Kapa Haka performance Term 3

For the last few weeks, our whole school has been practising for the Te Ohonga o Ngāpuhi Kapa Haka performance.

We had waiata training from Whaea Lainie and Whaea Gaylene.

We performed He Honore, Toro Mai, Tutira Mai Nga Iwi, Te Pou, Magic People and the Haka.

We learned the importance of singing with a clear voice and opening our mouths wide. We also learned to show pride in our performance so it clearly shows when we sing that we are proud of our culture.

Here is a photo of our last practice on the performance day.

Here is our performance which was live-streamed on Facebook.

Class Movie Making

This week we have been learning about making movies using We Video. We learned about different camera angles you can use in your movies to make them more interesting. We learned how to edit our videos using We Video. We used the cutting function to cut out the parts we didn't need. Some of us also added audio to our movies.

We found it easy to record our actions, do close-up shots and use different angles.

We found it challenging to get the timing right and get good sound quality and lighting. The sound was tricky because it was a windy day and there was lots of background noise from other students.

Some of us really enjoyed acting and being able to create what we wanted. We liked being able to come up with our own ideas.

Next time we could try working through the editing stage at a slower pace so we are not rushing to finish.

Lockdown Acrostic Poem

During week 1 of the lockdown, room 6 wrote an acrostic poem about being in Lockdown to share what we are going through.

First, we made sure we understood what an acrostic poem is. Most of us knew what an acrostic poem was, we just didn’t know what it was called.

We started a new google drawing and wrote the name Lockdown going downwards using WordArt.

Next, we inserted text boxes to write the information for our poem.

After that, some of us added images that suited the topic, and some of us made changes to our fonts and formatting.

We found it easy to write a sentence that started with the letter in the acrostic.

We found it hard to think of relevant adjectives for my poem.

We really enjoyed making connections to my personal life and how I am experiencing being in lockdown.

Next time we need to try adding adjectives and verbs in my writing to make it more interesting for my reader.

Chris' poem.