2nd trip to Waitangi

Yesterday our class went back to the Waitangi treaty grounds. we had to make a poster on our culture and our heritage and i used the app paint3D to create my poster. After that went to watched a kapa haka performance. They explained how we would be called into the meeting house and the structure of the meeting house.The last thing we did was we went and saw the waka Nagtokimatawhaorua which is my waka. We also saw the remains of a giant kauri tree.

Trip to Waitangi

Yesterday we went to Waitangi treaty grounds and we learned a lot of things. I learned 3 new apps sculptGL, paint3D and tinkercad. After that we went to look at the flags. the flag pole had three flags on it the current New Zealand flag the first New Zealand flag and the British flag. We also walked through the house that the governor general lived in. We went to the museum and saw a lot of interesting things we watched videos and look at some old treaty papers some were made out of animal skin so the rats ate the treaty papers and we got to see what was left.

                                                   

       

About me

Hi my name is Moana Muru Brown i am in year 9 and i attend to bay of island college.i have a brother who go's to Motatau school  a older sister who go's to school with me and i also have an adopted brother in another county. The thing's i like is listening to music (kpop) laughing, singing, dancing, eating,being weird and watching movies i love Disney,romance and sometimes horror but 
i like social studies and art and music and playing with my pets i have . And i don't really like PE

Longitude and latitude

In Social Studies we have been learning about longitude and latitude. What is longitude? longitude is a very easy way to say where a specific place is on this earth. It is a measured starting from north-south line called the prime meridian. Longitude is measured using degrees,same way as an angle.   

poetry

In English we have been learning about poetry. we have learn't about similes, metaphors, personification and now currently working on sound devices onomatopoeia.


What is a simile. A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparisons  showing similarities between two different things. Similes also use the words like or as.

what is a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between to things that aren't alike but do have something in common.

What is personification. Personification is a figure of speech that a human qualities is given to a non-living thing.

What is onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is defined as a word which imitated the natural sound of a thing.

Migration in New Zealand

Over the years a lot of people have migrated to New Zealand  from India, China, Afghanistan and many other places. Some of the reasons they migrate to New Zealand are better schooling, more work opportunities. And some of the sad reasons they come here is because of war, not enough food, not enough work.

Pink Shirt Day

Pink Shirt Day is a day were everyone stands against bullying all around the globe. People mainly wear Pink Shirts to symbolise a stand against bullying. Our school celebrated that day and all teachers and students were asked to wear a pink shirt and participate in all the activities. There were games and a sausage sizzle. In our class we made posters and here are mine.