For the summer Learning Journey we were challenged to draw a Japanese Pufferfish. we can up with the idea to create a story about our japanease pufferfish making a beautiful piece of art. it started of with our pufferfish drawing in the sand and then going to scavenge for some dead koral or shells to add to his masterpiece.
I found this task fun because I enjoyed drawing my own cute pufferfish.
For the Summer Learning Journey we were challenged to create an origami fish and decorate it with patterns. First we grabbed our paper and watched a video to follow the instructions. There were many different folds we had to make to get our final product. Once we were finished I used orange and black pencils to make it look like a real koi fish.
I found this task fun because I love cafting and this origami koi fish was a fun challenge.
Papyrus AI is a generative AI that can assist you in writing texts by predicting what words should come next. Papyrus AI reads the information you give and provides you feedback prompts to follow as you write. This works by memorising patterns in words using a LLM (large language model.) We used Papyrus AI to help us combine the 2 fairytales, Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood to create our own story with unique twists. Using Papyrus AI made this task easier as it gave suggestions on how to make my writing better.
I really liked how Papyrus AI gave me feedback on my writing straight away. Something that was challenging was that some of the vocabulary that it used was hard to understand.
Who’s the Fairest of Them All?
Princess Snow White’s evil stepmother had a magic mirror that told her she was the fairest of them all. One day, the evil stepmother asked the mirror, “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” But it replied with Snow White. The evil stepmother became jealous and full of envy. She banished Snow White and ordered her to go live with her sick grandmother on the other side of the forest.
On her way to her grandmother’s cottage, she meets seven little humans, dressed in colourful rags, wearing adorable little hats. They were going in the same direction as Princess Snow White. They were carrying a basket full of herbs and ingredients to make good soup for her sick grandmother. Snow White asked them how they knew her grandmother. One of the dwarfs said in an Australian accent, “G’day mate, I’m Kale and we look after ye grandmother with yer cousin, Little Red.” “I have a cousin?” Snow White replied. The shortest dwarf of them all invited Snow White to her grandmother’s house, “Hoi, I go by the name of Ryleigh, would ya like to walk with us to ye grandmother’s house.”
Wicked evil queen once again asked the magical mirror, “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” The magic Mirror replies, “My queen, you are beautiful, but Princess Snow White is far more beautiful than you, she is still the fairest of them all.” The evil queen became jealous, so she concocted a devious plan to get rid of Snow White. The queen decided to create a deadly poison and combined it with cherries to give to Snow White. The poison made the cherries glow, making them seem delicious. The queen disguised herself as a small sweet, innocent old lady with a basket full of cherries and set off to find Snow White.
Meanwhile, at the grandmother’s cottage, the dwarfs set off to work while Snow White gets to know her cousin, Little Red. “How long have you been living with grandma?” asked Snow White curiously. “I have been living with the dwarfs for 10 years, ever since my parents got eaten by a mysterious creature,” gloomily replied Little Red. The two keep chatting until Snow White decides to bake some fresh cherry pies for them to devour for dessert. As she bakes, she realises that she has run out of cherries. “I’ll be back later, I need to go pick more cherries for the pies,” yells Snow White. As Snow White is picking cherries, the queen, disguised as a little sweet old lady, comes along and approaches Snow White. “Hello beautiful, would you like some fresh cherries?” the queen said in a quiet raspy voice. “Oh, thank you,” Snow White said gratefully, while smiling.
Snow White gladly skips back to the cottage with the basket full of bright, juicy cherries from the old lady. She continued baking her pies and combined the poisonous cherries into the mixture. Once the pies were baked, she left them out by the window sill to cool down. While the pies cooled down, a moose came and gobbled up all of the pies, which caused the moose to pass out. When Snow White went to check up on her pies, she was shocked to see the unconscious moose. She then realises that the cherries have been poisoned!
A few minutes later, the seven dwarfs arrived home and Joe asked, “Why is everybody in shock, and why is there a dead moose outside our window?” “Somebody had poisoned the cherries and gave them to Snow,” replied Little Red in a scared voice. “Never take anything from strangers,” Grumpy Greg said as he scolded the girls. “But I never did anything, it was all Snow,” complained Little Red. “It doesn’t matter, from now on, don’t let anyone in and don’t take anything from strangers,” Grumpy Greg said angrily. The next morning, the dwarfs were off to work.
“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all,” the wicked queen said full of self-admiration. “My Queen, you are quite the stare, but Snow White is still far more fair,” the magic mirror said honestly. The queen, now enraged with anger, stormed out of the castle and turned into her true form, a giant… scary… monstrous…
“Where are the dwarfs, they have been gone all day as if they just disappeared,” said Grandma full of worry and curiosity. “I have no idea, let’s go look for them Snow,” said Little Red eagerly. “Be careful, and remember what Grumpy said,” Grandma told them. “We will,” shouted the girls as they walked out the door. On their way to the mines, they heard rustling in the bushes. This caused them to start running to the mines full of fear. When they entered, they found Joe’s hat along with all their tools, lying amongst the rocks and concrete. “Where have they gone?” yelled Little Red. As they continued exploring the cave, they found… fur?
They picked up every piece of fur they came across, eventually leading them to a path of footprints. They followed these mysterious footprints through the forest. “This path is familiar,” Snow said confused. “Wait… This is leading to our cottage!” yelled Little Red. They raced back to the cottage to find the door left wide open. This sent shivers down their spine as they slowly entered the cottage. “Grandma, are you there?” trembled Little Red. “Come in, come in,” replied ‘Grandma’ in a soft voice. “Oh my! What big eyes you have, Grandma,” exclaimed Snow. “It’s my new glasses, all the better to see you, my dear, come closer.” “Oh my! What a big nose you have, Grandma,” said Little Red. “All the better to smell your delicious baking, my dear, come closer.” “Oh my! What big ears you have, Grandma,” Snow said shocked. “All the better to hear you, my dear, come closer.” “Oh my! What sharp teeth you have, Grandma,” said Little Red, “All the better… to eat you!” The queen yelled as she ate them both up before shape-shifting back into the queen’s body.
“Snow White, are you here?” said a voice from outside the cottage. “I’m in here; they are gone missing!” The queen said trembling with fear. The king enters the cottage and sees it’s in a big mess. “What could’ve possibly happened to them?” the king asked curiously. “I have no idea,” The queen said, trying to act innocent. The king starts exploring the cottage. “Why is the bed messy and full of… wolf fur?” The king asks. “Why are all of their shoes here if they have gone out?” the king asks again. “Why is a piece of your gown here, my love?” asked the King for a third time. “STOP ASKING QUESTIONS!” The queen growls in a deep voice filled with anger. “My queen, what’s happening?” the king asked worryingly. Slowly, the queen started to transform into her true form, a wolf! “I have put up with this nonsense for long enough, I should be the fairest in the land, not your useless daughter!” The queen replies, full of envy and hatred.
“Guards! Help me!” yelled the king, signalling for his guards to come in. “Nooooo,” yelled the queen in defeat. The guards successfully took down the wolf and rescued the 7 dwarfs, Grandma, Little Red, and Snow White. “I told you guys we shouldn’t have let that old lady in,” Grumpy scolded the other dwarfs. “It’s not my fault!” Ryleigh said in defence. “Let’s all just be glad we are safe now,” said Toby. “Let’s all just go back to the castle,” said the king, relieved that they are all alive. They all head back to the castle and explore their new home. The dwarfs now have their own rooms and do jobs around the castle. Little Red looks after their Grandmother and the king goes back to his normal duties. Years later, on the day of Snow White’s coronation, she decided to have a look in the previous queen’s room. She dusts off some boxes and cleans it up a bit, and she comes across a big box. She opened it to find a large mirror draped with an old cloth. She looks into it and says for the last time, “Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
The End
The Senior Kapa Haka performance group performed at the opening of the principals wananga. To get our performance perfect we practiced for 3 weeks. We performed the songs: Uia, E minaka ana, Kua Tipura, Rona and our school haka. The morning of the day we got changed into our uniform and the front lines wore puipui’s, every girl had a Moko Kauai put on their chin. The performance went well and we ended with the principals performing their own waiata for us.
I enjoyed this because I love performing Kapa haka and embracing my Maori Culture.
Since it is Tokelau language week we were challenged to find 10 facts about Tokelau. We used a variety of different websites to find facts about the island, people, and language. Something I found interesting is that Tokelau is only accessable by boats. This is because they have no airport so there would be now way to get onto the island by plane.
I found this interesting because I got to learn about a culture that I do not connect to.
Our task was to create a DLO about the passing of Kingi Tuheitia and how he brought unity during his reign as the Maori King. Kingi Tuheitias movement was about unity and bringing people together, he wanted to do this because he wanted to preserve the Maori culture and bring peace, friendship, unity and respety between the iwi’s and tribes apart of the Maori culture. Since his passing the heir to the throne Nga Wai Horo I Te Po will become the Maori Kuini. We believe Kuini Nga Wai Horo I Te Po will continue her fathers legacy and persue her fathers wish by building a marae on the land of Aitutaki.
I found this activity interesting because I got to learn about the new Maori Kuini.
We were challenged to research about why sleep is so important for our bodies. We had questions to answer like: Do people get enough and healthy sleep, How much sleep do humans need, Does technology affect our sleep and etc. Something I found interesting was that women get more sleep compared to men.
I found this activity fun because I was able to realize how much sleep my body needs and what could happen if I don’t get enough sleep.
For tech we were challenged to make sweet corn fritters in pairs. Before we started we read the instructions and grabbed our equipment we needed, like: Bowl, Teaspoon, Measuring cups, fork, soup ladle, frying pan and a spatula. We started by measuring 3/4 of flour into our metal bowl while our partners cracked and beat the egg. Once that was done we added 1 tsp of salt and baking powder into our flour and mixed our beatend egg. Then we mixed in our sweet corn and added oil to the frying pan so we could turn our mixture into Sweet corn fritters.
I found this activity fun because I got to learn how to use a stone and not I have a yummy meal I can cook for myself if I ever get hungry at home!
To celebrate 30 years of Duffy books in homes Panmure Bridge hosted a celebration. I helped by bringing a giant Duffy to life with the help of some others. We started by using a projector to trace Duffy and carefully painted each section seperatly. When we finally cut him out we placed him on a stand for everyone to see. To celebrate Duffy books in homes we were given the opportunity to create our own book library’s to store all of our Duffy books. Every other class created their own books aswell and we set them out in the hall for decoration.
We had special guests from the Duffy books in home programe and they talked about their experience with Duffy books and their favourite books. Some of the teachers also shared their favourite books. We sang Happy birthday is English as well as Maori, and also sung the Duffy sign with actions.
I found this fun because Duffy books in homes is a program that helps many schools who don’t have the oppourtunity to read books.
To celebrate 30 years of Duffy books in homes we all were given a Duffy library box to store all of our Duffy books. we started off by looking up some zentangle or cultural designs that we could use as inspiration for our box. I started off by drawing everything using pencil then I went over it with a fine black vivid. I drew turtles, flowers, a stingray and a Tui bird. We set them out on the hall so that everybody could see them during the duffy celebration. Once it finished we were given a Duffy book to store in our library’s, I chose Mulan.
I found this activity fun because I enjoy doing art and got to use my creativity to come up with designs.