Puanga Kai Rau

Today for literacy medals we had to read a story about Puanga Kai Rau. It was very interesting and cool and it would be lots of fun. They celebrate Puanga Kai Rau as a Maori New Year because they can't see the Matariki stars in Taranaki. I found it challenging to find out some of the answers to the questions. I enjoyed looking for the fonts. I could be better by adding more words to the answers. K byyyeeeeee.

My possum picture

Today we learnt all about possums and how they are bad for our country and how they are very big pests so we made a perfect habitat for possums!! We know that they love valuable eggs and lots of birds and bugs and berries so I knew that the forest was, of course, the best setting. I really enjoyed drawing the picture even though it's not the best. It was a bit rushed so I think next time I should take my time and slow down a bit. I found it hard to find good colours for my drawing. Byyeee

New Zealand Quiz

Today since it's Friday we have to do something off our blog contract. Our blog contract is basically a big drawing with lots of suggestions on stuff we can do so today I chose a quiz! I made it about Nz because I really like New Zealand and the environment so yea. I found it challenging to think up lots of questions. I enjoyed finding all the pictures. I could be BTB (Better Than Before) by maybe adding a couple more slides.
Stay safe and well.
Bella

Balinese Style New Year

Today for literacy medals we had to make something about a different country that celebrated New Year's cool and creative or different. I did mine on Bali because it was really interesting and cool. I personally would not like to spend my new years like them. What about you?
Stay safe and well.
Bella.

Rarawa Beach

Today we had to write about our loved ones and somewhere very special. I did mine about Kaitaia and a day at the beach. Rarawa Beach is my favorite beach ever and I have so many great memories with my family and friends there. Rarawa Beach is a beach that I go to most of the days when I visit Kaitaia. I really enjoyed thinking about all the good times I had while I was there. It was challenging to remember some of the events that happened.

We loaded up all the Surfboards and Boogie Boards and headed to Rarawa beach. Dad is driving along the gravel road about to go onto the soft sand. We drive down the sandhill and then Dad stops and tells us to get out. We do that and then he tells us to grab onto the side of the car and hold on. Then off he goes driving at a nice speed. I feel the nice salty wind blowing my hair back and I see Aunty Sari, Aaron, Waimirirangi, and Waioru (Our friends) in front of us doing the same thing. I wave to Waimirirangi. We move closer and closer to the lagoon and finally, we are there. We jump off the sides and start getting the surfboards and boogie boards out of the truck. We get our wetsuits on and jump in the water. We splash around and have lots of fun while Dad, Aaron, Papa, Nana, and Aunty Sari sit back and watch us. Then Me, Waimirirangi, Waioru and Tane announced that we wanted to go for a surf. Charlie, Asha, Nana, Papa, and Aunty Sari stayed at the lagoon while we smothered zinc all over our faces and headed out with Dad and Aaron. It’s quite cold but I know that will change soon. We headed out really deep and started catching some nice waves. Then I went out over my head and looked down. The water was as clear as anything and I saw a stingray swim under me. We caught some more waves and then went over and got changed. We drove back home and we were very tired.

My 2019 Reflection

This is my 2019 reflection. It was so fun making this and it brought back lots of cool memories. I really enjoyed looking at the finished product because I am really proud of it and it is just so cool to look back at last year. I found it challenging when our wifi went really bad and it was taking a long time to load. Next time to be BTB (Better Than Before) I would add a bit more colour and make it a bit less messy and a bit neater. Stay safe and well.
Bye

The Stolen Stars Of Matariki Video

WALT To explain about the stolen stars of Matariki. This video was very fun to make. It was also quite hard because I had to keep pausing it while I was using screencastify. There are a couple of moments where I glitched out but that's ok. Next time to be BTB I would maybe have a bit better acting because it wasn't the best.