My Morning Media

Today Whaea Debb came in to teach us about media,and the purpose of all types of Media. She asked us to recover our media from this morning. This is my boring morning media. As you can see I only did 4 things.

Waka Hoe Values

This week a new girl started our school,and came in early to make some friends before she started. While she was making new friends a group of kids were judging her because she was white,not only did they judge her but they also judged our friend Hanah. When our teacher found out,she asked what Waka Hoe weren't used and none of us answered so she told us to make posters for 3 of the 12 waka hoe we use at our school. These are my posters I made.

Why is a marae special?

For the past few weeks we have been learning all we can about Explanation writing,and the structure and language we have to use to score higher.I've learnt how to properly structure an explanation writing and also how to use a range of language features.Our topic is Marae,and how Marae are special for us maori.I also self assessted myself,it may not be educationaly correct but it's what I assesst.I'm writing at a year 10

Why a Marae is special to the community.

A marae is a significant place for all community around New Zealand.

You’re able to use the marae as a place to hold celebrations and tangihanga,

it’s a place to discover your whakapapa but it’s also a place to be authentic maori.

Along with the importance of a maori celebrations are one of them.Marae

are often used for tangihanga but were still able to celebrate.Marae can be used for:Weddings,
Birthdays,Reunions,Whanau Bonding time and many more.

Marae are a special place for the community because it provides a place for

us to reconnect and bond with one another to build stronger relationships.

The highest priority on a marae is Tangihanga,when one of our loved ones have

passed away,their always brought back to the marae for whanau to say their last

goodbyes.The community will gather around to pay respect to the whanau by

supporting them in times of grief.The community helps the whanau by giving koha,

kai or giving a shoulder to mourn on.In the olden days,Kaumatua and Kuia will stay

up telling stories of times before to keep an eye on the person that has passed away

to protect them from other iwi trying to steal their body.

Were always destined to learn about our whakapapa.A marae is a place where we

go to identify where were from,who our ancestors are,and find out how were

connected to the whenua,awa,maunga,roto and more.Whenever you walk into a

marae your able to see your family legacy amongst the lining of the walls.You're

also able to picture what your ancestors stories were like because of the many carvings

inside and outside of the marae.

A marae let’s us be maori in authentic ways. You have to learn how to speak and act as

a maori.You also learn about the traditions such as Karakia,Waiata,Whai Korero,Mihi,

Karanga and so much more.You also learn about the tikanga and traditional customs that

have been passed down through generations from our ancestors,to teach us values in life.

A marae has a deeper meaning than just a place to hold celebrations,it’s a place to learn

more about our culture and the heritage behind it.

Marae are an exclusive part of a maori’s life!,it’s where were able to learn about our

whakapapa,it’s a place where we can support each other during tangihanga but it also

allows maori to be authentic together.As a result it’s where we feel a sense of belonging

amongst our people and were able to discover a deeper meaning in our culture.

Ideas	S&L	Punc	Organ	Vocab	Spell	Sent Struc	Total
6	6	6	7	6	6	6	43

Rugby World Cup Quarter Finals

Today our task was to collect information about the 8 countries currently competing in the Rugby World Cup Quater Finales.Once our information was collected we were then assinged to go to Google My Maps and add the information in there(Like showen below)We had to pin the 8 countries that were competing then add some facts about the country.Most of the information I put in were about the Populations,The Capitals,The name of the Captains,the team symbol and maybe some weird facts.

Cousin's am I right.

Cousin’s Am I Right

The sound of a crashing waterfall,reconnecting with the lake below.

The sound soothing and relaxing yet loud and annoying.

Hearing whirling sounds as I ran through the sightful forest.

Rainbow Falls.I have come here many times before,

each visit gaining more beauty.This visit was more special to

my family and I.The flowers were blooming,

the scent of mixed flower perfumes filled the air as

my family and I were making our way to the lake

beneath the waterfall.

“Wow..” was all I could comprehend to say as the

waterfall came into view.I was speechless and mind blowen.

How could something so simple feel so magical. “Welcome to Paradise”

my nan softly spoke as she admired its beauty. “LAST ONE IN THE

WATERS OWES EVERYONE FIVE BUCKS”My cousin Payton screamed.
Payton loved hustling people to get himself money.

I ran for my life as I heard a herd of elephants quickly approaching

behind me.My body finally hit the cold icy water,I shot back up

in time to move out of the way before my fat cousin crushed me.

Someone grabbed a humongous pile of seaweed and started war.

Me being oblivious,was a main target.Suddenly everything died down,

my cousins were just doing manus (bombs) and playing around.

I noticed my cousin Paula missing and trust me she is not hard to miss.
Then…..someone or something had a hold of my leg pulling

me further and further down.My instincts kicked in and I was rapidly

kicking my legs around like an idiot.Earning a few good kicks in the head and
torso area this creature finally let go.Once I had made it to the top of the surface,
my brain started working and my inner Nancy Drew shined through.

Paula had pranked me and trust me she is not getting away with it.

I slowly but surely made my way to the bank,I was huffing and puffing rapidly.
The big bad wolf could never.My cousins made their way over

to me with curiosity and conceredness in their eyes.Finally regaining

all of my oxygen back I got up and stood right in front of Paula
and ……..slapped her.That’s what she gets for messing with me.

We had the most amazing time,enjoying each others company,admiring

the natural beauty and most importantly spending time with family.

I’ve had a blast hanging out with my cousins and I can’t wait till I get

to see them again.

Word of the day~Week 7

Writing-Marking

WALT use the correct structure and language to write an explanation text.But yesterday we had to mark and score the piece of writing below.Below the writing is my scores for the writing and why.

Tautoro school is a special place for my community. It is about 7 kilometers from the main town

of Kaikohe and is surrounded by nature, gardens, paddocks and volcanic rock. The marae just

over the fence, is a special place for the school community where our people gather for many

hui and whanau events. There is a small dairy a few metres along the road.

At Tautoro school all the kids have a sense of belonging through promoting and upholding our

waka hoe values, whakapapa and whakawhanaungatanga. Our whanau from Tautoro and surrounding
areas
like Kaikohe send their kids to our school knowing they will get a well

rounded education. Whanau like the school teaching staff who are very passionate about

supporting whanau and their tamariki in education and self determination.

A great thing about Tautoro school is that there are no distractions like the main streets or a

variety of shops where kids can roam and get in trouble. So our whanau know that their kids

will not have the bad influences that other kids may have in the main town.

All the kids at Tautoro school have a fantastic sports and PE teacher who has a lot of exciting

and enjoyable activities to help us stay fit and learn new skills. So kids don’t have to get bored. 

 As you can see, there are many reasons why our small country school in Tautoro is a very

special place to our community where our connections to whanau and learning are imperative. 

                        Score     Reasons why you have given this mark

Ideas	4	Because the paragraph has several Ideas that some information and one paragraph has a lot of information
Structure Language	5	Because this writing is well structured and also has a range of language features that fit the purpose well
Organisation	4	Because their ideas are organized properly but there is some missing pieces
Vocabulary	5	Because they use a variety of enhancing words and or phrases to give specific information and they choose eye catching words
Sentence Structure	5	They have written a variety of sentences which are grammatically correct. Some sentences are structured for effect to create dynamic.
Punctuation	5	They have used correct sentence punctuation,but they have not used any other punctuation besides( , .)
Spelling	4	They have spelt a few words that are well fitted in the story but they have not used any risk taking words.
Total	29	This has been a very very interesting story to read,but the conclusion was too short and there was no title