Mihimihi

HE MIHI - Self Introduction

Tēnā koutou e hoa mā       (Greetings to you all)

Ko Aoraki te maunga (My mountain is Mt Cook)

Ko Waimakariri te awa        (My river is the Waimak)

Ko Aotearoa te iwi (My people are New Zealanders)

Ko Te Kura o Mako Mako toku kura, (My school is Springston)

Ko  Julian   toku matua, (My father is Julian)

Ko  Andrea toku whaea, (My mother is Andrea)

Ko Henry taku ingoa, (My name is Henry)

No Lincoln  ahau (I am from Lincoln)

No reira,        (Therefore- greetings to you all)

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, katoa.

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What I did in the holidays

In the holidays I went to the movies to see Captain Underpants. It was a good movie and I liked it a lot. Later on in the holidays I went to Margaret Mahy Park and had a nice time with my family. Then I went to Orana Park to go see all the animals and have a good time. Overall my holidays were very good.

1940s

This is my slideshow about the 1940s. 

Koru Games

Although I didn't participate in any events in the Koru Games, I still went along. I went with the touch team and I watched and supported them (sometimes) while they played. On day 3, after all the games, we got to eat pizza. I think that I enjoyed going to the Koru Games, even if I didn't participate.

Visual Mihi

This is my visual mihi that shows the things that I like.

Why are Pukeko colorful?

Why are pukekos colorful? I will tell you a secret: They aren’t meant to be. Why? Let me tell you why…

Once upon a time, Pukeko were completely black. They were like big crows. And they acted like them, too. Pukeko were also glum. They hated their dull, black coat. They often shouted to the skies, hoping that the gods would hear. One day, Pukeko saw Uenuku come down from the sky. “I have heard your cries. How may I help you?” The Pukeko looked up. “Please, Uenuku. My brothers have been banished to the swamp. Our dull black coats blend in, so we can’t see each other.” The rainbow god thought for a moment, before coming up with a solution. “I shall take the finest colors from my rainbows, and give your feathers a dash of each color.” And so the god set out to get the finest colors of all the lands. He took the greens from Tane Mahuta, and the blues from Tangaroa. Then they took the reds from Mahuika. They finally returned to the Pukeko. “Here. I have made you a coat of the finest colors.” They gave the coat to the Pukeko, and departed. But the Pukeko wasn’t grateful. He pranced around the lands, flaunting his coat just to make others jealous. Uenuku was furious. “You have misused my fine colors. I shall take away your great coat, and replace it with black, to remind you of your egotism and what it brings.” And so, the Pukeko was no longer wonderfully covered in colors. Although Uenuku took away their coat, they had secretly stolen it back. But by the time they had got it, the greens had turned to black, and the Red was reduced to an amount small enough to cover a beak. The Pukeko felt shameful for being so foolish. And so, the Pukeko never flaunted their colors again.

Lipogram - Poem with no 'E'

It’s so cold.

I was told:

“Don’t go for a stroll!’

I was bold.

Now I wish for a hold.

But I don’t own gold.

Now I’m untold.

That’s old.

I was in a quilt mold.

It’s so cold.

Composing machinery music

We have been learning about physical science and simple machines. We used Garageband on Mac to compose a 1 minute soundtrack for an imagined mechanical process. It needed a start and be gearing up, a middle section, and a shutting down. We had to include an ostinato track (continuing throughout). Sounds were added from Garageband's loops library, but we also had to create one track using Garageband's Musical Typing keyboard, and to create and record at least one foley sound of our own. We also had to edit sounds in some way - eg:

• Pitch
• Effects - eg echoes, distortions
• Length of notes
• Speed
• Volume

This is our first effort and we've made some very interesting soundtracks. We had fun exploring all the different possibilities for creating sound and putting it all together. The idea of becoming a sound engineer, or even a foley artist, appeals to some!

Egg Drop Experiment

Yesterday we did an egg drop experiment. You had to get the egg into the cup by only touching the plate. We slapped the plate and then the egg fell into the cup!

Animations

These are animations that i created in my free time during class.

Forces Hexagons

Fire Science

Today we did science about fire and candles. We made a candle seesaw that didn't work and then set fire to a pingpong ball. Did you know the material inside the balls makes it light better?

Goal poster

This is a poster I made for our term's theme of Change and how I want to improve how I learn this year.

Timeline

This is my timeline I created to show how I changed over time.

My Business Card

This is a business card I made with Carol during one of her workshops.

My Movie Trailer

A day at the beach.

This is a story that I wrote about a memory.

At the beach we dived into the water, me and my sister, screaming and yelling that it’s freezing. When we got used to it we could feel all sorts of things under our feet; starfish; shells; rocks. We spent the day rolling around in the beach. Going overboard from our board when waves crashed against it like a raging hurricane. At least that was what we thought it was like.
We swam over to a rocky cave entering and placing snails on our board. We spent some time creating a snail colony before I yelled “TITANIC!” and tipped the board over. All the snails fell as if they were screaming “WHY, HENRY?!” and I laughed. I didn’t know why I did that. Maybe it was for the fun of it.
Then Ianthe and I realised our feet were cut and bleeding from all the shells and rocks. We tried to ignore the pain as I picked up something from underwater. It was a starfish! I shrieked and dropped it as my sister picked it up and yelled as well. I took it from her and chucked it away before swimming back over to shore. My feet hurt from all the cuts. As I wrapped myself in my towel our family got fish and chips for dinner and we all drank ginger beer. It was a nice time and I loved it.