Poetry 'I Weigh' by Kea Hub learners

Casey's Book Review

Here is the book review that Casey did. I feel like it is definitely a book that I want to read. How about you?

Book Review By Lauren Harris

  Ms O'Neil's reading group reviewed some of the books they've been reading. Here are two reviews so far. Please read and leave the students a comment about them as they've been written for you! It would be great to hear if they've encouraged you to read these books or any others by the authors they've chosen to review.

Museum Trip

The Museum Trip

On Tuesday the 11th of June, Kea Hub (as well as the rest of the Kauri team)
walked to the Museum of Waikato.

First, we were greeted by two ladies who worked at the museum.
Our first activity was viewing a presentation about the stars and the importance of Matariki to Maori tribes.

We then split into two groups. One group began to make a box or envelope in
which a clay charm would be placed. We had access to many tools with which
we could add detail to our clay. They all look fabulous!

While one group was doing this, the other group heard a legend about how the stars,
moon and sun were released into the sky. It was almost like we were in the cinema
when we entered the near pitch-black room. As the story progressed, the room was
lit up when the stars, moon, and sun came ‘into existence’.

We then took a look at Te Winika, a waka. The feathers at its end came from an albatross. The whole waka is still in amazing condition.

Our Learning:

I learnt that Tane kicked the bag of stars and he got it from a Whare - Armani-Jay

I didn’t know that in the legend of Tane Mahuta the waka could fly - Mia

Albatross can spend half their life on water without going onto land - Henning

I enjoyed the stories and legends that were told - Karannpriett

I enjoyed making the clay charms and learning about new Maori symbols - Sam

I enjoyed doing the clay and learning about the legends of Matariki - Nicholas

I learnt that there are nine stars in the Matariki cluster, not seven - Tobias

I learnt that there are a lot of different tools that can be used to manipulate clay - Lauren

Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa - Samoan Language Week

Talofa lava!
Kea Hub had a great time learning about Samoa during Samoan Language Week 26th May - 1st June.

We sang, we talked, we researched and we created.

Have a look at our google slide to see our drawings of fale and find out what we learnt. Don't forget to leave us a comment about our learning.

Tofa

Zine Making

International Star Wars Day

On Friday 3rd May, Kea Hub thought it would be appropriate to recognise International Star Wars Day.

We did this through poetry, art and digital technology.

We wrote poems, some are in the slides.
We used Google Drawing to create an image, we used the magnifying option to enlarge the image so we could add detail.
We added links so you can see where we got our ideas from and to acknowledge the source.
We added music and video to make our presentation even more exciting!




We'd also like to acknowledge Peter William Mayhew who died just a few days before the official Star Wards Day.

Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was an English-American actor, best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role.

Kapa Haka Practise

Today, I had the pleasure of observing this amazing group of students practising their Kapa Haka items. They are strong and proud and disciplined. Ka pai Kapa Haka rōpū.

Kapa Haka from Jude ONeil on Vimeo.

Hamilton East School - Learn, Create and Share

Drought in NZ

In Kea Hub we have been learning about Learn, Create, Share. This is when we learn something new, create something about out new learning, then sharing it with an audience.

Some students have shown this through the topic of 'Drought'. We chose this topic because the rainfall in NZ has been so low over the last few months and areas of the country are in drought.

School Kit Poetry

School kit delivered our class, a fantastic box of activities to help us to write great poetry. We split into our 2 classes to write two different colour poems. We each had a strip of paper that we had to write one sentence that used the chosen colour. We laid them out on a table and room 8 rearranged the room 9 poem and vice versa. There were lots of interesting discussions on how we should group our sentences. This is what we came up with.

Green/Kakariki Poem by Room 8

The shiny, green grass shimmers in my eyes like the hot sun.

When the bright sun shines over, the ferns are as green as they get.

Prickly but soft grass bursting green out at me.

The green grass is as green as it can be.

The green crunchy and sour apple tastes like slimy shiny grass.

Green is the colour of the baby seedling about to sprout.

Green is the colour of the long flax bush.

The brightly coloured fish brushes against the swaying green seaweed.

I see a green slimy frog dancing on a lilypad.

I lie in a lush kakariki field.

The colour green is like a million beautiful little leaves on a big tree.

Lush green tree in spring swinging in the cool breeze.

As I look out the window I see green tall grass swaying in the wind.

Kakariki is like a vegetable smoothie.

Green is the colour of maze up and down sideways and making me go crazy.

A slimy slippery green yucky frog eating seaweed.

The smiley green frog hides between the bright kakariki grass.

Green can be the smell of stinky trash.

Green is the colour of a stinky smelly garbage truck.

Blahhh!! Green colour of gross stuff like vomit (sometimes yellow) and mould and algae, oh and the Grinch.

Green is like vomit on the floor.

Green is as moody as the Grinch.

Yellow/Kowhai Poem by Room 9

Winnie the Pooh’s brilliantly, yellow fur waved as he walked through a patch of glorious, yellow buttercups under the shining, yellow sun.

As bright as a kowhai rubber duck.

Yellow is like yellow fluffy ducklings waddling in the sparkling yellow sun.

Yellow is like a rubber duck bobbing in the water.

Yellow like a lion in the desert with the screaming sun and light prickly sand.

Yellow is sun shiny, sun with fun, fun, fun.

Yellow is bees getting flowers all by the trees.

Big, yellow, buzzy bees in the breathing wind.

Daisies in the day right by the yellow sun.

Yellow floating flowers by the sun.

Yellow is a flower in my beautiful shiny long hair.

Yellow is like a flower.

Yellow is the colour of delicate, gold, glinting in the blinding yellow sun.

Yellow is the colour of burning bright flames.

When I lie on the soft grass and I open my eyes I see the yellow shimmering sun.

Some of yellow, shining, gold glistening in my chain.

Autumn is as yellow as the bright sun!

Kowhai is bright like a beautiful, daffodil, gleaming in the sky.

Yellow is like sunny daffodils.

My mum plants a beaming daffodil in a bright yellow pot.

The bright, yellow, tall sunflower looks towards the shining yellow sun.

Yellow is a beyblade and minecraft.  

Yellow is the colour of summer and spring as well.

The sand is golden yellow when it is gleaming in the sun.

Yellow is like sand shimmering in the flaming sun.

Kowhai is the colour of annoying, amazing Spongebob.

Yellow is like dead fish brains.

Yellow salty chips go crunch, crunch in my mouth.

The sharp blade on the knife slicing through the yellow lemon.

Yellow like sparkling lemonade in the hot burning sun.

Kowhai is the colour of soft, moist banana cake.

When I go and get a banana, it’s so yellow.

The glorious yellow butter melts through the sun.