Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Mr Woodys Matariki Quiz.
1. What is Matariki and what are all its other names?
Maori New Year, Seven Sisters, Matariki, Pleisdes Star Cluster
2. How did Maori use it in more traditional times, like when they were travelling the Pacific or trying to survive in early Aotearoa hundreds of years ago before Pakeha came here?
The Maori used Matariki was used for the crop planting and traveling(navigating).
3. What significance does it have in other cultures from history?
The stars indicated if the crops would grow good for allot of countries and the U.K was one apparently.
http://www.taitokerau.co.nz/matariki.htm
This is where we got all the info :)
Maori New Year, Seven Sisters, Matariki, Pleisdes Star Cluster
2. How did Maori use it in more traditional times, like when they were travelling the Pacific or trying to survive in early Aotearoa hundreds of years ago before Pakeha came here?
The Maori used Matariki was used for the crop planting and traveling(navigating).
3. What significance does it have in other cultures from history?
The stars indicated if the crops would grow good for allot of countries and the U.K was one apparently.
http://www.taitokerau.co.nz/matariki.htm
This is where we got all the info :)
Monday, May 17, 2010
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Easter
This Easter I went up north. I was up there for 5 days. The last day we got our Easter eggs and we had a Easter egg hunt .
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
My learning goals.
Basic Facts.
My goal for the year is to get 100 out of 100 and to get in to 100 club.
My first score this year was 80.
To achieve this I will
• Go on tutpup and other websites.
• Take basic fact sheets home.
• And learn other basic facts I don’t know.
Spelling.
My spelling age is 12.2.
My goal for this year is to increase my spelling age to 13 years.
To achieve this I will:
• Get my parent/sibling to test me.
• Learn words I don’t how to spell
• Spelling homework.
• Learn different strategies- e.g. chunking etc.
Reading.
My reading age is 10.5 and scored below the New Zealand average on the e-asTTle test.
My goal for reading is to get my reading age closer or past my chronological age. My goal for reading is to increase my reading age through out the year.
To achieve this I will
• Read a range of materials.
• Read during free time.
• Play reading games.
My goal for the year is to get 100 out of 100 and to get in to 100 club.
My first score this year was 80.
To achieve this I will
• Go on tutpup and other websites.
• Take basic fact sheets home.
• And learn other basic facts I don’t know.
Spelling.
My spelling age is 12.2.
My goal for this year is to increase my spelling age to 13 years.
To achieve this I will:
• Get my parent/sibling to test me.
• Learn words I don’t how to spell
• Spelling homework.
• Learn different strategies- e.g. chunking etc.
Reading.
My reading age is 10.5 and scored below the New Zealand average on the e-asTTle test.
My goal for reading is to get my reading age closer or past my chronological age. My goal for reading is to increase my reading age through out the year.
To achieve this I will
• Read a range of materials.
• Read during free time.
• Play reading games.
Tahaaroa School.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Worlds most deadly animal to humans.

I think the world most deadliest animal to ever live is the female
mosquito. It spreads disease very fast. Espeacilly during the Vietnam War.More troops died im Mlaria from mosquitos contracting the diease than from combat.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Most_dangerous_animal_to_ever_live
http://listverse.com/2007/07/13/top-10-most-deadly-animals/
Monday, March 15, 2010
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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