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The Grapes' Muscles Presentation

My Beautiful Place

Beyond the horizon and over the clouds there lives my beautiful place wandering about in the mists of the air. I will tell you about my journey that yet has never been told...

As I entered the gold gates of Heaven, everywhere I looked I could see real gold. Then I saw Mary mother of God greeting me as I walked in. I saw a bright light that shone like a star in the midnight sensation.Then there was a path that was narrow. It led me a short distance, and there I was, bowing down to the Lord our God. With him were seven angels that stood beside him.

I then walked on and took a little scroll around this city. I heard voices of praise and worship. Their voices were like harps being played at the correct beat. The big bold trumpets trotted around the streets of gold. I saw another group of singers praising and worshiping our God. Some of them were preaching the great gospel of God. John chapter three (3) verse sixteen (16) reads: “For God so love the world so much,He gave his only begotten son, So whoever shall believe in him shall not perish but will have a everlasting life.”

My lunch for today was the gospel of god. I learnt a lot of things that filled up my day. I balanced out my food with the holy spirit, praise and worshiping, preaching. I already felt like I had lived here for many centuries.

I could smell many blessings coming my way. WOW! It wasn’t small blessings it was big blessings for me and my family. I thanked the lord for giving me this opportunity to live a new and better life and getting to see this amazing place.

I ended up where I was in the beginning. I whispered to our great God “Lord thank you for this lovely day.” When I touched his stunning robe I was amazed. His robe was soft and silky. My fingers ran through his robe. I bowed with happiness. That was the best experience of my life.

This beautiful place will exist forever in my mind and heart. Praise God!

Using Google Maps

This is map showing all the games being held at in the Rugby World Cup 2011.I had to search for each stadium and place pins on the map using google maps.We also learnt how to use google maps.

Describing Piri Weepu

It was windy as I looked out from the stadium to see Piri Weepu....leading his strong team to victory. He roared and he thumped his way through the field. Mr Weepu’s dark eyes opened wide and he looked as if he were a fierce tiger looking for food. His team did the haka proudly.The All Blacks were supported with many people.The look on Piri Weepu’s face was the look of a strong man. The All Blacks slapped their thighs and thumped their solid legs onto the ground. Piri Weepu looked like a real ambassador for his country. His skills were elite.

The game started. I Saw Mr Weepu jogging to his position. As time ran by I saw him sprinting rapidly across the field near the try line. He dodged and stepped his way through to the try line. Mr Weepu dived for a try. I heard the referee’s whistle blow. He yelled with a mighty voice “TRY!” I jumped up out of my seat and cheered with amazement. Piri Awahou Tihou Weepu’s team mates were glad. They greeted him with pleasure. He was born on the 7th of September 1983 WOW no wonder he runs so fast because he’s a young man.

The time was now half time.Piri Weepu’s number behind his back was number 9! After the first half had gone he was so elite that...his coach Graham Henry let him play on the second half too.The game passed and Piri Weepu’s team had won. Piri Weepu is a representative role model. What a player!

Buddy Writing-Welcoming Tonga

As I dived into the red,brown and white sea crowded with proud supportive Tongans, I saw many Tongan people waving the Tongan flags as if we won the Rugby World Cup.Many Tongans felt very supportive,so us Tongans decided to decorate our houses,cars,gardens with the Tongan flags to represent our nationality.I saw many people dancing,jumping in excitement and I also saw people with brown island skin painted in Tongan colours with courage.Some people wanted to store this special occasion,so they took a video with their cellphones,cameras and video cameras.The chanting of the crowd was louder than the plane landing to it’s destination.Everyone shouted happily as the Ikale Tahi team made their way to the stage.As they did their haka tau I saw them wear a sote (shirt),tupenu (boy’s black lavalava),hekesi (tie),Ta’ovala (tapa).Their haka tau looked polished and sharp.

I heard people shouting,screaming,laughing,cheering and chanting.The crowd was singing the Tongan National Anthem.It was proudly presented to them with love and hope.All I could hear is people chanting in Tongan language.Rugby fever spread quickly across the airport.Everyone was cheering for their beloved families,everywhere you walked there were shouts of “GO TONGA!” Some people yelled out with their loudest “MATE MA’A TONGA”.I felt so squished,the noise of the horns disturbed my ears.

The pride I felt was unspeakable.It felt like my heart beamed out like a sprout shooting across the sky like a star.The boiling sun blazing across the blue sky.I was exhausted from waiting.Even though I was squished and squashed I felt patriotic.We did it for the love of my people and the love of rugby.

By Ofa and Seilina

QR Codes

A QR Code means "Quick Response". People use QR Codes for looking at advertisements. Those with phones like an iphone. If you take a picture of the QR Code it will take you straight to that website. You will see them around in the city or on magazines.

Seasons in Maori

What Makes A Good Speech?

All Black Presentation

Feelings Slideshow

Earthquake slideshow.

This is a slideshow of safety instructions if an Earthquake strikes while your at school.

Layers of the earth.

WALT-make a model of the layers of the earth out of play-dough.

so...that when we learn about natural disasters we can use our knowledge of the layers to understand them better.

To...help us in topic and science and learn about the earth around us.

The crust contains continents and seas.The thickness of the crust 15-75km.

The next layer is the upper mantle.It is 400km thick.It is made out of iron,magnesium and silicate.

The lower mantle is more dense than the upper mantle.It is 2300km thick.

The outer core is a liquid.It is 2300km deep.It contains iron,nickel and sulphur.

The inner core is solid.It also contains iron,nickel and sulphur.The inner cores temperature is 6050 degrees Celsius.

Whanaungatanga Story

I sniffed the fresh air at the very point of my nose. I smelt the burning smoke of a hangi. I was drifted away in the fresh points of the earth. My eyes opened as if I were in paradise. I was shocked to the tip of my eyes. I saw kaumatua having a hui. Old women weaving harakeke. The joy that I felt was unspeakable. The kids running around made me want to jump down from the sky.

As a shadow walked closer to me, I was unsure who it was. As she spoke to me her voice was a sweet cuddly one. She offered me a night at her house. As I entered the room the warm air was filling my lungs. The damp ground made it harder for me to sit, but the lady showed me around the house. She said her name was “Tania.” She had never had any kids. When the sun rose upon the middle sky, I heard a tohunga bless the harakeke.

As the time machine was transferring me back to my time, I thanked Tania for giving me this place to live. I arrived back to my time. I couldn’t believe this had really happened.

Art Group - Inquiry Presentation

I researched Maori Art from past to present as part of our topic 'Whanaungatanga'. Did you know that some Maori tattoo instruments were made from albatross bone? Neither did I! Check out my presentation below!

My First Movie!

Miss Hansell set a challenge of making our very first movie using iMovie! We had to take the pictures, add transitions, add music and edit it all ourselves! Here is the end product, I hope you like it.

Prediction Key

Prediction Key

I have predicted what my uniform will look like in 50 years using the Prediction Key.This is what I predict we will all be wearing in 50 years time!

My goals for term 2

Term Two Learning GoalsMy learning goal for Reading this term is:
Make sure I read a chapter of a chapter book every night to help build my vocabulary and use what I read to influence my writing.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Read and also understand what the story is about so I can advance in my reading.
My whanau can help me achieve this
They could take me to the library and I could take some books out to read.

My learning goal for Writing this term is:
To aim for a higher standard of my writing and get deeper into describing.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Make sure I practise over and over again, by taking my re-crafting seriously and writing at home when I can.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
They could help me by telling me new words and the meaning of those words, so I can build my vocabulary and use these interesting words in my writing.

My learning goal for Maths this term is:
To make sure I learn my times-tables so that I can recall them quickly and use them when solving maths problems.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Recall my maths times-tables every night.
My whanau can help me achieve this by: They can ask me a mixture of questions about times-tables and testing my knowledge.

My personal goal this term is:
To be a Tongan choreographer.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
By practising, dancing and smiling.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
They could teach me some Tongan actions, songs and teach me the traditions.

My Marae Recount

On Wednesday 6th of April the whole senior syndicate took a journey beyond G.I and over to the marae of Ngati Whatua(Orakei marae). We learnt about Whanaungatanga, which means ‘building relationships’.

We stood in front of the atea(courtyard), we heard a voice beaming out like a sprout.That was a kai karanga it is only called by an older woman.Then the manuhiri reply, that is a kai whakatu.
As they welcomed us in the marae, but before we entered the marae we had to take off our shoes. As we walked in the marae, we sat down. You would normally think that the girls would sit in front of the boys, well this marae is different. The boys sit in front of the girls. This is because girls are Whare Tangata, which means they are special because they grow babies. So the men protect them by walking before them in a powhiri and sitting infront of them during the speeches. We did a performance for them and then Matua introduced himself.

Then we had morning tea. After morning tea we went back into the marae and Whaea Celeste and Matua said that the boys would go with him and the girls would go with Whaea Celeste. After all the practises we had lunch. That was an energetic lunch. Straight after lunch we headed back to the marae.We showed each other our performances. We did a poi dance and an action song and rakau dance. The boys did a mix with the All Blacks haka and the School haka.Then we finished off with another farewell dance.Then the koha giving began. That is a gift giving for the tangata whenua to say thank you. Then we travelled back to school.

That was a very fun experience. I learnt that part of whanaungatanga was respect.

This is Me

I am Ofa and I like my netbook because it helps me learn new strategies for using a netbook.