Benjamin- Japanese Game

Today Mr Yamasaki came to our class to teach a game to the writing group. The game was from Japan but in English so we could understand. I enjoyed the game. I kept winning. I need to is teach and play the game with others from my class. It was great fun playing so I'd like them to enjoy the experience.

Margaret: Crane

Today a Japanese teacher name Mr Yamasaki taught us how to make a origami crane. The first step of how to make a origami crane was easy. But then when it comes to step number 5, I give up. But I enjoyed it.  

Tane- Rangitoto Ebook

Read my e-book about Rangitoto

Lauren-Cook Island Language Week

Today we had three visitors from Auckland Museum that came to our school. I learnt much about their language and history of their ancestors of how they made their rope out of coconuts. The ancestors burnt a tree log and scraped out the charcoal to make it deep. They said that the american team got the inspiration from the ancestors. We were introduced to a special drill. There was a special way to work it they asked boys and girls. I was the only one to show them how it worked. I liked how we got to interact with the equipment and weave the rope through the wood. I hope that they can come back again to teach us more about other things.

Lana- Matching metaphors with their meanings

Working with metaphors

Walt: match metaphors with their meaning in sport and nonsport activities

All of the room 8 students were split into groups of three. I was with Andrea and Stephanie. The game that we had to play was that we had to match the meanings to the metaphors. The writing target group had already played the game. So those who knew how to play the game had to sit aside and watch the others figure out which goes where. It was challenging for those who didn’t know how to play but they did get there in end.

Shanelle- Cook Island History and Culture

Today we were visited by members from the Auckland Museum. They were Cook Islanders who were here to talk about “Vakas”, Wakas or boats. They had brought a tool, that was used to drill holes in wood which was very interesting. It didn’t look like a complicated object, though no one knew how to use it, until Lauren demonstrated. The string they used to connect wood that was made from coconuts, was named “Niu.” I learned how they used the sun, the stars and other things in the sky as a guide/compass, and how they knew they were near land. As I am a Cook Islander, I found this session really interesting as it is the history of how my ancestors travelled from Africa to Cook Island.    

Rebecca- Angles

This game is a very fun game to play. For this game you need a protractor and you need to know how to use a protractor. If you get the measuring right then a rocket will save an alien. At first this game was hard, until I got the hang of it and then it became easy. I enjoyed playing this game and I will definitely play this game again. Next, I'd like to learn how to substitute smaller numbers to solve problems with 6 or 7 digit numbers.