I am still blogging...

I am still blogging … 

but I’ve moved.

Click here

to visit my new blog

and see the next stage of my learning journey.

Comments are closed here. Please comment on my new blog.

Egypt

Iceland

France

China

Vienna 4 Facts: Kaimoana (Seafood)

Vienna Response to text: Marine Animals

  Marine Animals

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

1. Approximately how many different species of marine life are in New Zealand?

a) 17,000                                     b) Over 17,000

c) 19,000             d) 16,000

2.According to the article where are Hector’s dolphins found? 

a) All over New Zealand              b) At the top of the North Island

c) Only in the South Island         d) In the South Island with some in the North Island

3. How many New Zealand sea lions are there?

a) around 12,000 b) exactly 12,000

c) no one knows d) 12,000

4. Describe what the word endemic means:

→ only live in new zealand 

5. True or False: Hector’s dolphins have a distinctive rounded dorsal fin that looks like it has one of Daffy Ducks ears.

a) True b) False

6. What is the conservation status of the Hoiho or Yellow-eyed penguin?

a) Endangered             b) Extinct

c) Threatened-Nationally Endangered d) A few away from extinction

7. What is  the conservation status “Threatened-Nationally Endangered”?

→they are facing a high rate of extension in the short term.

8. What can we do as New Zealanders to help protect and save these marine creatures from extinction?

→ don’t over fishing 

Vienna 4 Facts: Sea Creatures

Vienna Thursday: Silver Subtraction Practice

Vienna Design It: PES Flag

Response to Text' : History of Pt. England School,

 Pt England School

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

1. What is the address of Pt England School?

a) 129 Pt England Road                               b) 130 Dunkirk Road

c) 130 Pt England Road             d) 130 Riverside Road

2. How many students attend Pt England School? 

a) 581                       b) 608

c) 576                           d) 600

3. When did the Manaiakalani Education Trust begin?

a) 2005 b) 2009

c) 2010             d) 2011

4. List all of the schools that are part of Manaiakalani:

→ Glenbrae, Glen Innes, Glen Taylor, Panmure Bridge, Pt England, Ruapotaka,

 St Pius X,Sommerville Special, Stonefields, Tamaki College and Tamaki primary.   

5. True or False: “Manaiakalani, the hook from heaven” is the logo and tagline for Manaiakalani. 

a) True b) False

6. Who is the current principal of Pt England School?

a) Mrs Nua             b) Mr Jacobsen

c) Mr Somerville             d) Mr Burt

Vienna 4 Facts: History of Pt. England School

Vienna Response to text: Raphael

 Raphael

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

1. Who is renowned as the greatest painters of the High Renaissance?

1. Donatello                                   b) Raphael

      c) Michelangelo                                       d) Leonardo 

2. Which painting is Raphael best known for? 

a) Mona Lisa                       b) David

c) Madonna                     d) Gabriel

3. Who were Raphael’s earlier mentors for his craft?

a) Leonardo da Vinci     b) Pietro Perugino

c) Giovanni Santi     d) Magia di Battista 

4. Why is Giovanni Santi significant in Raphael’s life?

→he was raphael’s first teacher and father

5. True or False:  Raphael had a pleasant childhood.  

a) True b) False

Explain your answer:

=>his mother, father and siblings died.

6.  Why would Raphael choose to be an apprentice of Pietro Perugino?

1. Because Perugine was famous around the world for his work

2. He had an important commission working on the Sistine Chapel 

3. He had no one to select from.

4. Leonardo & Michelangelo didn’t like him

7. With the artwork from Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?

1. Pointillism collage

b) comic art

c) human beauty, nature, religion deities

d) Painting, sculptures

Vienna Four Facts: Raphael

Four Facts: Comics

Vienna Response to Text: Thurs - Comic Art

Vienna Make your own Bread

Vienna Design a Waka!

Vienna Response to Text (Wednesday T3, W8)

 Response to Text

1. Who was the article about? :

(Sir Āpirana Ngata (Ngāti Porou)

2. When and where was he born? :

He  was born 3rd of July 1874 in Te Araroa on the East Coast of New Zealand’s North Island. 

3. Which Iwi was Apirana Ngata most connected to? :

Ngāti Porou was one of the Iwi in New Zealand that had developed close relationships with the British Crown, and  he used these connections to educate himself in the ways of European politics and law.

4. What was he the first Maori person to do? :

Āpirana Ngata was a great believer in education. He studied hard from the very beginning, eventually earning his way into Canterbury College and becoming the first Māori in New Zealand to graduate from University. He left university a fully qualified 

5. Finish these sentences from the text:

1. “Apirana dedicated himself to the improvement of…

Māori, both socially, culturally, and economically ”

2. “Apirana was a proud Maori, and fought to...  

        set up businesses and schools for Māori throughout New Zealand

Vienna Response to Text: Kakahu Pekepeke (Tuesday (W8, T3)

 Response to text:

Kakahu Pekepeke 

by Keri Welham

Highlight the correct answer or write down the appropriate response.

1. A whakairo is… 

a) another word for taonga b) a Maori food

c) a traditional carving d) a gift 

2. The whakairo was gifted to the school in...

a) 1990 b) 1992

c) 2000 d) 2002

3. Explain why the whakairo is called “Kakahu Pekepeke”

→carving 

4. True or False: A pekepeke is a cloak.

a) True b) False

5. Which of the following is NOT a taonga that Ōtūmoetai School has?

a) Carvings of Tākitimu waka b) The prow of the Tākitimu waka

c) Murals of the first Principal d) A 125 year old Oak Tree