Kind Person

This week for writing we have been working on writing poems using synonyms. I decided to make a poem about the word Kind. My poem was named Kind Person. In my poem I added synonyms that mean the same word as kind. At the end of each sentence I decided to end with a word that rhymes with Merciful. I used delightful and thoughtful. 

Blogging Stars

Throughout the previous weeks I have been publishing at least 4 or 5 blog post a week. Altogether I have published 881 blog posts. At the moment I have published 100 blogs posts this year for 2018. Last week on Friday at assembly the manaikalani leaders chose me to the blogging star for last week. 

Tech

Today was our first session for term 2 at Tamaki College Tech. Our instructor today was Mr Grundy. Mr Grundy's class learnt all about doing pewter casting. Today some students were finishing off their workbooks to get good marks on their reports. My first pewter casting I did was a pregnant woman. I chose to make this for my mum because she is a professional midwife. Last week on Friday I started finishing off my workbook because I finished making my pewter casting for my mum. I was the first student to finish off my pewter casting. 

Skating

Today at lunch time the year 7 and 8's practise how to skate in the hall. Puna taught us how to stand up when you fall, and also how to stop when your about to hit into someone. Everyone got their skating shoes on and started practising clockwise around the cones. Some people fell down but managed to stand up and keep on going. To stand up you need to kneel on 2 knees, then you hold one hand on one knee and try to stand up. After that you put your feet in a v shape so that you can start going. If your about to fall forward you need to take 2 hands in front of you to stop you from falling on your stomach. 

The Unfinished Drink

Toady LS2 created special Google drawings about a solider named La Tour Mollet d'auvergne. To complete this google drawing I worked together with Angela. When the train came at 7:20 he left his beer with his friends and told them to make sure no one breaks it or touch it so that when he comes back he could finish the drink. Sadly La Tour Mollet did not return. Now the Waihao Forks Bar laid the bottle in a special box full of poppies to remember his last words and his last drink. I felt sad how they said he never returned which told me that he died overseas. 

Maori Legend Story

 This week for inquiry we created a story book about a Maori legend story.This legend story was about Tane Mahuta the god of the forest who tried convincing Gods to make a woman who could get children. Chavda,Marieta, and myself used storyboard to retell this Maori Legend story. Story board helped us create a story using scenes, characters, and text boxes. The characters I used in our Maori Legend story were the gods,Tane Mahuta, Papatuinuku, and the brothers. In this story we used 6 cells to complete the Maori Legend story.

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https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator

Memorial

This week for reading our focus was learning different memorials. Everyone created a presentation to show the activities we have been studying. I decided to choose this slide about different types of memorials. For this task I found out the definition of memorial, an example of  memorial, and 3 pictures of different memorials in Auckland.  The memorials I chose were One Tree Hill, Bastion Point, and Auckland War Memorial. 

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Memorial Presentation