Have You Ever Been To A Marae Noho Before?

Today I have written a recount writing that recites what we had done at our marae noho located at Kohewhata Marae
 W.A.L.T organise and follow the structure of a recount.

Marae Noho

Last Thursday on a gloomy morning, Room 4, Room 5, and Room 3 were about to go to a marae
noho at Kohewhata marae. Everybody packed their big bulky bags into the library. Everyone
was crowded in the library and was running around like a stampede of elephants. When were
all silent Miss Simeon started to talk about health and safety and the boundaries of the marae,
but all I could think about was, what does this noho hold for us, and what would we be cooking
with Whaea Ursula

The buses finally pulled up in the car park waiting for the bus to be filled with people. The
doors squealed open and people gradually made their ways through the door. The bus slowly
filled up like slowly filling up a cup with liquid, and everyone took their seats. The bus was
so filled that we needed to use another bus to transport some other students and teachers to
the marae. When we finally got into the bus and took our seats, I looked to the right and saw
that the arm rest reacted like a gear stick, then I looked to the left and saw that the curtains
acted like hair flowing in the air, and then did I realised that we were on a luxurious bus.

We finally arrived at the marae and puddles surrounded the Whare kai and Whare tupuna.
We all took the bags into the Wharenui in the pouring rain, “Are we done” I questionably asked
everybody, “Yus we’re done” A few minutes later we started to cook with Whaea Ursula

Year 8’s crammed into the kitchen with Whaea Ursula, and Matua Jessie, while everybody else
went away to do activities with the teachers. We came together as a group of year 8’s to think
about who was going to do what. We were cooking breakfast, Lunch, and dinner, and from my
point of view, I knew that this process was going to take quite a while.

While us year 8’s were cooking in the kitchen, the rest of the students and teachers were sent
away with different teachers to do various activities, such as, imprints on the carvings with
clay, Making head bands with paper, tukutuku panels, kuouo, art with Miss
Simeon, And kapa haka with Whaea Ra , and Whaea Mary. Unfortunately the year 8’s got to
miss out on some of these activities, but we still got to have a try at some.

We steadily made our way to finishing off delicious dinner and delightful dessert and everyone
was just finishing up their activities with the teachers. During the process of the cooking I cut
myself not once but twice with razor sharp knives on my fingers. They were like teeth from a
sabre tooth tiger. Everyone slowly made their ways into the whare kai and were seated onto the
ground, the year 8’s were kept in the kitchen to prepare the tables. “Can you please tell me that
we’re done,” "Yes we are done," someone replied to me," My arm were relieved, and I was
exhausted

“OMG, this is delicious,” The teachers said as their mouths slowly widened. People's eyeballs
widened as if someone was about to punch them, and I knew that that sign was telling me that
our food was incredible.

In conclusion I had loads of fun at the noho and I hope that we get to go for another noho
at the marae. I learnt a lot about the pou and how Matariki should actually be celebrated.
Overall I had the best time and I hope to go again.

Kei hea te pene rakau?

W.A.L.T: be able to speak kei hea, ki hea, and i hea

I have created a little video with my tutor (Whaea Chanella) about kei hea, ki hea, and i hea. I really enjoyed doing this type of work with Whaea Chanella because she teaches me new skills and new words.

Did You know That Stars are Little Suns?

WALT make connections with stories we hear about Matariki.

I have created a slide show presentation about stars and their purposes. Do you know anything about stars. I had heaps of fun creating this slide show presentation because I got to do heaps of research and I love researching.

Do you like animation? well, today we got to do animation

W.A.L.T: use and understand the properties of stopmotion animation

Charlee and I have created a small video of a ball that then turns into a doughnut with blue glaze drooping down the sides. On the top there is blue sprinkles sprinkled all over the doughnut.

What I found challenging is the when making the moves of the clay the background always make small movement and messes up the video.

Next time I will make sure that the shots I take are taken at the right time.

Do you learn Te Reo Maori at your school?

w.A.L.T: be able to speak kei hea, ki hea, and i hea

The tutor that taught me the properties of ki hea, kei hea, and i hea is the one and only Whaea Chanella.

What I found really challenging is actually trying to understand the meaning behind the words that had just been said.

What I enjoyed the most about this presentation is that I got to learn more skills in Maori and how to speak and understand Maori more better than I did before.

I encourage you to have a go at learning Te Reo Maori, come on, it's fun

Have you ever seen pou? Check out my work down below for more

Today we created a chart about the EPA of Kohewhwata marae.

EPA
(The back wall of a house, home, marae etc)

There were 4 - 5 pou on the wall. I really hope that when I get to go to Kohewhata marae I get to see these pou

A few days later, I actually got to see these amazing pou, I was really amazed because the pou was placed in the right order as the chart been showed up above.

What I really enjoyed about this is that I got to learn different understandings and pou at the marae (Kohewhata)

Have you ever been welcomed onto a marae?

W.A.L.T: celebrate and learn about pou and celebrate Matariki

Today we had to create a google draw poster of a visual of Kohewhata marae. Mainly on the pou on the sides of the entrance of Kohewhata.

When I finally got to go to the marae, I saw that pou surrounded the marae which attracted people to the front entrance. When I first took a glance at the marae I knew that the marae had heaps of stories and history behind it.