Krystal - Tahuna Torea

Today in Te Wairua Pakiki (TWP), we went to Tahuna Torea with Glen Innes Primary (Year 7's & 8's). We both took buses to the place. When we arrived there , we met a lot of teachers and other people. We met Dr. Jannie and Dr Theirry. We were split into 6 groups with Glen Innes. There was Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E and Group F. I was in Group C with Glen Innes' Group C. We went with Ms. Nees-Kairua and Dr Thierry. We went to the sand dunes. Then after 20 minutes we went to the mangroves with Hevaha and Dr. Jannie. Lastly we went to the bush with Mrs. Tui. If you want to know what we did in these places, read below!

 

Krystal - Graffiti Page about St Mary

 Today in Te Wairua Pakiki (TWP), we were separated into groups. In my group there was David, Achilles, Esau, Leitupo, Elijah, Amihuti, Mrs. Palu and Maraia. We had to figure out a name of a saint for our whanau. Our whanau name is St Mary. We did a little graffiti page about St Mary. Graffiti means to put keywords or anything related to that thing/person. Here is my groups graffiti page! 

Krystal - Trees Talk To Each Other

Today I read an aticle about how "Trees Talk To Each Other" Suzanne Simard was interviewed and was asked how trees talk to each other. Suzanne says "Trees talk through to each other in many ways" Suzanne grew up in Canadian forests as a descendant of loggers before becoming a forestry ecologist. I also did a glossary. A glossary are words you don't know the meaning to. If you know what else I did read below! 

Trees Talk To Each Other Friday 7th May 

What is this article about? 

Trees are “social creatures that communicate with each other in many ways. Suzanne Simard says. Suzanne grew up in many Canadian forests. Trees are linked to nearby trees, by an underground network of fungi. Suzanne watched as a Douglas fir that had been hurt by insects. The ponderosa pine tree produced enzymes to protect the pine tree from the insects. "This was a breakthrough," Suzanne says. The trees were sharing "information that actually is important to the health of the whole forest." Suzanne says the trees know when the to share nutrients at hard times to keep each other healthy. Trees in the forest are usually linked through each other by a “mother” or a “hub”. While Suzanne was studying about the trees later on she found out she had breast cancer. 

Glossary: 

Enzymes - Enzymes are substances that produce, by a living organism which acts as a catalyst. 

Ecology - Ecology is the meaning of the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surround. 

Facilitate - Facilitate means is when you make a move or an action. 

 Fungi - A group of spore-producing organisms.

Krystal - Amazing Plants

Today I watched a video of what plants are. I found out that light energy is used to transform into carbon dioxide, and water into chemical energy. After I watched the video I wrote down some words I didn't know like a glossary. Then I had to find out the meaning of it. There were four words I didn't know the meaning to. Here is my activity! 

Krystal Amazing Plants Inquiry Term 2 

What is a plant? 

Photosynthesis - Photosynthesis is the process of which the green plants and some other organisms use sunlight. Plants can turn and grow towards the light if the spot they are in is dark. 

Germanize - To germinate or grow. 

Meristems - Plants have a localized growth called meristems also known as the bud. These are territories of cell division and plant growth. The buds are the the stem of a plant. If you cut it in the right place it will grow many more leaves. 

Light Energy - Light Energy is used to transform into carbon dioxide, and water into chemical energy.

Sugars - The sugars are used for the plants to grow, to fight insects pests or drought stress. Extra sugars can be put in the storage organs for later use of the plants.

Krystal - Mothers Day Mass

Today we had a very special mass for Mothers Day. Some of our mothers came to the mass to celebrate with us. In class today and the rest of the week, we made some Mothers Day cards for the special women in our lives. Mrs. Palu used the glider to cut the paper into strips. We folded the paper that we found in the cupboard. We had five different colours of the strips. I took white and dark red. We rolled/quilled the paper up by using the tip of a pencil. I quilled about eight or seven white and dark red paper. First we had to lightly draw the heart. Secondly I used PVA glue to sick it on the front of the paper. Next we took the strips of paper, then put the glue on the side of the paper for it to stick to the quilled paper, and on the bottom to make it stick. After we were done we wrote some things of what we appreciate about our mum/nan/aunty/cousin/sister. In my card I wrote I appreciate my mum, because she makes the best carrot cake. I don’t even like carrots but I love her cake. I know my mum loves me, because she only takes me to McDonald’s when I am down. I love my mum  for caring about me when I am down. She also makes funny faces. Here is my card!

Krystal - The Māori Alphabet

Today we did some more of Māori. We remembered the letters of the Māori alphabet. We had to colour in the letters that were in the Māori alphabet. We also did a game called Memrise. It has many languages you can do. We did the Māori language. There were a lot of words that I learnt from that game, like Tuakana means a older sibling of the same gender. If you want to know more of what I did, read below!

 

Krystal - Te Reo Māori

Today Te Wairua Pakiki 4 (TWP4) did some Te Reo Māori. We jogged our memories of some words. We also learnt a song of the Māori alphabet. The Māori alphabet (arapū) is made up of eight consonants, five vowels and two digraghs. The two digraphs are ng and wh. Orokati is the meaning of consonants, and Oropūare is the meaning of the vowels (a,e,i,o,u). The macron on top of the letters is pronounced dragged. If you want to know more about the Māori alphabet here is my activity! Here is the song (waiata) that we learnt!