Today we had Te reo Maori and we had to write down in our Te reo Maori books about our whakapapa we had to write down a bunch of Maori words and the word spelled in English when we were finished that we got to ask each other ko wai to Mama and then you would say ko wai to and your mums’ name.

would you ever like to learn Te reo Maori?

today we had kapa’s and our kaiako’s were whaea Te Rina and whaea Emma we went over to the rugby clubs and we had to practice our takahia and our disiplin. We all got told we would be getting a panui letting us no that we would be going on a trip to niwa to watch other kapa haka groups poform. we also practiced a few waiata’s and my favourite part was when we did our ending tuturu and our haka.

Do you like kapa haka?

Today we had Tech we changed groups today I am now in woodwork we started making little shelves that we can give away or keep to use and we all got to choose what we wanted to make some hammers, stools, shoeboxes, and shelves.

My favorite part of this day was when we all helped each other with our projects and had fun doing it.

The first day of term 2 and we are already into Mahi. Today I made a pick a path about ANZAC and I had different questions that you had to answer. I liked learning about Anzac because I got to know about the story it had some good facts. I learned that the war didn’t go as planned and they had to retreat from Gallipoli.

when was Anzac commemorated?

On Wednesday 19th of October group of kids from other classes and I went to Rm 4 for CPR. These people named Ron and Jessie were showing and telling us about CPR. We learned how to use an AED which was fun and we also learned how to do CPR using dolls. That was what I learned at First aid training. 

On Wednesday 28th we had ag day and we saw lots of animals at our school and there were heaps of little dogs, big dogs, sheep, and a pig we got to see some of the animals.

Coming close to the end of the day there were people and they judged the art that we did and our poems I got 3 certificates for my arts and poem and my decorated cupcakes.

My favorite part of that day was when we got to go to other classes and see their work it was cool some classes had cool things they also had clay art but most of all it was a fun day.

at the end of the day we had this thing where we had to go play these games on the field and it was fun we played wheel Barrow and we played a game with these big poi but I liked the part when we had races. 

Today we made a poi in a group of 3, in Room 5 we used paper, plaited leather, sellotape, wool, and scissors.

We did this activity for Te wiki o te Reo Maori.

I enjoyed making a poi because it was very fun.

In Room 5 we did an information report about The Cook Islands and this is my one. It was really fun to do, we had to research things about the Cook Islands. But my favourite part was the conclusion because it meant I was DONE!

Kia ora my name is Aynjewel. I am a Year 7 student at Ahipara School. I am a room 5 student. My kaiako is Whaea Ange. Here is a snapshot of what I like…………

Foods: Mangos, passionfruit, and sushi.

Sports: Rugby, netball

Animals: Dolphins, panthers, werewolves.

Games: Tag hide and seek

Songs: 2 phones

Movies: Big Mama’s House.