Sunday 31 July 2016

Kapahaka - Excellence post 24

On Friday I had kapahaka. First, we sung he honore and tai tapu then the non performance group left for the performance group to practice for the cultural festival. After that we sung haleluia, tahurihuri, tai tapu and the haka. In tahurihuri we were all very quiet and in tai tapu Matua Rihari said we were all flat so we did it all again two more time until the morning tea bell rang. The girls that are doing short poi and the front row of boys got asked to stay behind so that Matua Rihari could help us practise the actions for poi and for the front row of boys the timing in which they step forward in haleluia. Once he showed us the new actions for poi because some of he girls couldn't do the old ones we got to leave. I showed the care value of respect by showing up on time and I showed leadership by being a role model and listening to Matua Rihari and Mrs Baker.

Thursday 28 July 2016

PALs - Excellence post 23

Today Maddy and I ran skipping for the kakano students at five past twelve we headed to the class room got our jackets and collected everything we needed so that we would be ready to start at ten past twelve. After that we went onto the concrete outside of the music room deck and started skipping until some little kids joined in. Quite a few of the little kids didn't know how to skip so I taught them and then encouraged them while they had a go. Then when the bell rang Maddy and I packed up the gear put it back neatly were we found it and went back to class. While I was doing PALs I showed the care value of excellence by not giving up on teaching some little kids how to skip even when it got hard. I showed leadership by being a role model and getting to my duty on time.

Tuesday 12 July 2016

PALs - Excellence post 22

On Thursday Maddy and I ran moon hoppers and lots of different novelty objects or the kakano kids during the second half of lunch. Maddy ran a game with some kids when you had to try get different coloured balls into a bucket she was holding and I sorted out who was going to go on the moon hoppers first since the little kids were fighting over who was having a turn first. Since the little kids were liking playing the game with Maddy she kept doing it for the whole time and I sorted out all the disagreements about who's turn it was. 

I showed the care value of community by communicating well while asking if another person could have a turn with what they were using and I showed leadership by being a role model and getting to my PALs duty on time.

Monday 11 July 2016

Technology - Excellence post 21

On Tuesday I had technology, at the start we did some paper work about the design process and how if at first you original plan does not work you have to go back and refine it which is one of the steps in the design process. Then we started working on our project Charlotte and I are working together on a cushion. First we threaded the sewing machine and tested it on a scrap piece of fabric. After that we did a paper pattern,  we drew out the exact shape of what we wanted our cushions to be on paper, put fabric over it, pined it to the paper, checked that it had right angles and cut the fabric. Following that we asked the teacher to run a workshop on how to use the sewing machine that does letters and some pictures. Once she ran the workshop I used that machine to do a white snowflake on my black fabric as our projects are supposed to be winter themed. 

I showed the care value of community by collaborating with Charlotte well and taking turns with the sewing machine and I showed leadership by being a role model and contributing to the class discussions.

Wednesday 6 July 2016

Music

I can describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place


Over the past 7 weeks I have been learning to describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place


I can describe these characteristics in a piece of music…

  • Melody is a bit that plays over and over again in different parts of the song (the part that gets stuck in your head.
  • Timbre sound quality what makes the song unique
  • Harmony notes that are played together at once Major harmony a happy song and Minor harmony a sad song
  • form how the song is put together
  • rhythm sound that go over and over again and goes faster and slower during the song
Here is an example of my learning My learning

Friday 1 July 2016

Kapahaka - Excellence post 20

Today I had kapahaka, first we sung he honore and taitapu then the non performance group left and the performance group went through haleluia, tahurihuri, taitapu and the haka (what we are performing for the cultural festival). After that we went through pa mai once, he honore once and taitapu twice with the normal actions. 

I showed the care value of respect by respecting matua rihari, Mr Brown and Mrs Bakers time by getting there on time and I showed leadership  by being a role model.

PALs - Excellence post 19

Yesterday Maddy and I were on PALs and we ran skipping for the kakano kids. At 1:10 Maddy and I headed to class to get our PALs jackets and some pozis then we headed over to get the skipping ropes. We got one big one and several smaller ones. Then we stood at either end on the big one and swung it around and around for the kakano kids to jump in. Then a bell rang for the kakano kids to go back to class early because they had their cross country straight after lunch. After we packet up and untangled all the skipping ropes then we went back to class to drop off the PALs jackets. 

While I was running PALs I showed the care value of excellence by cheering on the kids when it was their turn with the big rope and I showed leadership by being a role model and getting out to do my duty on time.