The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Picture This!

Room 5 is currently focusing on The Maori Pioneer Battalion. This is a collage I created that includes just a few of the pictures about actual Maori troops that we apart of the Maori Contingent. 

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Writing

“Haere e tama ma. Haere me te whakaaro ki te pupuri i te rongo toa a o tatou tipuna. Kia wehi ki whakaaro ki te pupuri i te rongo toa a o tatou tipuna. Kia wehi ki te Atua. Whakahonoretia te kingi”

“Farewell, young men. Go and uphold the name of our warrior ancestors. Fear God. And honour the king.”

Our heads were bowed as our whanau recited those words. The pride had caused such a sudden rush through my blood, I could not hold the tears back. For those words had affected me hugely because I knew for a fact that all my brothers here, together as one, would use those words as a motivation to fight for our freedom of our whanau, and to give all that we had into it. I feel the strength of my whanau giving me more hope and confidence, trusting me with all their might to represent our iwi.

Room 5 is currently focusing on The Maori Pioneer Battalion. Our task was to imagine we were one of the 500 men in the Maori Contingent. We had to imagine we were had boarded the troop ship ‘Te Hokowhitu-a-tu’ in February 1915 and describe on a page in our fake diaries how we felt hearing the words :Farewell, young men. Go and uphold the name of our warrior ancestors. Fear God. And honour the king. (When translated into English)

Home Learning: Hamburgers

This is my Homework for Week 8. This week we focused on Hamburgers and the history of how they came. I included a variety of things that help people get a better understanding of what a Hamburger is. There is a slide with all the links at the end of the presentation so you can check them for yourselves! Enjoy.

Teach the Teacher Poster

In maths we had to teach our teacher a little bit of what we had learnt in maths yesterday. We each had to make a poster. My poster displays my theory of why percentages, fractions and decimals can be equivalent to each other. This poster shows how 50%, .50 and 50/100 are the same. I think I have a clear understanding of what percentages and decimals are after the lessons taught between these few days.

Xtra Math Certificate

This is my Xtra Math certificate from Addition. I completed Addition on June the 3rd. 

Xtra Math Results

This is my Xtra Math results from Subtraction. Hopefully I am able to go to the next level soon. 

How the Eye works

This is my Homework poster. We learnt about how the eye works. I completed this with a classmate. I think we were very detailed in our writing and chose a good colour scheme.

First World War Mascots

This is my presentation for the follow up task to do with the First World War Mascots. My partner was Samantha. I think I did really well in the Learning Conversation part. 

Xtra Math results

This is my Xtra Math Results from today. This my first time on Xtra Math. I am now on Subtraction. I think I did really well and am satisfied with my results. 

Certificate

This was my certificate that I received today from assembly. The certificate is "Thinking about our learning".