Tane Mahuta

WALT: write a paragraph about the information on Tane Mahuta.

Our class has been working on writing a paragraph on the information we found about Tane Mahuta and this is what I wrote. Hope you enjoy.

Tane Mahuta

Tane Mahuta is a type of tree that grows to be 51 meters (or more) long.

They are famous for their length and size and grow up to

51 meters high and 16 meters in weight and they are over 2,000 years old.

They are also known to be the largest living kauri trees in New Zealand.

When you stand underneath the tree it

towers over you and all the trees around it and it looks as if

we're about to tumble on top of you.

Legend says that the Tane Mahuta is a god.

The god of The forest and the animals inside of it.

Tane Mahuta and kauri trees are truly amazing,

but when kauri dieback puts them endangered it gets difficult.

I think I have done very well on my paragraph and with putting the information into my own words. What do you think?

Our Hokianga camp

WALT: write a blog post on our Hokianga camp.

On the 21st of November, we traveled to Hokianga for a very special camp with the year 5 and 6 students.

Our group and the rest of the camp stopped at an adventure park called

wairere boulders we all found the path and carried all the way to the loop while taking loads of pictures.

Then we drove to a small marae we were staying at called te whakarongotai,

we started unpacking all our language and possessions into the

whare and started the activities set out for the day.
The next morning we all woke up and got ready, I was so energetic.

We had breaky and packed our lunch for the day and waited until everyone was ready to leave,

we got into our car and went down to the wharf to wait for the boat so we could cross the water.

Finally, it was our turn and so we jumped on the boat and sailed to the sand dunes.

We slide down the dunes with our boards and it was awesome.

Soon we went back to the shore on the boat and went straight to see Tane mahuta.

I saw the huge trunk of Tane and was so amazed by the height and beauty,

we had to sketch the tree which was pretty hard since I couldn’t see half but it turned out great.
      
I thought our camp was absolutely amazing, what do you think about my post? What part did you like the 

most?

  

bees wax wraps

WALT: make a non plastic wrapping paper

we learned how to make beeswax wraps with our plastic-free teacher jo. I think it came out so cool, did you?

I am a google docs ninja!!

WALT: complete our ninja challenge

For our task, we had to complete our google docs ninja challenge. The google docs ninja challenge is a series of tasks you have to follow and complete to become a google docs ninja. I finished the tasks and learned how to insert a drawing onto the docs.

My koru designs. WALT: draw freely.

I made my own koru designs and I did this for my teacher Matua Regan, I tried to draw freely and this is a little piece of what I did.

Relationships are... WALT: think of ideas about relationships

Relationships are...

Max - Something special between you and another person.  You could be related.

Hayden - Friend relationships: When you very close, best friends

Rollin - When you like someone e.g boyfriend & girlfriend

Lola - When you and your family are very close together.  You could live together.

Mataki - A relationship could be with your friends, with anyone you hold somewhere in your heart.

Emanuela - knowing someone really well.  You know them they’re like a family and a friend.

Te Rehua - can be between mum and dad, adult relationships.

Ruiha - A deep relationship with technology e.g computers, digital devices.

Hunter - When you share the love and the same blood.

this term, in health we focused on relationships with others and we each made an idea about relationships and what they are. I love technology so I had an idea of relationships with your chromes or tech. can you think of one?

Ruiha's descriptive piece of writing

WALT: write a descriptive piece of writing

Cold

Words barely escape my mouth. with hands and feet freezing to death as my nose drips like a waterfall. Fearless and cold I get up, trying as hard as I can to move. Collapsing like a bird that just got shot, my mouth opens and words come out

“ I'm sorry, “ I said to myself. And with that, I took my last breath…

Or so I thought.

In silence, I shake awake from my sleep. Scaredly I walk to the balcony and whisper in a soft voice “why me” I say with tears in my eyes.” why do I have to do this”as tears roll down my face. When The breeze of the night flashes me back to real life and pushes me to go inside, I slipped into the kitchen, grabbing a knife. cutting myself meaningfully. Several shots of pain shoot through my body all at once and force me to stop. Crying and shivering I fall to the ground, while blood drips slowly down my arms, causing me to pass out.

Scared

While I stand at the edge of the building ready to jump, My eyes close The air pushes against me, I’m falling further and further, The adrenaline gets worse. It feels like my body is failing. it feels as if I'm causing thousands and thousands of problems, and now I’m going to fix all of them. Salty tears fill my eyes and spread across my face. My body goes pale and my eyes meet the face of the earth . . .

Wish

My eyes close and the soul inside me collapsed. Ferociously falling to the ground a tear drips violently down my face and ends at my chin, my mind hoping the world will be a better place when I’m gone, hoping all the problems will go away. But hope is something I don’t have. Aggressively I pull the trigger. BANG!! blood falls and spreads across my cheeks and down my head. the brain inside me fails to keep awake... 

Help
My body dangles off the side of the cliff as I scream louder than ever. My arms can't take any more. I slip off the edge and tears spread across my face, hitting the ground below me. Cuts and bruises cover my body and blood pour out of my arms. Tears spread across my face. Thousands of bones crack as I screamed for help.

What I found difficult about this piece of writing was the ideas for each story and how it was all put together, I found it easy to put loads of detail into all of the pieces. I really enjoyed how descriptive and detailed the pieces were.
What do you think?