Do you know the Maori legend of Maui and the Goddess of fire?

 WALT understand a Maori creation story. 
I know I can do this when I illustrate the important elements from the story of Maui and the Goddess of fire.

Do you know how to dance Haere Mai?

WALT appreciate and celebrate Maori culture. Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a recount about our Maori dance.

Maori dance

Last Friday Room 6 was split up into groups so we can perform a Maori dance. Firstly we needed to find our song on YouTube, We picked ‘Haere Mai’. Then our captain (Chaim) split us up into two small groups to practise the dance while the other focused on the lyrics. Chaim and Isaac later joined us for the dance and we didn’t notice that we were the loudest group because we were so engaged, So we lowered our volume and moved our table further back.

Miss Chao told us that we were performing on Monday. After morning tea, we went back to class and had one more practise so we can make sure that it’s our best performance. When we were almost finished with our practise, I felt really sad, almost like I was the new kid in the class. Then we learned the lyrics and we practised until lunch time. We had to make sure that we remembered the song.

   After that we waited for our turn and the first group’s song was ‘A Haka Mana’. We were third to perform and I FREAKED OUT! We got into our position like a pyramid. We danced to the song and our song was ‘Haere Mai’, it was like we were performing on T.V. When we were done, we sat down and everyone clapped for us. We felt proud of our group because we all did our best. The next morning Miss Chao announced the winners and it was our group. We were really happy because we won.

Lyrics
Haere mai, Haere mai, Haere mai, Haere mai    
E nga iwi e
Haere mai Ki runga o te marae
Hui mai 2x tatou2x katoa2x
E hine ma2x E tama ma 2x
Hapania o te Maori e Ia he he
Enga e iwi e Haere mai Haere mai haeare  mai ( repeat)

What do you need to do with your family to achieve your family goal?

WALT understand the importance of money and how we can utilise it. I know I can do this when I write my family goal and set up a savings plan.

money money money money money money 

Do you shop too much?

WALT understand the value of our needs and wants.
I know I can do this when I identify the items on my list as a need or a want.

Do you have the Holy Spirit within you?

WALT understand the gifts that we receive from the Holy Spirit and how we can express them in our lives. I know this when I write 6 ways on how we can display Hope, Love and Faith.

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Do you have a job?

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WALT understand different ways to earn money and the complications that may come with it.
 Success criteria: I know I can do this when I identify the problems that may come across and write a way to minimise the problem.

Have you been kind to someone today?

WALT understand and recognise an act of kindness.
I know this when I write at least three act s of kindness on my gratitude challenge calendar.

Do you know the answer?

WALT write a poem.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a poem using descriptive language.

Have you ever been to Kelly Tarltons?

During the weekend, my family and I went to Kelly Tarltons. Firstly we went inside to purchase the tickets for the entry. It was a long line as if the whole of New Zealand was there. Finally we reached the counter so my brother and I went to the fire truck to wait for my mum for the tickets. Once we got our tickets we went in and we saw old clothes and old rooms from the olden days

Then we entered a turning door and we saw little cute penguin. The first penguin that I saw was a baby penguin and I noticed that it was following my roll of paper so I tried doing tricks with it like I was a main character in a circus trick. Then my mum did the same thing as me, but instead of trying to follow it, it tried to eat it. The penguins were really cool to watch.

The next interesting door was filled with fish and ice. When we entered we saw a photo booth that had two penguins, so my brother and I took a picture in it. Then a show came on and it was daily feeding time for the big stingrays. One of the stingrays splashed water on me and it almost flew out of the aquarium.

Afterwards we had a break for some slushies.  We went to a chalkboard and these were pictures on how to draw sea creatures. After that we went to a turning ground that showed us different kinds of fish. It was breath-taking. Next we went to a seahorse room and there were fat ones and tall ones and one of the seahorses. After that tiring day, we went home and we were as tired as if we had been on a journey around the world.

It was was an adventurous day and I hope we get to explore elsewhere again soon.


WALT write a recount using correct language features.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I self-edit and correct my work for any punctuation and spelling errors.

I love you dad!

WALT show appreciation for those around the world.
Success criteria: I know I can do this  when I write about my dad.

Kia Ora Tuko Hoa!

WALT recognise and understand simple, familiar spoken words, phrases and sentences.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a question and a answer in Te Reo Maori.