SLJ-Day 1 Activity 1: In The Beginning

According to the mythology of Maui, he has brang great goods to his people back in his days and legend has it that he created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Aotearoa New Zealand, was formed when Maui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Maui kept his people safe ever since then.

Maui is the gifted, clever demigod of Polynesian mythology responsible for fishing up the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. After a miraculous birth and upbringing Maui won the affection of his supernatural parents, taught useful arts to mankind, snared the sun and tamed fire.

1. Maui - no ordinary man:
Maui is the gifted, clever demigod of Polynesian mythology responsible for fishing up the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

After a miraculous birth and upbringing Maui won the affection of his supernatural parents, taught useful arts to mankind, snared the sun and tamed fire. But one of his most famous feats was fishing up the North Island.

2. Fishing up an island:
Despising him, Maui’s four brothers conspired to leave him behind when they went out fishing. Overhearing their plans, Maui secretly made a fishhook from a magical ancestral jawbone. Then one night he crept into his brothers' canoe and hid under the floorboards.

It wasn't until the brothers were far out of sight of land and had filled the bottom of their canoe with fish that Maui revealed himself. Then he took out his magic fishhook and threw it over the side of the canoe, chanting powerful incantations as he did so.
The hook went deeper and deeper into the sea until Maui felt the hook had touched something. He tugged gently and far below the hook caught fast. It was a huge fish! Together with his brothers, Maui brought the fish to the surface.

Maui cautioned his brothers to wait until he had appeased Tangaroa the god of the sea before they cut into the fish. They grew tired of waiting and began to carve out pieces for themselves. These are now the many valleys, mountains, lakes and rocky coastlines of the North Island.



3. Te Ika a Maui - Maui's fish:
To this day the North Island is known to Maori as Te Ika a Maui or Maui’s fish. Take a look at a map of New Zealand to see the fish’s head in the south and its tail in the North Island. The South Island is also known as Te Waka a Maui or Maui’s canoe, and Stewart Island or Rakiura is known as Te Punga a Maui or Maui’s anchor stone.

Maui was a great demigod for his people. If i were a demigod, it will be challenging to keep all danger away from my people. I think that being a demigod will be lots of hard work, feeding your people and keeping them super safe and comfortable.

Māui is the gifted, clever demigod of Polynesian mythology responsible for fishing up the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. After a miraculous birth and upbringing Māui won the affection of his supernatural parents, taught useful arts to mankind, snared the sun and tamed fire.

Athletics Day

On a fine and sunny day, Room 9, 7 and 10 went to the Pakuranga Athletics Club and we did lots of different things there. I went there to play shot put and discus. My friends did lots of different stuff than me. I had so much fun.

My first event was discus. I tried my best to throw the discus far. When it was my turn I threw it in the opposite direction. That was so fun.

Then we took a break and 1 minutes Victoria and I went to the shot put event and she keeps doing a no throw in all her turns. Well I keep doing a throw but I don’t do it that far.

I keep encouraging and supporting the others in Glenbrae School. Our chant for shot put was “Push and Power” which I just made up.

I followed Miss. Smith around and I was so tired that I couldn’t even move my legs anymore. I had fun being my teachers assistance and running around with her.

I walked pass school tents and met lots of other people there. I knew some schools very well, that sometimes I’d forget there school names. 

I had so much fun that I forgot that my leg hurt so much that when I realized it hurts even more. 

When the events finished we went back to school and we were all so tired for run and walking around.
 

Lily and the Snowman

On a snowy evening I built a Snowman and that

exact Snowman came to life. Wow!

As years passed, I had forgotten about the snowman I had built in

my childhood. I was busy with work. I had no time to play

with the snowman I had built. My snowman felt so lonely and heartbroken.

When I was at work I accidentally tipped over my coffee and my

snow globe reminded me of my snowman that I built.

Finally I found my snowman and made sure that my daughter

had a new friend to play with.

Make time for what you love.

The End.

Acrostic Poem - Church

Cold, shivering in the pitch, black night.

Having fun and doing what’s right.

Using my manners through and through.

Right not wrong that's what I do.

Cake and ice-cream was very yum.

Having to dance was a bit glum.

The End

By Maria

FUN!!

On a sunny day I went to my aunt's house and my cousin put

long fake nails on me. It felt so uncomfortable. My cousin,

Mila Leka, handed me  a bowl of lollies. I felt like I was in heaven.

The next day we went to the mall and my baby cousin, Olivia,

went on a horsey ride well I went on the elephant ride.

It was really fast and quite fun too.

Then by baby cousin went on to the merry-go-round.

She met lots of other babies there. Their mothers were

very kind. My aunt gave me money and I bought a book

and a pen to write notes for my family.

After that we went to eat KFC and go to the park. I ran to the

giant tunnel slide and the swing which was really fun. In fact,

I was screaming with excitement!

When we got home I played MSP, Movie Star Planet. I’ve

got one account. I am FURIOUSXX and I only wear black and white.

That was the coolest time of my life. Until I had to go home.

My Long Weekend

On  gloomy, bright morning I woke up and

got ready to start the day.

At first my mom woke up and started to eat

breakfast. I watched a few cartoons until my

Rarotongan aunty woke up and asked me

to go with her to get me something.

Meanwhile we went into a Sushi shop.

I had a bowl of dumplings and another bowl with

sushi, with an Orange juice. I told her that when I was

at Manurewa I accidentally ate the wasabi.I had to

drink 7 Up to get the taste out of my mouth. I felt

embarrassed because a few people were there.

After that we went to get two boxes of

pizza and two thick shakes, caramel

and chocolate. I had the chocolate one

and Sivi had the other one. I was so

happy because the Tongan game

was coming up. My dad decorated

the house with Tongan flags, little

flags and balloons, white and red, when we got home.

At last the game was finished and everyone went to sleep.

That was the best time of my life. I felt so tired.

Red Rose Acrostic Poem

Roses are used for love and sorrow

Over the grass you see them pop

Seeing them looks like pure love

Easy to plant but hard to find

The Best Day Ever

On Saturday the 13th of October 2018, I woke up in the beautiful,

bright sunshine. I went to the shops in Otahuhu with my mum and my

aunty. We just bought a few things for Sunday.

Moments later we went to a Tongan restaurant run by Chinese

people. I had two crispy kebabs and only one drink. It was so

yummy because it was very crunchy and hot.

After that we went home and it was already time to go bed. So

I went for a shower, put my clothes on and went to sleep in my

room. I felt very, very tired after walking to lots of shop to shop.

I felt very lucky to go with my mum and aunty. I also felt very

happy and all hyped up for tomorrow.

I wish that day never ended.

 

The One Winged Bird

On a beautiful, keen sunset there was a little boy bird who only had one wing and

these big crows came along and bullied him. He was very mad that

he just had to run home and he left his recorder behind.

After a while he came out and got bullied again and then a girl, with two wings,

came in and stood for him. When they finished chasing her

she finally had one wing, like the boy.

Then he went to meet her, she saw him sadly, he didn’t know that

she had two wings until she got bullied, like him. He went up to her and

when he got up to her, they saw that the big

crows were looking at them for so long, they didn’t take their eyes of them.

Finally they became friends and used their wings to fly and

that made a whole bird.

Life Caravan

On Friday, Nicole taught us about human  body and to drink water everyday and also eat healthy.

We have red tubes called the Arteries, we can’t see them

because they’re buried deep under our veins. We all have

a body system that works for us to move and rest our joints or our body.

Next she got me x-rayed on the big screen about the heart.

Our heart pumps really fast if we run fast or exercise too much.

Our left lung is smaller because it is for our heart to fit in.

Then we learnt the we actually breathe out carbon dioxide and

breathe in oxygen.We always have to take care of our body.

Then x-rayed Jaydin, about our lungs and our heart.

After that we x-rayed Jasel, about our brains and how or body

parts sends a message to our brain that were going to move. If

we smell something our body

system will start getting ready.

Our kidneys wash up our blood and takes the dirts out to waste.

Thank you Nicole for taking up your time to teach us about human body.

Sunday

On Sunday we went to my aunty’s house to visit cause my aunty

was sick and my uncle was working far away from home. My cousins

were so happy to see me and so as my aunty.

After a while they saw on my mum’s phone, something of mine and I didn’t

even mind them because they looked like they had lots of fun looking at my stuff.

Then we went to the McDonalds. Me and Sivi got the Mates Hunger Buster

and two Fanta drinks. When we got home we had to sleep for school.

I wish that day never ended.

For the birds

On one beautiful sunny morning a little bird came flying to the power line.

A moment later a few birds came to the power line and started

picking and kicking each other.

Suddenly they all saw another bird but this one is a big and a different bird,

sitting on the power pole. The little birds moved away and started making fun

of him and also called him names by whispering secretly. The big

bird didn’t even care about what they've said about him.

After a little while the big bird flew in between the little birds and the power line

went down low. One of the birds poked one of his toe a

while later there was another bird joining in. Once they made it to one

toe all the birds finally opened their eyes and saw that they are going to fly up

high in the sky. When he fell all of the little birds flew and they all lost their feathers at

the same time. When they all fell the big bird started to laugh but gave them shelter under its wings. They were all very embarrassed by their behaviour.

Choking

On the tenth of September, 2018, we spent half of the day at school in the hall because there was visitor teaching us about First Aid and his name is Mr. Munnik from the Red Cross. He taught us about choking. He showed us a video about a little girl who was talking and eating an apple at the same time and choked. Her mother gave her 5 back blows and 5 chest thrust and repeated until the object comes out.

After that he told us a story of a little boy who had a 10th birthday and well he was jumping on a trampoline and then started to take a walk around it and fell because he choked on his sausage sizzle. Also his friend found him on the ground.

Finally Mr. Munnik taught us how to make a choking sign so that our parents or our older siblings know if were choking.

It really can help people and ourselves from choking. I really enjoyed it.

Spring is fun

Sunflowers are yellow like the beautiful, bright sun.

People are running fast and having lots of fun.

Roses grow in the deep, brown soil.

Information about nice, relaxing Spring.

Now is the time I’m about to sing.

Green grass appears in the unknown distance.

1974 Sunshine

This story takes place in 1974, in a big, old, tall lighthouse. There was an old, grumpy man who lived and worked in a the Lighthouse name Sunshine. The villagers were so happy, they left the window open so he closed it hard and at that same very moment the light in the Lighthouse went out. He got scared so he went upstairs to see what was happening, but the big, light bulb went out. When he changed it, it fell out of his hands and CRASH!

Then he was worried. He saw the big ship coming towards the huge rocks. He had an idea to get the whole village to come and help the big ship to see where it is going. They all carried their shiny lanterns.

After that the old man was so happy, they all lived happily ever after, with some peace and quiet.

Earths the best

This is Earth

Earth’s sister is Venus. Earth is where we live on and it has living things on it. It is the only
planet that has an atmosphere containing 21 percent oxygen therefore we can breathe.

It is the only planet that has liquid water on its surface. It is the only
planet in the solar system that has life.

The Earth is the only inner planet (Mercury, Venus,Earth and Mars) to
have one large satellite, which is what we see as the moon. It takes 24 hours
for the Earth to rotate around the sun for a day and it also takes 365 day for the earth
to orbit the sun.  Only about 7.442 billion people live on Earth.

It is also the fifth largest planet in our solar system. Earth's diameter is just a few
hundred kilometers larger than that of Venus.

Earth is 150,000,000 km away from the sun and it is mostly covered in
water. Its gravity is 9.807 m/s2.

It supports life, air, water and land. It is white, green and blue in colour.

Earth is our home and it is where we are born and where we die. Earth has
so much to do and there are countries that we can travel as well.

Earth has four seasons which is Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.

It also has 12 months and that is January, February, March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, October, November and December.

Earth has clothes, shoes and food.

This is Earth and this is the Galaxy in our solar system.

Thank you for reading my Information Report about Earth.

Lune et l'autre

One spooky, cold night a little girl went to a well to fetch some water. She was alone and started filling up her bucket with water until she discovered that the moonlight went off and on. Then she felt her stomach flip and she also felt very, very lonely and scary because she thinks that someone is spying on her.

Then a moon monster came and spooked her very badly so she screamed and fell on the ground. Later the friendly monster picked her up, picked up her bucket of water and the little girl felt happy.

After that it was time to say goodbye. She looked in her bucket, saw the moon’s eye reflection in the water and then she smiled up at him.

Finally they were good friends and lived  happily ever after with a massive smile.

Space Acrostic Poem

See the stars in the night sky

Planets are big, planets are small some can be short and some can be tall

All around me is planets and stars, but when I see the sun it is to bright

Can you see the light shining through your eyes

Earth isn’t too hot or too cold it is just right

Winter Poetry

Winter Poem

I see the cold wind blowing between the poor trees and hot and warm smoke coming out of

the chimney.

I hear parents telling children winter stories and children getting ready to sleep in their warm and cuddly beds.

I smell wood burning from the fire in the living room and delicious food from the kitchen.

I feel the hot chocolate go through my throat and warm fire through my hands.

I taste the hot chocolate and the delicious food that my mother made in the kitchen.