Poetry Cinquains ~literacy~

This week in literacy we looked at cinquains. Cinquains are poems that are 5 lines long, they don't have to rhyme and the number of syllables per line changes, and goes in the order of 2,4,6,8,2. I had quite a bit of fun, but I lacked creativity and basically wrote a cinquain about the first thing that came to mind.

Piet Mondrian - Abstract Artist

This week in literacy we learnt about Piet Mondrian who is a dutch artist. We learnt about his interesting style of art and how his art changed over time. It's a lot more complicated than I thought and learning the history behind it really makes it easier to appreciate the thought process and work it took to create it. I enjoyed this task and look forward to doing more.

The Great Ordinary ~Literacy~

This week in literacy we looked at photography. We learnt about a New Zealand Photographer, who has an exceptionally unique way of photographing things. Her work is quite popular and we even had a go at making a photo essay as the create task. This was all apart of this weeks reading.

Conserve and Protect

This week in literacy we looked at biodiversity loss. Last week we got our slides and our task was to basically complete the tasks and create task. After completing that we got the task of writing a info graph about conserving and protecting our biodiversity. All of these tips came from an article from David Attenborough.

Climate Change and A Loss of Biodiversity

Today we had a literacy class in which we discussed the many causes of Biodiversity Loss. As this was a large topic we broke up into groups and had turns presenting in class. Me and Pisirina worked together to create this presentation. It shows what Climate Change is and how it affects a Loss of Biodiversity. :))

Loss of Biodiversity

This week we learnt about the biodiversity and what a loss of biodiversity is. It was quite interesting but even so, we were only briefly able to touch on this topic as 3 of our literacy sessions have been tests in the past 2 weeks. Here is my poster explaining what a loss of biodiversity is and the main causes of it. I found this text interesting however, it was something that I've already heard a lot about so my attitude towards it may be a bit underwhelmed.

 

Plastic Pollution ~Explanation Writing~

Did you know that over 8 million metric tons of plastic is dumped in the ocean yearly? This is very harmful to our marine life; as they consume it unable to recognise that it is plastic. As you can imagine it doesn’t end well and sometimes it even ends up in us!

One way you could save the environment is by refusing products that contain microbeads. Microbeads are tiny bits of plastic that are detrimental to sea life. By refusing to buy the products manufacturers will be pressured into making their products plastic free.

And if you’re not ready to take that big of a step you could always start by reducing. Reducing the use of plastics. Biodegradable bags are a great alternative instead Single use plastic bags. These environmentally friendly bags are basically everywhere now, so it shouldn’t be too hard for you guys to get one!

Another way to help with the plastic pollution problem is by repurposing. There is so much in your home that you could be repurposing. Repurposing the plastic would mean changing it to do another job. For example, an empty milk carton can be  turned into a flower pot. The plastic containers use it to store things, there are endless possibilities.

Plastic is all of our problems as we are all responsible for the care of our environment and we should definitely work together to solve it. Remember to  Refuse, Reduce and Repurpose. Next time you go to use plastic think about the marine animals you could save without it.

Effects of Plastic Pollution

Here is my create task for my reading task. We learnt about plastic pollution and in the end we had to create a poster to share the effects of plastic pollution. I added in a bit of extra stuff like how we can stop it because, I think it's important we learn about what plastic pollution is and how we can begin to reduce it :))

 

Plastic Pollution

This is our first week back at school in term 4 and in level 1. We are doing very well and have gotten right back into learning. This is my reading task for the week we had to break the text into word groups record ourselves reading it and then we had to find the meaning of different words. Lastly we had our create task which was too create a poster or do a recording of yourself and you had to explain the effects of plastic pollution.

New Zealand Sign Language

 New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is strictly homegrown. The natural language of NZ’s deaf community, it expresses New Zealand culture by using Maori terminology. This includes terms like Whare, Marae and Whanau.

NZSL has been an official Language of New Zealand since 6th of April 2006. It's the 12 most frequently used languages in New Zealand. 24,000 people use sign language daily.

New Zealand Sign Language is a stand-out language used to communicate with people who are deaf or hard of hearing. It’s a series of Hand gestures, movements and facial expressions used to convey meaning. Of course it’s not to be mistaken as body language.

~Taha Tinana!~

Today in class, we looked at another section of Te Whare Tapa Wha. We got the choice to choose one of the many and complete the task under that subject. I chose Taha Tinana, for this task we had to come up with a workout with at least 5 different exercises.

Hinewehi Mohi~ Reo Changemaker

This week we learnt about a Women named  Hinewehi Mohi, who was brave enough to sing the national anthem completely in Maori despite what other people would've have thought. But the worst thing about it was people reacted to her with negative backlash. If Hinewehi Mohi hadn't done that we probably, would not be singing out National anthem in Maori and English today!

For this task we had to look at metaphors used in a text, we had to place words with their definitions and we had to make a create task. I chose to orally record myself explaining the significance of Hinewehi Mohi's stance. :))

Modern Tongan Heroes and Heroines!

This week in literacy we had a really short and easy task for reading. In Writing we wrote an country profile about Tonga to celebrate Tongan language week. For reading we kept with the theme of Tongan language week. We had to create a personal profile for a Tongan Hero or Heroine. Valerie Adams is an Amazing athlete, some say she is the most dominant athletes ever. I enjoyed this task because it was quick and easy but I still learnt quite a bit about Valerie Adams.

The Kingdom of Tonga

This week in writing we focused on writing a country profile. Since its Tongan Language week we did our country profiles on Tonga. I tried really hard to make this look professional, but I did struggle finding good sources of valid information, but I did try to find the earliest pieces of data. I also put in a screencastify on the bottom left corner of the last slide. I really enjoyed doing this but, it honestly did take a lot of effort and I was really busy this week so I had to try really hard to finish it this week!

Eyelash Seaweed

Name

Eyelash Seaweed is the common name of this plant species. Its scientific name is Dione Arcuata.

Status
Eyelash seaweed is critically endangered. More research is needed as it is unclear whether or not this species exists and it may already be extinct.

Physical description
Eyelash Seaweed commonly gets its name from it’s size. This microscopic seaweed is the size and shape of an eyelash.

Reproduction
Eyelash Seaweed is an asexual organisms, which reproduces by forming tiny spores. It creates spores for many things, including the ability to survive in its storm-lashed environment.

Habitat/Location
This seaweed is so rare that in the whole of New Zealand it’s found in Kaikoura beach in the South Island of New Zealand.  It lives on 2 boulders located on opposite sides of the beach. It’s only found on summer rocks at extremely low tides.

Reasons species is endangered
This species is in danger of going extinct because of an earthquake that took place in 2016. It shifted the sea bed leaving the 2 different boulder sites under the sites (where the seaweed breeds) undersea level. It also has not been found in any other beach in New Zealand. However there are many other reasons it is endangered including coastal subdivision, pollution, flood sediments, and erosion.

Conservation Measures

Nothing has been done to conserve this species of seaweed, as very little is known about seaweed itself. Only 45% of seaweed is shown in museums and only 5 or less species. As Eyelash seaweed is only a minimum amount and is rarely sighted, little is known about this species. 

Future outlook

Because there is nothing done about conserving this seaweed and the species only is found on 2 boulders. It is highly likely that this species will soon be going extinct sometime soon, unless serious measures are taken immediately.

In the News

This week in literacy this week we looked at a special event that took place not too long ago. It was something to do with a rare species of baby rhino. We read the text, put them into word groups to help us read fluently we also used chose a word group and used them in 4 sentences. Along with that we had a usual choice to make a movie review or record a voice over for it. I chose the movie review as it was quick and easy and I really wanted to share my opinion on the clip!

Midnight Sun- Book Review

Title: Midnight Sun

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Genre: Romance-Novel,Fantasy, Young-Adult-Fiction

Page Count: 658

Summary: This book is remake of twilight written from Bella Swan's point of view many people want to hear Edwards side of the story. Edward Cullen is a 119 year old vampire who lives as a 17 year old in Forks, Washington. He falls in love with a high-school girl name Bella Swan. The two are inseparable. Both unconditionally and irrevocably in love with each other.



My Thoughts: I really enjoyed reading this book. When I read the books and watched the movie I hadn't thought they're was so much that I didn't know. I really loved hearing what Edward had to say, as in the books and movies don't get to know what his thoughts were. It's was pretty amazing, I mean I had know idea that when Bella first walked into his Biology class he planned to slaughter everyone in the room!

Recommendation: I highly recommend this book to anyone in lock-down and all the twilight fans. It's a good read even if you haven't read all the other books. However age wise I'd warn you to be careful.

Tikanga for Team 5 Assembly

Tikanga for Team 5 Assemblies has happened for generations. Our morning Karakia, Mihi and waiata is authentic and part of the Pt England Way. Every student that’s been through team 5 has taken part in our morning Tikanga. I think it should stay that way.

Tikanga for Team 5 Assemblies also allow people to connect. They help even the shyest of students grow more comfortable and confident with the people around us. Knowing we are there for eachother and feeling spiritually connected.

I enjoyed this task. I tried my best. I still think it could be better, I just don't know how to improve it. But hopefully when we get back to school we can look into it more. I was a little bit confused as we had to explain and justify Tikanga in Team 5 Assembly and I didn't know if that was supposed to happen in both paragraphs or just have one paragh for explain and one for justifying.

Rata and the Totara Tree

This morning we had a literacy google meet. We at another Maori Myth, called Rata and the Totara tree. It was about a Maori man who was looking for a tree to craft a waka for his village. He wanted to get away from the island as Tangaroa and Tawhirimatea we going to have a war which would destroy the village. Rata found a large Totara tree but forgot to follow to recite a karakia of invocation for Tane Mahuta, this lead many birds and insects to restore the tree to its original state. We had to create a storyboard which I quite enjoyed doing, because it helped me get a good idea of what happened in order. Next we had to break up a portion of a text into word groups, we then had to record ourselves reading it fluently. I had to re-record this last time so I tried extra hard to tell the story well and fluently. Next we had to do word groups, I wasn't sure how many we had to choose and use in sentences but I did two of the ones I found most interesting. We then had to do our create task we could choose 1 out of 2 activities, I decided to try making a movie review as I loved the message the clip on slide 3 explained. Overall I enjoyed this task and like how there we 2 parts to our literacy task, looking forward to doing more!

Rona's actions (Persuasive Writing)

Rona should not have lashed out at the moon. It wasn’t Marama’s fault that the cloud covered the moon. The issue was out of marama’s control. The moon cannot control the clouds. 

Rona was running in the darkness of the night. That was pretty stupid and irresponsible. She has taken that path many times Rona should’ve been careful. She knew that it was covered in sticks and stones, yet she ran anyways.

We had to come up with 2 paragraphs to persuade our audience of our stance towards Rona's actions. She had lashed out at the moon and I think that was unfair and here are some reasons why I think this.