My Best Trip to Rotorua by Ihaiah

My best trip to Rotorua

In the first Saturday of the holidays I went Rotorua so I could play with my cousins. I went down with my dad and brother.

We went down in my dad’s car. It was a long drive. On the way down I saw lots of cars. I was feeling happy because I was going to Rotorua.

When I got to Rotorua I played games like tag. We played hide and seek. For the games I had to do a lot of running and walking. I was thinking “this is fun”.

Later we went to a restaurant for dinner. I had fish and chips. It smelt yum and it tasted delicious. It was so yum that I was full.

The next day we went to see the steam pipes. I could see the hot water and the steam coming out. It smelt like rotten eggs.

Finally it was time to go home. I hope I go back to Rotorua again.

Kelly Tarltons by Fuapau

Kelly Tarltons

On Saturday I went to Kellytartons with my family. We saw lots of amazing sea creatures

like Sharks, Clownfish, Jhon Dory, Cray fish, Tuna, Eels, Crabs, Sea cucumber and coral.

I got to play with the robot Shark. You can control the Shark by pressing the different coloured buttons to make the SHFSSsShark do different things like make him chomp and blink.  I went to the new corner. I drew jacksepticeye and markiplier.

Last of all we went to the café where I ate lots of different food like pie and cake.

It was the best day of my life.  

Despicable Me 3 by Joshua

My Movie Holiday

On Saturday in the first week of the holidays we went to the movies to watch Despicable Me 3. 

When I got inside I saw an arcade by the escalator and a lot of people lining up because it was the school holidays and it was busy. We went to the counter to buy popcorn, tickets and drinks. Then My Aunty gave me the bucket of popcorn and drinks.  The popcorn was like little hot muffins that came out of the burning hot oven and the drinks felt like freezing ice. 

After that we went to our seats at the back row to watch Despicable Me 3. My favourite part of the movie when they were having a dance fight because it was funny. 

I felt tired from the movie but I was thankful for my Aunty taking me to watch Despicable Me 3.

My School Holidays By Koreta

My school holidays

In the school holidays I went rock climbing. I saw people climbing so high up the climbing wall it looked scary! 

When you put on your belt it is hard to make the belt tight. I was lucky because a man helped me. When I climbed all the way to the top and I looked down. It looked scary. 

When I went into the Adventure Land, I got lost in the tunnels. I was looking for holes to get through, but I couldn’t see anything because it was dark. 

Rock climbing is a fun thing to do in the school holidays. Make sure you don’t get lost like I did.

Despicable Me 3 By Mattia

Despicable Me 3

I was excited because I was going to the Maunkau Movies to watch Despicable Me 3.

First we got ready then we hopped in the car. When we got there I saw a lot of people there and people talking in different languages. My Aunty went to buy our drinks. I had a raspberry drink.When I was drinking my drink my eyes were watery because the drink was too cold. The popcorn was buttery and warm. The movie was very funny because Gur was stuck in Bubble Gum. 

After the movie we went home and I though the movie was funny. I said to my aunty, ‘Thank-you for taking me there." Despicable Me 3 wasn’t my favourite movie but it was the funniest movie and I can’t wait for the next school holiday and watch a new movie.

My Holidays by Makoe

My Holidays

In the Holidays I went to the movies to watch War Of The Planet Of the Apes. I was really excited to see the movie because of all the apes. 

During the movie I ate my popcorn and my M and M’s. My popcorn was warm and soft. My M and M’s were crunchy. My favorite part of the movie was when the apes had a fight that was really cool. 

After the movie I went to MC Donald’s and I had a Double Quarter Pounder. The Quarter Pounder had really steamy buns. 

Then we drove back home. I was sad because I knew it was going to be a boring ride back. When we got home I felt exhausted so I had a beauty sleep. 

My favorite part of my holidays was to go to the movies to watch War Of The Planet Of The Apes because it was funny. I can’t wait until the next school holidays come so I can watch another movie.

Despicable Spider man-by Ikos

My awesome Holidays!

In the holidays I went to the movies three times!

I went to watch Despicable Me 3 twice AND watched Spiderman: Homecoming!

The first time I watched Despicable Me 3 I watched it with this morning, afternoon and holiday programme called S.K.I.D.S. Skids stands for Safe Kids In Daily Supervision. My favourite part of Despicable Me 3 was when the main villain called Bal Bazar Brat made a giant robot of himself as a kid. The second time I watched I went with lots and lots of friends and family. 

After we watched Despicable Me 3 the second time we went to McDonald’s. Me and my friends all got an ice cream with a flake in it. We played on the playground for quite a few hours. 

My favourite part of Spiderman: Homecoming was when Peter Parker/Spiderman was climbing on a roof and his friend saw him and said, “you’re the Spiderman…from YouTube?!” And dropped his Lego Death Star he had been working on for so long and he had to restart building it. 

My holidays were the BEST! I wish they would never end.

War for the Planet of the Apes by Liana

  War for the Planet of the Apes.

One cloudy afternoon in the holidays my Cousin, my Sister, my friend, me, my Uncle and Aunty went to the movies. We were going to watch Spider- man but the movie was booked out. I was so disappointed but we still watched War for the planet of the Apes. 

We patiently waited for our tickets. Soon everyone left the line so we gave our ticket to the lady and headed into the movie. I touched the hard bill boards that were hanging on the wall. While we were walking we found the door to our movie so we entered in. We went down to the front row. When we found our seats we sat down and waited for the ads to present the movie. I could smell the buttery popcorn. I was annoyed because someone was kicking my seat. 

After 2 hours we left and clapped. When the lights turned on we sat up because the movie was finished. We got out of the movie door and went downstairs to the arcade. We played all sorts of games like throwing some balls in the hoop to get more tickets. We also played Pac-man. If you beat the game you get 1500 tickets. Later we went to see how much tickets we had. We had 43 tickets. 

We left the movies and hopped in the car and we drove to McDonald’s. We all had a Triple cheese burger and a frozen blueberry Fanta. 

Going to the movies and McDonalds with my family was my favourite part of the holidays.

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? - By Cullen

How do Māori celebrate Matariki?

It is a tradition to celebrate Matariki for the Māori.

Some people celebrate Matariki by having a feast, eating taro, and lighting a bonfire on the beach. They can have mussels and kumara and ika.

On Matariki people spend time with thier family and do arts, knitting, making kites, playing board games, carving, singing and painting.

On Matariki if the stars are bright, that means your crops are going to grow faster than normal.

The main idea is that is they celebrate with a lot of stuff like the haka, dancing, weaving, carving, string games and kite making.

By Cullen

Matariki by Rubayat

                                  Matariki

Matariki is the Māori new year.

The Matariki stars are also called the seven sisters. The seven sisters have names as well like: Waiti,Waita,Tupu-a-rangi,Tupu-a-nuku,Waipuna-a-rangi,Ururangi and Matariki.

The stars in Matariki were formed around 100 million years ago. That’s only 1/50th the age of our sun. Traditionally, Māori believed that the brighter the stars were, the warmer the coming season would be for growing crops. 

Matariki is a Māori new year celebration where family’s come together to spend time together.

 

How do Maori Celebrate Matariki? By Anne

              How do Maori celebrate Matariki?                                      

Matariki is the Maori New Year Maori. 

The stars of Matariki were formed around 100 million years ago. That’s only 1/5^th the age of our sun. 

During Matariki, people spend time with whanau and have one big feast. The whanau might talk about Matariki or sing one or more Maori songs. 

The Maori might go fishing and eat lots of seafoods like mussels and maybe kumara and a BBQ. 

When it’s Matariki Maori people make art and crafts like drawing, Maori tattoo patterns, or craft some colourful kites. They can weave flax into stars or make poi. 

Matariki is a special time for the whanau to spend time together.

By Anne       

Matariki By Alyana

Matariki.                      

Matariki is from the constellation of Taurus. Maori usually celebrate Matariki in June or July. Matariki is the Māori new year.

Matariki is all about the seven sisters. It is a traditional celebration of telling myths and histories. Maori come together as a whanau and put a hangi in the ground. They have a feast to celebrate.

Some families believe Matariki is the mother of the six stars surrounding her. The stars names are Waiti, Waita Tupu-a-rangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Waipuna –a-rangi and Urua-rangi. The seven brightest stars are also called the seven sisters.

Maori celebrate Matariki this year on the 25^th of June. They  have a feast and have a BBQ and eat kaimoana. 

What Is Matariki? By Akshath

Matariki is celebration. 

You can have a feast and dance and remember all the people who passed away in your family.

The myths behind Matariki say it is made up of seven stars. Their names are Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, Ururangi and Matariki. Those seven stars are bright stars which come out in June.

Many years earlier, the seven stars were one big star. But one day they broke into seven little pieces. This left one of the stars as the mother star and her name was Matariki.

Matariki is when you can make new friends and spend time with your family.

The seven stars are also called seven sisters. Matariki is a happy day where Maori people celebrate the Matariki festival with their friends and family.

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? by Dresynn

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is really important because it's the Maori New Year. It is a Maori tradition to have a feast, spend time with whanau, and do arts and craft.

There are even myths and some history about Matariki. Matariki is named after the seven stars also known as the seven sisters. People also believe that Matariki is the mother of the other six stars.

The best thing to do during Matariki is to spend time with whanau and have delicious kai. This includes kaimoana or kumara. Also you can have a hangi, and for your Nan or your family you can get mussels.

When it’s Matariki, people celebrate by doing arts and crafts or dancing like haka. They can make nga whetu out of harakeke or they can make tauria with wood and do whakaira and make a ahimumura.

They go to the tatahi and have a good time and perhaps people can have a BBQ. You can sing with your whaea me te papa and your tuakana teina or your younger siblings. You can have a feed and remember your lost ones and invite some people that you know. They can bring kumara you can even do a haka with taiaha and go back  home and start planting your crops.

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? -By Ikos

How do the Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is a special tradition. It’s the Maori New Year when the stars of Matariki come out. They believe the brighter the stars are, the more the crops will grow.

People believe that the Sky father Ragninui was so angry when he was separated from the Earth mother Papatuanuku that he threw bits of his two eyes into the heavens. These bits became the stars of Matariki. Of course, this is just one of the Matariki myths.

There are lots of things to do during Matariki. But the main thing people do, is spend time with whanau (family.) People usually have some quality family time having a nice big feast. To have even more family time the night before the feast people usually invite all of their family to have a family reunion.

During Matariki people usually have a celebration including lots of dancing and singing. (including the kids.) Celebrations include using Poi’s and big manly Haka. To celebrate Matariki people also go out on  the streets at night playing music and dancing to the rhythm.

Matariki by Jazzlyn

Matariki

Matariki is a Maori tradition. Matariki is the Maori new year. Matariki is a big celebration for Maori. 

They do a little waiata and cook some delicious food like mussels, bbq, buttered kumara, or they might do a big feast. 

During Matariki people spend time with whanau. People might do weaving and a haka or they might make kites. 

Matariki is a special celebration and is also known as the Maori new year celebration. The stars of Matariki were formed about a 100 million years ago. That's only 1/50^th the age of our sun. 

Matariki is the Maori new year. People love celebrating Matariki because they all come together to celebrate family time. 

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? By Mattia

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

On Matariki it is a Maori New Year and is a Maori Tradition.

They wake-up early in the morning and they gather firewood. They have a feast and sing a waiata for the people that have passed away. They also welcome the 7 sisters and do a haka.

During Matariki people spend time with their whanau and have a feast. They eat yummy food like kaimoana. They do all sorts of things.

When it’s Matariki, they do Arts and Craft. They build a kite and then they fly it. When it is Matariki whanau like to spend time together and do the activities.

Matariki is important to Maori and is a special time to see the 7 sisters and retell their Myth.   

                  

     

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? - Makoe

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Maori celebrate Matariki because it is a Maori tradition.  Matariki celebrates the Maori New Year. The old legend of Matariki is a myth. Matariki is celebrated on June. They are the brightest stars but long ago Matariki was one big star then it broke into little pieces.

During Matariki people gather family and they sing, dance and have a feast. Some people go on the beach to celebrate Matariki and they set a fire and have a feast. They eat kaimoana, pig, kumara and celebrate.

When it’s matariki people talk about memories, family they have lost and people that have died.

Matariki is celebrated by Maori. During Matariki people talk about memories of those they have lost.

Matariki By Junior

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is a Maori tradition. Maori people celebrate Matariki because it is the Maori new year.

The seven sisters come at June every year. The seven brightest stars are also called the seven sisters .

Some food they eat is kumara and hangi and kiamoana. Family come together and have a bbq. They do the haka and sing Maori songs and they have a festival. They have fireworks and they crave wood.

Over all Matariki is about spending time with your family and looking after each other.

What is Matariki? by Amazon

What is Matariki?

Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in mid-winter and for many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the 'eyes of god' (Matariki) or 'little eyes'.

Matariki is a Māori New Year tradition that represents the Maori new year. The myth and history of Matariki states that there are seven sisters. The seven stars come out in June every year on Matariki. Whanau see the stars and share history. They also spend time with each other by feasting. They eat Kumara and Hangi, kaimoana and barbecue. They like to sing, dance and do the Haka. They like to carve wood. 

Matariki is a Maori new year celebration.

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? By Liana

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is a time to have a feast with whanau and friends. Maori people celebrate by singing and dancing. They welcome the stars back into the sky. They sing a prayer for the stars and have some kai (food).  People do karakias and hakas for the stars to remember people who have passed, they do prayers for the ones that have died. People also celebrate by eating kaimoana and kumara, they do feasts and craft some stars, kites, and patterns. The Matariki stars start the Maori new year and they all shine bright. If they do, it is good for growing crops and planting some seeds.

How Moari celebrate Matariki? By Zee

Maori celebrate Matariki by spending time with whanau and it's also the Maori new year.

Maori people talk about the myth. The myth is about the seven brightest stars called Matariki. Matariki comes in June. People believe Matariki is the mother of the other six sisters surrounding her.

During Matariki whanau have kai. They eat kumara, kaimoana and bbq.

Maori people sing Matariki songs and do the Haka. They do arts & craft like poi making, weaving flax and kite making.

Matariki is a Maori new year celebration when whanau spend time together.

How Do Maori Celebrate Matariki By Joshua

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Maori culture celebrates Matariki by having feasts, singing songs to the people they have loved, and doing arts and craft.

During Matariki, Maori families create a bonfire to make their food for feasts like kumara, fried bread, mussels, hangi and fish.

People Celebrate Matariki with other families by doing weaving, crafting and greeting other people in other families.

After the families finish having feasts, they might do beautiful dances and haka then have karakia before they end the Matariki celebration.                                                

Matariki is a celebration of the stars. When a family gathers together they have a feast. After having the feast the family members do arts crafting and dances, especially the haka. After that they do a karakia before the end the Matariki Celebration

By Joshua   

Toi Matariki Workshop

On Thursday 29th June Room 2 went with Rom 21 to Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau to take part in the Toi Matariki Workshop. Our students were able to try out different traditional crafts and learn the tikanga behind the crafting. My group we exploring different art forms including drawing mangopare and kowhaiwhai. We also got to explore a different traditional musical instruments including  kōauau and pūtātara. We all got to take away a taonga with us - my group got their own kōauau to practise with.

Forces of Flight

Click this link to try out the Forces of Flight simulator that we have used in class to put our knowledge of physical phenomena into practice: http://howthingsfly.si.edu/activities/forces-flight

Thrust by Mattia

This term we have been learning about flight and the force of Thrust. Thrust is an important force to a plane because it propels it in the direction of motion.  This video shows how Thrust works. We did an experiment with balloons and had to blow them so we can see which balloon will stay in the air the longest. After that we did a balloon race to see which balloon had more air.

    

Drag by Dresynn

I made this video to explain the force of drag.

I used movie maker to make it.