Kapa haka

On the 17th of September, the Kapa Haka Roopu travelled to Kaikohe to practice at the dress rehearsals for the upcoming cultural festival. We went to  show the other Roopu around Northland our bracket, and so everything runs smoothly. During the walk on I was really nervous until our entrance came up and our Roopu went hearty. I really enjoyed myself and can't wait for Thursday. I need to work on smiling consistently and also I need to practice with my Totara Rakau just in case we use them on Thursday. I’m really happy with what our Roopu did yesterday and so are our tutors.   

Kaikohe.

 In Te Ngahere the Kapa Haka Roopu have been practicing for the Kaikohe Cultural Festival. Every day we go to Kapa Haka practice at morning tea and lunch. I'm really confident that we are going to do well. I really like our performance and I reckon it's good. I can't wait to preform and show everyone what we can do. I have tried my best to use facials well practising and the one thing I need to work on is cleaning up my Rakau actions. The cultural festival is when Kapa Haka Roopu from around Te Tai Tokerau get together and perform.

Waikare

On Friday I went to Waikare for cross country, I had a great time and it was cool to compete against my friends from other schools. The hardest thing on the course was going up the big hill. I came 6th and I was really proud of myself and so was my family. Next time I could jog instead of walk and practice more.

Sorry but no one took any photos from Paihia Kura.

Rakau

On monday the Kapa Haka Rōpu boys had the opportunity to make ourselves a Rakau. Last term we went to Mrs Lindsays house, first we had a karakia to ask tane mahuta and his brothers if it was alright to take from their trees. The tree we used was Totara. We used hand saws to cut them down. Mrs Lindsay kept them at the house to try and dry them out because they were still wet. When the rakau came to school we had to hand sand it first. After that we could use a belt sander and a finish sander. To make our Raku smooth we used the finish sander with p80 sandpaper, to make it finer we used p120 sandpaper. To finish it off we used a smooth black sand paper and also oiled our Raku to make them look good. We are going to be using them in the Kaikohe Cultural Festival but first we need to get them blessed. I really enjoyed this and so did my friends.  

Scientific Method

We read a text and had to identity within the text the scientific method that they followed to carry out
this investigation. Here is my writing. 

What was their question?- What made the cork pop off the bottle.

How did they gather information and observe (research)- They watched the bottle cap pop off with
baking powder and a liquid. 

What was their hypothesis?  What made them think this? Their hypothesis was the baking powder had a
chemical reaction with the liquid. They thought this because that's what was in the bottle.   

How did they conduct their experiment and test the hypothesis?  (Make sure to explain how they made
sure their test was fair)- They tested both powders with water and one had a reaction. Then they tested
both powders with vinegar and the baking powder had the strongest reaction. 

Analyze your test results- Now they know that the baking powder and vinegar has the strongest reaction.   

What was their conclusion?- it had something to do with the bubbles. Also the baking powder and baking
soda have different chemicals in them.My conclusion. The bottle cap pop off because the baking powder
and vinegar both have acids in them and the two acids formed a gas that needed to escape so the cork
popped.

Training For Maromaku

In Te Ngahere the Yr 7&8 rugby team has been practicing for the Maromaku sports day.
We have been going out at morning tea and lunch. We are looking forward to going and
taking part of this cool sports day. We have been practicing hard and can't wait to show
everyone what we have been working on. We do passing drills, set plays, and tackling.
More after the Maromaku sports day.

Info-graphic

In Te Ngahere we have been making Infographics.
We had to make a Infographic about the science method.
All we had to do was put pictures (icons, etc) in that relates to what questions we were
asking. The reason we did this is to make it easier to see and understand.
I think it was cool to make a infographic about the science method because we are going
to use it for our experiments. Also there are only 6 steps that make this method easy
and simple. Here are the 6 steps.

1. Ask a question
2. Gather information and observe (research)
3. Make a hypothesis (guess the answer)
4. Experiment and test your hypothesis
5. Analyze your test results
6. Present a conclusion