Mary Jane - Wonder reflection

Today the senious of Tamaki primary / Room 7 to 10 went to watch a movie to watch a new movie that just came out, That movie is Wonder the movie wonder is about a boy with a wonder because of his rare difromatie that has affected his face. 

This difromatie is called treacher collins syndrome and it affects someones face and in this case it has affected a little boy named August, This movie was very cool and had a lot of good things to tell adults and also young children as well because it tells people to acept people for who they are and a qaote that I really liked was if you ever have the choice of being right and being kind always chose kind.

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!

Mary Jane - How to make yogurt

A few days ago my class made yogurt and here are the instructions and the methods and things like that, and there are 3 intrseting facts im not going to make this long because all the instructions and things are in the google drawing!

Mary Jane - How to play Hei Tama Tu Tama:

HOW TO PLAY HEI TAMA TU TAMA:

Epuipment - None 

Actions - 

1 - Hands on the hips / Every player must start with this position

2 - Both Hands up with there fist clinched 

3 - Left hand up, Right hand on hip.

4 - The same but Right hand up, Left hand on hip

Here is a photo demstrayting these actions -

Here are the steps for playing this game -

1 - Stand facing each other, with hands on hips,

2 - Player says "Hei Tama tu tama" and choses there actions which is shown in the photo and in the writing,

3 - Player to does the same as the first player but they chose a different action for it,

4 - This is when the game starts and both player say "Hei Tama tu Tama" you want to try and chose a different move,

5 - The winner is the first to notice the other player doing the same move but to get the point you have to say TAMARA and the point will go to you.

The number of people who can play this is 2 but you can have a 3 but the thrid person will have to go after the loser.

What did I think of the game?

I thought that this game was kind of dificult game to be honest but it was really fun as well but the hardest thing about playing this is that remembering to say Tamara/ Hei Tama tu tamara because you to busy being focused on what the other persons doing and what your going to do but other then that I really liked it and I cant wait to play this game again.

Here is a link to a video, click the LINK and here are some more photos!!

  

Mary Jane - Te Tuhi lesson 1 and 2

Today my class room 10 did 2 leasson about different pacific/polynesian tapa cloths and aritist, I thought that this lesson was fun because I got to learn heaps like did you know that most pacific/polynesian Islands make these cloths.

But anyway my teacher ( Miss Kyla ) Told us to create a DLO which if you didnt know means digital learning object about one of the artist. 

I chose Dagmar Dyck because her work is amazing and she is just one of 4 artist my class read about, so in this DLO there are 10 facts about Dagmar Dyck and what she does and there are also some photos of her and her work.

If you want to read about here then click this LINK and if you want to learn about the other artist and the stories and a the artworks they do then click this LINK, 

Hope you enjoy!!

Mary Jane - Zones of regulation, Google drawing

Today my class (Room 10) Learnt about the zones of regulation. If you havent heard of the zones of regulation well its basicly the regualr emotions every human well most things on earth have, so there are 4 different colours so the first one is blue which means sad or sick sometimes your day is going really slow sometimes even you may feel depressed, The second colour is green which is happy and things like feeling ready to go and do things and other things like that, The thrid one is yellow which is kind of like being axious and feeling overly excited last but not least is red which is red is angry and out of control.

Keep reading to find out more!!