Mary Jane - Mauri ( Sense of belonging )

This Morning my class room 10 and room 9 did a small task that inculding drawing and and Mauri but some students weren't here but it was fun because it was really quiet and I did a lot of work and things like that, In this task we had to draw things that represented us and our Mauri which if some of you didn't know Mauri means a sense of belonging so we had to draw something that mean't to us and what made us feel like we belong and we used symbols and drawing to do that.

The first thing I drawed was a symbol that contected together and I used this to represent family and friends because no matter how many times we fight and yell at each other we always seem to get back together just like the symbol, Another reason why I chose this symbol is because it means that again no matter what we do to each other and how angry we get we always get back to being friends and becoming as one just like the symbol.

The second symbol I did was a moon and a star to represent home because when I have family I have a home and also because we always spend time together as a family and things like that and also because we spend night and day together so thats why I did that symbol and things like that but the main reason is because the moon and the stars are like your home because no matter what it always follows you and our ancestors well my ansectors used the moon and the stars to find their which is another reason why I did this symbol.

The second to last one or the thrid one is a flower this flower symbol represents love because I think love blooms just like a flower sometimes when flowers bloom they dont last long and weren't ready to bloom just like love but some flowers bloom and last for a very long time despite having troubles like no rain no sun and that like some relesionships they last long even though they face challenges that is why I chose the flower symbol.

The last one is a Cook Island flag which shows my Cook Island flag this is only a small amount of my cultures which is why I have only done one and the reason is because the past year I got to learn more about my Cook Island side and things like that so thats why I have chosen this as a symbol.

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Mary Jane - Te Tuhi Leasson 2

Today my class went on a little free trip to Te tuhi which is in pakurange, If you didn't know Te tuhi is a free art gallery where you can do lots of things and most of them well all of them are really fun to do the thing I like about when I go to Te Tuhi is that its a chance for us to go out of class and do something well things that we dont always get to do in class and things like that. Another reason why I love going here is free because you can go out with your family and look at all the different things they have created and some of those things are AMAZING, Like the other times we went there and also today we saw these elders painting and their paintings were AMAZING like they could be sold for lots and lots of money good!

Tolday we learnt about Turangawaewae which if some of you didn't know it means a place to stand and things like that it also means to have the rights to stand in a place or somewhere and to me its kind of like having a place or area that you can call home and if you want to see of hear more click on the slide to find out the other things we did!