Science – DNA

Hello fellow readers! This week for science we are learning about DNA which stands for ‘Deoxyribonucleic Acid’. Pretty long word. We had learned that we have about 20,000,000,000,000 copies of DNA strips in our bodies and we had 3,000,000,000 base pairs located in each cell. We had made a clone of what DNA strips look like but with lollies. Our science teacher had made us calculate how long the DNA strips would be it they were the size of gummies which is 8.6cm. First we had to multiply the size of the basepair which is 8.6cm by 3,000,000,000bp and convert this to km, so we had to divide the answer by 100000 and the answer is 258,000. This means that 258,000km DNA base pairs could circle around the whole earth roughly about 8 times. This was really fun to make and yummy too.

Here is a picture of the gummy replication we made of 1 DNA strip.

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Matariki – Māori New Year

Kupu Hou -
Matariki - Māori New Year \ Star
Whānau - Family
Iwi - Tribe
Kai - Food
Hākari - Feast
Hangi - Earth oven
Maramataka - Māori Calendar
Kōrero - To speak
Whakapapa - Genealogy
Pūrakau - Story
Whanaungatanga - Connections
Moemoeā - To dream
Takitahi - Individual
Takitini - Collective
Wetereo - Grammar
Āhea - When will\is (asking when something happens)
Āhea a Matariki? - When is Matariki?
Ko Hune te marama o Matariki. - June is the month for Matariki.
Ko wai a Matariki? - Who is Matariki (As a person)
Ko Matariki tētahi whetu. - Matariki is a star.
Mānawaita a Matariki - Celebrate Matariki (As the holiday)
He aha o Matariki? - What is Matariki? (As the holiday)
He tau hou o te ao Māori. - The Māori New Year.
He aha tāu Moemoeā? - What is your dream?
He *insert* taku moemoeā - My dream is *insert*
What is the origin of Matariki?
- Matariki has 7/9 Stars
- Different types
- Celebration \ Rememberance
-> Tawhirimatea
- There are 7 or 9 Stars depending on what tribe you come from

Ko wai a Hiwa-i-te-rangi?
- Who is Hiwa-i-te-rangi?
Bright, shining of star of Matariki.
Star of giving wishes.
First star of the night.
Star of prayer.
She is the guiding star, will illuminate pathways for us.
She is the star who has something to do with growth.
Hiwa-i-te-rangi is called the wishing star

Weekly Reflection – Friday, 14 June 2024

Weekly Reflection 

Week 7 Term 2

 

As part of our Wānanga activities this term we are going to reflect on our learning across all our subjects.  

Reflecting is a great way to think back about our learning and celebrate the things that went well and look at the things that might not have gone so well and make goals for the following week. 

 

This is my week that was good.

 

What went well this week and why? Something that went well this week was Food tech and this is because we successfully made chocolate chip muffins by ourselves with some help from the teacher.

 

Something that challenged me this week was: Something that challenged me is Social studies.

 

This challenged me because: This challenged me because we had to make our own graffiti art.

 

One new thing I learnt this week was: How to make banana chocolate chip muffins.

 

My goal for next week is:  Focus more on my work.

 

The emoji that best represents how I felt this week is:  🙂

 

Ngā Marama o te Tau – Months of the Year

Kupu Hou
Māori Calendar - Maramataka

Ngā Hounga - Seasons
Takurua - Winter
Kōanga - Spring
Raumati - Summer
Ngāhuru - Autumn / Fall

Ko te aha - Words with important meaning, Use instead of 'He aha' - What is

Ngā Marama - Months
Hanuere - Janurary
Pēpere - Feburary
Maēhe - March
Āperira - April
Mei - May
Hune - June
Hūrae - July
Ākuhata - August
Hepetema - September
Ōketopa - October
Noema - November
Tīhema - December

Wetero - Grammar
Ko te aha - What (Proper noun)
Tēnei - This (1 thing)
Ēnei - This (More than 1 thing)


Ko te aha tēnei / ēnei marama?
- What month is this \ are these?

Ko te Hune tēnei marama.
- This month is June.
Ko Hune, Ko Hūrei, Ko Ākuhata ēnei marama o Takarua
- June, July and August are the months of Winter

Ngā rā o te wiki

Kupu Hou
Mane - Monday
Tūrei - Tuesday
Wenerei - Wednesday
Tāite - Thursday
Paraire - Friday
Hātarei - Saturday
Rātapu - Sunday
Rā - Day
Wiki - Week
Tau - Year
Āpōpō - Tommorow
Inanahi - Yesterday
Rāhina - Monday
Rātu - Tuesday
Rāapa - Wednesday
Rāpare - Thursday
Rāmere - Friday
Rāhoroi - Saturday
Rātapu - Sunday

Wetereo
Ko te aha? - What?
- You use 'ko te aha' when you are referring to days, weeks, months, and years.
Tenei - This (1 thing by me)
Ko te aha tēnei rā? - What day is this?
Ko te aha te rā āpōpō? - What day it tommorow?
Ko te aha te rā inanahi? - What day was yesterday?
Ko te mane  tēnei rā - Today is monday
- Change the 'aha' with the day.
Ko te tūrei te rā āpōpō. - Tommorow is is Tuesday.
Ko te Rātapu te rā inanahi. - Yesterday is yesterday.

Wānanga – Weekly Reflection

Weekly Reflection 

Week 4 Term 2

As part of our Wānanga activities this term we are going to reflect on our learning
across all our subjects. Reflecting is a great way to think back about our learning
and celebrate the things that went well and look at the things that might not have 
gone so well and make goals for the following week.


This is my week that was… Good




What went well this week and why? Music, because it was really fun.




Something that challenged me this week was: Food Tech.




This challenged me because: We were making burgers and I've never cooked that before.




One new thing I learnt this week was: How to play the drums.




My goal for next week is:  Focus and listen carefully to the instructions and when
a teacher is talking.




The emoji that best represents how I felt this week is:  🙂

Māori – Ngā Kākahu

Hello fellow readers! This week in Te Reo Māori we are learning how to say clothing in Māori. (Ngā Kākahu)  Something that was really easy was prounouncing the words because they were quite simple. Something I found hard was putting the the māori words in scentances because I’m still not sure how the scentances work. I found this activity to be hard but I still got through it. Here is the work we have done this week.

Ngā Kākahu – Clothing

Kupu Hou - New Words
The - Te
Jacket - Kōti
Hat - Pōtae
Skirt - Panekoti
Trousers \ Pants - Tarau
Shorts - Tarau Poto
Jeans - Tarau Tārangi
Jumper \ Jersey \ Hoodie - Poraka
Dress - Kaka
T-Shirt - Tīhati
Uniform - Kākahu ōrite
Pyjamas - Kākahu moe
Togs \ Swimming Wear - Kākahu koukou

Ngā - More than 1 thing
Socks - Tōkena
Shoes - Hū
Gloves - Karapu
Gumboots - Kamapūtu
Glasses - Mōwhiti

Grammer - Wetereo
He aha - What
Tēnei - This by me
Ēnei - These by me (More than 1)
Tēnā - This by you
Ēnā - Those by you (More than 1)
Tērā - That over there
Ērā - Those over there (More than 1)

He aha tēnei? - What is this? (by me)
He aha ēnei? - What are these? (by me)

He kotī tēnei - This is a jacket. (by me)
He kaka, he poraka ēnei. - These are a dress and a jersey. (By me)

Weekly Reflection – 17 May 2024

Weekly Reflection 

Week 3 Term 2

As part of our Wānanga activities this term we are going to reflect on our learning across all our subjects.  

Reflecting is a great way to think back about our learning and celebrate the things that went well and look at the things that might not have gone so well and make goals for the following week. 

This is my week that was… Okay

 

What went well this week and why? Food Tech went pretty well because I have successfully made a new thing.

 

Something that challenged me this week was: Math – Area and Perimeter

 

This challenged me because: I’ve learnt this before but it was a long time ago.

 

One new thing I learnt this week was: How to make nachos in Food Tech

 

My goal for next week is:  Get at lease 2 CARR cards finished.

 

The emoji that best represents how I felt this week is:  🙂

 

Ngā Āhua \ Shapes

Kupu Hou: New Words

Tapa - Edges / Sides
Circle - Porowhita
Heart - Mānawa
Crescent - Niko
Star - Whetū
Cross - Rīpeka
Arrow - Pere
Diamond - Taimana
Triangle - Tapatoru
Square - Tapawhā rite
Rectangle - Tapawhā
Taparima - Pentagon
Tapaono - Hexagon
Tapawaru - Octagon

Wetereo - Grammer

He aha - What is?
Te ahua - The shape (1)
Ngā āhua - The shapes (more than 1)
He aha te āhua? - What is the shape?
He aha ngā āhua - What are the shapes?
T.) He aha te ahua ā tenēi? - What is the shape by me?
He tapawhā te āhua ā tenēi. - The shape by you is a rectangle.
He tapawhā, he porowhita ngā āhua. - The shapes are a rectangle and a circle.