Month: October 2025
October 7, 2025
Brooke Fraser is a new Zealand singer and if im correct Brooke Fraser grew up in Naenae, Lower Hutt and attended Dyer Street School., Naenae Intermediate School and Naenae College . Brooke Fraser is Married to Scott Ligertwood, On March 2008, she married Scott Ligertwood., In Sydney. They moved to Los Angeles in 2010 or 2011. She continued to perform under her maiden name “Brooke Fraser” for her solo career until the release , of her live album Seven in 2022. Since she’s married now her name is Brooke Ligertwood she has 2 Daughters, . Brooke Fraser has tons songs like something in the water and more if Im correct broke Fraser has at least 100 songs she maybe has 3 or 1 studio albums but im not sure snd Miss Maunga showed us 1 or 3 of the albums and Brooke Fraser started writing songs by the age of 12. She also started playing the guitar at the age of 15 Brooke Fraser is also famous all through out New Zealand.Brooke Fraser also writes her own songs and the tūīs also sang something in the water for our assembly.
October 6, 2025
This week in STEAM, we had a super cool activity where we became history detectives! 🕵️♀️🕵️♂️
In small groups, we were given a famous New Zealander to learn about. Some of us had Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest! Others learned about Jean Batten, the amazing pilot who flew all the way across the world 🌍✈️. Some of us even explored the life of Ernest Rutherford, the scientist who helped discover atoms! ⚛️
In my group we had Ayahna Bianca Giada and Amaira and be of course We worked together to find important dates in their lives – like when they were born, when they did something amazing, and when they changed the world. We put all our facts in order to make a giant timeline on a big sheet of paper. It was like building a story of their life!
We turned our paper timelines into awesome digital timelines on Canva. We added pictures, and fun colours to make them pop! 💻🎨
We learned:
- How to work as a team 🤝
- How to research important facts 🔍
- How to use digital tools like Canva 👩💻👨💻
It was fun learning about these brave and clever Kiwis. We think they would be proud of our timelines!
⭐”I didn’t know Jean Batten flew across the ocean by herself!”
⭐”We put Sir Ed climbing Everest in 1953 – that was our favourite part!”
⭐”Ernest Rutherford was super smart! I liked finding his science discoveries.”
We can’t wait to do more STEAM learning and share it with you next time! 💡✨
i would like to give some credits to Ayhana Bianca Amaira and Giada for when i wasn’t here even though Bianca wasn’t there too.
October 6, 2025
In this term me and my group, scarface claw, me Ayahna, Amaira, and Bianca we learned about Lynley Dodd. she is 84 years old and she lives in Rotorua she writes children’s books she illustrates her books she puts pictures into it to make it more of fun/adventure she made so much books like , she has made 34 books Lynely Dodd has a special mind that makes children happy. As if they are on an adventure to make their minds daydreaming all about it, in her books she rhymes with every word she could think of and put it inside her book. Her book describes about how she thinks inside her head. She wrote so many books her first book was “my cat likes to hide in boxes” Lynley Dodd loves her job as a writer and publishing her own books she has two daughter’s Ella and Julia is mentioned in a New Zealand Herald article from 2017. Lynley Dodd was married to Tony, who she met while teaching in Wellington; he passed away in 2014. Lynley Dodd ; she owned a Burmese cat named Suu Kyi, who inspired some of her stories, and grew up surrounded by animals in her childhood. Suu Kyi was a diabetic cat requiring 2 injections a day and passed away in the years leading up to 2019.And Lynley Dodd is a celebrated New Zealand children’s author and illustrator, known internationally for her rhythmic rhymes and beloved characters like Hairy Maclary and Friends and Slinky Malinki. her career includes the story My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes.
Slinky Malinki is my second favorite character for my first favorite it has to be scarface claw 🤩
Name:slinky Malinki Name:scarface claw
October 6, 2025
For mrs BDKs STEAM we did it about the all blacks and i found it a bit fun
(1)when was Rugby introduced to New Zealand and by who?
(A)Rugby was first introduced to New Zealand in 1870 by Charles Monro
(2)When did New Zealand play their first game?
(A)The teams first match was in 1884
(3)when did New Zealand play their first international game?Did they win or lose?What was the score?
(A)the teams international match wasn’t until 1903 when they played against Austria in Sydney
(4)When was the New Zealand team called the All Blacks?Why are they known as the All Blacks?
A)They’re called the all blacks alcks because their uniforms were the “Blackest of the black”their uniforms considered of all black besides the Silver Fern symbol that was on their uniforms.
(5)Name 3 of their best players.What are they known for.
(A) (Richie mccaw )He holds the world record for test appearances.(Jonah tali lomu)lomu is usually referred to as the first true global superstar of the Rugby world cup even though ended up losing the game.He was aka the rugby world cup all time top try corer.(colin meads). meads is currently a living legend of the all blacks team.He is referred to as the grattest player to ever take the filed by many people.He was so dedicated to the sport that he played with a broken arm against Africa for a game and when the doctor was looking at it his famous remark was”at least we won the bloody game.
(6)why do the All Blacks perform the haka before each match? What does it mean and what do they perform it for?
(A)Before their games, the All Blacks perform a traditional war dance called the Haka. The Haka was a fighting dance and war cry for their people so thats why they do it. They perform it with an extreme amount of intensity to intimidate the other teams. It lets the other team know they’re serious and are bringing their all
