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Recount Writing - Ruma Tahi Tama

Boy’s Writing in Term 2 WALT write within the structure of a recount.           Context: Tramping Callaghan’s Ridge Audience:  New Zealand on-line audience.      Purpose: To create an interesting recount that might inspire others to take on the outdoor tramping experience. Success Criteria: We will have met the learning criteria when we have clearly used the key features of a recount text to convey our experience of tramping Callaghan’s Ridge.
Emergency Shelter - One tarpaulin and some string. Emergency Shelter - Two tarpaulins and some string.
Finn’s Recount		Reuben’s Recount	Aedan’s Recount
Ryan’s Recount	Beau	Sam’s Recount	Jack’s Recount	Wil’s Recount
Jayden’s Recount	Guy Video Coming	Mitchell’s Recount	Kieran	Matthew R
Matthew M’s Recount		Lochie	Gage’s Recount
Unfinished Work	Connor Video Coming	Ben	Kade	Bradley Video Coming

Autumn / ngahuru is well and truly here and this week we wrote poems to acknowledge the season. To begin our writing we had to stand outside on a cold autumn morning and look southward.  There in the distance we could see the Southern Alps and Aoraki, Mount Cook. To the west we could see the Tasman Sea rolling ashore. Our northern view was of the Twelve Apostles, the hills above Greymouth, also known as the two tuatara. We hope you enjoy our writing.

WALT use a range of language features such as simile, metaphor, alliteration and personification. Context: Autumn Poetry Success Criteria: We will write a free verse poem to express our experience of a Tai Poutini autumn.  The poem will include our choice of language features but it must also contain information that tells the reader where we are in the world. We may choose to use te reo Māori to enhance our writing.
Autumn/Ngahuru		Jayden	Summer	Aedan	Madison
Kade	Emily	Sam	Matthew M.	Allie	Mitchell
Poppy	Beau	Ben	Gage	Wil	Tara
Josh	Reuben	Fern	Lakshitha	Matthew R.	Jack
Bradley	Connor	Finn	Courtney	Ryan	Niamh
Aleece	Greanne	Guy	Lochie	Molly	Kieran

May is New Zealand Music Month

This week we explored cut paper artworks using the theme "May is New Zealand Music Month".

Follow the link to learn more about this promotion for New Zealand music.

There are many famous artists who have created wonderful artworks from cut paper. One of these was a French artist called Henri Matisse.

         

Our cut paper artworks had to have a 3-dimensional aspect to them.  To achieve this we created curvatures through our cut out hands, making them look as though they were playing their instruments. Some artists even tried to show key chords.

Whakapapa / Family Tree

This term students in Ruma Tahi have been investigating their family trees. This was a part of our mihi unit. We researched and wrote our basic mihi and then created a digital learning object so that we could share our visual mihi with others. Some of us learned how to use 'screencastify' so that we could demonstrate our pronunciation when speaking our mihi. 

After completing our mihi we each created a branch for our classroom family tree. This tree stretched across a wall and around a corner because there are so many of us in Ruma Tahi! We found out that many of us share common ancestors. More of us share common countries of origin. We all know that each of us has ancestors who travelled to Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Our final step was to write a poem that referenced the idea of whakapapa / family tree. This week we have one to share with you.

I Am the Green Apple of My Family Tree

I am a green apple, I’m in the middle.

My sister is the blossom, who just bloomed.

My dad and mum are red, nice and ripe.

My grandparents have turned yellow, after their days.   

My great grandparents are the soil, but they're still there for us in a way.

My aunts, uncles and cousins are in the nearby branches.

The more distant  they’re related to me, the further away they are.

No matter what or who we become we will always stay near our apple tree.

People are there before me

and people will come after

me.

I’m the middle of my apple tree.

By Lakshitha