Reflection
The part I enjoyed : I found that making this blog post helped me to understand how important matariki is and remember all the people who used the stars to navigate.
The part that I struggled with: I struggled with the animation and the placing but in the end it all worked out. The slide also toke 3 days to work out the way I wanted it to.
A question: What should I do next time to make it better?
<23/6/2021
WALT: Write an incredible recount
Arbor Day at Lake Ngatu
On the 22nd of June 2021, Paparore School went to participate in the arbor planting. The place we were planting is the lake next to our school which is called Lake Ngatu. All of the students in our School were sooo excited but even so we were walking. Even though we were only going about 50 metres my legs were aching by the time we got to Lake Ngatu.
Just as we settled down two or three men and women started talking and giving us safety instructions and a demonstration of how to plant the trees and the other plants that we were planting which included harakeke(flax) and this spiky plant that we had to be careful not to poke our eyes with. Then we split into groups. These are the students who were in my group: Chase, Larell and Nova. Our group leader was Chase’s mum Kelly.
After a bit of a mix up and some confusion my group finally got to start planting. Only adults and older siblings were allowed to use the spades that heaps of students in my school had brought. The process that my group used was when we found a spot that had about twenty plants still lying on the ground in their containers we would go and stand next to a plant and then we would try to gently pull it out of its container then gently crumble the bottom of the soil so that the roots of the plants could easily grow into the soil. Then the adult supervisor would dig a hole and we would place the plant in the soil and gently place the soil back into the whole next to the plant. The whole process took at least 3 minutes.
By the time we finished planting about 1800 trees we were all starving. Lucky for us there was a sausage sizzle but unluckily there was a huge line. My sausage fell in the dirt but I didn't mind. I don't mind a little dirt. After everyone had eaten their sausages and had a little rest (which was very chilly because there was a brisk wind blowing) we headed back to school. Just as I arrived back one of the teachers named Whaea Deb started a clapping queue to thank all of the adult helpers and made all of the parents and other helpers walk through as well.
My favourite part of the day was when everyone was rushing around like their life depended on it, trying to find more plants to plant. We all had a wonderful day and I hope that next year's Arbor Day will be just as fun. Overall, I had a wonderful day!
1.6.2021 WALT: Describe my person in detail Success Criteria I have checked my writing for: 3 simile Capital letters ,full stops and commas(groups of three) Juicy sentences Sentence starters My Great Grandfather has straight, shiny, blonde and very soft hair just like my Grandfather. His eyes twinkle like the stars on clear nights and makes me feel like he is from the stars themselves . My Great Grandfather's ears stick out like an elfs and sometimes we even think he's one. His smile lights up my world and makes his face all wrinkled so wrinkled his eyes nearly close. My great grandfather has a double chin and when he smiles his chin goes up and when he is sad his chin goes down sort of like my chin. When he frowns it looks sort of like he is going to burst into tears. Great Grandfather is my Great Grandfather from my mum's side of my family. My favorite memory with my Great Grandfather was when we went to a sanctuary in Australia where we got to hold baby ALLIGATORS! We were pretty amazed at it not biting us but that was only the beginning of a fabulous adventure. The first most amazing sight that we went to was a cage that had millions of doors to let hundreds of parrots come and go whenever they wanted. Some of them even came and landed on your thumbs,head and arms to eat bird feed from a dish that you were given that was full of bird seed. Most of the sanctuary was amazing but the crocodile display was super! The oldest croc who was 39 years old, could jump 3-5 metres above the water WOW!!! The scariest animals there were 5 venomous snakes and 5 snakes that would squeeze you to death. You wouldn't be able to even guess how glad I was to see them behind several layers of glass! The last thing that we saw was a pack of kyotes! I thought they were just plain house dogs at my first glance.
11.5.2021 My Mother
My mother is as beautiful as the first signs of spring and is as special as a poppy on ANZAC day. My mum is exceptional at caring and helping us when we are feeling hurt or when we get shaken up too much. My mother deserves this award because she has to look after 2 babies, 3 children and her husband. She doesn’t get to sleep even 2 hours at night because of screaming babies. Our mum is trustworthy and loves to coach me when I am practising gym with my 2 brothers. She doesn’t have any favourites and is always pleased with the presents we give her even when we get her the wrong sized undies. My favourite thing about her is her personality because it is funny, kind and loving.
I love my mum to the stars and back a million times even if she doesn’t get this award.
Grace
Te Puawai
Good morning/afternoon
My name is Grace.
Today I am going to tell you about loads of things that my elders taught me to do. And that I have always tried to do.
The first quality that I was taught was to respect people who are older than me. I was taught to speak only if someone talked to me and to show my respect towards them. Older people are always delighted when younger children talk to them or play a game with them. I was also taught to respect people who are younger than me because they are part of the future. They are always pleased when I say yes to playing with them and I love their cute little smiles. It just shows that respecting and playing with younger people just pays off.
My Grandfather taught me good sportsmanship and not to show off.
My Grandfather taught me about them by telling me a story about the opposite, and then telling me the lesson about doing the right thing that was in the story. Here is one of the stories he told: There was a boy once who was the fastest child in his school. He was sent to athletics to represent his school. He won his race but at the end of the day he was boasting so hard that no one would go near him. That small story was about boasting. Of course it always worked by teaching me. I still show off a couple of times a year with my running but doesn't everybody.
The third thing that I was taught was a type of physical activity. My mother taught me how to ride a horse. She was pretty keen on me learning to ride so keen she got me a pony at the age of five. Now she doesn’t have any time to teach me and now that I have started jumping she doesn't have enough experience. But lets just tell you why she started teaching me and when. Mum started teaching me how to ride when I was two. She started teaching me because I loved horses and we had a perfect beginners horse. Mum was also young when she learned to ride.
Now it's time to move onto the last quality that I was taught. And that is don’t give up! Sometimes I feel like giving up but every time I want to, I just remember that my great grandfather had to face tougher times than me in World War 2 and that he taught me to not give up for a reason. My great grandfather lives in Australia and is 100 years old. Knowing about believing in myself has given me a few more abilities and cut down my shyness quite a bit.
These qualities have changed my life a lot and I’m grateful to my elders for teaching me them.
Thank-you for listening to my speech. I hope you learnt something.
It has been really exciting talking to you.
