Poi Rakau - Summer Learning Journey Day 22.

 Today for our ast activity we had to make instructions on how to play a game called "Poi Rakau". If you haven't heard about it before then you can check out this video, here: Click Here. I enjoyed this activity because it was really to learn about and really surprising to know that warriors used to play this game while training. I found nothing hard because the video we watched before doing this activity explained it very clearly and it was understandable! Have you played Poi Rakau before?

I have created a google slide about this activity and attempted to write the instructions myself! I personally think Poi Rakau can be a really fun game with your whanau or friends to play with during the summer because it's a really good game and fun! Are there any games you play or used to play that generated from the Maoris culture just like Poi Rakau? 

Here are my google slides for this activty:

Rēhua (Antares) Poster - Summer Learning Journey Day 19.

 Today for our last activity we had to read a google slide about the history of Rēhua. I enjoyed doing this because it was really fun to learn and very historic! I found nothing tricky except reading some of the Maori because I am not fluent in Maori, do you speak Maori? How often do you speak Maori? I learnt a lot of things about Rehua and Antares and it's very interesting and I definitely recommend you try and check it out too!

Here is my google drawing poster of Rehua and the information you may be looking for!

Te Reo Maori Ice Cream - Summer Learning Journey Day 17.

Today for our 1st activity we had to do some slides with different activities. I found nothing hard expect guessing what the words might be when we had to listen to a audio of someone saying something in Maori and we had to write what we thought they were saying. The next thing we had to do was make a poster of all the ice cream flavours we learnt in Maori. (My poster is on slide 8).

I enjoyed this activity because it put your mind to the test because you had to listen very carefully on what they were saying. I learnt a new flavour in Maori, Pihikete me te Kirimi. Which is Cookies and Cream In Maori!

Here is my google slide and poster:

Kowhaiwhai Pattern Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 3.

 Today for the activity, we had to do a Kowhaiwhai pattern and make our own. Kowhaiwhai are these patterns that symbolise different meanings like strength and more, you can find some Kowhaiwhai patterns inside some maraes on the inside of the roof with lots of different swirly pretty patterns.

The story of Kowhaiwhai patterns is someone named Tanerore, the sun. Tanerore is the son of Tama-nui-te-ra and he performs a haka for his mother, Hine-raumati. The "wiri wiri", the hand trembling action during the haka or waiata is a sign of the shimmering heat.Some Maori people believe when the land is hot that the air shimmer, they can see Tanerore performing a haka for his mother.

I liked doing this because I love art and it was really fun knowing you could create your own too. 

Here is what mine looks like: 

Matariki - Should it be a public holiday?

Today we were learning to identify the main idea of the story and evaluate ideas.

I enjoyed writing about one of my team members response and happy most people had agreed with me.

I found nothing challenging because it was a simple and fun task.

My digital learning object shows I can identify the main idea of the texts and stories.

Next time I would make another celebration in a different country.