Musical Festivals – Matatini

Hello, blogging world. We are now just for a little while become Nicole, Simon, Lewy, and Sharon from X Factor as today we are judging some Kapa Haka dances from the concert  Te Matatini. This years winner was Te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti. As all this performance is from previous years. The groups are called (Videos are linked to the names)Tamatea Arikinui, Te Iti Kahurangi, and Te Puku o Te Ika. 

The dances were all great but I like Te Puku O Te Ika as they were singing a song that represented a leader and a past family member. Everyone's voices were in tune too. I did also really enjoy the Tamatea Arikinui group as they were singing and dancing. The girls pois would swing around their arm but they would recover smoothly. I didn't enjoy the group Te Iti Kahurangi as they had a weird layout and they put weird instruments with other instruments it just sounded awkward.

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Playing Games

Hello, blogging world. For this activity, we had to look at a website that had four games (Here are the links) Poi Rakau, Ki O Rahi, Koruru and Poi Toa. Then out the 4, we had to choose one. Doing that we had to find out the name of the game, The purpose, and two rules. I have chosen Poi Rakau as it looked fun and I would enjoy to play it with my friends. Here is a video of how to play.

Poi Rakau is called Poi Raku. The aim of the game is to try to reach the next Rakau without it falling. You can step back but that would make it harder for you and everybody else. You are not allowed to dig it into the ground if so you are out. 1 person will be in the middle calling out instruction like "Go Right" or "Go Left"! but in Maori. they could add moves like Leg lift and he could add "Go right but do a Leg Lift and Clap before the Rakau falls"! In this list, I have played 2 of the game which are... Koruru and Poi Toa. Koruru is also known as knuckle bones. You chuck 5 rocks (The same size) in the air and try to catch them on the back of your hand, then you would need to flip it over onto your palm without dropping it. With Poi Toa it is kinda like a dance you make a Poi and normally they are used for dance. I did this in kindergarten and that was so fun.

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The More, the Merrier? - Activity 1 Day 3

Hello, blogging world. Today is day 3 of the summer learning journey. I am so happy I made it through 3 days! In the 1800s most families were very big. It is very normal that the parents would have Seven to Nine Children, imagine having 8 or 6 siblings your house would be really messy. Today activity is we have to imagine we have nine siblings in the 1800s. I wouldn't even make a day. Here is some reason why I would like to have a big family but not at the same time.

1. Having a big family would mean you won't get your own room plus, you would be sharing with at least 2 other people. In my house, you would have to share. 3/4 rooms would have two people in it but the 1/4 room would have 3 that is crazy!

2.As having a big family would be a lot arguing but from that you would have a couple of friends to live through each day. 

3. My parents would not be able to handle it.

4. If some of your siblings are a year behind you they could be in the same class as you!

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The First Settlers/ Day 1 Of The Summer Learning Journey.

Hello Blogging World, As you all know we have started the holidays but my school still has one day left. Due to that Waikowhai Primary and the Ako Hiko Area have started the Summer Learning Journey. If you didn't see my last blog about this then here is some basic and quick information, The summer learning journey is a program that keeps your knowledge up through the school holidays. This times theme is... Drumroll.... Time Tavel! We are doing 1800 - 1870 so not very long but this only last four weeks (A month). 

As part of today, we read one of the many stories from Maui, Maui and the Gaint Fish. We need to tell three facts that we knew or learned from the story.

I have read many of the Maui stories with my teacher and my class but I cant share all of them. My favorite one would probably Be Maui and the sun because it showed some very important time and it made me think "Hmm, so are daylight saving when he is pushed down harder (to the ground) or when he free himself a little bit". Also to celebrate the book we did some art and the middle school did a big painting of Maui holding down the sun which stayed in the corridor for a while. If you haven't read you should, it can also be found here. Here is my work!

• The FIsh that Maui caught has been made to a remarkable landscape that is part of New Zealand.
• Maui Never got to go fishing with his brother because his brother thought that he wasn't good and they would make fun of him.
• When Maui Made it onto the boat and they where far enough Maui jumped out of his hiding spot, while this was happening again his brothers were making fun of him. Soon enough Maui couldn't take the waves of laughter and with anger, he punched his nose, covering the blood all around his fish hook. 

If you want to learn more about this story click here 

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