Parihaka

Today we are talking about Parihaka.
One hundred and fifty years ago there was a village called Parihaka between the Taranaki mountains and the coast side. In Parihaka they put albatross's feathers on their heads because the albatross would land on the marae and it would leave an albatross feather. The Parihaka people weren't afraid of the soldiers. If the soldiers burnt their village they would just build it back. They knew the soldiers would come and shoot them but the Parihaka people just gave them some bread. The soldiers felt stink because the people were being nice to them even though they had come to shoot them.

Dumpling's

Today we are making dumplings. Don't you just love the smell of  fried dumplings? The ingredients to make dumplings are spring onions, carrot, beef, and sesame oil.

Media

Today I was learning about media,like video games,TV,radio and

I enjoyed getting the pictures from explore tool

I found it challenging to get the controller on the explore

Maths Quiz

In Room 1 last week we have been doing maths quizzes and learning how to link slides to other slides.
I found it tricky to find all the images.
You should try!

Amazon Rainforest Fires

In Room 1 this week we were learning about the fires in the Amazon Forest.

I enjoyed putting in the pictures from the explore tool.

I found it tricky to find the facts. 

St Mary MacKillop

We went to church when it was Mary MacKillop's feast day. Afterwards, we had to answer three questions.

Who is Mary MacKillop? 
Mary MacKillop was an Australian nun who helped the kids who had no money.. 

What did Mary MacKillop do?  
Mary’s first job was as a clerk when she was 14. She worked for a governess for her cousins.

How did she become a Saint? 
In June 1995 Mary MacKillop was beatified. Someone who had cancer prayed to her and they got better.

Mrs Crisp

every Monday Tuesday Wednesday i go to a writing teacher  we do spelling and writing samples. on Wednesday we did a sentence with every letter of the alphabet. i learnt how to do good handwriting. I do it with 5 other people. I enjoy it because you get to do list 5 spelling test and I could do it. I found it tricky to do the writing sample with every letter in it.

Maximilian Kolbe

We are learning about saints. I enjoyed learning about what Maximilian did. I found it difficult to find the information because there was a lot of stuff that he did.

Maximilian’s feast day is on August 14th.
He is the patron of drug addicts, prisoners, and families. He was born on January the 8 in 1894.  His real name was Raymund Kolbe.

Maximilian was taken to a prison and he used to pray for the guards. Then one day this man was going to be executed. Maximilian said, “Execute me,” because the other man had a wife and a son and a daughter. So they executed Maximilian. He died in August 14 in 1941.

Copper nails

We were learning how to transfer iron nails to copper. I enjoyed watching the copper transfer to the iron nails.

 Here is my explanation...

Have you ever wondered how copper transfers to iron nails? First we put salt and vinegar in a cup then we put the copper in the cup. Then we wait an hour then we pulled out the copper wire it started to rust then we put the copper wire in a cup. Then we put the iron nails in the cut the nail were absorbing the copper the next day the nails had turned into copper nails.  

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My name is Kai. I'm from St Mary's School and my parents are New Zealanders. I live with my nan. I have four brothers and two sisters.

I am  good at mathematics and reading. I like to listen to music. I am really good at sports. My favourite sport is soccer. My goal this year is to work with people that don't talk to me and distract me from my work. 

I'm looking forward to doing lots of maths and science this year. My goal is to get four goals in soccer. Marshall, my house captain inspires me.

Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei taonga

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