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HOW MAUI FISHED UP THE NORTH ISLAND

Long long ago when the world was plain there was nothing but a long great green and blue land and the occasional tribe.

Pretty plain isn’t it?.

One of these tribes was Kahungunu, this tribe was feared for it’s reputation to kill. They were so feared that when they launched their Waka into the great oceans of Tangaroa everyone fled.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

       

But one day when they were heading home Maui dropped his patu and it sunk deep, deep into the ocean, Maui jumped overboard to get it.

The others threw down their hook and it hooked up Maui so he wouldn't drown, but just as Maui found his patu and was about to return to the surface, he saw a big fish, he hooked it and tugged.

His brothers then pulled it up and fished up new land.That is how the North Island came about. The South Island however is a whole other legend.

Maui then went back to his whanau and offered new land, they accepted his offer and came to their new land.

Moral: take chances

BY AIDAN.E

PRODUCTION POSTER

APOLLO GREEK MYTH

WALT Summarise

A summary is a shortened version of a text that contains all the main points.

Summarising is an important skill that helps us when we are researching, gathering and presenting information.

Finding key words and

phrases helps us to

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My summary is that cheetahs are the fastest land animals in the world and that their bodies have made adaptations to help them to go fast.

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• I highlighted key words and phrases.
• I found or created a topic sentence.
• I used a dictionary or asked someone to find the meanings of words.
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Task

The key word hunt graphic organiser is a flowchart that will help you through the process of searching for key words, identify them and then use them to write a summary.

1. Read the myth and legend ‘Apollo’’. Get an overall sense of what the text is about.

It is about Apollos mum and dad trying to find a sacred spot to give birth to apollo

2. Read the myth and legend again, noting important details, possible key words, etc in the boxes on the left hand side of the graphic organiser.

3. Write the key words and phrases in the top box on the right.

4. Finally write your summary using the keywords and phrases in the box below that.

Key Word Hunt

1. Write notes below about things you think are important in the text e.g details, any possible key words

That Apollo is the god of music healing and light

The spot he was born is considered sacred

Here is the site I got all of this from

http://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/Definitions_gods/Apollo_def.html

2.  I think the key words and/or phrases are:

sacred Apollo Greece Zeus greek mythology oracle delphi god of the sun Apollo is the god of music healing and light

3. Use the key words and phrases to write a brief summary.

This greek myth was about Apollos parents trying to find a sacred spot to give birth to Apollo They found a island who let them give birth to Apollo from that time on he was know as they god of light.healing and music.

TANE MAHUTA

Tane mahuta is a giant kauri tree, his exact age is unknown, but is estimated that it is between 1,250 and 2,500 years old.

The tree is a remnant of the subtropical rain forest that once grew on the North Auckland Peninsula.

Tane Mahuta is the most famous tree in New Zealand along with Te Mauta.

Tane Mahuta is located in the Waipoua forest of New Zealand.

Maori Legends say that Tane Mahuta is separator of heaven and earth, Papatuanuku (Earth Mother) and Ranginui (The Sky God), which are also his parents.

Tane Mahuta was first discovered and identified in the 1920’s then in 2002. During the drought of 2013 nearly 10,000 liters of water from a near by stream was diverted to Tane mahuta,which was showing signs of dehydration.

According to maori creation myth tane mahuta is the Ranginui the sky father of papatuanuku.

Here are his measurements

trunk girth	13.77m (45.2ft)
Trunk height	17.86m(58.0ft)
Total height	51.2 m (168 ft)
Trunk volume	244.5 m3 (8,630 cu ft)
Total volume	516.7 m3 (18,250 cu ft)

 Let’s continue with the facts

All the measurements above were taken in 1971,the most current measurements may be found on the new zealand tree register. http://register.notabletrees.org.nz/tree/view/800.

I hope that you have learned a lot about tane mahuta.

Written by AIDAN

edited by RANI

Chapter 1 summery of bomber dog.

It all started when a little puppy was being teased by some seagulls then a big dog scares them away. The big dog take the little puppy to her little den(a blown up shed) these dogs where going through,a war the big dog remembers her house being blown up and her owner being taken to hospital. The next morning the dogs went to find food the puppy finds a bone but a gang of feral dogs start up a chase,eventually the give up and go to their own den and the house dogs,went to their den when a bomb is dropped on their shed the puppy has to drag his old hero out and onto the sidewalk.

PLANETARIUM REFLECTION

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LEARNING PRIORITY'S TERM 2 WEEK 2

READING

to not skip words when reading in a hurry.

MATHS

learning how to multiply with decimals.

WRITING

using punctuation

READING

to not skip words when reading in a hurry.

MATHS

learning how to multiply with decimals.

WRITING

using punctuation

LEARNING PRIORITIES

MATHS GOALS

* learning times tables and getting faster and beating my old times at school

WRITING GOALS

*less is more trying to not make long boring stories but short interesting stories

READING GOALS

*not blocking the world out like when I find a good book I read it everywhere I go and don’t spend time with family and friends

ROCK CLIMBING

On Friday room 19 went rock climbing at Karamu High school. We had to buddy up with 2-3 kid's from room 19 and 2 from Karamu high school. I was buddied up with Jess and Max. They mostly did a good job,
Here are the goods and bads
                                                          goods
.They encouraged us
.They helped us and gave us clear instructions
.They really wanted to learn our names and get to know us

                                                      bads
.They were late and keep us waiting
.I got a bit confused when both of them were giving me instructions at the same time
         
But over all I learned how to belay, and that it is fun to swing around on the wall.
We still have 2 more weeks of learning to do so I will keep you updated with what I have learned.

Nga RakauTriathlon

Triathhlon by aiden6fzr on GoAnimate On the 22nd of November Nga raku did a triathlon,this will tell you how I felt about doing it.

Cave of no return

     psst Matthew should we go and explore  camp half blood tonight” I asked him “do you think that's a good idea” he said “sure it is” I replied “OK”.

So that night we snack off to explore camp. It was so dark we couldn't see the track then I heard a bone cracking  smack. I looked at Matthew but he wasn't there then I heard a scream for help. I think I broke my leg. I found a really awesome cave come and have a look OK I’m coming down but suddenly I hear a rustle in the leafs I turn around but it was only a weta. That was lucky it was only a weta what was it nothing well I’m coming down

OK woo lets go explore the cave OK look there’s the exit wait where are you Matthew help I've been cated I ran to see where he was but he was gone then I fell down a steep cliff 
then I heard the rustling sound again but this time it was a the same wetter from before it seemed to be following me wherever I went something was telling me that he was trying to tell me something I sat down and listened it was telling me to beware then something red grabbed it and ate it I was so scared but it was only a tree frog.

It was about 12:00pm I decided to set up a camp and look for Matthew in the morning I set up camp at camp.What did the weta mean by beware but a rustling sound in the leafs cut my thoughts short. this time a big shape came up by the shelter. I hid under the leafs( because I didn't have a covers) then I looked out of the shelter but this time it was a stag it seemed to be saying of the then a hunter shot it and picked it up and walked of. I wondered what the stag and the weta were talking about then a big shadow rose up again and this time it was the boggy man it caught me and took me back to his lair and there I saw Matthew that morning I cut the ropes and we escaped.  We ran and ran back to camp and owned up to the teachers and from that day on we would never go tramping alone the boggy man still roams the camp half blood to this day so beware.                                                        

Anubis Art

  My class has been studying Egypt and we decided to study gods of Egypt. We all had to pick one to draw and I picked Anubis.  Anubis is the god of final judgment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Sign Language

Sign language is a way that people who are deaf talk
and people around them can talk to them. I have been learning
 sign language and am so close to knowing all the words.
I am able to say my name in sigh language and deaf people can understand me. You can also secretly talk with other people who understand sign language                                                            
 Try learning sign language.
Use these pictures to help you.

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Cartouche Art

Room 20 has been studying Egypt and one of our tasks was to make our names out of hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics are the Egyptian alphabet. A cartouche isa name plate for a coffin. Egyptian's only spell words the way it sounds not the way it is really spelt.  This awesome idea came from http://art-educ4kids.weebly.com/egyptian-art.html
                                                                                                                  Try doing your name

Camp Kaitawa Chant Off

DSCF0856 from Stephen ford on Vimeo.
This is my camp groups chant. We had a cooking and chant competition. This is our groups. Hurricane Warriors chant.

Its not easy being a cricket ball

Its not easy being a cricket ball
being cracked across the head by a long piece of wood. Or thrown at the wickets and being smacked over the fence waiting for someone to rescue me. And worst case scenario landing in an island of dog poo yuck, and putting up with players bad breath as they polish me. Worst of all feeling that
disgusting sweat of the players hands as they hold me. Just as well I am a hard ball At least I can look up at the big                                                                    
screen and say that is me up there. It makes me feel proud.  In the winter I am thrown in the garage for one whole year because it is too cold for anyone to play with me. Its boring looking at the same things over and over again.
Whenever someone comes in to get something from the garage I hope that they will pick me up and play. But most of the time they just walk in and get their bike and go.
Now do you get it,
ITS NOT EASY BEING A CRICKET BALL!
                                                                          
 
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

Room 20 Play

This is my Taxedeo about Room 20s play on Friday, these are all of the words that I would use to descibe

the play for me.

Paving problem

saber tooth boar fish

Splash, the fisherman sees a fisherman's nightmare,the saber tooth tiger fish.

It has Saber tooth tiger like teeth, horn like  a unicorn, big evil eyes,it’s as long as a shark.Just to make matters worse, inside it’s mouth are sharp teeth and huge lips. 

It has a long tail. It's color is as brown as brown grass on a summer day, in other word’s extremely hideous. Anyway I bet you're wondering how it got hooked up on the line. Well it all started on a hot summer day when I went to catch my family and I some dinner.I went out to sea. When I  spotted a big family of fish on the radar I would drop my line. Suddenly I saw a huge fish on the radar so I quickly dropped my line.Just then I saw a shark so I left the line to see it and take a photo. Then the shark swam away, I wondered why, then I saw a sharp horn darting throw the water towards the boat.It jumped out of the water onto my boat. Ah I screamed (OK maybe not screamed more like yelled) anyway it was the saber tooth boar fish, it bit a hole in the engine, no I yelled not the engine. Then he bit a hole in the boat, it began to sink and luckily I had a life jacket on. I started to swim for the shore.It was following me. I've heard of this fish before, it was known to eat anything in it’s way. I swam for shore but it chased me on till I reached the shore, then it jumped up onto the sandy sand and that's how I caught the saber tooth boar fish. I am now a millionaire for catching the saber tooth boar fish. Other saber tooth boar fish are still lurking beneath the depths so beware.