Maori Migration

 

Reading - Word art

Today for reading one of our activity's was to create a word art on the words that we did not understand from the text.

Maori Migration Map

 

My Dairy

William Hobson/Infographic

Name:William Hobson

Date of birth:26 September 1792 - Waterford

Died:10 September 1842 - Auckland

William Hobson was born in Waterford, Ireland, on 26 September 1792, the third of five sons of Samuel Hobson. William joined the Royal Navy before his 10th birthday.

Captain William Hobson was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first Governor of New Zealand. Hobson was the First Governor of New Zealand and the Co-author of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. 

He joined the Royal Navy in 1803, at the tender age of ten years, and was promoted to Commander in 1824.

Home garden project bears fruit

 

Comic - Reading

Figurative devices

Refugess

This is another activity I did today, its stories about refugees around the world. This is what I've been learning about and also poems. This was fun to do and I hope you enjoy my DLO. 

Brain Bilston

This is a activity I did today about Brian Bilston, a poem writer he has been writing poems ever since a young age 5 years old. He writes poems about anything that happens in the world and his country. 

Brian Bilston

Refugees by Brian Bilston

They have no need of our help

So do not tell me

These haggard faces could belong to you or me

Should life have dealt a different hand

We need to see them for who they really are

Chancers and scroungers

Layabouts and loungers

With bombs up their sleeves

Cut-throats and thieves

They are not

Welcome here

We should make them

Go back to where they came from

They cannot

Share our food

Share our homes

Share our countries

Instead let us

Build a wall to keep them out

It is not okay to say

These are people just like us

A place should only belong to those who are born there

Do not be so stupid to think that

The world can be looked at another way

This poem is a very powerful poem. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Yes because it's negative and it's keeping other people from their country, only the people that were born there can stay in that country. There's a hidden message in 2 ways when you read this. 

Brian Bilston received a lot of recognition for this poem. Find out what you can about Brian Bilston and create a DLO to teach others about who Brian Bilston is.

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Some people will disagree with this poem. Why do you think?

Because in this poem it talks about negative things about people and only people that were born in that country can live there. 

Why do you think Brian Bilston wrote this poem?

To tell people to stop entering their country and saying only people that were born there can live there because that's their own country. 

Who is the target audience for this poem?

It's the people that are starting drama, but they don’t know the hidden message while they’re reading the poem Brian Bilston made. 

If you could choose the most powerful line in this poem, what would it be and why?

The world can be looked at another way, I choose this line of the poem because the world can be looked another way for many reasons. 

What do you think of when you hear the word refugee?

Something happened to a family, which means they had to leave their home country and move to another country. 

What are refugees?

A family leaving their home country to live somewhere else.

Find out some stories about refugees around the world. Create a DLO to teach others about your findings. Examples - Syrian refugees, Afghanistan, Somalia, Kosovo…

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This is the 3rd activity I've done for reading today, this is about responding to the text, like reading the poem that Brian Bilston wrote about other people entering his country and responding to the questions we got given, and needed to make 2 DLO's that were given in this text. This was fun to do and learning the hidden messages behind the poem, hope you enjoy this DLO. :) 

Harakeke

Jaydin

Harakeke can be useful in New Zealand

What is Harakeke ? Harakeke (flax) is a type of plant that helps a lot. The Harakeke plant basically represents a family to Maori people. The rito is something they call the “child”. The rito is the middle leaf right in the center. This leaf is protected by the awhi rito (the parents) and surrounding those leaves are the tupuna (the grandpa`rents and ancestors). Maori people believe that it’s not good to cut the rito or the awhi rito because those are the leaves that help the plant grow more bigger.

What can harakeke be used for? Harakeke is used for many things such as making Baskets, Costumes, Mats, Clothing, houses and many more amazing things. The properties of the Harakeke bushes are medicinal. These Harakeke leaves are really important and useful for things such as cuts and wounds.

Why is harakeke important to the Maori ? This plant is so important to the Maori people because they basically used it for everything. They built shelter, used baskets for their food and made ropes to hold their shelters up. They also use the mats for them to sit and sleep on. Harakeke is really useful and needed in a Maori life. Like I said before this plant helps a lot with cuts and wounds especially.

Back in the days Europeans really wanted heaps of Harakekes because they needed it to make strong ropes to hold up their ships. But Maori people didn’t want to give it. This is one of the reasons why Europeans and Maoris signed the Treaty of Waitangi.

Insects Facts

Tornado

Hurricane

Feeding the Kakapo

Steve Irwin

Did you know that Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter was a conservationist and  the host of his own television show. He also actively worked towards these causes with the establishment of the Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation (now Wildlife Warriors Worldwide), the International Crocodile Rescue, Lyn Irwin Memorial Fund, and Ironbark Station Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility.

4 .Despite working with dangerous animal like crocodiles and snakes, Steve’s greatest fear was of parrots.

3 .His daughter, Bindi Sue, got her name from Steve’s Staffordshire bull terrier (named Sui) and his favorite crocodile (named Bindi).

Nana and the Flower Arranger

CREATE: How did Luke’s feelings change from the beginning to the end of the story?

Beginning of story	End of story
Sad	happy
Angry	help in the garden
Quiet	he had a story to tell
Left alone	he began to speak

I can Do it

W.A.L.T. present information on a describe chart

The Abbotsford Landslip

                 CREATE: A poster on what to do when there is a landslide Stay alert .

1.Stay alert and awake.

2.If you are in areas susceptible to landslides and debris flows, consider leaving if it is safe to do so.

3.Listen for any unusual sounds that might indicate moving debris, such as trees cracking or boulders knocking together.