Famous Person in the Early Church Presentation - St. Paul

 Today in our class we learned about the Famous People in the Early Church. Me and Joseph chose the famous person St. Paul. We made a presentation about him.

Hope you enjoy! :)

Matariki Information Report

 21.06.21

Matariki Dictogloss Information Report

By Zean & Aden

Matariki is the Māori name for the clusters of stars. It is also the Māori New Year of New Zealand. It is also known as the Pleiades. The name also means the “Eyes of God” or “Little Eyes”. According to Greek Mythology “When Ranginui (The Sky Father) and Papatūānuku (The Earth Mother) were divided or separated from their children the God of the Winds (Tawhirimatea) became immensely ferocious that he literally ripped his eyeballs out from his eye sockets”. He would throw them into the heavens. As you know, Matariki is a star that ascends in mid winter.

Matariki is a time to commemorate and remember the deaths of your loved ones. It’s also a time to learn about the land from a century or potentially a millennium ago. It is also a time to hear ancient stories about Matariki as well as dancing. They grew crops of kumara, potatoes, etc. They stopped the celebrations in 1940. Throughout the year (early 2000’s) they revived the celebrations. Altogether there are nine stars. The nine visible stars include Waipuna-ā-rangi, Ururangi, Matariki, Tupu-ā-rangi, Tupu-ā-nuku, Waitī, Waitā, Pohutekawa, Hiwa-i-te-rangi.

Matariki in Greek Myth.

The stars actually used to be human. While they were wandering through the woods, they were spotted by Orion (a hunter). In order to save them from Orion's undesirable intentions, Zeus transformed them into stars and placed them in the skies.

Fun Fact: There are actually 500 Matariki stars but 7-9 stars are visible.

The Early Church

 Today in our class we were assigned to make a DLO about The Early Church.

Features of the Church

Today in our class for R.E we learned the features of the church and were supposed to type the definition in the slides.

Hope you enjoy! 

Recount of The Samoan Language Week Umu

Umu Recount                       By Zean

Samoan Language Week’s Umu Brainstorm: Parents & Family (Samoan Community) Food: Taro, Fish, Banana, Pork, Ham, Rice, Chop Suey, Coconut Exhilaration, Amusement, Laughter, Excitement The Samoan National Anthem

Rewind to Friday on June 4th 2021. It was Room 6’s Assembly as well as Miss Haslem’s last day with us. BUT… I witnessed a special event called Samoan Language Week. Samoan people have been celebrating this to prioritize Samoan culture and Samoan language. The Samoan Event was commemorated by doing an Umu located at Christ the King School’s Field.

What’s an Umu you ask?

An Umu is a traditional pacific way of cooking food in the ground using hot volcanic rocks to produce steam. From my experience, the food was on top of the hot rocks wrapped in aluminum foil. There were different layers to prevent fire spreading. That’s just my theory. The smell of the food was aromatic. Just thinking of it makes me feel hungry. It looked really delicious. Before we ate the food we had a sample of fresh coconut. The class bell rang. So we all had to proceed to our rooms. While working I could not take my mind off what we were about to taste. A little bit later the lunch bell finally rang.

Our Deputy Principal Mr. Tyrell asked us to come down so we could sit down and think about Samoa. Mr T. asked questions like what do the stars on the flag mean? The stars represented the symbolic meaning of purity. Mr T. raised the Samoan Flag sooner than expected. We gazed at the flag. We sang the National Anthem called O Le Fu'a o Le Sa'olotoga o Samoa. As soon as it was finished we all crowded around the Umu. The Samoan Community took off the layers one by one with precaution. They wore gloves to grab the food carefully and put it in the container. We headed to class so they could prepare the food. Few minutes later we walked to the Parish Hall and sat down to pray. We all lined up in order from Room 6 all the way to Room 2. It felt like a decade had passed already but for real it was only a couple minutes. I waited patiently to get in front of the line. There were foods such as Taro, Fish, Banana, Pork, Ham, Rice, Chop Suey and Coconut. When I was there I grabbed some pork. It was delicious! I wanted to get a second plate but I was too full already. So I headed off to play Basketball with my friends. It was such a special day since there was a Samoan Event, there was Samoan Food and an extended lunch time after the Umu.

That’s how my day went on Friday! It was amazing!

My Inquiry Project on Animal Migration (Northern Elephant Seals)

In our class (Room 2) we were assigned to research about our chosen animal. (Northern Elephant Seal)

Me and my group made a presentation of the Northern Elephant Seals.

Enjoy our presentation!

 

Holy Spirit Artwork Reflection

 Holy Spirit Artwork

1. What did you accomplish?

I created a Holy Spirit masterpiece! I also accomplished the painting, the outlining and especially the drawing.

2. Are you satisfied with your final artwork? Why / Why not? I am very satisfied with my final artwork! I am satisfied because of an unexpected great masterpiece!

3. What did you find easy when creating your Holy Spirit artwork? It was tremendously easy outlining and painting but overall the rest was challenging.

4. What did you find challenging when creating your Holy Spirit artwork? I found the drawing ambiguously challenging. It took me 30 minutes.

5. What do you need to work on?

I personally think I need to improve on painting. Ever since I’ve been doing this I’ve always asked for help from other teachers.

6. What would you adjust with your Holy Spirit Artwork? 

I would adjust the painting of areas. Some are a little over the lines but from a far away view, it looks amazing. When you look up close you could spot some mistakes.

7. What would you do next time to improve your Holy Spirit artwork? Next time I would need to improve on painting and redoing aspects of my artwork.