The Things I Learnt This Week

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about verbs and adverbs so when you have identified a word or phrase it can create a mood or paint a picture in your head. A verb is a doing word and a adverb is a word that describes how a verb is done I think it was a little tricky in the start but throughout the week I learnt more and more and it became easier. My buddy was Dale and we work good together we also helped each other a lot. 


Do you learn verbs and adverbs at your school?

My Day At College

In Te Ngahere on Wednesday me and the year 8s went to Bay Of Islands College for the orientation day. First we had to catch the Bay bus so it can take us, we also had to meet up at the library when we all got there. When we all met up we had some students from Bay take us around and show us the different classes. The classes we went to were metal work, woodwork, social studies, science, PE, art and maori. I think the favourite class I went to was woodwork. Here is the Bay Colleges Link


When your a year 8 are you going to the orientation day?    

Te Huarere

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about te huarere ( the weather ). We have been learning in maori how to say it’s sunny, it’s cold, it’s windy and it’s rainy. We had to get into groups of one or two so you can go off and try to make a news report in maori but first we had to make a script. My group was Chum, I think we work good together and we help each other. The thing I found hard was trying to say it in maori fast.


Have you ever made a news report?

The Awesome Art I’m Doing

This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing art. For art we are doing calendar art. For our WALT we needed to draw continuous lines, draw curves, rule straight lines, select colours for effect and blend colour. I really enjoy doing art and blending colours. The thing I struggle with is trying to use my arm not my wrist to draw the curved bits in the koru, at the end I think I will get the hang of it. 

Do you like art?

The Interesting Thing I Have Been Doing

In Te Ngahere we have finished launching rockets. For the past 3 weeks we have been designing and making rockets out of cardboard and two 1.5 litre bottles. My group was Anyah, Mihi, Chum and myself. The thing I struggled with was trying to glue the rocket together but at the end mine and my groups rockets turn out good. Here is a video of my groups rocket launching. I hope we can do something like this again.

Have you ever made a rocket?

The Interesting Thing I Have Been Doing

In Te Ngahere we have been making movies for the Kaikohekohe festival. For my movie my group and I decided to make one about rap and our plan was to mix school and education into it. The thing I have learnt about making movies is you have to be patient and it also really hard. I think the thing I struggled with was trying to put my movie together but at the end I got the hang of it. The sources we have used to make our movie is imovie.

Have you ever made a movie and do you think after this you would want to make one?

Sharing My Knowledge On Te Reo Maori

In Te Ngahere for the past 3 weeks we have been doing Te Reo Maori. For Te Reo Maori we have been learning how to pronounce Maori words properly. We first started by reading a Maori book every day and copying after our teacher. I think the thing I struggled with is trying to put the right maori word together into a sentence. After a week we got to go off into groups and created a google slide to show what we have learnt. I was with Rymon and I think we done a great job. Here is my screencastify.

Do you enjoy Te Reo Maori?