Moko Ika Hikuwaru

A group of students visited Panmure Basin and learned about a story from Maori culture. The story is about a creature called a taniwha named Moko ika-hiku-waru, which means “eight-tailed eel.” In the story, the taniwha used to live under the old bridge at the basin. The student found the story interesting because taniwha are important in Maori legends.

For a project, students worked with a partner to draw what they think Moko ika-hiku-waru looks like using Google Drawings. They also had to draw the area around the taniwha, including the basin and the bridge, to show where it lived. Each pair’s drawing was different because everyone had their own ideas. The students shared ideas and helped each other while making their drawings. When everyone finished, they saw many different and creative pictures of the taniwha. The student then shows their and their partner’s drawing of Moko ika-hiku-waru.

 

 

Boy In The Striper Pyjamas C6

Bruno constructs a tire swing today in Chapter 7 to kill time, but he has a horrific spill and severely scrapes his knee. Bruno’s wounds are tenderly attended to by Pavel, an elderly Jewish camp prisoner compelled to serve as a waiter in the home. Bruno is perplexed when Pavel discloses that he was once a doctor. In order to shield Pavel from Father’s wrath, Mother informs him that she will claim credit for healing the wound when she gets back.

 

Boy In The Striper Pyjamas C9

In Chapter 9 , we see Bruno as a young boy who feels lonely and cut off. He has a new tutor, Herr Liszt, who doesn’t allow him to read adventure books and instead makes him learn boring, strict lessons about history and geography. Because of this, Bruno feels trapped and gets bored. He’s always wanted to explore and see new things, so he decides to break the rules. He walks along the fence that he’s not supposed to go near, curious about what’s on the other side.

Malapropism Definition

This week for reading were learning about malapropism. Malapropism  is when someone mistakenly uses a word that sounds similar to the word they mean but is actually the wrong one. This mistake makes what they say sound funny or silly. For example, saying “prostate” when you mean “prostrate,” or “electrical” instead of “electoral.” This kind of mistake is often used in stories and movies to make people laugh.

Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

LI: To carry out a guided research process 

We looked into the Pacific North-West Tree Octopus. At first, we thought it was real, but later we found out it was a fake story. Our teachers give us this as a lesson to understand that you shouldn’t believe everything you hear without checking if it’s true. Now, we’re more careful about the websites we visit and we make sure to verify facts before trusting them.

Tech

in tech this is  about a class activity where students learned and practiced weaving. They used pieces of string and small wooden boards with holes to make patterns. The goal was to create designs that are the same on both sides, which means they had to think carefully about how to space the strings and choose colors. Weaving requires patience because it takes time to keep the work neat and follow the pattern correctly. The activity also helps students become more focused, creative, and careful while working on their projects.

I liked making my weaving string together different colors and patterns to make a final design. It was fun to see how all the parts worked together. Doing this also helped me pay attention, think creatively, and be careful while working.

Letter To Grandma

LI: To vary our sentence lenghts to create pace and impact

Our task was to make a letter about a young boy named Bruno. My partner and I made this letter to show how a 9 year old boy will send a letter to his grandma. Making the DLO about a small child named Bruno writing a letter to his grandmother from out-with was our task this will help us practice our sentence construction. The reading text “The boy in the striped pajamas” serves as both a source of more knowledge and a realistic reason for our writing.

SLJ

This story is about a fun school event called the Summer Learning Journey. Last week, kids got certificates and prizes for doing it. The person who wrote this is happy because they got one too. They liked doing the activities because it made summer more fun and they learned new things. One fun thing they did was make a story where your choices decide what happens next, called a “pick-a-path” quiz. This story was about animals from New Zealand. They looked up animals that live there naturally and animals that came from other places and cause trouble. They learned how these animals live and how they affect each other.

AI reverse challenge

  We looked at Nano Banana, a tool that makes images on Gemini. Our goal was to take an existing picture of a leopard sitting on a tree branch and try to make a new image similar to it by giving the AI specific instructions and called prompts. I found out that AI doesn’t always create images exactly as you want. That’s why it’s important to give a very clear and detailed description of what you imagine.

Tech at Tamaki College

Today at school, we learned new Māori words and made cloth by weaving. Our usual teacher was not there, so another teacher gave us fun puzzles and coloring instead. We didn’t do our usual weaving, but we still worked hard. It was a little different, but it helped us learn to do things on our own and finish our work. Even though it felt strange not to do weaving, I paid attention and did my best. I look forward to doing weaving again next time and making my design better.