Best Year Ever

In room 5 we have made a creation o tell how awesome this year was. My partner Gabby and I have made a presentation. We used the song Better Together by Jack Johnson. This is our presentation.

My Invitation

In room 5 we are making Christmas Invitations for St.Patrick's Christmas Concert. This is my invitation to my older sister Melanie.

My Christmas Card

We are learning about advent. I know that I have learnt this lesson because I know that the four candle on the wreath of Advent means that people have been waiting for 4,000 years for Jesus and now he's here. This is  my Christmas card I have created.

The Prophet Isiah

We are learning to read a story from the prophet Isiah and see what the chapter/verse means. I know that I have learnt this lesson because  know that when God's way is truly on earth their will be a lot of peace and a lot of harmony all around the world. This is a picture I drew. It is a lion, Isiah said that: On that day the wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard should lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together and a little child shall lead them. 

Room 5 Forever

We are learning about Maori Cloaks. I know that I have learnt this lesson because I know that cloaks tell a story about the person who is wearing it and it is made for special people like chiefs.  Room 5 had made a cloak to represent us and our work. We had chose to do our class room because we are the creators of the cloak.

My Own Learning Journey

We are learning about Google Maps. I know that I have learnt this lesson when I can use Google Maps to create my own learning journey. This is my own learning journey.

Traditional Maori Musical Instruments

We are learning to discover Maori musical instruments. I know that I have learnt this lesson when I can answer questions about the Maori instrument Putorino and make a Venn diagram of the Putorino and a different instrument. This is my Maori Musical instruments.

1. Why is the sound of the putorino said to be inspired by the case moth?The case moth is inspired by the Te Kokiri Atane the male voice and Te Tewaiotehine the female voice.  Do you think this is a true story? This story is true. Why do you think that? I think that the story is true because of all the different and unique instruments and about how Shane James had told us about the female and the male voice.   

2. Describe the sounds the putorino can make and how they are produced. The putorino is produced when the male voice is when you put your mouth in and blow, it sounds like  the trumpeting note used to summon or signal something happening. The female voice is when you put half of your  mouth and blow. What do the different sounds represent? The sounds represent the female and the male voice. Use the 'Comparisons' response template to compare the sounds of the putorino with another wind instrument, such as the flute or trumpet.

3. Shane says many putorino have lain dormant in museums for many years, until recently. What does he mean by this? Shane means that the putorino has been laid asleep in museums and that some of their sounds have been recovered and also that they are important to carvers.  Why are there no records of how putorino were made and used? There are no records because they did not have technology like cell phones or recorders or cameras, this would mean that the Maori people used to write things down and people like us now don’t really know about how they used to .

4. There has been a renewed interest in making and playing traditional Māori instruments. Why do you think people have taken a greater interest in recent years? They have taken greater interest because the putorino is a really unique and inspiring to other people like carvers when they are wanting to make other instruments they use the putorino as like an example for other Maori instruments.  Where can they learn more? They can find more by going to museums and looking at traditional and unique and ancient Maori instruments or they can just ask their parents or grandparents, ancestors about the putorino.

5. Most cultures have used musical instruments for centuries. Find out more about taonga puoro, or the traditional instruments of a different culture. The instrument that I chose was from the country Ireland, the harp.

Fact 1: The harp represents a huge sound box carved from a solid block of wood a heavy, curved neck and a deeply in curved fore pillar

Fact 2: The harp was made to bear great tension from the heavy brass strings.

Fact 3:  The Trinity college harp and the Queen Mary’s Harp are the oldest surviving Celtic harps and both date from the 15th or 16th centuries and illustrate the similarity between the Irish and Scottish harps

Fact 4: Harp comes from the word meaning to pluck. Ireland was famous throughout  Europe because of their music playing.

Fact 5: During the 1890's and early 19000’s, some small harps were made in Ireland but they only unsure resembled the ancient Irish harp with the big glorious sound.  

My Yellow Star Postcard

We are learning about communication. I know that I have learnt this lesson when I can create a postcard that has a stamp, address and a picture to show where I am, what it feels/smells like. This is a presentation of my postcard.