1,2,3 Blast Off Writing

This week in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to write narrative writing. If you don’t know how to do narrative writing some easy tips I got taught was to 1. Plan out what your story will be about 2. Write it down in paragraphs 3. Add more detailed words. I have been writing more detail words in my writing because its was really interesting that our stories would be made into actual movies. What I did well is tried my best to finish it but it isn't yet. What I could do better is read it out loud.

Magnificent Maths

This week in Te Ngahere we did multiplication with tidy numbers. If you are wondering what that is it is changing a number to a tidy number and multiplying it but the single digit. I found this hard at first because I didn’t really understand how the numbers would work together. Then I got some help from my friend and teachers and I got a understanding of how to finish this type of work. I feel like I did a good enough job on this type of work. What I did well is I tried to get the answers right. What I could do better is think before getting bored and not doing any work. What do you think about multiplication with tidy numbers?

Our Wonderful Smooth Moves

For the past few weeks we have been learning Tik Tok dances. Anyah and Mihipeka are the names of the girls that helped us do our Tik Tok dances. Our dances are appropriate ,fun and very interesting. I liked doing our dances because we got to move and do other active things. We did our two dances in the Whare for our school assembly. I was very shy because we had to do the dance in front of a lot of people. What I did well was used my ears and did my best. What I could do better is co-operate more. Here is a video that one of our teachers recorded. Would you try doing dances in front of your whole school?

My Wonderful Art is Finished

For the past weeks in Te Ngahere we have been doing art. The type of art we are doing is PouPou, PouPou are carvings that stand outside or in a Marae. The steps to finish our art were 1.To draw the different body parts of the PouPou, 2. Draw patterns, 3. To vivid all the pencil,4. Use blending to color in the art. I liked doing my PouPou art because I got to explore with hot and cold colors, hot colors are like red, yellow, orange, ect and cold colors are like blue and purple and greens. I liked this type of art because I got to work on Maori patterns. I liked that we got to do a rough copy before we did the real copy. I tried my hardest to finish my art because I’m not that good at art. What I did well was blending colors together. What I could do better is ask when I need help. Do you like my art?

What Was Art This Week?

Kia Ora bloggers, this week in Te Ngahere we learned how to draw and make patterns with meanings behind them. We also learnt about the color wheel and what colors stand out together. If you don’t know what Poupou are they are things that stand on, on top or inside a Marae. We got to draw them to symbolize us and what we are. You got to make your own patterns. What I did well is I was quiet and tried my best to do my art and get things right. What I could do better is rather not spend time on my good copy more than my practice one. What describes you in three words?

Challenges A Struggles

Some challenges from coming back to school was not being able to hug people in level 2.

One of the other challenges was having to santerise or wash hands before entering another classroom. Another challenge would have to be sitting in one place for the whole day because people normally swap sets as the day goes on. A struggle I had during this pandemic was not touching every object because I can not control my hands when I am being nosey. What I did well through this time was trying my hardest to not hug/ touch people because of this pandemic. What I could do better is remind people/ myself about the virus. Now that we are in level 1 I feel that we are more safer during this time. But I am still aware that the virus still exist and has not ended yet. What did you feel challenging during this pandemic?

Writing Letters

What we have done in Te Ngahere is write letters to the elderly in rest homes that we not allowed visitors because of Corona Virus. We wanted to make them happy by writing a letter so they feel like they are not alone. I really enjoyed writing my letter because I like to see people happy and giving a smile to someone. I hope that the receiver of my letter is happy and joyful. Thank you to Red Cross they were actually the first person that came up with idea and It makes me happy that they did. What I did well is I thought about what I can write to relate to them at this moment of time. What I could do better is put myself in there shoes and think more about what they must feel like. Do you have grandparents?

Kia Ora friend

My name is Jorjah and I am one of the students at Paihia School. I live with my family in the  amazing Bay Of Islands. I have 6 siblings and I also have 2 dogs. Do you like animals?

I enjoyed being in lockdown and being able to watch movies when I wanted to. But I really did miss my friends. I enjoyed that I got more free time to calm myself in quiet  and have my own time to do things.

I recently learned how to convert fractions into decimals. I Also learnt different techniques in art and about different blendings. The color wheel and different patterns to make a Poupou. Do you like maths or art? 

I know during this time that it must be really hard to not have company from your family/friends but I know that it will get better as this pandemic calms down. I do have some encouraging words that I hope will comfort you during this time. During this time I don’t know how lonely you must feel but I guarantee that you probably have some goals you might have at this moment. Even though you might not be with your family they will always be in your heart. I really like to see the receiver of this letter happy, so be happy with everything positive that happened through this time. I have Kuia and Kaumatua myself and I was not allowed to see them and it broke my heart so I'm writing this out of joy and happiness to make a special someone happy.

I hope you feel better once you have this letter. I like that I got the chance to write this letter to you. Hope this makes your day. I like that we get to put a smile on someone's face. Thank you for taking time to read this letter. 

Your sincerely

Jorjah