DLO, The Legend of Kava

WALT: create an animation about a myth or a legend using Hyper Studio.

The Red Thread

John Gore's object is a Red thread which he traded with a lady named Kaiwhatu. She used it to weave. 

I am in the John Gore on the endeavor and then I got traded to a lady named Kaihatu she used me to weave.   

I am a beautiful red thread inside the pocket of John Gore. I hear people talking and I hear explosions. I was traded to the Maori people. A lady named Kaiwhatu unravelled me into a thread. I was weaved into kakahu.

The Promise by Bernard Beckett

WALT: infer and make judgments about a text.

Ko wai ō hoa?

WAT: to find out about relationships between people.

Taha Wairua , Spiritual wellbeing/connections

Finding my place

WALT: infer meaning from a text.

Volumetric

WALT: Calcualte the volume of a cubid.

Today we had to work out the volume of a box without a lid. We got to pick the size of the box and create it, we were trying to find the largest volume.

H=6 , L=7 , W=7 = 294cm cubed

The Quest

WALT: infer meaning from a text.

Today we read The Quest by Leith Cooper. In it an old man was watching a football game. He ate an apple but his false teeth stayed stuck in it and he threw it away. He noticed his teeth were gone so he looked for it, but suddenly he was caught up in the crowds drama being played in front of him. When the last whistle blew the home town fans ran out celebrating. He heard a clatter from the beer can and he remembered his task. He kicked a half eaten apple and there laid his teeth, he picked it up and carried on.

As I Saw it...

WALT: Understand how people remember and record the past in different ways.

Our Moment

We are celebrating by having a moment at 12:00pm. On the 14th september in 1972, 30.000 signatures were signed to keep the maori language in New Zealand. So we are singing "E Ihoa" at 12:00pm altogether.

1 Measurement + Deciamals =

Bus Stop

WALT: infer meaning from a text.

Measuring Tapa Cloth

WALT: Finding area and perimeter.

Saving Mcdonalds

Task Description: Today in Literacy we read a story and discussed what the story was about and what
we can do to understand sentences more.

Why I am proud to be Tongan

I am proud to be Tongan. Being Tongan means to be giving, caring, kind to others and religious.

For example going to church and giving to the poor. These are few of the reasons why I am proud

to be tongan.

Tongan Travel

First dot to the left: Aunty Ana

Second Dot to the left: Uncle Loni

Thir Dot to the left: Uncle Pita

Fourthdot to the left: Aunty Kuini

WALT: Use graphs, tables, and rules to describe linear relationships found in number and spatial patterns.

Conquering Fractions

WALT: Add and subtract decimal fractions.

Tongan Language Week

This Week is Tongan Language Week. Tongan Language week is a week where people

celebrate the Tongan Language, culture and traditions. The theme for this year is "Fakakoloa

'o Aotearoa 'aki 'a e Lotu Mo'oni", "Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through Prayer and Faith.”

Tongan Language Week is about celebrating the country's traditions.

Facts about Tonga:

• Humpback Whales Travel 3,000 Miles to Breed and Give Birth in Tonga.

• King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV holds the Guinness World Record for being the world’s
• heaviest monarch at 208.7kg.
• Tonga is also known as the ‘Friendly Islands’ and ‘Kingdom of Tonga’.