Today we were creating an Advent image. I chose to create a wreath. Advent is a special time preparing and waiting for Jesus’ birth.
This week we are doing summer learning journey and this is my first teaser. I made my Superhero
We are starting our Summer Learning Journal and we had to make our own super hero. Here is mine.
I recommend this movie, https://gishtuakoi.edublogs.org/2023/11/08/happiness-infection/ because the three clowns are very funny, especially the part when they say “lele ulu boko your film was my most favourite movie in the manaiakalani show. 
Yesterday at 10 o’clock Room 6 was lucky enough to go to the cottage. Panmure I never knew what was in it and I always passed it many times when I went to and from school. When I went inside there were so many old things inside to look at.
An old lady called Terry showed us around the house and we first went to the living room. There was another old lady there as well. Terry showed us old photographs of what Panmure looked like in the olden days.
After that we went to the bedroom and there was old stuff like a sewing machine and some old clothes. There were two dolls in a crib. They looked creepy to me.
Then we went up the stairs. It was so steep I almost fell all the way down. There was a small bump and my head almost hit it when we went up stairs. There were two rooms: an artifacts room and a bedroom. First we went to the artifact room. There was an old boot and an old perfume bottle and an old map of Pamure There was a hat stand there as well.
Next we went to the bed room there was a mannequin with old clothes on it. One looked like she was looking out of the window. There was another crib with a doll in it that was 110 years old.
we have been talking a lot about what we experienced at the cottage and it was surprising to see so many old things there that people really used to use like the potty and shaving bowl.
Two weeks ago Room 6 went swimming lessons. We brought goggles, a towel and swimming togs. We only had 2 weeks of swimming lessons but it was very cool. When I went to the swimming pool I did some swimming. At first I did a hand stand under water and it was hard but I could do it because there was water under me and it made me float and then I did freestyle. It was fun but it took some time for me to master it but I finally did it on day 5. On day 6 we did some jumping into water. I did a canon ball while the rest did a manu.
And we did fake drowning one day. We had to be in pairs and one had to jump in and pretend we were drowning. Then the other person helped to recus them by throwing a rope to them.
Izzy my teacher for swimming lessons was very funny. On the last day of swimming we did five different jumps into the water. It was lots of fun because she threw the sinkers down into the water and it was a race between me and Wycliffe to get there first. It was so intense. I was so scared but then I dived into the water and then got the sinker and won. I love swimming.
Matariki and Tawhirimatea’s story.
The parents, Ranginui and Papatuanuku were stuck together and could not move with their children. There was darkness all around them. The god of war told the children to beat their parents to death. One son, Tane decided to stretch his legs and push his father into the sky and he stayed up there and the father made light. They could all see the world. The mother stayed down on the earth and is happy to provide food for her children.
Some gods were happy and the god of wind was not happy. The god of wind was so angry he pulled out his eyes and crushed them and threw his eyes up into the milky way and that is how we see the Matariki stars now.
Maori people come together at this time and think about their family who have died and also wonder how the year ahead will be for them.
Today Mrs Grant came to our class for cybersmart we had to imagine what we would do in ten years time and we were looking at people who also imagined what they would do in ten years time and this is what I did with my certificate and I got it for Rugby. What digital footprint would you be proud of in the future?
