This whole term we have been doing a weather report in Māori. We had a choice to be with a buddy or work by yourself, I chose to work by myself. It took a while to get it finished but it was incredible. The hardest part about it was making the DLO, the easiest part was pronouncing the words.
Have you ever made a weather report in Te Reo Māori before?
On the last day of term three we did Cross Country at Bledisloe and I was so excited. There was so many things to do and eat. The year sixes had to wait for 12 groups of people until our turn. It was so hard because we had to run around the field and then we had to run up this big hill and we had to run back down and run to the finish line, Unfortunately, I came second to last but when I got to the finish line I went straight to the juicy stall. The reason why I got a juicy was because it was so HOT! But it was super fun. Did you do Cross Country ?
Today, we had someone come in to teach us how to play cricket. We had to be in pairs and my partner was Mahana. One person had the bat and the balls and had to hit the balls to the other person on the other side. The man that was teaching us was named Neil. After we practiced with the bat and the ball we played a quick cricket game, half of the group had to hit the ball and the other half had to catch the ball and I was hitting the ball with the bat. I learnt a lot about cricket and how to play cricket. It was hard because I couldn’t hit the ball but the easy part was catching the ball. Do you like cricket ?
On the last day of term three my family and I went away to Auckland for my uncles birthday. The first thing we did was go see my family and then we went to watch my uncle bungee jump off the Harbour bridge. Later that night all the adults went to Spookers Haunted Attraction while my sister, aunty and I waited in the car. Spookers used to be a mental hospital and you go inside and there are lots of people dressed in spooky costumes scaring you, I could hear them screaming from the car, it’s that scary! Our trip was so much fun. What did you do in the holidays ?
For the past two weeks in Te Ngahere we have been making music by using this app called Chrome Music Lab. It’s a lot of fun because there is a whole bunch of music you can make like the bass sounds, songs and a lot more. Right now we are making songs and mine is based on the Don’t Forget Your Roots - Māori version by Six60, it is coming together and it sounds great and the first thing we had to do was break the song up into beats and instruments and then re-make the song. The hard part was making the right sounds and the easy part was using the tools to create the sounds. Have you made music before ?
This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing some mahi toi ( Art ). The type of art we are doing is for Calendar Art it is a lot of fun. We have to listen to these rules, we can not talk, you blend the colors together, do continuous lines. We have to start on a practice peace and then when we are finished with the practise paper we have to do the real version which has to be as good as you can. Do you like doing Mahi Toi ( Art )?
This week in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to say the weather in te reo māori. We got these cards and we put them with their pair, as soon as we learnt them we played memory.Most of the time I didn’t win but it was super fun as well, so after we played memory we had to learn how to play fishy fishy in te reo māori. We couldn’t say anything in english the only thing we could say in english was our names but at the end I could say all the words without looking at the script I was impressed with myself. Do you know the māori word for rainbow ?
