Term 2, wk 1, Reading Task

Taha Wairua

Taha Wairua Challenge!!

Today, we were looking at Taha Wairua (Spiritual Health). For our challenge today, Paschal Challenged us to share a bible verse, prayer or inspirational quote of our choice and then explaining why it's important to you. I decided to share my favourite Bible Verse and Inspirational quote. I also explained why they are my favourite. What's your favourite Bible Verse, prayer or inspirational quote? Make sure to check out this challenge as well. Good Luck Everyone!

Taha Hinengaro

Taha Hinengaro Challenge!!

Here is a photo of me meditating

Hello blog readers and welcome back to my blog. Today in Te Whare Tapa Wha, we were looking into Taha Hinengaro (Taking care of your mental health, emotions).  So today Nina Challenged us to do a Taha Hinengaro Challenge, in that challenge we had to Sit quietly, close our eyes, breathe gently and meditate for 3-5 minutes. Here are some ways you could clear your mind.

• Meditate and clear you mind
• Pray by your self 
• Listen to relaxing music
• Have some  alone time
• Lay down on your bed
• Read a book
• Get off any technologies and go for a walk or hike
• Write down your thoughts on a journal
• Sing some hymns
• Talk to a friend, adult, sibling

These are all ways to help clear your mind because they are all things you can try on your own and doing things by your self will give you that boost in life, so that you can relax and get on with your life. Doing these things during your life will definitely help balance your Taha Hinengaro Powers. I really think that everyone should try this Challenge. Good Luck Everyone.

Narrative Writing

Goldilocks and the Three bears

Today in our writing lesson we are now focusing on Narrative Writing We have so far learnt the
structure of a narrative which is: Title, Orientation, Problem, Solution, you can break it into T. O. P. S. The example we had to write was about Goldilocks and the three bears. We had to fill in the missing events that occurred in  the story. Here is my example I had to write about.

Taha Tinana Challenge

Taha Tinana Challenge!!

Hello blog readers and welcome back, over the past few weeks we have been learning about Te Whare Tapa Wha and it's elements: Taha Whanau, Tinana, Hinengaro and Wairua. We look at each element on different days, so today we are looking at Taha Tinana which is our Physical Health. For our Taha Tinana Challenge, Fonua Challenged all of us to do push ups for 1 minute, to see how much we can do. I did this challenge with my best friend Mele, but instead of push ups we did BURPEES. Wow what a challenge that was. After doing this challenge I feel very Fit, Healthy and happy for doing this wonderful challenge, I encourage all of you guys to do this with a partner or even yourself. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!

3D Shapes

WALT: Name and know the properties of 3D Shapes.

Today in my maths lesson we had to complete a few maths slides that's about identifying the properties of 3D Shapes. I've learnt more about 3D shapes in my learning today and now I know the right number properties of different 3D shapes.

Taha Whanau Challenge

Taha Whanau Challenge

Today, for inquiry we have been learning and researching about Te Whare Tapa and it's 4 key elements: Taha Hinengaro, Wairua, Tinana and Whanau. Today for Monday's work we are focusing on Taha Whanau and building our Healthy Relationships. By doing this Kahurangi challenged all of us to make a memory poster of someone in our family like Grandparents, parents or even aunties and uncles. We had to put information on our poster like what their favourite food, sport is, where they grew up and their happiest memories and what 

their advice is for us growing up.

 Here is my poster of my Grandma

 I made for this challenge. 

Identifying Triangles

WALT: Name and know the properties of different triangles.

Today in our maths lesson we had to complete a few slides that refers more about the different properties of triangles. For our create task we had to make new designs for tipare ( Headbands). We had to at least show some triangles in the design. I hope you enjoy reading my maths slides. 

Genius Hour@PES

Today we learned about how the Google company allows their workers to use 20% of their of their working hours to work on a passion they have. This is known as 'Genius Hour'. Our class came up with a list of our own passions. We will be working on these things in the weeks to come in our very own ' Genius Hour'.
I'm very excited to start this passion.

The topic I chose was how to learn to play the piano. I have a piano at home but I've always wanted to learn how to play it like my best friend lani. We both can't wait to                                                                                                                start on this project.

Taha Wairua- Spiritual wellbeing

Today for our study on Te Whare Tapa Wha we are looking at Taha Wairua.

This is to do with our spiritual well being. There are many ways people show Taha Wairua. We
talked about this and came up with this list:

• People pray in public and in Private
• Some people dress in a certain way to show their spiritual well being- what they believe in
• Read and live by a certain set of guidelines : Bible, Quran etc
• Signs or symbols made  with their hands , in jewellery, clothing etc

What other ways can you thing of?

Today our activity was to create a card to bless another person from our bubble, to make their spirit their Taha Wairua' stronger. The card I made  today for someone in my bubble was my hardworking and loving Mum. She does every thing for me and my siblings to keep us happy and safe. Here is the card I have started on.

5 Things I'm Grateful for

I'm Grateful for..

1. The roof over my head because some people hardly have shelter so I'm lucky to even have a house
2. The food provided for me and my family because some homeless people go on for days without  food so I must be grateful to eat what I get.
3. The caring family I have because some people grew up without being in a family, but I'm definitely grateful to grow up in a loving and caring family that is always there for me whenever I need them the most.
4. The loyal friends I have at school because they play with me at lunch and always cheers me up when I'm sad or unwell.
5. The loving and hardworking teachers at my school because they are always at school getting our education ready for  all of the students.

Art of the Sentence

WALT: Analyse the structure of a sentence
Today in our literacy lesson we had to read a few sentence and then highlight the subject GREEN and the verb Blue. In the writing part we had to construct sentences from the pictures that were given for us.  We had to make sure that the sentences contained one IDEA.

Level 2 school @PES is...

Hello everyone, I'm here back at school at my first day at school after having a long break. At first I was really nervous coming back but turns out it was very safe and enjoyable. I encourage everyone to come back at school if they can because it is very fun and of course SAFE. So come here at school and have an amazing time with us. Have any concerns ask our lovely and hard working staff. Thank you!

Taha Tinana- Healthy Snack

 Today we were looking more into Taha Tinana and the ways we can stay healthy and fit. One way was to make a healthy snack. I got inspiration from Nina. Here is my recipe!
So first you chop up some strawberries, Mandarins, banana, kiwi fruit, blueberries and grapes. Secondly you stack them neatly into you plastic cup in the order of a rainbow. After that add a spoonful of yogurt of your chose. Lastly eat and ENJOY!!. What's your idea of a healthy snack.