Self Portraits - Quote Art Term One 2019

Here is my Quote art. In term one we looked at our school values and what it takes to be a good learner and classmate at Karoro School.  As part of this we drew self-portraits and chose quotes that reflected something we believed in or a value we see as important.

If I had wings

For the past few weeks we have been doing poetry. This weeks task was a poem about If I had wings... First we had to answer some questions and then we had to colour in the piece of paper with the poem.Last of all we had to write our own If I Had Wings poem. We had to use sticky 
( interesting ) language, use the five senses and use interesting verbs and nouns. Here is my poem.

Alaska Wharenui Task

                                               We have been learning about wharenui because we are going to stay at our local Marae. Here is my writing about a wharenui.

 Wharenui

This is a descriptive writing about a wharenui. Here are some facts about a
wharenui.

A Wharenui is a special place were some people have meetings or have
special  occasions. Some of the people that have meetings could be the
Prime Minister the Queen and other special people. Some of the special
occasions could be a birthday party for one of the people who belong to
the wharenui also if one of the people who belong to the wharenui passed
away they could do a funeral/ tangi at the wharenui.  There might be other
special occasions that could be held in a wharenui. A wharenui is special
because it holds Maori legends with the carvings ( carvings tell you a Maori
legend ) , it also is very important for Maori because it is a house of culture.
It represents an ancestor that was very sacred. It is also important for
many other reasons.

A Wharenui is representing a Maōri  ancestor. The head ( the top of the wharenui) is called the koruru. On the sides of the wharenui are the arms in Maori it is called maihi and at the ends  of the maihi are the hands. The hands in Maori is called the raparapa . There is a long panel across the room which is the spine and in Maori it is called the tahuhu and across the tahuhu is the ribs which in Maori it is called heke. In the middle of the wharenui is the heart. In Maori it is called poutokomanawa.

Those are some facts about a wharenui.By Alaska

Karoro School Values

For the beginning of the year we have been learning about our school values. Here is my work showing our school values and some ways we can demonstrate these.

Swim safe Achievement Levels

We've been learning how to be safe when swimming and working on our swimming skills. Below is my swimming goal sheet and I've highlighted green the parts I've completed. By the end of the year my goal is to complete level 3 and 4.