Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Mr Woody Matariki Quiz



1. What is Matariki and what are all its other names?
star clusters or seven Sisters or Pleiades.Matariki is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or The Seven Sisters; and what is referred to as the traditional Maori New Year.Waitī

Waitā

Tupu-a-nuku

Tupu-a-rangi

Waipuna-a-rangi

Ururangi

Matariki



2. How did Maori use it in more traditional times, like when they were travelling the Pacific or trying to survive in early Aotearoa hundreds of years ago before Pakeha came here? They used them as navigators.

3. What significance does it have in other cultures from history?


They used it to see how and when their crops would grow.




I go this info from this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matariki

Pleiades has several meanings in different cultures and traditions.
I got this info from tis website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster)
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_in_folklore_and_literature

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Austrian school

Austrian school

this is the school that we are going to show them what we have be learnig about for the last month.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Jelly fish

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Net Games

What do you think net games are?
I think a net game is a game were you use a net e.g Football, Netball and Hockey.
What tactics do you think are used in net games?
The tactics i think that are in the games are getting into space, calling for the ball, pass to all of your team and remember you dont always have to go towards the goal you can pass backwards.
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Post Assessment - Invasion Games

1. I think good attackers use space and call for the ball
2. I think good defenders always marks the opposite team and think what there going to do next
3. I think that was good at using space in the game. I think that I need to work on my passing and catching.
4. I think the class was good at passing the ball and calling for the ball. I think the class needs to work on the catching and getting faster at throwing the ball straight.
5. I don’t think there is any thing that we need to work on

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Where has our rock come from?

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Group Rocky photos
Photos
Group rocky
Where Do We Think It is From
This is a project that group rocky has done on a rock we found down by the Waikato river. We had to describe the texture and shape!
Group rocky details

Group rocky

Group rocky where has my rock come from.