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Te Reo Māori words for clothing/Kākahu

In He kākano we have been learning how to say the words for clothing/kākahu in Te Reo Māori. Watch my slideshow and video below so that you can learn too.

Traditional Māori clothing/kakahu

On Friday mornings I am in the He kākano class which is a senior Te Reo Māori extension class. We learn about Māori language and culture. This term we have been learning about traditional Māori clothing and we had a go at creating our own garments. Here is our work. Please leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment.

Matariki poem.

Soft waiata sound lightly in my ears

That's one signal

Matariki is here

See my fire like a roaring sun.

Fresh air quickly fills my lungs

And I hear karanga.

Loud, soft singing like a babbling brook.

Matariki is here

come have a look.

Bright phenomenal lights high in a beautiful sky

Whitu to be exact, flying so high.

Crashing of waves fills a blank night

With salty air that has some might.

As a heavenly hangi stomps underground

Songs start again and our sun slowly comes around.

Roaring bonfire, lit quickly with flame .

As we tell stories of those sadly passed away.

We all begin singing

Roaring bonfires die quietly

a steaming hangi gets lifted up.

Prepared perfectly

Waiata sound loudly up into heavy clouds.

Whetu, slowly fluttering to ground.

Manu tukutuku, gliding steadily into a bright sky.

Grateful for what we have

Matariki is nigh.

Sails Work explanation.

Our challenge is to:

Create a matching sail for our yacht.

Explain how you would work out how much material would be required to make both sails.

Sails for the America’s cup.

1. To find out the area of material I would need to make two sails I would have to use measurement.
2. I measured the width and length of my sail. The width was 11.8cm and the length was 20.9cm.
3. I then used the diagonal line on the sail as a ruler from the bottom of the paper to the side to create an identical sail.
4. I then joined the triangle sails together to make a rectangle.
5. Then I multiplied the width and length (which were the same as the one sail) together. That left me an area of 262.2cm².
6. So the total area of material that I would need for two sails would be 262.2cm².

By Arly.

Should fidget spinners be allowed in school.

Dragon maths graphs.

Create - Mathematics. We are learning to plan and conduct investigations using the statistical enquiry cycle:
- determining appropriate variables and data collection methods;
- gathering, sorting, and displaying multivariate category, and time series data to detect patterns, variations, relationships and trends;
- comparing distributions visually;
- communicating findings, using appropriate displays.

We will have met the success criteria when we

• Develop an understanding of how to use a tally chart and a frequency table.
• Use a spreadsheet to record our tally / frequency data.
• Correctly develop a graph or chart using a spreadsheet programme. (Google Sheets)
• Develop a clear statement based on our graphed data and share our learning on our learning blogs.
• This is the work from a dragon maths problem pg 96. We had to create graphs for this. Here is my work

Tally chart.

age groups.	0-2	3-5	6-8	9-11	12-14	15
Number of people's frequency	4	8	11	8	3	2

Spreadsheet.

Graph.

I have learnt that the age group with the most people at camp was the 6-8 year olds and the group with the least people is 15 year olds. There were the same amount of 3-5 year olds as there were 9-11 year olds. I think that this graph shows that parents mostly take 6-8 year olds camping. I wonder why most people take 6-8 year olds camping?

Electricity.

Elements, compounds, acids and bases.