Kapa Haka

 My syndicate (Moana) lined up in the hall in our rows. Today, Tuesday, was Kapa Haka. We couldn’t do Kapa Haka at the festival since there was covid, so a man came in to film us. 

3,2,1, ACTION! Kaia, I.E Klara and Zoe, called out to start. To start, the kaia must say “Hopi!” Which means hands on hips. Then Koka Sue strummed on her guitar. “ Utaina, Toru wha”  Called Zoe. We all burst into the song actions and all and I was very nervous but I soon got over it. 

The next song we performed was  “Ka- waiata” a song with no actions but just a takahia, which is a light stomp from the foot. As we sang the boys did harmony layers over top. I noticed that the camera kept zooming in on me, so I kinda felt weird. I also looked a little weird in the after film.

Thirdly, We performed “Rona” which is about a selfish lady then the moon pulls her up there and she is sad. This song included the poi which is a small squishy ball like white thing with a long string to hold onto. Then the second round for the song,(we did it twice) the two front rows went down on their knees (I.E. Me, the front and second row).

Then we did “Ka pana pana” which is a girls and boys haka. The leaders were Zoe and Klara like I said earlier. Then half way through, the girls moved back and the boys moved forward getting ready for the Haka. 

After “Ka pana pana” the boys did the haka. The girls also did the haka (but not the actions).

We had to do the harmonies over top. The boy Kaia, Screamed a little to loud but it was our only video and so far I was glad with the results.

Then we did the last song, “Toia mai” which is similar to the song “utaina” (about waka). This song had actions in it and they boys did a mini haka over top of the second round. (the second round is the girls do the song again but the boys do the haka over top).

  

Then the songs finished! I was so glad, we had done very well.

Ilminster Green Team Recount

 On the 16 of November 2021, my syndicate (Moana) went to watch a play that the Ilminster Green Team put on every 2 years for some of the schools. When we were settled on our seats, a Year 8 boy came out and introduced the play and what it’s message was about. Then the play started.

A Year 8 dressed as a nanny crayfish came out along with a semi old kina and two younger crayfishes.

Firstly, the Crayfish was called Nanny Koura. (The Maori name for Crayfish). She told a story to the eldest of the young crayfish. 4 friends come out and dump their litter around the skate park. They laughed and joked and then went away. Leaving the place a MESS!

 Then, that night, 3 aliens, two servants, and the King of the Morons came out. When they saw the mess they thought that they could dump their stuff there too, and so they did. They even dumped their friendly companion, the robot. They piled all their stuff on top of the robot and left the planet.

When the kids came back the next day, they cried out in despair as their precious skate park had been ruined. They went to nanny Koura and begged for advice. Nanny Koura refused, at first, but then the problem got worse, as the aliens came back with another pile of rubbish. So Nanny Koura went up to the aliens. In surprise the aliens mistook Nanny Koura for the queen of the Morons and begged for mercy. She went along with it and frowned at them in disgrace, so she made them all work together to make the skate park clean and then it was the end.

Lastly, I really enjoyed the play as its message was good and It was very humorous. At the end they did a dance and we asked lots of questions. It was a very great play and I can’t wait to go to Ilminster next year! The play was very advising and I hope I get to be in the Green Team next year.

The new pool

 After Athletics day I went to the Okitu store to get an Ice cream and then we went home. When we got home, we started to fill up our pool, and then our cousins: Elke, Gjord, Fiske and Ursula arrived. So did Crispy, (Fiske and Ursula’s dog) Auntie Heidi and Auntie Petra.

We had a fun day splashing around in the water. I was sliding along the bottom of the ankle high water on my tummy like a penguin. The bottom of the pool was so slippery that when you try to crawl along the bottom, your hand slip up. Charlotte, my friend, taught me how to do it but she accidentally kept face-planting on the walls of the pool. Luckily, I wasn’t that good and didn’t crash into the wall.

Then  the neighbours, Millie, Hosea, Sol, Abe, Biggie and Stanley came over. There were soooo many people in the pool so Elke, Gjord, Fiske, Ursula, Clem and I all got out leaving 6 left in the pool. Wow there were 12 people in the pool. That's a lot.

My Holidays

 On Friday the 16th my cousins and my family met at the Wainui surf club for a play on the sand. When we got there, there was a crystal clear lagoon just waiting for us. On the side there was a small River of water trickling down to the ocean. (Luckily I brought my togs)

Me and my cousins played in the water all day, I brought my boogie board and Clem pulled me all the way down the stream at top speed. Then, on a sharp turn, Clem Suddenly jumped on to the bank and the board swerved into the bank and I face-planted in the sand flying forward. It was so funny I tried doing it on Ursula but when I stopped she rolled off the board and down to the ocean. I also threw wet seaweed on my Fiske’s back for splashing water over me. 

Then it became a game of stealing seaweed girls v boys. Me, Elke, and Ursula crept along the bottom of the lagoon like crocodiles. Then, we ran across the sand and stole the seaweed off Clem, Fiske and Gjord. Then I guarded the pile of seaweed like a guard dog crouching over the pile swinging my arms.

When it was time to go, we all went to Auntie Heidi's house for a play. Ursula and Elke fought over me so I ran to the boys and we all hid. It became a game of hide and go seek tag. Clem tricked the girls telling them I had gone to the chickens when I was down in the creek. 

When Ursula and Elke found out, they went down the steep bank. Slid down and got ready in the tree. Then her butt got wet on the rocks in the creek. But by the time Ursula got down we were long gone down in the Orchard surrounded by  bees and blackberries. 

Following Hamanatua

 Yesterday my teacher Koka Rosie and Koka Ngaire took us down to Hamanatua stream so that we could see where it started. We walked down along scarlys way and down the road to a rusty old gate leading down to a small stream that fed into the Hamanatua awa.

There were three people in front of me and they all walked through the knee height stream tripping and stumbling. Then when it was my turn I spotted a plank of wood and I lept to the other side without getting wet. I don’t mind getting wet but being wet for the whole day while walking all over the show would be annoying. 

The others behind me cheered and yelled as I landed safely and when the others tried to copy…. Well that was a bit harsh: Trey belly-flopped in the water and Keylaine lost her shoe in the mud. So many people fell in the mud and I was glad I wasn’t too muddy but then: Koka Rosie handed me the toilet paper so she could put away her jacket, and… I didn’t have laces on so I got stuck.

To make it worse my shoes fell off and I had to go down on my knees and search through the mud.  My whole body was covered with mud: I couldn’t even eat because I had soooo much mud on my hand. I was cold, uncomfy and hungry but I was determined to find where the awa started.

On the way back across the stream, Neko fell in the water. With all the eyes on him he decided to pour some swamp water on his armpits and pretend to wash himself. And back at class he wore no pants, just undies.

P.S: Also, if you are wondering what happened to the toilet paper I gave It to Josie who dropped it on the ground, later we gave the brown, sticky, muddy roll of paper back to her...

Blog 103

 Blog 103

Yesterday after lunch my class (RM2) went to the life education truck. Our old teacher, Matua Beau and his companion Harled taught us about the human body in the brain and how it works.  We learnt of this called nerve-ons. They are the smart bits in your brain and babies have up to 85-100 billion nerve-ons! We also saw a video on a boy called Billy. The video was to help us make predictions about people that want to help, and people that don’t.

Sorry! Small blog post!!

Zombie

Just incase don’t get offended by this post… Also It was my quickwrite.

Bring! I answered the phone and a tough sounding voice grunted: “”Gees, Kid, come on, we're waiting for you! Haven’t you heard about the zombie that crash-landed on mars!?”” “”Look.  Matt, I don’t have time for all your problems, I am going to play at a pub tonight! I have missed so many gigs!”” I replied

Now, you’re probably wondering “what is going on”. Well, I work as a RETIRED spy and I am a famous guitar player. Matt (my boss) gets stressed because after Earth blew up, (I blew it up by accident) I decided to quit my job because I didn’t want to cause any more trouble.

Now, Matt was down on his knees, “”please help me! Also a zombie captured all the other agents”” he begged “”Look out behind you!”” I called as a hideous zombie pierced its knife through his heart.

“”Look here boy”” it snarled “”I am coming to get you. Do you hear? I won’t rest until my knife has your blood on it. Then the screen went blank.

Later I was all suited up. I picked up the tracking device and headed towards the door. The tracking device led to the mall. I gulped.

Oh no!What if the zombie finds these people inside, I must stop this zombie now! I thought as I climbed through the smashed glass and up the gooey stairs (Goo from the zombie).

I climbed the stairs all the way up to the roof. When I got there, there was a green zombie waiting for me: Bloody and boney. Luckily the battle only lasted 3 days with cup-of-tea breaks in the middle. Then I punched the zombie in the face and it died. 

 

3rd BandQuest Practice

On Tuesday, Me and the rest of the OPEN DOORZ  band had a 3rd practice because

BandQuest was 20 days away. We were slowly getting it right and we had a full long

practice that was from 1.30 to 3.30pm. 

The two songs that we were playing are: Happen to me (by Benee) and So True (by the Black Seeds).

And I am on guitar solo for both songs. Band quest is very fun and I think you should try it out

if you know an instrument. Maybe next blog I will send a recording of our songs.

My Writing

 This might be a bit offensive because it's about stuff like tsunamis and tornadoes. For our priorities I did this story starter: Suddenly, his phone rang. 

Suddenly his phone rang. Jason, who was walking down an ally to the beach, picked up the phone. “Get outta there! Now!” Screamed a panicked voice “What?” Questioned Jason “tsunami! but I gotta go and warn the others. Get out of there now !” Jason looked up. Tsunami. It was too late for Jason to get up a hill so he climbed up a nearby tree which led him to the roof of a 6 story building. From there, Jason filmed.

The tsunami swept all of the cars aside carrying them away. A massive fishing boat got dragged into the water filled car parking lot and got completely crushed underneath the low lying iron bridge. Jason cringed, turning away and tugging at his fringe. 

Suddenly, Jason saw something horrifying. A strong tornado set a straight course towards him and the others on top of the building. As it got closer, it gained speed sucking in people and then spitting them out like backfiring bullets at top speed. People scattered flinging themselves out of the building to get swallowed up into the tsunami. A young toddler, on the other side of the building, got swept away leaving a trail of pee forming a puddle.

Just as the tornado grabbed Jason's arm, he fell into the opening trap door beneath him. The tsunami grew stronger. The whole building next door collapsed. The people inside tumbled out like ants. But, before he could jump off the building, the evil tornado whisked him away .

Jason's top wirled off. So did his pants, and, well, also the underwear. “EEK” He shrieked before he got dumped next to the king on a very tall hill. The crowd gasped in horror as Jason turned and ran off a cliff by accident. 

‘Into the tsunami’ thought Jason as it whisked him away. Luckily a branch curled above his head. Jason climbed on. Then, his eyes got hooked on a familiar family: The Eggs.            They jumped on the fishing boat and headed towards the tsunami hoping they would go over it. But it didn't. “Well, this will never end,” said Jason rolling his eyes as the upside down boat smashed into a tall glass building.

Thanks for reading my horrifying post - Cornelia

BandQuest Practice

 BandQuest Practice

After lunch, on Tuesday, me, Josie, Ella, Nathan, Stavis, Bill and Louie practiced our 2 songs to enter into the amazing BANDQUEST. I had already done it mabey 4 times but every time I get a different band. It’s only 26 days before the real competition and our band was pretty good seeing that it was our first time practicing together.

Our band sounded really good! We played two songs: Happen to me (By BENEE) and So True (By the Black Seeds).I was on an epic guitar solo for Happen to me and Bass for So True. Josie was on guitar with Louie, and Harry. (Who was away) Nathan was on drums and Me and Ella were on vocals. We need serious practice.

After packing up our gear we sat outside and my dad (the coach thingy) helped us come up with a name. He said that if we didn’t agree to a cool name he would call us waiariti like he called Campion,  Campon.  We wanted our band name to be called BACK DOOR but dad said that it was another name for your BUT. So finally we settled on OPEN DOORZ. Since we were climbing over the blue double doors at the rear end of the hall.

"To Waste Our Life" Retell

 In my reading workshop L3, we have been working on "SKIMMING" & "SCANNING". We have been "SKIMMING" & "SCANNING" on an important article called: "To Waste Our Life".  First we had to answer the reflections questions, then, we had to retell a small Paragraph on "To Waste Our Life". Here is my RETELL, and, after that, click on the picture to take you to the LOOONG but GREAT persuasive text.

You might think online shopping is "BETTER" for our planet. You might think it doesn't waste petrol and tags,but, online shopping is WORSE. It gets tagged in plastic,wrapped in plastic, put in a plastic box and then gets sent off in a red plastic case. Your online clothes, ect, is also made in a big factory, then it travels in Vans, Trucks, cars, boats, planes and trains. Online shoppers, do you really need it? Or, do you really want it? Do you know where your packaging and plastic goes? Out to the sea. You might put it in the bin, but, it still gets dumped in the sea. Most Online Shopping happened in lockdown and still continued out to this present day. Its not just you that's Online Shopping, its everyone around the Globe. 18 million pieces of plastic gets wasted every year! Now, there are more pieces of plastic in our ocean, then stars in our galaxy. Over 6.1 K or billion get spent every year on unnecessary stuff/junk! Aria Hunt has recently posted an article on Kiwi kids news about this in further detail.

Minimize your shopping online!

Aurora gathering

On Wednesday night at 5mp I went to the Lawson Field Theatre to watch Klara,Alice and Ella preform in a Whirikoka play. We also went to see me, Rio and Kale'a's poems displayed on the wall and check out the digital video games that the Aurora digital kids had made. After a while we all got bored of waiting around and Kale'a had left before the play.

Me, Dad and Clem went out side and we saw Koka Ngaire waiting outside for Koka Rosie. Koka Ngaire said that Koka Rosie was lost. 5 minutes later Koka Rosie turned up and we went inside and took our seats. The lights dimmed and Alice, Klara, Ella and the other kids preformed. 

At the end everyone clapped loudly and the man had to calm everyone down. All the other Aurora kids got invited onto the stage to get their citiffactates. When it was my turn, I got up to grab my citiffactate but I tripped on a piece of wood on the stage and stumbled. Then, I ended up on top of the plank of wood.

After the show and speeches, we went down to eat dinner. I had already had dinner and plus it was samwiches, sausage rolls, savaloyes, brownies, burger rings, juice, mini pies and many other snacks that you would probably have on a birthday.

MY GOALS

 This week I have figured out all my goals and I am trying to get them all done so I can go to the next goals.  Once I have done all my goals I can mark them off on my check in so I can move up to a higher level in Reading, Writing, and Maths. 

I have been so focused on my writing I am forgetting to come to my Maths workshops and do Maths Whizz, so I had to do it all this morning.

Me, Charlotte and Tallulah have been making a picture book about a Little Blue Penguin. Hopefully it will be released next Friday. Sadly, it's just me and Charlotte because Tallulah is moving to Newic in England. Our picture book is supposed to be short but we turned it into the worlds longest novel. It has at least 4-3 paragraphs on each topic so we a trying to shorten it down. It will probably be the first picture book I have ever completed.

Blog - Art Day

                     Blog - Art day  

On monday It was the queen's birthday so NZ got Monday off.  And on Tuesday my class had a reliever. She  had a year's leave and now she is a relever! Her name is Kokā Katie. 

Kokā Katie said that today we were going to do everything a bit different. No priorities, it was a great day! We did Sandra Silberzweig art and Ltp.

Ltp stands for Learning Through Play. We had 3 different options to choose from. We had loose parts, Sewing and fabrics and wood burning/hot gluing weaving flax and glueing glass and wood together.  

Enviro action

 Enviro action day

Enviro actionday is the day when MLH do some mahī in the garden. 

Last friday we went down to the beach and collected Kelp for our gardens. Then we hung it up on the fence to dry for 1 week and a ½.     

All day one ⅛ th of the kids in MLH (including me) Ran back and forth carrying buckets and wheelbarrows of seaweed to spread on the gardens. So koka Rosie left us in charge of the gardens for Wednesday, but I was sick so they crossed out my name. 

On wednesday, I was surprised to see that my name had been crossed out. So I had to go down and compete in the rubbish competition (I thought I would come last).

We each got a bucket and walked down the beach looking for rubbish. We got heaps! And it turned out that there was a prize for the most amount of rubbish. My group  got 49 cigarette butts and 17 pieces of metal. Our total of rubbish was 337! And we won! Me, Ivy and Josie won a japanese lollipop that was like little sushi’s but there was one sashimi.

Josie got the sashimi and me and Ivy got sushi lollipop.

Gymfest

 Gym fest

On Tuesday 25th of May,  Me and the rest of the people in B grade gymnastics competed in the gymnastics festival. I went in Olivia's car with Rio, Lila, Loosy, Dixie and Olivia. When we got there, there was a big "hot chips" stall that everyone went to. Everyone ate them but I didn't because all of the teachers said: "do not by your kids treats or you will have to by the hole class treats". I guess that the teachers hadn't planed that!

Wainui beach schools B grade gym got to practice in the trampoline club which was like a giant gym room with to massive trampolines in the middle. There, with all the other schools that were competing, we warmed up on the floor. Volt and Beam. When it was our turn we got split into 10 groups. In my group there was Ivy, Rio, Me, Amber and Millie. When we got called out we marched out as the crowed applauded us.

First we did the floor routine I was waiting 29 people before I got my turn. My score turned out lower than I expected because my backwards roll had such forse I nearly did another one! My score was 7.9.               Then we did the Beam. I got a high score of 8.7! Which I was very happy about! Lastly we did Volt. And I got a 7.8.  You can guess which one I had the highest points for! Well I thought that I would be very bad but it turned out to be the best. But It could have been better (if I had not forgot to lift my left leg up and hold it there for 2 seconds!)

Then we begged Olivia's mum to stay and watch our friend do their rhythmical ( I wish I had entered!)       It sucked because there was only 2 teams so they both got to got compete again (last night!) They were so good! The rhythmical team nailed it with their round offs, back flips, Aerials and trippel walk overs. A four girls did the back tuck with their friends. 

The end

Gymnastics Practice

Gymnastics practice

On Mondays and Fridays we do gymnastics practice for the gymnastics festival. We do Volt, Beam and floor routines. I am in B grade and I am finding the second half of the Volt scary.

Volt

Volt is a box with a soft red padding on the top. It is made of wood to help it hold us up when we are on them. We run up to the box, jump on the springs (they help us push off) Then we jump up onto the box in a straddle-like position and dismount off like we are landing on a motorbike. Next we do the same but this time we put our hands in the middle and do a straddle over the Volt without touching it with our legs.

 Beam

It’s a bit hard to explain our Beam routine. 

We sallout our judges and then push off without getting on. Then I will swing one of my legs around so it looks like I’m riding a horse. Then I put my right leg on the beam (kneeling and holding on) and lift my left leg up high and count 2 seconds. I swing my left leg up in front of my right leg and stand up. I dip my foot down low on the side then take fancy tip-toe steps across. Then I do it again. When I reach the end I turn around and lift my right leg up for 2 second then I take 2 steps across and dismount off in a star-jump.

Floor

Salout our judges and then quarter turn and forward roll. Half turn, Backward roll( then we jump up) quarter turn 2 side sashays. Half turn 2 more side sashays the straight into a cartwheel.

-Cornelia

 

Aurora

 Aurora Creative Writing workshop

On wednesday 12th of May, me, Kale'a and Rio went into town for a Aurora writing workshop in Holey Trinity church. 1,2 3 to 4 kids from different schools in Tairawhiti came. Last time we went to the Arboretum to write notes for our poem. Then yesterday we wrote our poem. We spent the whole day writing it. (except for at the start when we played a game of bang and for lunch (pizza). Then at the end of the day we said our poems aloud.

Auntie Heidis birthday

 On Auntie Heidi's birthday we had a bonfire 🔥 outside! We roasted marshmellows and had cake! May the 1st was a 1st!

Camp Kaitawa 2021

 On week 7 most Y 6's went on camp It was crazy fun, and full of nature there is more info in the slides below.

Cooks Cove and the Earthquake

 Cooks Cove walk and the Earthquake

I woke up to a fresh start ready for Cooks Cove walk. I had packed my bag the day before so I could get to school nice and early. I had already experienced the 4 times and so knew what to pack.

My class and I had been put into groups to drive, Then we would change groups for the walk. We gathered at the bottom of the hill. Once we were in our groups we lined up in a single file with our parent Lee at the back.  The reason why we did this walk was because we were training for Camp. Koka Rosie and Koka Nagrie said that Cooks Cove was similar to the walks up at camp.

On the walk me and Kale’a were yapping away about the steep drop at our feet. By half way all the mussels in our bodies were aching and pleading to stop and rest. But with our cherreyness and Lee’s jokes it kept us going. As we past we thought if we were mini pixies then we could live in the nooks and crannies and all the possible places, Then, our thoughts were interrupted by the sound of gasping and hushing me and kale’a hurried forward to see a tiny morepork staring down at us with beady eyes. But the kids in front of us got louder and the morepork flew away.

With great pride we walked to the end feelling happy. Then we got to the cove, It had a big dotted smiley face engraved into it. It was high tide, so there was no going for and explore along the dry powdery rocks.

That night I was woke up. It was about 2 in the morning and I remembered about the morepork. Just as I was about to doze off I was startled by tremendous shaking . I called out to mum but she was already ready. She leaped out of bed and yanked clem up. All my nerves were feeling like they could pop out of my bodie. After it had gone mum raced to the bed grabbed a blanket and a sleeping bag and raced to our car with us tailing close behind. When we got in the car mum explained that there was a warning called long and strong be gone. We evacuated to Wheatstone hill about 90 other cars were up there(luckily we were one of the first ones up there). After 4 hours up on the hill we headed back down(there was still cars arriving) When we were at home we were going to go back to sleep when the Tsunami warning went off again. Oh what a night!

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Aiming for a Green-Gold School

Aiming for a Green-Gold School

When I walked into school,I noticed that most kids had buckets in their hands and scruffy clothes. As I joined up with my friend Josie, she noticed as well. “Oh I forgot” she said.”Today is action day!” And I replied…”what is action day?” But she said nothing. As we gathered on the mat the teachers explained that we were a Silver Enviro school, They said today we would meet our enviro person Kauri and she would tell us which part of the school we would work in.  

First we would learn some more things about the environment, then we would go out and start pulling out weeds and harvest the kumara.

Weeding was tough and five kids got to do the fun stuff (harvesting the food),

but after we had settled into the job, we were like machines. Half way through I got chosen to help harvest the kumara. (I was like a dog digging for bones in the sand). One time I found a big bunch of ten kumara but Koka Rosie asked for Josie to pick them. Soon afterward we had 11 butternuts, 3 pumpkins , 5 rockmelons and 500 kumara, all shapes and sizes.

We had a great day! Boy I am going to sleep well tonight!

( I diden't there was a mossi bugging me)

Back to School 2021

Back to School 2021

We came back to school on Wednesday, Koka Rosie had taken Matua Beau's place while he went to work with herald the giraffe. And Koka Narigie works 3 days a week leaving Koka Pip to fill in for every thursday and friday.  I thought last year was so busy with covid 19, But its even crazier!Every friday we do Toi or art. So far we have done 2021 art , about me (art)  and now we are working on collaborative art and our pepehas. We are going surfing because we are year 6's now!Most of the year 6's go surfing it is so much fun, to bad I won't be here next year. On wednesday we are going to swimming sports and I am competing in all 3. Today we are going to the Marae we have already walked our Monga and our Awa. We are going to camp in 2 weeks. I will tell u more in week 8.

Crazy year 

 I have 1,0000 things on Camp,birthday parties,school surf,dentist,kip mcgrath, holiday (to castle hill), My dads beer fest,nana coming up, and easter. I should say to the people over seas: " You think its so busy with the fact that there's covid 19 and millions of people are suffering and the fact that donald trump got kicked out by Joe Biden. Well all the stuff I have been through and is going to go through seems worse.

                                                                                 Art                                                                                                                  I love art, but it has been to much! Everyone is struggling  to keep up! It has                                                    taken me weeks to complete art tasks  and I am only half way through!                                         And we are doing more art in 1 day. So far we have done 2021 art , about me (art)                                                                   and now we are working on collaborative art and our pepeha.    I just finished                           my pepeha 2 mins ago another piece of art done!  (I am chipping away at this blog)                                 

Year 6 surfing

Most of the kids my year are surfing except me and kale'a we are  boogie boarding. And I want to surf because the flippers are so irritating.  We have 10 mins to go swimming so that's a bonus.

Today I went surfing! And I stood up on the board! It was so much fun. Silke was my adult,josie was so jealous she pushed me off the board and I fell in the water(the water was deep,crystal clear but no waves out the back) I guess she wanted to take my board,but......I pushed her onto her own board and she "CAUGHT" a wave.

We went surfing HERE