Tangata whenua

Tangata Whenua questions:

1. Where did the Māori people arrive from?

Eastern Polynesia

2. How did they arrive in NZ?

On waka 

3. What did they bring to Aotearoa?

Food and crops

4. How did they get food?

By hunting

5. Write 3 sentences about the Moriori people

They settled on the Chatham islands

They were passive And they were Maori

6. How did they prove that Māori and Moriori descended from the same people?

           They checked out skeletons and DNA

7. Explain how the Moa came to be extinct

They only laid one egg a year and the rats ate the eggs. Maori thought Moa would be like hens and lay lots of eggs

8. Why did Māori choose to settle in the places they did?

They could grow and catch food there, get water and keep warm.

9. In your word bank, write the meaning of whānau, hapū and iwi

Family,  a group of your iwi,  your tribe/ancestors

10. Explain the role of the rangatira - list at least 5 roles

They were chiefs, teachers, landowners, guardians of cultural treasures and leaders.

Adverbs

Adverbs gives the reader more detail about actions

Yesterday I walked to the dairy.

Yesterday I walked carefully to the dairy 

The bird sang a song

The bird was a wonderful singer

The singer was good

The young singer was amazingly good

Christmas in other countries

This is a slide about Christmas in other countries I picked three countries New Zealand, Australia, and Nigeria. My favourite country is Australia because Christmas is during summer. and kids summer is during December.

Summer learning journey

Hello its Matangi here and I go to Hornby High school its fun here my favorite subject is sports because it is good exercise and it is good for your health when you are doing sports warm up first it is so you can play better when you are playing sports  my other favorite subject is science because when we did science we were discussing how we can help the planet and looking at pollution and natural disasters like storms,heat waves,forest fires and floods my last favorite subject is technology because there is different things to do in technology like cooking,wood tech and design tech.

what was your favorite subject when you were at school.

5 Facts about Quentin Blake

5 Facts about Quentin Blake

First fact about Quentin Blake his real age is 86.

Second fact about Quentin Blake Sid cup United Kingdom was where he was born in.

Third fact about Quentin Blake He was born in 1932 16 December

Fourth fact about Quentin Blake His education was at Downing College Cambridge Chelsea School of Art.

Last fact he started illustrating at the age of 16.

Home Chemistry

                     HOME CHEMISTRY….
Aim: Looking at 10 household chemicals
Equipment:
Salt - Sodium Chloride
Surf - Surfing
white vinegar - Acetic Acid
Baking soda - Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate       
Cleaning - Cleanliness
Detergent - Chemical Formula
Lemonade - Cellulose
Sugar - Sucrose
Citric Acid - anhydrous     
Vinegar - acetic acid
Baking Powder - Bicarbonate of Soda

ki o rahi

Played for 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams alternate roles of Kioma and Taniwha at half or quarter time. Kioma score by touching Pous with the Ki for potential points then running the Ki through Te Roto and placing it down in Pawero to convert pou touches into points.