Celebrating Shivam’s Birthday

In Te Ngahere we went to Green’s Indian Cuisine for lunch because we were celebrating Shivam’s birthday. We were very lucky that we got to eat for free because Shivam’s parents  were the owners at Green’s. We walked from our school to Green’s and when we got there we sat at the tables and waited for our food. After a while we finally got served some drinks, butter chicken, naan bread and rice. I dipped the naan bread in the butter chicken and ate it. I thought it tasted delicious. I then kept eating more and more till I was full. At the end Shivam’s parents came out with a shopping trolly with boxes of chocolate easter eggs and they gave each of us one easter egg. Angela and Jade then gave Shivam a card that we had all signed. After that we said thank you to his family by doing some waiata. The songs we sang were Utaina mai, Ka pioioi and Rerenga Wairua. Then we went back to school. How do you think butter chicken tasted?

 

Coastal Seas Life Cycle

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about what sea animals  do and how they live. We watched one episode of a show called Our Planet and wrote all the facts we could on a doc. We then made a DLO that we wrote our facts on it but we had to put the facts in different categories for example we would put all the seaweed facts on one slide and put the shark facts on a different slide. What I thought was hard was when I had to write down the facts because i’m deaf so it was hard to hear what the person was saying but I managed to write some decent amount of facts down. What I think I could do better next time is try to pay attention more to what he was saying so that I could get more facts so that my DLO could’ve at least be more interesting. 

How To Pronounce Maori Words

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to pronounce the Maori alphabet, Maori greetings and place names. We had to screencastify us pronouncing them. We made a DLO that shows us pronouncing them. We screencastify on Education Perfect. Education Perfect is a digital learning program designed for students to learn about Maori and more. When we finished the screencastify we put them on our DLO. What I found difficult was that sometimes I didn’t really know how to pronounce the word and I had to try not to mess it up because I would have to screencastify again. What I think I could do better next time is go somewhere else that's quiet. Have you ever used the website, Education Perfect before?

How To Search The Web Properly By Using Keywords

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to search the internet properly so that we will be able to find more accurate results. To search the internet properly, instead of asking questions we have to type the keywords for example, instead of typing “where do spiders live” type “spiders habitat” because It will help you get more accurate results about where they live. We made a copy of a slide, where we had to highlight the keywords that are in questions, etc. What I found easy was when I had to highlight the keywords because the teacher already showed us what to highlight. What I think I could do better next time is use keywords when I search up a question so that I get more accurate result. Do you know how to search the web properly?