SLJ - Activity 3: Tuvalu Language Week.

Spring Learning Journey

 Task Description: For this  activity we have touched on the Tuvalu Language Week, and above this description is a little about the Tuvaluan Language and theme. Tuvalu has some pricinples that guard their theme for the year and I chosen one, also making a poster and explaining what I think the principle means. But also finding the meaning for 'principle' and in this poster I have the added the poster theme too.

Tuvalu Language Week! is this week and the theme is "Fakatili Te Kiloga Fou" which means "Navigating the changing environment".  Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust, Taumatuas, parents and families are knowledge holders and play important roles in keeping the Tuvaluan language and culture traditions alive.

These are guided by principles such as:

Olaga kau fakatasi ko te maopoopo ko te malosi

(Unity is togetherness and strength)

Olaga fiafia o sala te poto sala se lumanai manuia

(Wisdom is the path to happiness and a bright future)

Olaga Fealofani

(Live in peace with others)

E see ko pati ako faiga

(Actions speak louder than words).

SLJ - Activity 2: Shakespearean English.

Spring Learning Journey

Task Description: For our second activity for the SLJ we are doing Shakespearean English!, this is a type of English made from the author William Shakespeare. Writing a recount about what we did this morning and translating it from this site to Shakespearean English. Below this there is a little bit about William Shakespeare and he was the one that made the famous story Romeo and Juliet. Enjoy!

William Shakespeare was a writer , poet and playwright. He is best known for the plays that he wrote while living in England in the 16th Century. They are still famous because they speak about things that are familiar with us-love, revenge, misunderstanding, disappointment, anger, hurt.  Even though they were written a long time ago. You may have heard of some of his plays: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, A Dream of the Midsummer Night. 

2019 English:

This morning my family and I woke up to a rainy morning and we got ready for breakfast. Before we head down stairs we made our beds, tided our selves up, and went. For breakfast we had french toast and cereal, after that we cleaned up and did our chores for the day.  Then we went shopping for ourselves and bought some lunch after we did our shopping.

Shakespearean English:

This m'rning mine own family and i did wake up to a rainy m'rning and we did get eft f'r breakfast.  Bef're we headeth down stairs we madeth our beds, tid'd our selves up, and wenteth.  F'r breakfast we hadst french toast and c'real, aft'r yond we did clean up and didst our ch'res f'r the day.  Then we wenteth shopping f'r ourselves and hath bought some lunch aft'r we didst our shopping.

SLJ Activity 1 - Book Worms.

Spring Learning Journey

Spring Learning Journey (SLJ) : This school holidays ours teachers have made us a Spring Learning Journey, which means we post an activity each day that is put down for us. We learn and create each task that is given and I will be posting from Monday-Friday this week. Stay tuned for all the cool and amazing things I post on my blog for the Spring Learning Journey. 

Task Description: For this activity ( No. 1) we have got given to design, create, or draw our own book cover of our favourite book. So then we can draw anything that could match our favourite book and a phrase in my class is 'Don't judge a book by it's cover' because most people just pick books by the cover. Whether it's cool or fun to read to don't judge it because what is written inside may not be as fun to read than the cover. Then we post it to our blog and I hope you enjoy what I have drawn for my favourite book which is 'Amulet Fire Light'.

Myths and Legends.

 Task Description: For our reading task this week we have done a Myths and Legends presentation, looking and different myths and legends and working what the protagonist it and the  antagonist. These two words mean good guy, and bad guy, villain or hero, we've done a create task and I have done a summary about the video on the last slide.

Taha Wairua - Spiritual Connections.

 Task Description: This morning for our Te Whare Tapa Wha we have looked and Taha Wairua, our Spiritual Well being. We have done Aotearoa in Sign Language and I have posted in the slides a photos of me doing it, compared to the actual picture of New Zealand. 

Theseus and the Minotaur - Maths.

 Task Description: For this weeks maths task we have done a mixture of different things in our maths this week. This slide deck has a lot of things based on our topic for this term, Myths and Legends, also it has a lot of cool ways we can use Ancient answers to answer our questions. We've had a CREATE task and it was to make or draw our own Minotaur Maze, big enough to fit a marble through it.

IKAN 2 Maths Test.

 Task Description: Here is a picture of my results on my IKAN 2 maths test, all of Room 3 has done this to help our teacher with what stage we are at in maths. My total through all the questions is 31/40 and I think that is very cool because I can work and improve more on what I have gotten wrong. 

'My goal is to focus and work hard into what my teacher is teaching me and to always have fun'

Taha Tinana - Sports in Sign Language.

 Task Description: For our Te Whare Tapa Wha we have looked at Taha Tinana, our physical well being. I have worked with Arthur, and this presentation is with sports in Sign Language. Also in on each slide we have put a video of us doing the Sign Language of each sport we have picked. 

Ko wai o hoa? - Who are your friends?

Task Description: In our Maori rotation we have worked on the saying 'Ko wai o hoa?' meaning Who are your friends?. We have answered the questions given and was given a create task to do, it was to create a poster or comic strip asking who our own friends, teachers, and parents are.

Taha Hinengaro - Express Emotions.

 Task Description:Today's Tapa Wha is based of Taha Hinengaro, our emotional wellbeing. We have done a task with some emotions in Sign Language, showing how we feel in what we do. Like when we are doing something we either feel happy, sad, or angry, this slide deck has videos of me doing Sign Language emotions.

Taha Whanau - Sign Language Week.

Kia Ora everyone! It's Sign Language Week, for the past few weeks  we have had lots of language weeks in different cultures. For Sign Language Week the theme is,

'Sign Language is for Everyone'.

Task Description: For our Taha today we have looked at Taha Whanau, which means social wellbeing. This task we have practiced our Sign Language skills, saying Kia Ora my name is _____, and learning to finger spell our names in sign language too. 

Happy Sign Language Week!

Here are my videos:

Captain Cook.

 WALT: Analyse, evaluate, and synthesise information from complex text.

Task Description: Our reading task this week we have done a task about Captain James Cook. We have read about how he discovered New Zealand and his past, also we've done  create task. 

Taha Hinengaro - Hikitia te Ha.

 Task Description: This morning we have looked at Taha Hinengaro, our emotional well being. Our task was to  watch  this video and copy what the people are doing, this is called Hikitia te Ha. Then we've given 3 reasons why we think this can help us.

3 ways it may help with our Taha Hinengaro:

1. The Hikitia te Ha help us stay focused in our work and what we do.

2. This can help clear our minds and let all the negativity go out of our minds so we can relax.

3. It can let us breath and it can put us into our comfort zone.

Maori Language Week - Writing.

 Task Description: For this weeks writing task we have written about history, landmarks, and maunga. Summarising what we already know from the videos we have Watch in. Also we had to at least tell 2-3 paragraphs and combined the if there from the same video.

Taha Tinana - Body Parts in Maori.

 Task Description: For today's Te Whare Tapa Wha, we have looked at Taha Tinana, our Physical Well being. I have done a poster with a picture of my body and I have labelled the body parts in Maori and then into English. This poster is something to do with Taha Tinana because it is helping us learn the parts of our body's and we use our body to keep us fit through exercising.

Maths - Maori Stage Polyfest Level 3 - Paige&Hannah.

Task Description: This weeks maths task is to solve DMIC questions with our partner/buddy. My buddy was Hannah and we have worked together to workout the problems given, we have taken photos of our maths work as well. 

Taha Wairua - Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori.

 Task Description: This morning we looked at Taha Wairua, keeping our spiritual wellbeing alive. We have done a poster with some basic words and colours in English and translated to Maori, so people can learn some Maori language for this week and take part in Maori Culture. Also we have added some pictures to represent the words and I have coloured the big colourful words to represent the colours. 

Taha Whanau - Te Reo Moari.

 Task Description: This morning for our Taha Challenge we have looked at Taha Whanau, particulary focusing on what my family does during special occasions. I have made a poster showing some key words of what my family and I do at a wedding.

Maori Language Moment.

In 1972, 30,000 signatures were delivered to parliament safeguard the Maori Language.

 3 reasons why I think it needed to be protected?

1. The language is starting to fade and be lost.

2. In schools Te Reo Maori wasn't valued as much. 

3. So it could be used in the future.

Taha Wairua - Tongan Identity.

Task Description: This morning for our taha challenge we have done Taha Wairua. We had learn about Tongan Identity and the key words that they use in their culture of what is important.

Ngatu - Keeping the Tradition Alive.

Task Description: Reading this morning is about a book called Ngatu - Keeping the Tradition Alive. We had to explain what we have read of what helps Tongan people keep their tradition alive.  

Lines of Symmetry.

Task Description:
 This maths task is about line of symmetry and we are learning different ways on how we can divide shapes to match the same with the other side. We had to draw half of a tapa cloth pattern and let the person next to us try draw the other side exactly the same. With our partners we had to draw each others pattern and do a before and after photo of how we did with line of symmetry.

Taniwha Character Description.

Task Description: This is a character description writing task, we had to make up our own Taniwha and use descriptive language. We had to also give it a name and draw a picture based on our descriptive writing task and make it look just like the words from the task.

Gobbly has huge spikes along its back, with slimy, dark green fins. Also has giant red eyes that look like dodgeballs, he has razor sharp teeth and a mouth that drools everytime and covers his whole body in it. Gobbly has a tail like a scorpion that’s enourmourse and big enough to kill people.  He has no hair but instead of hair it’s a shell, hard as a rock, along with his nose that is like a small ant but has a good sense of smell. Gobbly has legs that are like chicken legs, but each step is like a loud stomp, with toes nails as long as his whole body. Gobbly hands are claws, that are just like a T-rex and have lots of hideous bumps on it, along with purple spots all around his claws. 

Tongan Proverb.

Task Description: A fast inquiry post about Tongan Proverbs. We had to pick a proverb and draw a picture based on the proverb that we've chosen.

Tongan History Writing: Tapa Cloth.

Task Description: Here is 2-3 paragraphs all about this video called Tapa Cloth. We had to watch a video and write paragraphs about what we have learned about that video.

Everyday in all Tongan Villages you can hear banging noises of women processing the harvested mulberry. The bark of the mulberry is stripped and beaten into fine cloth.

The women gash the bark with their teeth so they can pull it from the wood, making sure the bark stay’s in one piece. The inner layer of the bark is what they need to make the cloth, using a knife to make a start of cutting the bark and it’s form when the inner layer otutu is gently separated from the husk. 

After stripping them all off they measure them in same length groups and roll them all up and leave them. Then they soak it in water to soften it and then and start beating them up with ironwood and it has 4 sides. Three of the sides are grooved to help break the fibres, and they beat it until all spread out into a cloth.

Ko Hoku Famili - My Family.

Task Description: 
This week is Tongan Language Week and we are posting blog posts of different things about Tonga and their culture. Here we had to a photo of our family and name them in Tongan, like Mother means, Fa'e. Hope you enjoy all of the fun posts I do during the week.