I did action stations today and we did a quiz with Sharon. I was in a group with Daisy and Caily. We were called the Quacking Pickled Salmon With Cheese. We came third and we found the last round very hard because you had to find the right word but it had to start with W. It was fun and challenging.

For mahi A tahi I did Duolingo these are the words I learnt. I found it easy.

Mucho Gusto = nice to meet you

buenos días = good morning

buenas noches = Good night

For mahi a tahi I did Duolingo and I learnt these words. It is hard to learn a new language.

• Espanol=Spanish
• De nada= You’re welcome
• Perdon= Excuse me
• Adios = Goodbye

For mahi a tahi I did Duolingo and these are the words I learnt.

Si=yes

Por favor=Please

De nada= You’re welcome

For mahi-a-tahi I did duolingo and I learnt these words : Hola(hello), Adios(good Bye) and Grasias(thanks).

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These are my 2 Matariki activities that I did in literacy. I thought that the hunting one was the best because it has lots  of describing words and it was fun to write. I think that in the poem I could have done some more words that linked to the stars but that was all I could think of. I enjoyed it because it was fun to learn about the stars and the way that the Maori people hunted.

Hunting Story

The  morning sun was casting shadows on the ground making patterns of light on the murky brown leaves. I keep walking through the forest, listening to the sound of the birds chirping and the sticks breaking under my heavy footsteps. I am making my way towards the stream that lies just beyond the forest. Eels would use it as a breeding ground so it was a great place to hunt them.

 I get to the stream and lay my bags down by the old mossy rocks. The sound of the stream is like a tap running loudly into the sink. I grab the bucket from my bag and crouch silently beside the glassy water. Sleek, black eels swim by, as I lean over ready to hook the eel. SPLASH, I force my chalky, bone hook into the water. The hook pierces through the silky, slimy skin, latching in like a pickax in a rock face. The eel struggles and squirms, blood seeps out of the wound, the eel falls limp. I gently place it in the bucket and slowly make my way back to my whanau at home taking my kai with me.

Matariki Poem

Matariki 

Shows you the paths of being healthy and strong in you mind

Helps you know the you you can be

And is a Mother to all

Tupu-a-nuku

She looks after you with nutrients

She makes sure your well fed 

Tupu-a-rangi

Keeps the sky foods ready for us to harvest

And gives the berries life to grow

Pohutukawa

Reaches out to your loved ones that have gone

Will meet you after your last breath

Hiwa iti rangi

The promise of a proposes season awaits

Bringing vegetables for the whanau

Wai-puna-rangi

Lets the rain fall without sound

Letting Ranginui release his tears

Waiti 

Takes care of the fresh waters that run 

Through Aotearoa

Waita

Keeps our oceans clean from the rubbish

And takes care of the animals

Ururangi

Lets the winds of the sky roam free 

Carrying the seeds of trees

For spelling we learnt about the prefix’s  ‘inter-‘ and ‘over-‘. We wrote a poem of a word or we could write a short story.

Over the dark stormy clouds

         Violent thunder shakes the ground

              Everyone shelters from the cold wind

      Rain thumps of the roof like hail

                                                                              Creating a storm orchestra

                     As people huddle with friends and family

                                                                              Seeking warmth and love

                                                                             Trees swaying in the wind

For Samoan Language week I used goggle draw to create a Tapa design. There is a slideshow to show you some words in Samoan.

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