Dressup Daffodil Day

Today is Daffodil Day. We are celebrating it at school by dressing up as what we want to be when we grow up. I chose to be a cop. I am wearing one of my dad's shirts, a pair of glasses which have a moustache on them and a hat. This day is special to me because my uncle suffered from liver cancer and he died last year in October, so I was dressing up for him today.

Everybody's costumes were amazing even the teachers dressed up. They dressed up as SUPER TEACHERS! Lots of people came dressed as sports players. But I was the only cop in my class. Some kids had awesome outfits. There was a little boy in Moana who dressed up as a clown! I really enjoyed dressing up and seeing everybody's costumes.

LITMC

On Wednesday Emma and I was chosen by Mr. Fraser to do a workshop for the learning in the making conference!!! We are going to be doing ours on science experiments. We are doing it for Moana students. I am really looking forward to it!!!!!

Group Endeavour - Global Warming

This term instead of doing individual endeavour we are doing group endeavour. I chose to be in a group which is researching about global warming. We are going to split off into three groups, one that is researching about Air pollution, one that is researching about what global warming does to your heath and one about deforestation - what it has to do with global warming. I am really interested in the health side of it and what it does to your health.

What is it I hope I will come to understand more deeply through this inquiry?

I hope that I will understand more about global warming. Knowing what causes it is a good thing to know because lots of people don't know very much, such as me! We were watching a few videos on it today and I have learnt heaps already!

What knowledge might I need to help move towards this understanding?

I will need to know the effects of global warming, what causes it and the ways I could help/make a difference.

What is it I hope to be able to do more competently?  (skills)

Have researching skills and being able to write and think of questions that give me a better understanding of what global warming is.

What learning powers will this inquiry help me practice and develop further?  (Explain this)

Curiosity - because I am going to be researching lots to find out the answer to our big question, and asking other questions which have to support the big question.

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Team Olympics

Since it's the Olympics. The Marama learning teams are doing an Olympic slideshow. My job is to research about the medals. Such as finding out what the designs are and what they mean, for each side of the medals.

Here is a picture 

Book Bash

16/8/16

Quote To Character

I thought that this was a good quote for Leon because he was in struggles sometimes and he would get stronger. Did you notice that he didn’t cry once during the chapters.

Some day were really bad and Leon’s father would always bring the sunshine home, which was food or coal.

New Learning Team Doc

This is my learning team's plan doc. In the table we put how many blog posts we think we should do each week for the rest of the term.

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Book Bash

10/8/16

Question Master:

Can you name what Jews were not supposed to do?

Who was the man that hired Leon's Father?

What did he do for his birthday?

What job do Peza and David do?

What was the name of the person who beat up Leon's father?

Discovering...

Today on the tables were lots of different objects. There were rocks, sticks, packets of nuts and books. On each table, there was a theme. There was one table that I went to and the theme was space and weather, that is the one that I was most interested in. When we were at the tables we had to ask questions about  an object or a picture. I asked lots of questions about clouds because I am very interested in how they are made. Here are some of the questions that I asked. How are clouds in the desert if there are no water sources are near them? Are clouds heavy? Can you keep clouds in a jar? And many more questions. Parts of this activity were supposed to be independent I think that I managed myself well and I worked on those parts myself.

My Mural

For the past couple of terms, Marama has been painting murals. These murals are supposed to represent your background and history. For our murals, we used watercolor paints. I painted my mural with deeper colours so they were bolder and so it stood out. All of the murals that were made are amazing.

The process:

First, we had a sheet of paper which had two sides, one for the symbol and one for the meaning of the symbol. Then we did a rough sketch in our art journals of what our mural was going to look like. We then added colour to the sketch to see if they worked together and looked good. Before we drew our murals on our good paper we practiced our watercolour. Practice makes perfect! We used texture, shading and mixing colours. After we had finished our practicing we then drew our mural onto the good paper (if the teacher approves!) Then start our watercolour!!

On my mural at the left, there are buildings they represent where I used to live, the big city! It then rolls into the hills, on the hills, there is a feijoa, that represents my family’s business (feijoa orchard) There is also a Kiwi and a cabbage tree, the Kiwi represents how I am a New Zealander and the cabbage tree represents that I live in the Hauraki Plains. Behind the tree is a big sun. A stream also strolls through the second hill (it represents Torehape Stream which is across from my house) The stream then rolls into the ocean which represents how my family has a batch and how I love the water. In the ocean is my star sign. Coming out of the water is a Maori symbol which is the Mangopare shape which represents the Hammerhead shark and means strength, power, and courage. The background for my mural is a sunset. Above the buildings is the Southern Cross and floating in the sky are some poppies which represent all of the people who fought for NZ.

Boy On The Wooden Box Prediction

This Term for book bash I am reading The boy on the wooden box with Abby, Brooke, Alyson, Macy.   

After reading the prologue I think that the story will be about Leon story of how he got through the war.

I think that something will happen and he will get separated from his family when Oscar saved him from the Nazis. I think that through the book it will turn worse but when it comes close to the end of the book I think that it will all eventually go back to the way that it was.

How I used Math In The Holidays

My Report On Matthews Holiday Highlight

Matthew had a great start to his two week holidays. He stayed at his best friend's house. Unfortunately, Kurt happened to be sick while Matthew stayed over. Matthew was there for three days! While he was at Kurt’s house he did lots of exciting activities. He played Marvel Avengers Lego on the Playstation. During the game he stole cars in Manhattan, Matthew’s favourite part about playing the game was turning into Iron Man and flying through the city. Kurt and Matthew played video games and watched a Star Wars movie on the Monday and Tuesday. On Matthews last day at Kurt’s, they went to Thames with Kurt’s Gran. She took them to the movies to see Ice Age Collision Course. They all really enjoyed the movie, Matthew gave it a double thumbs up! After the movies, they went to the Thames beach. They found crabs under the rocks and put them in a bucket. Matthew really enjoyed his time at Kurt’s house he stated that he would definitely go again.

My Pepeha

Pepeha

Ko Waitakere Volcano toku maunga

My mountain is  Waitakere Volcano.

Ko Te awa Waitakere toku awa

My river is  The Waitakere River

Ko Te Moana Tasman toku moana

My harbour/sea is  The Tasman Sea.

No Awhe Waitakere

I am from Waitakere Ranges

Ko Te Kura Tuatahi o Ngatea toku Kura

My School is Ngatea Primary School

Ko Earle toku matua

My father is Earle

Ko Hana toku whaea

My mother is Hannah.

Ko Kate toku ingoa

My name is Kate.

No Reira, Tena koutou, Tena Koutou, Tena Tatou Katoa

My Reading Tic Tac Toe

My Questions:

How did she know that they had a Barney Head at their house?

Why would they have a Barney Head at their house?

Did they get scared?

Why did she even do it?

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Before:

After:

IE Reflection

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My Exciting Weekend

This weekend I had so much fun. First of all on Saturday Ngatea 1 (my team) played netball, it was a glorious day! NOT It was pouring down with rain and really windy We won 24-8. I think that it was a great win we played quite well but we were all throwing the ball away and not playing to the best that we could have. Later that night the Gordons came over to our house for dinner and to watch the rugby. We had so much fun we laughed a lot. Then on Sunday my family drove up to Auckland to go see our friends (Mary, Clive and Ciaran) With their friends Cassidy and Her mum. While the boys went to the movies to see Independence Day 2. Mum, Mary Cass's mum, Cass and I went to the ANZ Champs netball game. It was the Northern Mystics vs The Swifts. Mary Cass's mum and Cassidy had season passes so they got to sit right behind the Mystics. There just happened to be two free seats next to them.. so guess who sat in them ME AND MUM! It was a really good game. I really enjoyed it. The Mystics we ahead for lots of it but the game turned and the Swifts got infront and they stayed infront. I really enjoyed my weekend!

My Reading Tic Tac Toe

Man Lives 555 Days Without a Real Heart

Details Of The Text:

1. The fake heart backpack weighed 5.8kg
2. He has kept the backpack holding the device on his back for 555 days!
3. Stan has just received a new heart and is back to living his normal life.
4. Stan had to live with two tubes coming out from his side below the rib cage and connect to the 5.8kg device
5. Stan is one of the few in the world to go home and live a relatively normal life with one.

Interesting Fact and Opinion:

Artificial hearts have and are being used lots. I think that it would be really hard to get your shirt on because you can't take the tubes out so you will have to wear a baggy shirt all the time.

All Stars Collaborative Writing Plan

My Reading Tic Tac Toe

Main Idea:

There is a group of stars called the Matariki. These stars are very special because they only come out a certain time in the year and you can only see them in New Zealand. They disappear in late April and appear again late May or early June. When the stars appear we know that the new moon has risen and it is the beginning of the year. Matariki symbols the Maori New Year. We can celebrate Matariki in many ways it is a time for sharing family stories, learning about the land and how they look after it, learning about how people use the stars and plant crops.

My Questions:

Why does Matariki appear and disappear?
Why can you only see it in New Zealand?

(By the way, I have no other questions)

Individual Endeavour

This year Marama did Individual Endeavours. Individual Endeavour is basically like a one person IMPACT. First, we chose our topic and  planned what the specific piece of the topic that we were going to learn about and then we would see who we could contact, how we would share it and what we were going to create once we have finished our research. At first, I had no idea of what I was going to choose for my topic. I knew that I really like music so I chose that but... I needed to refine it so I chose a specific kind of music. Indonesian Music. Once we had got our idea we went back to the start. The teachers made us a generating ideas doc which had  these questions What are some of your current likes/loves?  How do you spend your time out of school? What are you curious about?  If you could learn more about anything, what would it be?  What do you wonder about? There was also a seek of approval doc which was where you put all of your questions, keywords, refined questions and what you plan to make, how you share it and who you will share it with. There was also another document which we used for the finished product, it was a reflection and we also had a peer assessment. As you know I chose to do my IE on Indonesian music. I planned, researched and summarised all of my questions. The questions that I had were;

1. How does a panflute work? How is musical sound created out of a pan flute?
2. What is the most popular traditional instrument used for Indonesian Music?
3. What was the first Indonesian instrument
4. What is the most popular Indonesian song and what makes it so popular? 
5. What is Indonesian music/history?
6. What instruments are used to create traditional Indonesian music, How do they work?
7. How has Indonesian music changed through time? What is Indonesian contemporary music like?

Here is all of the information that I summarised. I have found out that the first instrument made was a flute it the ones that were found were made out of bird bones and mammoth ivory, they were found in caves called The Swabian caves. They made them about 40,000 years ago. Early humans probably spent their late afternoon sitting around the fire playing bone flutes and singing songs 40,000 years ago, newly discovered ancient musical instruments the bone flutes push back the date researchers think human creativity evolved and when humans came to earth.
 I have also found out that the most popular Indonesian song ever is Iwan Fals - Yang Terlupakan ( The Forgotten ) This song was first released in 1981 since then it has been the most popular song in Indonesia. It has been named an eternal song. It has been popular since the 90s and one of the best songs from Iwan Fals.
I also found out how pan flutes work here is my answer: When you blow across the open end of a panflute the closed end of the tube will vibrate at a pitch which will make the flute create a sound, If I cut to make the tube size in half the sound will become higher pitched. The more that I take off of the bamboo the higher the sound will be. The pan flute sound is created by the vibration of an airstream that’s blowing across an open hole at one end of the tube. The length of the tube determines the frequency that the pan flute will make.
Indonesian music/history It’s a music from local Indonesian people. Some were made in Java, Sumatera, Kalimantan and other provinces in Indonesia. Usually, Indonesian music is a tradition to celebrate something and most of the time, it's just for entertainment. Indonesian music first existed in Java and Bali. It was first created by really simple instruments like gamelan and angklung. Indonesian music also demonstrates its cultural variety and its local music creativity. Indonesian Music has thousands of forms of music, which is java, Sumatra and Bali being frequently recorded. In east Java and Bali the most popular traditional music is the gamelan. I learnt that our Indonesian music holds so much more culture and range than the other countries, yet I still wonder who is the person who made Indonesia and the first person who played first Indonesian music.
What is the most popular traditional instrument used for Indonesian Music? The Angklung is the popular traditional Indonesian musical instrument, which comes from the Sundanese Land Bang. The Angklung is a musical instrument made out of two to four bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved to have a deep and clear pitch when struck and are turned into octaves. The base of the frame is held in one hand while the other hand shakes the instrument, which causes a repeating note to sound. The angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia but it originated in West Java and Banten provinces in Indonesia and has been played by the Sundanese for many centuries. Angklung and its music have become the cultural identity of Sudanese communities in West Java and Banten. Playing angklung as an orchestra that requires cooperation and coordination, and is believed promotes the values of teamwork, mutual respect and social harmony.

What instruments are used to create traditional Indonesian music? How do they work? Traditional Indonesian music developed distinctive and elaborate musical instruments such as sasando string instrument of Rote island, angklung of Sundanese people, and the complex gamelan orchestra of Java and Bali. The Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of two to four bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The sasando, also called sesando or sasandu, is a harp-like traditional string instrument native to Rote Island of East Nusa Tenggara. The name sasando is from the Rote word sasandu, which means vibrating or sounded instrument. A traditional sasando instrument is made from the timber and leaves of the tuak palm tree. The Gamelan is the traditional group music of Java and Bali in Indonesia, made up mostly of percussive instruments. The most common instruments used are metallophones played by mallets and a set of hand-played drums called kendhang which register the beat. Generally, the gong and drum band accompany ritual and religious activities. Throughout the islands, historical and religious legends are sung, and they are often accompanied by a stringed instrument or a flute. Another common element is the belief that music is a meaning of communicating with unseen powers.

How has Indonesian music changed through time? What is Indonesian contemporary music like? The contemporary music of Indonesia is very different and vibrant. The contemporary music of Indonesia is popular not only in the region but in neighbouring countries too. Throughout its history, Indonesian musicians were open to foreign influences of various music genres of the world. American jazz was heavily marketed in Asia, and foxtrots, tangos, rumbas, blues and Hawaiian guitar styles were all imitated by Indonesian musicians. As the result, various genres were changed within the Indonesian music frame such as Indonesian pop, rock, jazz, and hip-hop. Indonesian music plays a vital role in the Indonesian creative pop culture, especially as the soundtracks or theme songs of Indonesian cinema. Indonesian music industry enjoys nationwide popularity. Thanks to the common culture and intelligible languages between Indonesian and Malay, Indonesian music enjoyed regional popularity in neighbouring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.

For my creation, I made my pan flute out of some pipe, glue and tape. I painted it black and I put on some white dots and some white elephants on each pipe. For my presentation, I used cardboard and stuck all of my summaries and pictures onto it. I put so much effort into my presentation and creation so I hope that Everyone liked it!!!