Noho Marae

NOHO MARAE

A few weeks ago room 1 and 8 went the the Arahura Marae.
We had a few parents come with us. The parents and teachers
that stayed the night were, Matt, Mrs Kemp and Mrs Glue and
Kelly. Other parents and Teachers like, Clark, Steph, Phae,
Alana and Miss Ireland came as well. We are very lucky that
they came because we would not have been able to go if they
had not come.

When we arrived at the Marae we got welcomed on with the
Powhiri. Once the Powhiri was over we took our shoes off and
went into the Marae for the speeches. When the speeches
were over we went into the wharae kai (dining room) for
some morning tea, we had some savory pies and some red
velvet cake. Next we went back into the wharenui (meeting
house) to share our mihi’s which took a long time. After  we had
shared our mihi’s we went down to the arahura river to try
and find some Greenstone. While we were down there 2-5
people found some greenstone. We also went down to the
beach to make sculptures of things from the story pountini and
waitaiki. I was in a group with Dakota, Sasha and Rebekah we
made a small waka (boat) that all of us could just fit in. Once we
had judged the sculptures we walked back to the Marae and had
some afternoon tea.

Later in the evening we had dinner which was chicken with
salad and potatoes and bread. For dessert we had more red
velvet cake and pavlova. When we finished dinner and desert
we went outside and did some activities. I did weaving for  45
minutes and then I played Ki-O-Rahi for another 45 minutes.
While we were playing Ki-O-Rahi it got really dark so we couldn’t
see the ball so we went inside for the last 5 minutes. Then we
went and sat outside around the fire and had s'mores while we
were having s'mores we sung some waiata (songs) like
Pukanakana and Karoro e. Then we went to bed at 10pm.
The next day we got up and had breakfast at 8am. Then we
packed up and left to go and do the  Mananui Tramline walk.
That took two hours, along the way we had a checklist with
some plants that we had to find. Then once we finished the
walk we went back to school just in time for lunch.

We went to Arahura Marae on the West Coast of New Zealand.
Arahura Marae is very close to the Arahura river. The people
that are the tangata whenua of the marae own the river. The
Arahura Marae is close to the Tasman sea as well.

We went to the Marae on Wednesday the fifth of March 2019
staying overnight. The season was Autumn.  

This experience worked because we had so many adults
helping us. For making the sand boat we used sand, grass
and rocks. We had a wonderful cook making the meals for us.
She must have been working so hard! When we went looking for
greenstone a man from the marae came with us and showed us
what the greenstone looked like. He was really helpful. He knows
what greenstone looks like because he has seen it so many
times in his life and he has probably been taught how to recognise
it.

• By Mackenzie & Dakota.

Beach Cookout

Beach Cookout

Success Criteria:    In teams we will

• Design a menu suitable for cooking on a campfire
• Keep within a $5 budget
• Share the jobs and food provision fairly between team members
• Bring along all equipment we need to cook with/on/in
• Work cooperatively to cook our meal

Today Room 1 and Room 8 went to the beach for a beach cookout. We went to Karoro
Beach in Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand by the Tasman sea. We made our
campfires by Watson creek. We went with two teachers, a teacher aid and some parents
helping us. I was in a group with Nevey, Zac and Nathan. We had Mrs Glue helping us.
At one point Mrs Truman came down to see how we were doing.   

We went down to the beach at 11am on the 3rd of April. It was a Wednesday in term 1.
We went down in Autumn because you don't need to get a fire permit to light fire. But our
teacher Mrs Kemp got a permit anyway. When we got down there we had to find a place to
build our campfires. Once we had chosen where we were going to build we had to collect
tinder and small sticks. While we're waiting for our fire to heat up we prepared our food.

We went down to the beach for a lot of different reasons some of which were: to see how we
worked together in teams which I think everybody did really well. Another reason was to just
have fun which everybody had. To practise survival skills, like how to properly build a fire, and because it was for our William Pike Challenge.

We made our campfire by collecting big rocks to put around the outside of our fire. Then
we found lots of gorse to use as tinder. Once we had done that we found some small
skinny sticks to put in a pyramid shape over top of the tinder. Once we had done that we
lit our fires. It took us two goes before we had finally lit our fire. When it started going
we went through wood very fast.

Then we started preparing our food. Every group had five dollars per person to spend on
the food so my group had $20 altogether. We made steak sandwiches which had onion,
garlic butter, steak and tomato sauce for our main. Then for dessert we were going to
make pancakes with bacon but once we had made our pancakes we forgot to cook the
bacon. We didn't have any butter to use for cooking our pancakes so we tried to us oil
but it didn't stop the pancakes from sticking to the pan.

One thing I found challenging was flipping the pancakes because they were sticking to the
pan. One thing I enjoyed was making the fire and making the steak sandwiches. Another
thing I enjoyed was cooking the food over a campfire.

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

                                   

This term our class has been learning about a very famous person called Mahatma
Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi grew up in Porbandar. Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t Gandhi’s
real name. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested several times.

Firstly, Mahatma Gandhi was born in Porbandar in India. He was born on October 2,
1869. It was tradition from where he was from that his parents arranged a marriage for him when he was 13. When Mahatma Gandhi was 19 he traveled to England to study
how to be barrister which is a type of lawyer. But he wasn’t very successful. So he
joined Indian law firm and moved to South Africa where he lived for 20 years.

Secondly, Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t actually his real name. Gandhi’s real name was
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. But people gave him the name Mahatma which
means a person regarded with love and respect or great soul. He was given that name
because he led the nonviolent protest for India’s Independence from the British Empire.

Thirdly, Mahatma Gandhi was put in jail several times for leading protest against the
British Empire. Mahatma Gandhi spent six years in prison. But the British Government
would have to release him eventually because the Indian people had grown to love
Gandhi. They were also scared about what would happen if they let Gandhi die.
One of Gandhi’s most successful protest was the salt one. Where Gandhi decided to
walk 241 miles to the sea to make his own salt.

Finally, Mahatma Gandhi was and still is a very important and famous person
today even though he died so long ago. Mahatma Gandhi grew up in Porbandar.
Mahatma wasn’t actually Gandhi’s first name. During Gandhi’s life he was arrested
several times and spent six years in prison. I personally think that Mahatma Gandhi
was a very important person because he helped make India an independent country
from the British Empire.

Turangawaewae

This term we had to create a piece of artwork about our Turangawaewae.
Turangawaewae means a place that is special to you.

I  chose to do my artwork on the river by my house because it is special to
me. To do our artwork we used acrylic paint and to outline we used silver
sharpie

Roaring Grey

Roaring Grey

Whakaharuru Kiwikiwi

It was the middle of a dark and stormy night. The only sign
Wawana-wai was coming were the faint bubbles appearing on the
water. Uira (lightning) struck, illuminating his dark, raging black
scales. The sailors on the boat didn’t even have time to even yell a
warning before Wawana-wai struck. Within a few minutes the boat
had sunk to the bottom of the awa (river) along with the sailors.

Wawana-wai was cursed over 2 centuries ago. His curse was that he
has to live out the remainder of his life in the Mawheranui River
(Grey River). Wawana-wai spent the first 50 years sleeping, then
when he woke up he was very very very RIRI!! (angry). He couldn’t
believe that he had let himself be cursed to spend the rest of his
life in an awa (river) instead of the glorious moana (sea). He has been
angirly taking out his frustration on passing boats ever since.

One day Wawana-wai was rapidly swimming up and down the river
when his massive grey scaly tail  stuck fast in between two huge
boulders. Wawana-wai furiously tried to pull his tail out but it didn’t
work. He roared in pain as he tried again and again. A group of young
boys were standing directly above Wawana-wai on the old wharf and
heard his ear piercing roar. One of the boys went the edge of the
wooden wharf and slowly peered over the edge and saw Wawana-wai
trapped. He got his friends and they leapt  highly into the indigo water
and swiftly swam over to where Wawana-wai was and tried pulling his
tail out of the rocks. But they weren’t strong enough. Wawana-wai’s
roar was so loud that it shook the earth which moved the massive
boulders which his scaley fat tail was trapped between.

Once Wawana-wai got his tail free he swam away as fast as he could.
He was in shock. Humans could be nice? Wawana-wai didn’t believe it!
He had to go back to the rickety wharf to make sure he wasn’t
imagining everything that had just happened. When he got back
to the jagged wharf sure enough everybody that had tried to help
was sluggishly climbing out of the water now. Wawana-wai slowly
climbed out of the awa and up the massive boulders onto the wharf
and said, “Thank you for trying to help me”.  Everybody’s mouth's fell
tuwhera (open) one of them took a trembling step forward and said,
“Y..y….you c..c..can talk?”, “Yes of course!” Wawana-wai replied and
with that Wawana-wai went and dived into the wai (water).

As Wawana-wai rapidly entered the crisp water he felt a change.
He suddenly had no fury inside of him. His scales had changed from
a dark raging black to a bright, vibrant blue which glistened in the
sunlight. He briskly swam into the (moana) sea. That was the last time
anybody ever saw of him.

-Mackenzie

Onomatopoeia

Bush Walker

The leaves crunch underneath my feet.

The waters splosh and

splashes all around me.

I hear the birds chirping,

Whoosh! The trees

dance in the cool

summer breeze.

I leave the protection of the trees.

The hot sun starts beating

down on my back

there’s no escape in sight.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

This term our class has been learning about a very famous person called
Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela helped get rid of the apartheid.Nelson Mandela
won the Nobel peace prize. He was arrested four times for what
he believed in.

Firstly, From 1948 until 1994 Nelson Mandela  fought peacefully against apartheid.
He worked with Indian, coloured and Muslims to help achieve  his goal. During his
time working to abolish apartheid Nelson Mandela had to serve 27 years in prison.
Once he got out of prison he worked with the  president of South Africa to get rid of
apartheid. 3 years after Nelson Mandela got out of prison he won the Nobel peace
prize for a peaceful ending to apartheid.

Secondly, In 1993 Nelson Mandela won the Nobel peace prize. Frederik Willem
de Klerk also won the Nobel peace prize at the same time as Nelson Mandela.
They won the Nobel peace prize for their peacefully  getting rid of the apartheid.

Thirdly,  Nelson Mandela was sent to prison He was arrested and imprisoned in
1962, and sentenced to life in prison for trying to overthrow the government following
one  of his Trials. Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, going between Robben
Island, Pollsmoor Prison, and Victor Verster Prison. He spent 5 years at Robben
Island breaking rocks.  He was freed from prison by President F. W. de Klerk.

Finally,  Nelson Mandela is still very famous and important person in history and
he still is today.  Nelson Mandela is very famous for working to peacefully get rid
of the apartheid. He also won the  Nobel peace prize. During his lifetime Nelson
Mandela was arrested four times. I personally think that Nelson Mandela was a
great man and what he did affects us today because everybody now has equal
rights because of what he did.