My trip to the marae

Te Tahawai Marae

We were at school going to Te Tahawai marae.

We jumped on the bus and we practiced the Mo maria song and we didn't even noticed that we were there already.

As we got off the bus we walked slowly into the marae,the girls were in front to do the karanga and the boys were at the back. A Lady was standing next to the marae and saying “welcome!” in maori. Then Mrs. Driver said “Hai re mai” in maori. 

We had to take off our shoes because the marae was a sacred place and our shoes were dirty.Then we made a swap,the boys went to the front to sit,then the girls went to the back. A boy from our class got up and made a thank you speech and gave the 3 ladies a koru drawing. 

After that we did the hongi. That is when we touch nose and forehead. Next we went to wash our hands the boys were lucky because there were loads of girls in the toilet. Then went to the Whare Kai, that is when we eat food at the kitchen.Next we do activities, first we do a drawing of the ancestors from New Zealand. The next activity was in the kitchen we did the poi and song dance and we did koru drawings.

It was time for us to say goodbye.We said thank you and went outside to put our shoes on and walked back to the bus.

I loved the The koru patterns and everything in the marae!

The legend of Makahiya

This legend tells us about the origin of the touch-me-not (mimosa pudica) plant.

The legend of Makahiya

There was once a girl called Maria,a very shy girl,who lived with her parents, Aling Iska and Mang Dondong,in a small village. Maria loved to stay in her garden,which was renowned for its lovely flowers. One day,bandits raided the village,and fearing for her life, Maria’s parents hid her in the garden. While Aling Iska was praying to God for her daughter's safety, the bandits broke into the house and hit Maria’s Parents on the head. After stealing things in the house, the bandits went.

When Maria’s Parents stayed in consciousness, they ran to the garden to look for Maria,but could not find her. They searched everywhere and started to despair,when something pricked Mang Dondong’s feet. Both of them looked closer at the tiny plant closing its leaves. At that moment they realised,that their shy Maria has been transformed by the gods into the plant.They named the plant -Makahiya (Tagalog for shyness) and took immense care of it.

The makahiya plant

Ostrich

A flying ostrich

Have you ever wondered how to put the dead ostrich bone together?

Some people put a dead ostrich in a woolpack, and let the the flies go in and out. The flies eat the flesh of the ostrich and in few days time you only get the bones. It also kept in a paddock under a wire-netting cage to keep dogs off so the dogs won’t eat the dead ostrich. After a few months  there will be a pile of bones.

The bones will be kept in the museum and exhibited for people to see and study.

So they were kept in a museum and placed by a taxidermist  hanging from the ceiling. The children would have said “wow!” A flying ostrich!! What an amazed display.

Instructions

1. Call the museum to tell them that the dead ostrich will be placed in the museum soon after it has bones with no skin,feathers or flesh.

2. Bring the ostrich in a the backyard or a paddock.

3. There you will need to put it in a wire-netting cage to keep the dogs out , also put it in an old woolpack to let the flies in and out.

4. Later on after weeks or months there will be bones no skin, flesh and feathers.

5. Before collecting the bones from the woolpack, number and sketch the bones where they were

6. place the bones in the museum and it will be hanging from the ceiling.

The prince and the pauper

       The Prince and the Pauper

This is a book about the Prince and the Pauper.

Their lived 2 boys that were born on the same day, but had very different lives-- one is the pauper named  Tom,  the second one prince named Edward. One day they met and they looked exactly the same so they decided to change cloths for a while. But when they did they were trapped in different places.

I think this book is good for all ages to learn all about survival in different places, and how to learn good attitude. My favorite part is when they changed back there cloths and back to their real life.

Book review BY:KC

My comic strip about heat

Characters: Coal,Rose and a Random person out of no where.

                                       Story

Coal: Its so hot! I can’t stand it!

Rose: Its because of the heat from the sun.

Coal: What is heat?

Rose: Well,heat is made out of molecules. For example   an ice sculpture and a match lit up with fire, guess which one has more molecules.

Coal: Um…the match with the fire?

Rose:Correct! The more heat, the more molecules.

Coal: I wish the air conditioner was on because its so hot, but its broken!

Rose: Don't be sad,besides heat is better for your body and it warms us up, but if we don't have heat everything and everyone will die!

Coal: Dont be silly Rose!

Rose: I'm not silly and dont be scared Coal as long if the sun is here we will be fine.

Also heat can be made in 3 ways Radiation,Conduction and Convection.

Coal: What is that? Rose? Please tell me!

Rose: Well first Conduction is heat from the air.

Convection is heat from the Stove or the pan

and last of all Radiation is from the microwave, it has heat waves to heat up food or other stuff.

Coal: Wow! Thanks! That is lots of information that I really needed to know!

Rose: You're welcome Coal, now you know what heat is!

Coal: I do know what heat is now.

Random person: HEAT, HEAT, YOU DO KNOW HEAT, WELL DONE Coal!

Coal: Thanks!

Rose: Where did he come from??

Coal: I don't know,lets get some drinks.

Rose: Sure!

Random person: Thats the HEAT everybody!

                                        The end!

By: KC

I chose Brianna's Blog because I like her stories and she is very good at reading and writing.

Also It helps me make stories of my own.