EOTC WEEK

EOTC Week

Last week we had EOTC which stands for Education Outside The Classroom. I am going to tell you all about our EOTC with our block., Pohutukawa.

EOTC is a week when the Pohutukawa block has a week of fun but we still learn. On Monday we went down to Aotea lagoon. On Tuesday we had survival day. On Wednesday we went to Te Papa, Nga Taonga sound and vision and we also had a sleepover. On Thursday we went to Te Rauparaha arena and had a swim. Finally on Friday we stayed at school and had assembly, Kapa Haka and the year 7 and 8s were our teachers for the afternoon.

One thing we learnt about at Nga Taonga sound and vision was the early New Zealand in the 1900’s. A man took us into a movie theater and showed us some photos, ads, videos and some old video tapes. Another place where we learnt was Te Papa. What we learnt about at Te Papa was about the early maori. The main person we learnt about was Te Rauparaha.

. Te Rauparaha was important to maori people because he had 6 toes and only a taniwha had 6 toes.

They believed that he was a god. People passed on and said that Te Rauparaha was very good in battles and that he won many battles for his people/village.

The best Part of EOTC was at the swimming pools. I liked the pools the best because I liked the bouncy castle. Also I liked the higher slide. It was the best day of the whole entire week.

One thing I found challenging was understanding how to do the worksheet for the awesome forces. It was challenging because all the stuff we were supposed to do, every one was on it.

That is all about our EOTC week.

Te Ao Maori

Te Ao Maori

Yesterday we had Whaea Toni, we were learning about the early Te Ao Maori and i am going to tell you all about it.

First I am going tell you what we learnt about early maori weapons. The first weapon we learnt about was a Patu. A patu is a green stone carved into a shape looked like a oval at the top and a vertical line going down at the bottom of it. They used it to hit people in the back of the head to kill them. It is as hard as a brick wall. The final weapon we learnt about was a taiaha. A taiaha is made from wood and it is also used to kill. You have to carve a taniwha at the top of the taiaha. Do not put the taniwhas head on the because as the beliefs you might get cursed. For some detail/decorations they would use feathers and paua shells. The feathers are used as a sign of respect and the paua shells are as the taniwhas eyes.

Secondly I am going to tell you what early maori people wore for clothes. The most clothing maori people wore was a korowai. It is also was know as a Kahu huruhuru A. Korowai is a cloak with lots of different bird feathers on it. The feathers are used to cover the whole cloak. The most popular feather they use are Tui feathers.. A Tui is a black bird with a orange beak.. Back then they used the sticky tree saps to glue on the feathers.

Lastly I am going to tell you about my weaving I did with Whaea Toni.. With Whaea Toni we learnt a new type of weaving named raranga. It is a paper weaving. What we did was draw a line a on a coloured piece of paper but not all the way to the edges. Then we folded the paper in half but we had to make sure we had the open half facing up. After that we cut straight or wiggly lines to the drawn line but we had to make sure the lines were even. Next we cut little stripes of white paper to weave with the coloured paper. What we had to do to weave was to go up and over with the white strips so the pattern would be orange and white repeatedly. Keep repeating it until you're done. That is how you make a raranga.

That's what Whaea Toni taught us about the early Te Ao Maori.

Moment of Time

I could feel the wind strongly pushing me away as I was running towards it. The grass rubbing up against  my legs as I was running from a thing that looked like a MONSTER. As it was chasing me I could feel my owner wacking my back with a whip. I could hear him SCREAMING so each step I took I became faster. When the MONSTER was running after me I could see my owner flying into the air because the monster was so fat. I could feel the grass as it was swishing against my legs just like the wind itself. As I was running, I looked down at my legs and I could see my legs shaking. After that I stopped and then I heard my owner saying “Giddy Up Horsey the MONSTER is going to catch us”.  This time as I left “WHOOSH” I speed off like the flash and I looked back I saw my owner bouncing up and down again because I was going to fast. As I looked back the second time the big looked MONSTER was gone. I was so happy and relieved. At last I saw a smile on his face. I could hear him saying “WELL DONE” to me. I was so relieved that we were still alive.

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How to Play Rugby

How to Play Rugby

I am going to teach you how to play rugby.

Rugby is physical and famous all around the world. The first rugby game was ever was played in 1823. As a fact I play rugby myself. To me rugby is the best sport in the world. I play for a team named Norths. My favourite of all time rugby player is Greg Inglis. He plays for a team named Rabbitohs which is my favourite team too.

Rugby is a pretty hard game to understand. The aim is to get the ball to the other team's goal line and put it down over it. To stop that from happening you have to tackle the person with the ball.When you score that is 5 points and a conversion is 2 points. If you get a penalty you have 3 choices to pick out of. They are scrum, tap, or a penalty kick that = 3 points if you get it in between the posts.

The rules of rugby are pretty hard but you will get there. One of them is trying not to drop the ball forward or it will be a scrum. A scrum is when you have 8 people pushing each other to get the ball. Another one is a lineout. A lineout is when the hooker throws the ball into the other forwards. When you catch it in the 22 mark you can call it are mark so they can’t touch you until the referee blows the whistle.

Now you know how to play rugby try it out.

All About Me

Kia orana, my name is Aura. I am a year 5. I go to Rangikura school. I am a blogger. I am a Cook Islander. I play rugby. The rugby teams I play for are U12 Porirua Vikings and U13 Norths. Rugby is the best sport in the world to me.