How Did Matariki Got It's Name?!

Today, us Kakapo students, researched about the benefits of lavender and kawakawa. It took us approximately 1 hour to research facts and put it in our google document. 

 After, we lined up with the Kiwi class kids, we made our way to Piwakawaka Classroom. There were Whaea Ali and 3 girls who was assisting her. First, we were playing with yarn and making Matariki stars from them. Then we learned how to make balm with coconut oil and lavender oil. I also learned that if you put the coconut oil on the windowsill and the sun is shining on it, then it will melt and if it melt two times, then it would smell funny..... Coconut oil is best to store where you put the sheets in. While one of the girls where putting the balm to a plastic container to keep it cool and so that we can use it, Whaea Ali told us as story about Matariki. We were very quiet and we listened to what she was telling. Then after the story, We sang song and watch a video about the song how to sing it. We sang only two lines of the song.... It was 12:30 so we made our way back to the classroom but before that, we said thank you and goodbye to Whaea Ali and the girls..... Would you make balm with coconut oil and lavender?

Suzanne Aubert

This week, we have been researching the early life of Suzanne Aubert. She was born on the 19th of June 1835 and died on the 1st of October 1926.  Her cleric name Sister Mary Joseph or Mother Aubert, was a Catholic sister who started a home for orphans and the under-privileged in Jerusalem, New Zealand on the Whanganui River in 1885.

We wrote a draft in our contract book and then wrote it to our R.E book.

Des Hunt

We had a workshop with Des Hunt yesterday. He used chemistry as a way of showing us how to write a good story.

                                                                            Des Hunt was born on the 29th of December 1941 in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

In 1964, Des Hunt began teaching at Hawera High School where he met his wife Lynne and where Keri and Neville were born.

He wrote 30 books

His first book was "The Last Tuatara"

Des Hunt is currently writing the book Red Edge

Clay Art

3 weeks ago, we made kiwiana sculptures out of air dry clay. All of us did different sculptures and it took us 1 week to dry it.  Half of my clay, I made a round and not so thick base and the other half, I made my designs to stick it to my base. It was simple yet pretty at the same time. Before I put the designs to my base, I used a little water to soften the texture and then after I have done that, then I put my designs in. After we all had made our clay art, we placed it on the back table and let them dry for a week. After a week later, some of our clay arts had some cracked in it and the designs were gone so our teacher decided to use a glue gun to glue them back together. Some of the clay arts can't were hard to put together so our teacher put them in the Quiet Zone Room and on the table. The other clay arts were hung. We decided not to paint them because it was hung, so it was just plain white. I was very happy with my clay art even though my some of my designs were gone. What design would you make?