The Ta Moko

 Kiaora everyone and welcome back to my blog. It is already week 3 and this term has gone super fast already. By the time I know it, it will be the end of the year and I will be going to highschool not too long after. For Inquiry this term the Tora hub is going to be learning all about cultures all around the world. To start the culture learning off, we have been learning tons about New Zealand that we didn't know already. At the start of the term, we did the All Blacks haka. It was hard at the start to get the hang of it but when we started to put it together and get better at it, it was really easy and cool to watch. 

After that, we learned more about the food that is in New Zeland and food that are exported out of our country. On Tuesday we did a task that was set by one of our teachers. It was cultural things that are shown in New Zealand. We had to research 1 of the 3 and write down the before and after of the thing that we chose. I chose to do Ta Moko since it seems really interesting and is also cool because it is shown in kapa haka groups and performances. 

As you can see, there is a lot of information about Ta Moko. There is also a difference between the before and after of the Ta Moko including the method of doing it and some more. Thank you for ready my blog post about The Ta Moko. I will post tons more of our cultural learning and things to do with literacy and numeracy. Have a good week! Ka Kite!!

Holiday Fun

 Kia ora everyone and welcome back to my blog. This week has been packed with lots of fun and amazing events such as the leaders training course which I was a part of and just technology as always. Today I'm going to be sharing with you my favourite part of the recent two week holiday. I went up to Auckland to spend time with my family and celebrate Grandma's birthday. The very last night we were in Auckland, we had a bonfire which was really cool to see since aI hadn't really seen one before. It was on a farm so we had much more room to do the bonfire instead of doing it in a tiny backyard. The bonfire was really bright and really warm so we were able to roast marshmallows on it as a treat for the last night there and just because we were hungry. 

It was really fun and cold that night so I'm glad we got armed up from the bonfire. I really enjoyed my time in Auckland especially because I hadn't seen my family for ages, it was a really good catch up. Thank you for reading my blog post this week and I hope you had an amazing holiday as well. There are only 10 more weeks in this term and sadly I am leaving this school and going to high school which will be different but cool to experience and learn more about. Bye!!