease a little bit of climate change. To make a bigger difference I would create a website and let people know about my idea. This will spread it world wide and make people think twice about using gases.

3)My last option to help save the planet would be to take notice on how much water I use daily, weekly monthly and every year. Using water can change the ocean and rivers etc, to get lower and lower and one day there will not be any water left on this planet. Little things like turning the tap off when brushing your teeth makes a huge difference if 7.53 billion people all do it.

Activity 2 Week Four Day Five
Success Criteria: Visit the WWF site and take a look at the animals who are available for adoption. Choose your ‘top three’ animals from the website.

On your blog, list the three animals that you have chosen and then compare and contrast them. How are they similar? How are they different? At the bottom of you post, tell us which of the three animals you would most like to adopt.

I have chose the Arctic Hare, Polar Bear and the Arctic Fox.

Similarities
-These three animals are  similar because their skins are all white colour in the winter.
-The Arctic Hare, Arctic Fox and the Polar Bear are only found in the Arctic.
-They love to live in cold conditions.
-The Arctic Hare and the Arctic Fox are both land mammals
-All three of these animals in the summer change their fur to a dark brown or brown.
-The Arctic Fox and the Arctic Hare both like to eat small animals.

Differences
-The polar bear is not a land mammal it is a marine mammal.
-An obvious difference between these three animals is the polar bear is a type bear the arctic hare is a type of hare/rabbit, and the arctic fox is a type of fox.
-The Polar Bear eats different things compared to the Arctic Fox and the Arctic Hare. The Polar bear likes to eat other mammals like the earless seals and the bowhead whale.

Out of the three animals the animal I would most like to adopt is the Polar Bear.

Activity 3 Week Four Day Five

Success Criteria:On your blog please tell us:

1. What is one thing that you learned from participating in the Summer Learning Journey programme this year? I learned that trying new things like the Summer Learning Journey is something I like and
2. What is one thing that surprised you?One thing that surprised me was that I didn’t know as much as I thought I did before I started the Summer Learning Journey.
3. What is one thing that concerned or upset you?One thing that definitely concerned me was I am going away on Wednesday 9th of January for a week and a bit and I was worried that I wasn’t going to finish the SLJ because I have came so far in it.

What is one thing that you (or your family) can do, moving forward, to help protect our natural environment? One thing that my family are trying to do to help the environment is to decrease the amount of times we use plastic materials that can cause pollution.

Summer Learning Journey Week Four Day Four

Activity 1 Week Four Day Four
Success Criteria: On your blog, tell us which campaign you have chosen to support and provide us with a slogan for that campaign.

The campaign I have chosen to support is called Rebel Sport. I have chosen this campaign because sport is something I love to do and I enjoy it and in sports there so many options anyone could do. This store also provides you with great sporting equipment. I think a slogan for Rebel Sport would be “All Out, New Game, All season.”

Activity 2 Week Four Day Four
Success Criteria:On your blog, tell us what they think about Countdown’s decision to stop using plastic bags.

Kia Ora I am Jennae, I am going to be asking my older sister Kayla about what she thinks about Countdown deciding to stop using plastic bags.

Below is what Kayla thinks.

Kayla said “ what I think about countdown deciding to stop using plastic bags is a great idea. This new idea is great for our beautiful environment and stopping plastic bags is what most supermarkets are trying to do, but it’s great Countdown was the first.

“Although it helps our environment, this doesn’t stop people from reusing these bags. It’s most likely that most people have countdown plastic bags still somewhere in there house and still reuse them for certain things. For an example sleepovers to put all  your stuff in, putting old food into a plastic bag then into the rubbish bin, for going swimming etc.

“In conclusion I think that this was a great idea for countdown to stop using plastic bags but it hasn’t stopped people from reusing them.”

Activity 3 Week Four Day Four
Success Criteria: On your blog, tell us what you think about the government’s decision to restrict the number of tourists able to visit this special site.Is it fair? Be sure to tell us why you feel the way that you do.

I agree that is is fair for the government to restrict the number of tourists able to visit this site. It is 569 years old and such a special and unique place on the mountains. If I was part of the government I would restrict the amount of tourists able to visit the Machu Picchu  as well because I wouldn’t want too many people crowded,walking around and possibly destroying it. I feel this way because protecting an old and abandoned place is very important if you would like it to be that way for a long time.

Summer Learning Journey Week Four Day Three Activity 1,2 and 3

Activity 1 Week Four Day Three
Success Criteria: Click on the links below to watch videos about three of the current projects operating to make New Zealand ‘Predator Free by 2050.’

Predator Free Video #1: Cacophony Project

Predator Free Video #2: Taranaki Mounga Project

Predator Free Video #3: Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP)

On your blog, tell us which one of the videos you liked the best and why..

The video I was interested in and liked the best was the third one called “Zero Invasive Predator (ZIP).”

I liked this video the best because  DOC and NEXT joined and are making progress. With this collaboration they are planning to make New Zealand predator free by 2050. I also liked this video the best because I am against all this stuff about pests so I understood why they are doing this. Lastly,  if your country was riddled with pests and were decreasing all your native animals how does that make you feel? When you have people in your country that are making a change to New Zealand it makes a huge impact.

Activity 2 Week Four Day Three

Success Criteria:Once you have learned more about this unique dolphin, it is time for you to share your learning with us.

On your blog, post three facts that you learned about the Māui Dolphin. Then, using your imagination, create three more statements about Māui dolphins that are not true (i.e. false). Please don’t tell us which of your statements about Māui Dolphins are true and which are false. It will be the job of the students and staff who read your blog to figure it out.

True or False?

1)Māui Dolphins have a pointed fin

2)Māui Dolphins only grow their population every year by 2%

3) The Māui Dolphin are very close to extinction

4)They communicate through whistles

5)Māui Dolphins can be found only in Māui.

6)Māui and Hector dolphins looks the same but they are different

Activity 3 Week Four Day Three
Success Criteria:On your blog, list 10 species (animals or plants) that you would protect from extinction. For each one, give a reason as to why you think it is important to protect.

Māui Dolphin- I think the Māui Dolphin is important to protect because there is fewer more than 50 of these dolphins left.

Borneo Elephant- I think the Borneo elephant needs to be protected because elephants are such cool creatures and this type is endangered.

Macaws- I think the Macaws need to be protected before they do become endangered because they are beautiful and colourful birds and they are very hard to find.

Panda- I think that any panda needs to be protected because they are starting to get really really endangered.

Monkeys and Chimpanzees- I think we all need to get prepared to protect the monkeys and chimpanzees because they are very similar to us humans and if they go extinct or really badly endangered it would be sad to not see an animal just like us anymore.

Sea Turtles- I think that if i got the change I would try and to protect the sea turtles because these wonderful animals are only dying because of our pollution in the ocean.

All types of Rhinoceros- I think we seriously need to protect the rhinos because they are critically endangered and there are now only two females left in the whole world.

Crocodiles- I would like to protect the crocodiles because people are hunting them and killing them for some stupid reason to get paid.

Alligators- I would like to protect the alligators for just the same reason for the crocodiles and because they are both badly endangered.

Siberian Tiger- I would like to try and protect the Siberian Tiger because this type of tiger is badly endangered and I would like to change that and grow their population.

Summer Learning Journey Week Four Day Two Activity 1,2,3

Activity 1 Week Four Day Two
Success Criteria:On your blog, tell us how you would feel about going ziplining

in Rotorua. Try to use some descriptive words (adjectives) and action words (verbs)

in your post!.

If I could ever get to do ziplining I would be very happy but nervous. I’m not going to

lie but me flying on a zip line getting thrown  against a fierce beating wind would

be awesome. This would not only be awesome but would be such a new experience
for me to ever be able to do this.

Activity 2 Week Four Day Two
Success Criteria:On your blog list 10 veggies, fruits, or herbs that you would plant

in your garden.

10 fruits I would like to plant in my garden would be the fruit plants listed

below.

• Strawberry
• Apple
• Lime
• Lemon
• Orange
• Grape
• Kiwifruit
• Mango
• Mandarine
• Cherry

Activity 3 Week Four Day Two
Success Criteria: Read about each of these projects and choose the one that

interests you the most.

On your blog, tell us which project you find most interesting and why..

The project I thought most interesting was the one called “Village Forest conservation in Kerinci buffer zone.”

This main project  I found most interesting was because I never knew people from the government and different companies and work places actually safe guarded a huge amount of hectares of forests. I am actually interested in things like botany so I liked this idea (project).