4 Facts: History of the Olympics

 

Weekly Spelling Words

Research Task: Matariki

Retell: Matariki

 

The parents of matariki are Wainui, the mother, and Tangotango the father. Matariki is a cluster of 7 stars, representing the seven sisters. Their names are Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi, Ururangi and Matariki. They are very energetic and they would always whizz about. They would zig zag all around the other stars. It would make Puanga, the red star, and Takurua, the blue star, very annoyed. They would complain about how the 7 sisters are moving around too much. Wainui and Tangotango overheard the complaints of the other stars and called their daughters. Wainui and Tangotango gave the 7 sisters a task to do. It was to be the sign for a new year. Now Matariki signifies the beginning of a Māori New Year, remembering our past loved ones, and celebrating our lives to come.

Matariki Task

5 Facts: Matariki

 

4 Facts - Biosphere

 

Intro Measurement - Week 9 (W9, T2) (Aristotle & Pythagoras)

Response to Text: The Moon

The Moon

Highlight the correct answer or type in the 

appropriate answer.

1) What is the size of the Moon compared to?

a. Half the size of Earth b. Half the size of Mars

c. Quarter the size of Earth d. Quarter the size of Mars

2) How is the Moon a natural satellite?

→ Because it moves around Earth.

3) True or False: It takes between 29.5 and 37.3 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth.

a. True b. False

4) Why do we think that the Moon changes shapes?

→  The sun lights up different parts of the moon.

5) Which phase allows us to only see the unlit side of the Moon?

a. New Moon b. First Quarter

c. Waning Gibbous d. Dark Moon

6) True or False: The Gibbous Moon looks like a Full Moon but only three quarters of it?

a. True b. False

7) Describe what an eclipse is?

→ An eclipse occurs when one object in space blocks an observer from seeing another object in space.

8) What are the two different types of eclipse?

→ Solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. 

9) Why shouldn’t we look directly at a Solar Eclipse?

→The harmful rays of the Sun can damage your eyes.

10) A Lunar Eclipse is what colour?

→A Lunar Eclipse is Red

 

Weekly Spelling Words

Magic Show Reflection

 Last Friday, pt england school had a magic show. The magician was teaching us about nutrients. The show started at 1:30pm and finished at 2:30pm. The magician did a lot of tricks but my favorite was when he pulled a rabbit out of an empty box. It was amazing . He also made a cage float and put an unsolved rubik's cube in a box and when he took it out it was solved. I couldn't believe my eyes. The magician also asked if someone from the audience could come on the stage. He chose a boy from the audience named William and dressed him in a Captain America costume and did magic tricks around him. Once he was finished doing his magic, William went back down. Then the magician started playing music and did more magic tricks.  Once the magician finished, he asked Emeline from the audience if she could come on the stage. The magician put an apron on her and gave her a wand but when she held it, it turned into a noodle. It was so weird. The magician kept giving Emeline a wand but it never was straight it would always wobble like a noodle.  When the magic show finished a boy from our school said thank you to the magician and more. I enjoyed the magic show so much. I hope we see the magician perform for us again. 

Retell: Rona and The Moon

Rona was a beautiful woman who lived with her husband and two sons on a little kainga beside the sea. Rona's husband loved her dearly, but sometimes her bad temper and her angry way of growing at him and their boys upset them all. one day Rona's husband said to her that the moon is good to fish tonight. I will take our boys with me to the island across the bay. There will be many fish to be caught there now. We won't be back till tomorrow night so have a meal waiting for us when we return. They loaded their nets, lines, hooks and baits into the canoe and petaled away. The next day Rona began to prepare the hangi to cook the meal in. First she cleared out the ashes, embers and cooking stones from the pit dug into the ground that she would prepare the meal in. Then Rona built a stuck of small sticks and dry leaves at the bottom of the pit. Over these she put bigger branches and small logs, next she placed the cooking stones on top of the piles of wood and lit the hangi with the embers from the old fire. In those times moari people had to be very careful not to let their fires go out. The only why of starting a fire was to rube kaikomako and mahoe wood together. As it began to grow dark, and the heated cooking stones glowed red, Rona could hear her family singing as they returned across the bay in their canoe. She was about to place the food on top of the stones when she discovered that her bottles were empty. She needed water to throw over the hot stones so the steam could cook the food. The singing voices grew louder and Rona knew her family would be hungry. She grabbed the bottles and ran down the path to the lake which was some distance away. It was dark by the time she got near to the end of the path a full moon was shining and she could clearly see in its selvarey light suddenly the moon went behind a cloud it became so dark that Rona couldn't see the path. She stubbed her toe on a root tree and then crashed into a rock bruising her shin. Rona was in so much pain, and so angry at the moon for hiding his light, that she shouted at him saying "POKOKOHUA!" which means boil your head. This was a terrible curse and a great insult. The moon heard her rude words and came down from the sky. He took hold of Rona and began to lift her from the ground. Rona grabbed hold of the upper branch of a ngaio tree and hung on to it as tightly as she could. The moon was so strong that the tree roots were torn from the ground. Rona and the tree were lifted up into the sky. When Rona's family returned from their fishing trip, there was no sign of her. Their meal was uncooked by the flickering flames of the oven. It wasn't until they looked up at the night sky that they realised their angry wife and mother had been rude once too often. There on the face of the full moon was Rona, with the ngaio tree and her bottles in her hands. 

Retell: Creation Story

 In the beginning, Papatuanuku earth mother and the Ranginui sky father loved each other. In between them lived their children but their children lived in darkness.  They were squished between their parents and never saw light. The children were furious.  The children had a meeting to discuss the separation, but Tawhirimatea and Rongomatane disagreed, they wanted their parents to stay together. The time came, Tane did a handstand and started to push Rangi and papa apart then his brothers started to join in. They pushed their parents apart. Tane was charged with covering his mother with all the beautiful greenery, and bird life. Tane became known as Tanemahuta the god of the forest. Rangi started crying down because he wanted to see he love Papatuanuku. His tears would make lakes, rivers, and seas. Tawhirimatea was not happy that his brother Tane had separated his parents and he stayed with his father in the sky. He became the god of the winds and the storms and rain. He would blow down his fury. Through what tane did it allowed light and life came into the world.