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Christmas traditions around the world

 

Hine Ahu One StoryboardThat

 

StoryboardThat

Manaiakalani film festivel

 

kanikani Part one out of three : Kung fu fighting

 

Kia ora e te whanau Ko Josh tooku ingoa no Ngati Kuri ahau.

This is my kung fu fighting video part 1 of 3 dances.

P.S: Aroha mai koutou I could not get any sound engari if you want the song click on the link

Matariki Te oro

Today Te Puna Wairua went to Te oro to do some Matariki toi But let me tell you how we got there!
first we went on a bus to go to the nearest bus stop to Te oro when we walked in I saw a tukutuku panel that said "Te oro"

We sat on some seats and we took our shoes of to enter the hōro, I saw a maro made from harakeke and it looked cool, I also saw a carved taiaha, made by Matua Kaihoro.

          We got split up into 3 groups and every group was  different.
           I was put in te mahi raranga group so we made some whetū and ika out of harakeke.

My Smart footprint

Samoan tapa

For Samoan language week, Te Puna Wairua did some Faiva (art).

We first drew some Samoan fugalaau and glued small pieces of pepa (paper)

then we glued the top with our glue laau (stick) to make it mafolafola (flat).

After that Te Puna Wairua drew some Samoan patterns and then coloured them to make them colorful.

When we finished we had to tell our story about our tapa patterns.

This is my story about my tapa pattern.

THE TALA OF THE BROTHERS OF ULU 

There once was a time when there was five brothers but one brother was different from the other 4 because he had special powers, powers he can read the enemy's mind and powers that he is faster than the speed of light but the brothers thought it was just a game after there father got killed from a tao (spear) and they thought that the brothers of ulu killed their father to have the power of taking over the towers of ulu they soon got banned from the towers of ulu even though they did no crime.

one year later their evil cousin Danelieli was going to be crowned king of ulu and they needed to stop him before he destroys the island of Samoa, So they made a plan to attack the towers of ulu at dawn.

They sharpened their tao and went to journey the island of samoa, they swimmed the lakes they leaped the holes until they get to the towers of ulu.

when they arrived they snuck in untill the guards caught them but the brother that had powers did not get killed and saved his 4 brothers.

the 4 brothers were endlessly grateful.

they saw Danelieli and attacked, The battle lasted for days until they defeated Danelieli and crowned the brother that had the powers and neeled to their king.

Made up story by Josh

Rangitaki - Josh

How - did you feel: Good 

Why - Did you feel: because I got to see all my friends that I missed for 8 weeks

Who- Did you miss: Milan, Hemi, Ahi, Tamehana.

When - Did I come back to kura: Monday (the first day of school)

What - have you been doing in lockdown: I have been in bed on my netbook and my Xbox.

What is asmart learner

Mau Raakau With Matua Punehu

On Raapare We had Mau raakau with Matua Punehu.

First let me tell you what Mau raakau is all about,
Mau raakau in pakeha terms a maori stick but in maori terms it is called a raakau or a Taiaha, a Taiaha is a kaitiaki of its weilder, that means a Taiaha is the guardien of its owner.
Mau raakau can be a game just like Ariki, Its a game when how ever many weilders of Taiaha, Tewhatewha, mere, Pouwhenua, Patu and other sorts of Maori weapons come together and have a whawhai (fight).

All we did with Matua Punehu was karakia witch was agreable because I dont think we can have a whawhai on our puka moroiti (Chromebook).

Hone Tahitahi Survived the great war

Kia ora e te whanau on anzac day I made a World war one costume and a gun that looks real.
I also learnt about my great grandfather (Hone Tahitahi) He Was in the 28th maori battalion and survied.
Hone got shot by a German soldier But he survied because the bullet from the german soldier hit Hone's Bible that layed on his chest and if that bible was not there the bullet would likely of killed him.

The Bible today lies in the te papa museum in wellington and the bullet from the german soldier still lies in the bible.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objectid=11439857

The Josh Smoothie

 

THE JOSH SMOOTHIE

Riwai huamata

On Wednesday my mum and I were making riwai huamata.
First we peeled the riwai.

Then we put some whero aniana in to the riwai huamata, that did not go to plan because it was not cooked and I thought it ruined my riwai huamata.

After that we put some puna aniana in to the riwai huamata.

When the riwai finished cooking and the riwai was soft, we cut them up again in to bite size pieces and put it in a bowl with 3 tablespoons of mayonaise and the secret ingredient ''CHICKEN SALT''.

Now here is our final riwai huamata.

Next time I wont be adding any whero aniana.

Tōku pūrongo pukapuka

Egg drop challenge

Today I made an egg float.
First I was going to make a parachute but it did not work because the egg was too heavy.
Next I had an idea of making a hot air balloon and putting the egg inside of the basket.
I first made the basket out of toothpicks but that did not go to plan because the glue from my hot glue gun did not stick, my dad had an idea of using a piece of a egg tray for the basket and I said "yes".
I put some duck tape for the walls so the egg does not fall out of the basket next I got some string and tied it to the 4 corners then on the other side I blew up a balloon so it will not hit the ground as hard, I had a few test tries off the balconey and the balloon poped.
I added some tissues to the basket to make it softer when it lands.
I threw the hot air balloon off the balconey with the real egg and the balloon poped again but the egg did not crack open and that was lucky so then I brought the egg back up stairs and the basket was not damaged.

My Bubble

Because we are in lockdown we have to stay home.

Everyday my parents and I  go for a walk, every morning and afternoon.   We see a lot of people down at the Dunkirk Reserve walking too.

Te Puna Wairua has a video call site to keep up with each other on work.

Most of the time I watch movies and eat popcorn, all I can hear are the birds because there is not that much cars and it is the same with the stars, the stars are bigger and brighter because there are not that much buildings in use.

One time my parents and I were soo bored, we played a game of golf and the winner gets a peanut slab! Unfortuiately I did not win the penut slab, my dad did.

Baking Cookies

On Tuesday I did some baking.
I baked chocolate cookies, the recipe and mixture came in a cardboard box and a plastic bag.
I set the oven to 180 degrees now we are ready to go.

Put the powder mix in a large bowl with 2 small eggs or 1 bigg egg add 80 grams of soft butter.

Stir until no powder is left.

Remember to put baking paper on the tray.

Use a table spoon to put the mixture onto the tray.

Put the cookies 5 cm apart.

Put in oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

Harakeke

Kia ora whanau.
On Thursday my parents and I went to go for a walk, so I took my pocket knife to get some harakeke (flax) because Whaea Lee said we are going to make some putiputi (flowers) on friday.  We cut the Harakeke at the school then came home.

On friday we went on the video call to make harakeke putiputi and whaea Lee showed us how to do it.  She said it is like a clock you turn to 3 o clock then 6 then 9 back to 12.
Repeat it then pull the leftover harakeke through the middle hole, start twisting then tie a knot and there is your flower.
I really struggled with this but this video helped me alot.
For more infomation

Animal out of shapes challange

Kia Ora Koutou,
This is my kiwi that I made through google docs.
I used e rua hearts e wha porowhita e rua tapawhā and a haurua o te porowhita
try and guess where they are!

Leaf centrepedes

Google hangouts

Kia ora Whanau so today I went on google hangouts and I was the first one on with whaea lee then whaea heather was on then Waiari and Last but not least Delontaye and Azay.
we talked about our thoghts of the holiday and only one was allowed to speak so the rest went on mute.

Kakite Whanau!!

easy drawing

This is what I did to get better at drawing and to me I think that the cow is the best one

Blog Profile 2020

Kia ora e te whanau Ko Josh tooku ingoa no Ngati Kuri ahau
Ko Tohoraha tooku maunga 
Ko Waihopo tooku awa
Ko Parengarenga  tooku moana
Ko kurahaupo tooku waka
Ko Ngati Kuri tooku iwi
Ko NgaTaki tooku hapu
Ko Akinihi tooku koro
Ko Josh tooku ingoa.

Ki o rahi

Kia ora koutou  Ko Josh tenei and I am going to tell you about ki o rahi It is a really cool game.

A large team game played between 2 teams, kioma and taniwha on a large circular field. Played for 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams alternate roles of Kīoma and Taniwha at half or quarter time.

Kīoma score by touching Pou/s with the Kī (for potential points) then running the Kī through Te Roto and placing it down in Pawero to convert pou touches into points. Kīoma stop the other team, Taniwha.

Taniwha score by hitting the Tupu with the Kī. Kīoma will have Kaitiaki (guardians) around the Tupu to stop Taniwha from hitting the Tupu. Depending on which variation is being played, Taniwha must stop Kīoma from scoring by either touching, 2 handed touch, ripping the tag or tackling them in the appropriate area.

14 people is mininum for 1 game of Ki O Rahi.

Me and Rawiri always does a tirick when I jump of his back and throw it on the tupu and it normally does not work hahaha.

Ka kite whanau.

Fun Day

On Wensday 4 of march we had a whole school fun day to show manaakitanga my friends Milan, Waiari and I had to get the water out because  the bouncy castle got flooded because it was raining. I was sliding down the slide into the water. Matua Lou laughed, it looked like I was the only one having fun.
I was soaked and I got changed into other clothes. I went back to the field to have more fun and play tug of war also rippa rugby.

Ka kite ano e te whanau!!

Te hou te puna wairua

Kia ora ko Josh tenei e pehea ora hararei, 

IF YOU ALL DID NOT KNOW WE HAVE A NEW AKOMANGA!!! 

We have a new and bigger akomanga to fit 50 ish tauira.

we have almost twice as much as we had in the old akomanga from year tahi to year waru.

we also have a new kaiawhina and that is whaea Mara aka Azaleigha's mama.

we are now the biggest akomanga in the kura.

me

We also have a new te mura o tamaki and we have way more people then last year. 

we also have to go to the kapa haka regionals with 19 tane and 21 wahine that mean 40 tauira in the ropu.

kakite e te whanau!