Oder in the court

For Today's Word Work for the Daily 5 Activity I chose to do Oder in the court , In this activity you have to write your spelling words in alphabetical order here is what Iv'e done

  

Where my familys from

For this activity we would like you to think about your own experiences and your own cultural background. Where does your family come from? Do they come from Europe like Abel Tasman, Polynesia like Kupe, or somewhere else?On your blog, please tell us about your cultural background. Where do you and your family come from? , this was our task we had to complete here is my final product.

Covid-19 Kit

What we did last week?

WALT: Write an explanation to explain why my CULTURE is special.

   Why being Samoan is special to me

• I Love the clothing that my culture wears 

• I love the traditional food and our culture  

•  I love the tattooing

Title: My culture and ME!

General statement: Being Samoan is something I cherish and will forever be proud of.
Samoa is a small island located in Oceania in the South Pacific ocean. I am half Samoan and half European.
I am the second youngest 

of three older teenagers. I am 12 years old, almost 13. 

Things that I love about my culture are the food such as 

Fa’apapa and Taro with coconut cream. 

Another reason I love  my culture, is that we are not just a country, 

we have a religion, and that is Christianity, this means we believe in Jesus 

and most Samoans go to church every Sunday. 

I also love Samoan history.
Did you know that the Samoan islands were first settled from
3,500 years ago as part of the Austronesian expansion?

Series Of Explanatory Statements:

The Clothing

• I like Samoan’s clothing because the material is very soft and silky.
• I also love the designs and patterns on the dress which is called a puletasi.
• A puletasi is a dress which is off shoulder and is just below the knee.

The food

• I like Samoa’s dishes because in my thoughts samoa has the best dishes, and one of the top
• most popular dishes in Samoa is Taro, Breadfruit and Coconut. My most favourite
• food in Samoa is fa’apapa and Taro & Coconut cream. Some of these dishes are very effortless
• to make but some dishes can be very simple.

The tattooing

• I like Samoan’s clothing because the material is very soft and silky.
• I also love the designs and patterns on the dress which is called a puletasi.
• A puletasi is a dress which is off shoulder and is just below the knee.

Identity

Last week room 11 had to write down about what identity means to us, 

 Identity to me means describing yourself and showing who you are. When I think of identity I think of my family,culture and my religion and what I believe in. 

I believe you should be proud of who you are and be proud of your culture.

I am a proud Samoan and I work hard at school, I am the second youngest of three elder kids     

 

Spaghetti and Marshmallow Tower

On Friday Room 11 made spaghetti and marshmallow towers, The people in my group was Hope,Ani and I first we tried to make a base so my group made a square so after we finished making the base other groups started to copy us so we tried to make some more spaghetti's under the square so it could balance while we were looking at the other groups we noticed that ours were the shortest.

Then once the timer was up Miss Tupou came around the tables and measured how tall our towers were. Our tower was 5cm so we lost but we still had lots of fun. 

What I Learnt About Treaty Of Waitangi

 I learnt that the European people tried to steal New Zealand, All together there were nine copies of the treaty. The treaty was written in English and Maori, The treaty of waitangi was a contract between the Maori and English. The treaty was signed on the 6th on February,1840 at the bay of islands.

There was a Reenactment of the treaty that aired in the 70's. The treaty occurred because the British came to NZ and took over their land. On the day, 530-540 Maori people were there and 40 chiefs attended the treaty, and 13 women signed as well. The relevance for us is it's part of NZ history, and kids can learn why the treaty of waitangi occurred.