fun film making

 In Te Maunga we have been doing film making and we were in a group of course and every group has 5 people but some groups people are not in school or sick or I don’t know. We get to choose if we want to do an animation or fuming. In my group we learnt how to make our own characters and make them move and the best thing for me to learn is how to write my own script and have funny ideas. And my favorite thing to do was making the slides. The hard thing was making everything smooth.    

Pūrākau

 In Te Maunga we did a reading about gods and we have to compare between two gods from different countries. I leant that Tangaroa is the father of many sea creatures. Tangaroa's son, Punga, has two children, Ikatere, the ancestor of fish, and Tū-te- wehiwehi, the ancestor of reptiles. Terrified by Tāwhirimātea's onslaught, the fish seek shelter in the sea, and the reptiles in the forests. Ever since, Tangaroa has held a grudge with Tāne Mahuta and Mahuta is the atua ( atua means god) of forests, because he offers refuge to his runaway children by carving on a Māori war canoe. As Tangaroa was the god of the sea, it was important to make offerings to him before setting out for travel or fishing and many more facts. My favorite thing to learn was that during Chinese new year a lot of people wear red clothes and hang up red banners to bring good fortune into their homes and keep bad luck away. because the new year monster doesn’t like the color red or loud sounds and fire. The hard thing was writing my own narrative.

 

Music maker

I learnt how to make my own music. I find this fun to use and play with. 

Have you dun this before?    

PAL day 2

 In Te Maunga we had a PAL day but it was the whole school. We played lots of games and we were in groups with other classes. The things we played were red light green light, obstacle course, tug of war, playing soccer with a yoga ball, Rob the nest and many more. The one thing I liked was tug of war. The hard thing was playing soccer with a yoga ball because it was too big. 

Earthquakes/Volcanoes

 

In Te Maunga we did a reading called Earthquakes/Volcanoes and obviously it was about earthquakes, volcanoes and there's a lot of things we need to do.  We learn about why earthquakes happen like: Earthquakes happen because the surface of Earth is called the crust, not one solid piece; it's like a 20 thousands piece puzzle. Earth puzzle pieces are called tectonic plates. The plates can move but they don’t move fast. Earthquakes happen when a plate bumps or drags along another plate. My favourite thing to learn was writing a report and we had to choose earthquakes or volcanoes and I chose earthquakes. The hard thing was answering all the questions.  

Shakeout day

 In Te Maunga we learned about Shakeout day. Shakeout day is a day that you can practice events like earthquakes and tsunamis. We learned that if an earthquake happens we have to get under the table and you put something on your head. When there is an earthquake alert you should get to the nearest table and go under it and you put something on your head for protection. The hard thing was that it was very hard to put something on your head like a bag because the table was too short and too small.

Olympic Games

 In Te Maunga we did a reading about the Olympic Games. We learnt about the differences between the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games like: Before, only one athletic event was even held and now we have around 330 events. My favourite thing to learn was researching about 3 Olympians. The hard thing was creating my own Olympic Games.