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.