Pepeha

LI: To let others know who I am so they can make connections to me and my place in the world.

Our challenge today was to write and record our pepeha to introduce ourselves. I found this interesting because I get to learn my Pepeha in Maori because I can learn Maori and understand to help people know what it means and what they are saying. Representing the Maori Culture and where your from making you feel proud of where you come from too. No reira tena koutou katoa. Thus my acknowledgment to you all. Thank you for listening to my Pepeha and whakapapa.

Kauri Dieback

LI: To understand the story behind our flag

 

Our challenge today was to use the links provided and our own smart searching skills to find out what Kauri dieback is and what we need to do to try and prevent this from spreading. We need to know about this so that we do our part to keep our Kauri safe when we go on hike at camp. I worked with Mareta and we found it interesting that a Kauri is the largest forest tree but found only in the Northern North Island, it has a large trunk and small, leathery leaves, kauri resin, soot from burnt kauri gum used for tattooing. A tall white timber tree of New Zealand having white straight grained wood. It’s the largest forest tree in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Evolution of the NZ Flag

LI: To understand the story behind our flag

                       

 

Our challenge today was to create a collaborative presentation that reflects the story behind our NZ flag. We did this by looking at how our flag has changed over time. Something I found interesting was the United Tribes of New Zealand was a of Māori tribes based in the north of the North Island, existing legally from 1835 to 1840. The Union Jack reflects New Zealand’s origins as a British colony. The Southern Cross is one of the striking features of the Southern sky, and has been used to represent New Zealand. On how my team collaborate so well and helped each other to create ideas and information about the Evolution of New Zealand Flags. This task was very fun to work on becasue I was working with great people who helped with the information and what it means.

 

 

What Learning Should Look Like in LS2

LI: To co-construct ways we can make the most of our learning time in LS2

Our challenge today was to co-construct ways we can make the most of our learning time in LS2. We thought about what we expected to happen so we could make teh most of our learning time then thought about what our teachers expected. I collaborated with my group which I enjoyed because we had a fun time creating ideas to show what it looks like working in LS2. This activity was great because it shows what work should look like in LS2 to collaborate with each other and have teamwork. 

About Me / Ko Wai Ahau

 

Kia Ora , My name is Amorangi and I am in year 7 at Panmure Bridge School. I am excited to be in LS2 because I have the best teachers to help me learn new stuff. My favourite thing to do is doing cultural performances like Kapa Haka and Siva Samoa to represent my culture to make my family very proud of me. I also love to play with my friends when I am at home because we play fun games and go to a lot of fun places like the arcade.

My goal for 2025 is to become a school leader and show my leadership to the whole school and to improve my learning skills to help other students with their work to show them nothing is impossible.

Mr & Mrs Tele’a Malofie/Tatau

This week for Inquiry Mr & Mrs Tele’a came to LS1 and show us their Malofie/ Tatau and why they got it.

They came in and greeted us and started to talk about why they got their tattoo and what they use to create the tattoo. Before they were talking LS1 showed them a video about our Pese o le Tatau and our tracing we created it into a video and showed our great tracing and our skills.The song the tracings were based on was a Samoan song based on a story of two sisters travelling to Samoa to get a Tatau and made sure they only tell the women not men but then they saw a shimmery clam with a shiny ball in it they went to go and check it out but it was to shiny and they got dizzy and forgot the song they were singing they got confused and sang Tatau for the men not the women they felt something was wrong but they just kept on singing it so the Tatau was for the men not the women. The Tatau rules still happen today and now the Tatau for the men not the women, Malu for the women not the men.