This term in Tūī 4 we have been learning about the famous New Zealander author, Lynley Dodd. Lynley Dodd is an author of Hairy Maclary and friends, we have also been learning about a poem for Lynley Dodd and the actions for it. We ended up performing it during our own Tūī assembly and it was awesome! There were multiple groups such as the super CapCut group, Schnitzel Von Krumm, Slinky Malinki and many more. We had to learn the actions for our Lynley Dodd assembly and spent days. The super CapCut group who was Joseph, Leo, Isaac, Isla and malakai worked on a CapCut video for many   days. The CapCut had us and a photo of the character we were working on. Days after the assembly we finally finished our CapCut to show everyone. Lynley Dodd is 84 years old and was born on 5 July 1941.

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay. He was a mountaineer, a beekeeper and an Air Force navigator World War II. Sir Edmund Hillary Married in 21 December 1989 to June Mulgrew, but before that he married Liouse Mary rose in September 3 1953. His achievements were being one of the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, leading the first land expedition to the South Pole in 1958, and undertaking philanthropic work by establishing schools, hospitals, and airstrips for the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed his first mountain, Mount Ollivier in 1939. Sir Edmund Hillary sadly died in 1975 due to a plane crash. Sir Edmund Hillary Was knighted in 1953 and had kids in 1954. Sir Edmund Hillary Sadly died in 11 January 2008 in Auckland.

This semester we have been learning about a famous NZ artist/singer Brooke Fraser. Did you know that Brooke Fraser released her first album when she was just 19! She is a very talented music artist and a big inspiration for young musicians all over the world. In 2003, she released her debut single, Better, which peaked at number three on the New Zealand Singles Chart. On 17 March 2008, she married Scott Ligertwood, in Sydney. They moved to Los Angeles in 2010. She continued to perform under her maiden name “Brooke Fraser” for her solo career until the release of her live album Seven in 2022.

Do you like rugby? Or the All Blacks? Well…

This week in STEAM we have been learning and researching about the All Blacks. Before you see any more rugby matches you have to read this to know everything about rugby. Here are the questions and answers.

1) When was rugby introduced to New Zealand and by who?

A. Rugby was introduced to New Zealand in 1870 by Charles Monro.

2) When did New Zealand play their first rugby game?

A. They played their first game on May 14, 1870.

3) When did New Zealand play their first international game? Did they win or lose? What was the score?

A. New Zealand played the first international game of rugby on August 15, 1903, they sadly lost, and the final score was 6-8

4) When was the New Zealand team called the All Blacks? Why are they known as the All Blacks? What were they originally called?

A. The All Blacks were named All Blacks in 1905/06 tour of Britain, and they are known as All Blacks because their uniform was the blackest of blacks, they were originally called Colonials.

5) Name 3 of their best players. What are they known for?

Richie MaCawholds the record for test appearances, Jonah Tali was the top player in the 1995 rugby World Cup. Colin Meads was so dedicated to rugby he played with a broken arm.

6) Why do the All Blacks perform the haka before each match? What does it mean and what do they perform it for?

A. The all Blacks perform the haka to express their Māōri culture. The haka means pride, streng and unity to their Māōri tribe.

Rules Of Rugby

For steam this Term we have been learning about how  New Zealand makes an impact on the world. With miss Siau we made famous nz landmarks and places. Me and my group, built famous nz land marks In Minecraft. We all worked hard and the end result was an amazing Aotearoa world landscape.

Silver Fern

The big carrot

Hobbiton

L&p

Sky tower

kiwi

Moa

hast eagle

rimu

kowhai

1    What NZ identity features did we include? We made native NZ plants and animals.

2    What did I learn about Aotearoa during this project? We have a very specical country which we must protect.

3    What digital skills did I use? Most of these things had and needed a circular shape which is pretty hard to do in minecraft.

4    What would I do differently next time? Probaly foucs on one thing at a time and then move on to the next thing once it looks good.

How well did we work

I think we did great considering the time we had. I’m proud we could build all this in just two weeks.

My cinquain poem

The vampire

Mosquito

Blood sucker.

Flying, poisoning, murdering

A poisoning murderous creature.

Vampire

What is a Cinquain poem?

A Cinquain poem is a 5 line poem that does not rhyme. It can be about whatever you like. The first line is the title and has 1 word. The 2nd line has two words and it’s words that describe the topic. The 3rd line has three words in it. The three words in it is ing words that describe the topic. The 4th line has 4 words in it and it’s a tiny sentence that describes the topic. The 5th and last line has one word in it and that one word is something like the topic.

My acrostic poems

Luna (dog)

Loving

Undefeated in love

Never gonna leave

Always with me

Archie (dog)

Always energetic

Running around

Chasing birds

Has lost of energy

Insanely fast

Energetic

What is an acrostic poem

An acrostic poem is a poem with certain letters of each line spelling out a word  phrase when read vertically. Each letter/line has a sentence or phrase going side ways. Sometimes when they’re placed somewhere else in the line, it forms some kind of secret code.

Team: Joseph and leo

The sigma Banananana Podcast

We interview people who loves eating bananas or other fruits.

But how would we help the fruits grow faster?

We can stop wasting water and stop using oil. If we all stop wasting our supplies it would take around 3-5 years to make our world healthy again. After 3-5 years the plants would be 5-10x faster than before. (To grow)

rolls:
Researcher: Leo

Hard worker that works 24/7: Joseph

Helper: Leo

Boss: Joseph

Manager: Leo

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