Today we learnt about emotions/feelings in Maori here are some words that I learned

Kupu Hau – New Words

Harikoa- Happy

Pōuri- Sad

Pukuriri- Angry

Ngenge- Tired

Hōha- Bored

Makariri- Cold

Wera- Hot

Pai- Good

Rawe- Excellent

Mauiui- Sick

Āwangawanga- Anxious

Rangirua- Confused

Heahea- Silly

Pukumahi- Busy

Hiakai- Hungry

Hiainu – Thirsty

Hiamoe – Sleepy

Whakahi – Proud

Whakamā – Embarrassed

Whakaihiihi – Excited

Kupu Hau –  New words

Aotearoa- New Zealand

Te ika a Māui- North Island

Te Waipounamu- South Island

Rakirua- Stewart island

Tāmaki Makaurau- Auckland

Kirikiriroa- Hamilton

Te Whanganui-a-Tara- Wellington

Whakatū- Nelson

Ōtautahi- Christchurch

Ōteputi- Dunedin

Waihōpai- Invercargill

Wetereo – Grammar

Nō Hea? – Where from?

Questions:

Nō hea ahau? – Where am I from?

Nō hea koe? Where are you from?

Nō hea ia? Where is he/she from?

Answer:

Nō Philippines ahau – I am from Philippines.

Nō Christchurch koe – You are from Christchurch.

Nō Australia ia – He/she is from Australia.

Countries:

Australia – Ahitereria

Korea – Kōrea

America -Marika

Philippines – Pirpīni

England – Ingarani

Hungary – Hanekari

China – Taina

Kupu Hau – New Words

Au/Ahau – Me/I

Koe – You

Ia – He/She

Tōku – Mine/My

Tōu -Your

Tōna – His/Hers

Ingoa – Name

Ingoa Whanau – Last name

Wetereo – Grammar

Ko wai? – Who is (For Nouns)

Questions:

Ko wai tōku ingoa? – What is my name?

Ko wai tōu ingoa? -What is your name?

Answer:

Ko Archer tōku ingoa – My name is Archer

Ko Skibidi tōu ingoa. – Your name is Skibidi.

Ko Sigma tōna ingoa – His/her name is Sigma

Ko Bob ahau – I am Bob.

To introduce:

Ko Archer toku Ingoa – My name is Archer

Ko Jayme toku ingoa whanau – My last name is Jayme.

Kupu Hou/New Words

Greetings

Kia Ora – Hello/be well

Tēnā Koe- Hello to 2 people

Tēnā Koutuo – Hello to 3+ people ( Doesn’t include yourself )

Ata Mārie – Good Morning

Moata rau  – Good Morning

Ahiahi Mārie – Good Afternoon

Pō Mārie – Good Night

Farewells

Ka Kite – Goodbye

Mā te wā – See you later

Hei āpōpō – See you tomorrow

Hei Kōna – Later

In our P.E. lessons, we learned about playing field hockey. I barely knew anything about hockey rules and how to play it, but I do know that you have a stick and a puck, and you need the puck to go to the net. In the P.E lessons, we first learned how to have a good posture, first, you need your right hand in the middle of the hockey stick, meanwhile, your left hand is on the top of the hockey stick, after that, you need your knees bending and your back bending, always look at where you are going but it’s pretty hard, and your hockey stick needs to be under your waist level.

I did my research and there are about 6 positions in hockey, like = Goalie, right winger, left winger, center,  right defenseman, and left defenseman. The penalties are tripping, hooking, boarding, spearing, slashing, roughing, holding, high sticking, elbowing and charging. You can only hit the puck with the flat side of the hockey stick, and you can only score a goal on the striking circle. You can’t also use your feet even if you are a goalie.

For the past 3  weeks, we have learned so much. In social sciences, we learned about The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand. Meanwhile, in Japanese, we studied more Japanese characters and phrases, did some kahoots, quizlets, and blookets, and then learned how to make onigiri (Rice balls). It was pretty fun and in the end, we could eat the onigiri that we had made. After a few days, we did sumo wrestling in our classroom, we couldn’t do sumo wrestling outside because it was too crowded, so we just picked up the chairs and tables and placed them outside.

In science, we learned interesting things, like DNA, and Finger Prints. But the activities we did were even more fun, we were in a group of 4, the task was to make a bridge with newspapers and 1 meter of tape, but there was a twist, Mr. Smalley had a jar that the bridge needed to hold, if the bridge is not able to hold it for 15 seconds you fail. Our bridge was able to hold the jar.

In math, we have learned multiple things, and I enjoyed it a bit. We learned about angles and polygons,  I enjoyed angles because it was very manageable, the angles I learned were acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle, straight angle, and reflex angles. Acute angle means it’s only below 90 degrees, and if it’s a right angle the angle is exactly 90 degrees, meanwhile if its obtuse it means its more than 90 degrees-180 degrees, and if its a reflex it means its a backward angle.

In term 2, we started to do drama class, we were tryna to act a story called “Three Billy Goats” with groups, each group has different sets, my group was inside the room, my group was Ryan, Me, Hunter, Jack, Jack was the troll and the other 3 were the goats, our  sets were 2 benches, the benches represent the bridge, Ryan was the little goat, I was the middle goat and Hunter was the Big goat. we trained for our acting for 2 weeks ( or something ), here are some pictures.

We performed our act today on May 17, 2024.

In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July.

The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar. When Matariki is happening, people honor those who died since the last rising of Matariki and they celebrate by gathering family and friends. Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars. Historically, Matariki was usually celebrated for days during the last quarter of the moon of the lunar month (Around June). To the ancient Greeks, the Pleiades contained nine stars: the parents Atlas and Pleione, positioned to one side of the cluster, and their seven daughters Alcyone, Maia, Taygeta, Electra, Merope, Celaeno, and Sterope.

There was a story about a man who tore out his eyes called Tawhirimatea.

here is a song about Matariki/Tawhirimatea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vffUgqZM-8c

Star Fishes

A Maori Legend

In this one, the stars are actually fishes, and the story starts one day. The  7 fishes were playing tag but they were having too much fun that they forgot the mother’s warning to them, the warning was don’t get too close to the rocks and don’t play close to the open bay, because Tataraimaka was fishing. He was a giant man that fished with a black net. Because they forgot the  warning they got caught by the black net causing all the fishes to cry and cry making the sea salty. Tane of God of light was so sorry for them them that they took Tataraimaka’s net and hauled them up the sky making them into stars

The past weeks we’ve been learning about Matariki, we have activities about it in My Student Dashboard.

The class has been working on the task about Matariki and it was pretty easy, we had 2 tasks on the site called Journal 3 and Journal 4, in the Journal 3 task was on Google Slides, the task asked me about why Tawhirimatea threw his eyes into the sky, I answered because he was mad about his brothers separating his parents, he wanted revenge but he lost. The next slide was a question about what I do when I’m angry and sad, I answered “If I’m very mad I’ll go talk to a therapist, but if I’m just mad I’ll just go drink water and go to bed, I’ll do the same if I’m sad.

Next Task I was asked what weather I like the most and replied “I like it when it’s in the morning while the sky is pink and the clouds are altocumulus, while the wind is still and warm but the atmosphere is cold.”

Last week we made a slide about Samoan Language Week, and our teacher made us choose a category about Samoa, I chose a slide about food because it’s much easier than the other category, but you can change your category when you finish. So I went to Google Slides and started.

I got some photos of Samoan dishes like Panikeke made by using dough and deep fry and it looked tasty.

I made another slide about another Samoan dish called Pani Popo, they looked pretty good because they are made of coconut milk, they are baked and fluffy. but to be honest they looked like normal bread.

And I finally did a last slide about another Samoan dish that looks like sushi called Umu, it’s made up of coconuts wrapped in banana leaves.

Here is the link to the slide if you wanna see it (not recommended)  LINKY