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Everything is Awesome When You're Part of a Team

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  Kia ora home learners, Today we don't look at one specific person, but at a group of people who, together, made such a difference for others. One of our local branches: This is our last part of the Main Lesson People Who MAde A Difference. Go over all your biografies and check that they are complete, including an illustration for everyone. Did you guess what the project next week will be? Think of a person who made a difference in your life, or that of your whanau. This can be someone fanous, but often making a difference lies in the small things, so it could also be a family member, a neighbour, anyone really. For example: When my own Dad was 12, he had to leave school because his family couldn't afford to send him to school anymore. A kind man, who was the boss of the office where my Grandmother worked, told her to keep her son in school and he paid for my Dad's education. This meant my Dad could finish High School with a diploma, and that changed not only his own life,
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Rider of the Whale

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 Morena homelearners, slowly, our classroom is filling up again, we have had 19 children in the last few days. Also, Pip will be teaching us Te Reo again! She will be with us every Wednesday morning, while I will do other work for the school. We will do our Main Lesson after Kapahaka- I don't want to miss out on that part. Today's story is about a remarkable young woman who had also went to the Academy Awards, where you can win an Oscar. Unfortunately, not everybody was considerate towards her- some people really can't mind just their own business. GEOMETRY (I attempted to make photos of the process on the board, which for some reason failed epically. Never mind- try to follow the instructions and the pictures and have some fun- if you can make absolutely no sense of this, I'll talk you through it when you are back at school) This week, we are going to start again with a circle divided in 12 even parts. You know now how to do this right? Before you colour this in, place
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Fashion

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  Oh, I love clothes! All those colours and shapes...They are a way to play with art every day. So today's person is close to my heart, even though I am not much of a sewer myself. Kiri Nathan Super sorry, but the last shot just doesn't want to be turned around! Like every other day, write Kiri's story and the whakatauki at the top in your book. Illustrate it with some fashionable pictures! Today is Wednesday, which is Kapahaka and Te Reo day. I have a newsflash for you: from now on, Pip will be coming in every Wednesday morning and teach Te Reo- how cool is that?!? After morning tea we will go as usual to Kapahaka and then we do Main Lesson after that, just before lunch. I am not sure how to get you to do that at home- have you gt some rakau and can you practice our latest waiata with that? You could teach your whanau- we do 36 passes in the last part, that's going to take lots of practice for sure. Did you do any gardening yesterday? Georgina (and therefor also Fleur)
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And the Oscar goes to.....

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 Morena Home Learners,  Today we are looking at another amazing person and it is very likely you have heard of him: Taika Waititi This is all taken from the book Kia Kaha by Stacey Morrison and Jeremy Sherlock- it's quite a treasure chest! Write in your own words Taiki's story. Start with the whakatauki, use the first paragraph describing his childhood, the second with his achievements as an adults and your final paragraph should describe Taiki's gift to others. Make a colourful illustration to go with your story. Our  Dragon Maths Target this week is page 35. We have already 5 people in class who have reached the Term 1 Goal of Page 45, which is really awesome.! Remember, every day a little bit goes much further than once a week 12 hours. And uuuuhhhmmm... you can't tell me you 'didn't have time'. We are also practicing our Times Tables a lot, with our prime numbers and factor trees going strong in class, that seemed like a great moment to put some revision
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I Am Hope

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  Morena Home Learners! A new week, brimming with possibilities. This week I have five more extraordinary people who made a difference for others for you. Next week, we will be doing a small project- can you guess what direction this will be in? Today my special guest is  MIKE KING He tao rakau e taea te karo, he tao ki e kore e taea A spear can be pushed aside, but words go straight to the heart. Read all about Mike King here and in your Main Lesson book (or on any paper if you don't have your book at home) write three paragraphs about Mike King. (You can find a suggestion for a format in one of my recent posts) Make sure to give your writing a great illustration. In class, we are making so much improvement in drawing people and their faces. If you find that too hard, write I Am Hope in a gorgeous way.  Here's an idea for a fun font, but you can make up your own of course. Make it Bold and Beautiful! HANDWORK Obviously, you won't be able to work on your doll today, don'
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He Mana To Te Kupu- Words Have Great Power

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 Morena Class 6 Home Learners, Yay, it's Friday, so I gave myself the special treat to bring one of my favourite people who made a difference: Patricia Grace You all know a bit about her, because I have read you quite a few of her children's book. Her adult books are fantastic too, you might like to try one for your reading challenge as an extra bonus challenge. Potiki and Chappy are amongst my Top 10. Her memoir From the Inside Out is also brilliant, but maybe a tad too adulty for you. In your ML book, use the same format as you have done for the other people: Whakatauki at the top (see title), three paragraphs. See yesterday's blog for more detials. Provide a glorious picture of course, your ML book must be looking pretty awseome by now. Friday is cooking lessons, so how about you surpsise your family and make a desert for tonight? Find a recepe, weight the ingredients (What? You are doing maths for FUN?) and fill the house with delicious smells. The best part is... you g
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Kupe's and Cook's Law

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 Kia ora katoa, Today we will be looking at another amazing person who made a difference. I'm not sure if you have realised this- the class only just figured out that the people we are talking about are all New Zealanders! Our next person is Joe Williams, and boy did he make a difference.  Here's today's story. I didn't make a reference before: I get all the stories from a beautiful brand new libary book called Kia Kaha. Check this out if you like, it's a bit long but super interesting: https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/justice-joe-williams-lets-try-and-get-it-right/ The way Harry, who studies Law, explained it to me: Kupe's Law is based on Tikanga, the understanding of what is right and wrong. Cook's LAw is the 'Common law' the rules in our country. Cook's law is a strictly legal system, Kupe's Law is also legal, but also looks at social rules, which is how MAori organised their law and order before Cook arrived. Sir Joe Williams helped our cou
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