In science we have been learning about space and the solar system. We have been using this website, The website we have been using is really helpful. It shows us how big planets are and how wide they are. Part of this activity we used a measuring tape to measure how long the classroom was . The reason we measured the classroom was to compare the two different sizes. For science today we were learning about the distances and sizes of certain planets one of the mature planets we were focusing on was the sun. the task was pretty fascinating how we would change the size of the sun. today we compared the different distances in our classroom and the sun. during this activity we learnt about what a light year is, A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. Today for one of the challenges we had to use a tape measure to measure the distance off the classroom which was 11.2 metres long.

 

What I liked about science was learning about how long light years were, what astronomical units are and different planets sizes.

 

Luke: This activity was fascinating learning about all the different sizes of the planets and our biggest star the sun.

 

Traditions are a thing that has been going on for thousands of year past down from generation to generation where they celebrate it for their culture

We maoris still use hangis to cook to keep it alive and so we have something to represent our culture. This represents our culture because it’s how we cook our meals.

We celebrate our Matriki culture because it’s a celebration that leads us into a 

new year and it is a time to spend time with your family and plant trees. We also have a public holiday so everyone can go off work to spend time with their family. On matariki night everyone goes out to the beach or somewhere nearby so we can light fireworks, see the matariki and have a good time with family.  

We eat hangi, boil up, mutton bird, and kai moana. We eat this kai because in New Zealand we love hunting, fishing and diving. So we would always dive for kina and oysters, anything we can get from the ocean we would eat. We also love hunting so we would hunt for mutton birds and pigs. 

–Mutton Bird

In our Maori culture you may see a lot of people with a green necklace or a white necklace. These are called Pounamu and Taunga. It is a treasure that our family members have either given to us or have passed down to us. Our Taunga are very special to us because they hold a lot of spiritual and cultural meaning.

We have a traditional dance called the Haka. The first hakas were created and performed by different Māori tribes as a war dance. It is an ancestral war cry. It was performed on the battlefields for two reasons. Firstly, it was done to scare their opponents; the warriors would use aggressive facial expressions such as bulging eyes and poking of their tongues.

 our culture is got a lot to do with kai moana/seafood 

 Kai moana is important because it helps with a lot of things 

 In our culture. Kinas are really good for growing plants 

 First you eat what’s inside the shell either put the juice in a bottle or 

 Put the juice into whatever you’re trying to grow.The kina shells make a good       

 organic fertilizer/tonic for. The garden also feeds back           

KINA    KINA BARREN