To me Kotahitanga means unity and togetherness, unity and togetherness are mostly shown as teamwork and effective communication.

In PE we have demonstrated kotahitanga when we play all sorts of sports, for instance, our PE class is divided into 4 groups and every person in the team has a role, Jojo, Tyrell, Jerome, Leo and Erica are all apart of my team, our team name is “The Bubble Guppies”. In our team I am the coach, Jojo is the captain of our team and her job is to make sure we are all doing the right thing and using our ears. Erica is the manager and her job is to give our team warm ups and upskilling drills, Jerome is the referee, his job is teaching our team the rules of volleyball and reffing the games., Leo is the stats keeper and his job is collecting all our data that our team holds and last but not least Tyrell, he is the cheerleader and his job is obvious, but if you dont know what a cheerleader is than his job is to encourage our team and make sure there is no negativity drawn to our team spirit. 

Within our roles we demonstrate kotahitanga when communicating and listening to everyone in the team so we can help our peers understand the rules of the game, we also cheer and encourage each other to not give up no matter the score which is a form of manaakitanga.

Here is our video :https://drive.google.com/file/d/12m6GPRWTrFdbECzMc0NPMtJ6VA_mhUkA/view?usp=sharing

During Health class, we have been learning about the Te Whare Tapa Wha model and the Fonofale model. The Te Whare Tapa Wha model is a Maori model that focuses on Health, there are four pou in this model. Pou number one is Taha Tinana which is your physical health, then Taha Wairua which is your spiritual health, Taha Hinengaro, your mental and emotional wellbeing and lastly Taha Whanau, the social side of your wellbeing. And to complete the whare we need a base, and the base of Te Whare Tapa Wha is the whenua.

The second model which is the Fonofale is about all island ethnicity, this is named the fonofale from the culture of Samoan naming it the “The House Of Support” in this model there are also four pou which is Physical, Spiritual, Mental and other, other stands for your gender, sexuality/sexual, age, and socio-economic. The base for this fale (House) is family.

The similarities between the two models is that both Te Whare Tapa Wha and Fonofale use a house as their model, they are both dedicated to a specific culture, and they both have four dimensions.

The difference between the two is that the last dimension of the Fonofale and Te Whare Tapa Wha have different meanings behind it unlike the Te Whare Tapa Wha, The Fonofale last pou is focused on age. sexual/sexuality and socio economic.

This is a drawing I have made on google image using my amazing  skills of both models:

Random Act Of Kindness also known as RAK was a week that celebrates all benefits of kindness and love to everybody and sharing it around whether it’s big or small, for instance opening a door for someone, complimenting someone to see how they would react to you saying something nice about them, leaving a note of appreciation to care takers and many more. When you do something nice for someone you should never ask for something in return no matter what!, you should just be doing it out of the kindness of your heart. Throughout the RAK week our 1HLT class celebrated RAK for the first time in BOIC!. On Monday 17 February Whaea Abby put some quotes on all of the school class whiteboards and I also did some nice things for my friends and made sure to say thank you to all the teachers I had a class with, even though I already do say it. On Tuesday 18 February we went to go draw on the concrete with chalk, I made a game and it had a very good outcome to it being there which was seeing people play it and having fun while they play, Sailor and Erica wrote some quotes on the ground in front of the marae. Drisana also did some writing on the canteen whiteboard. Wednesday 19 February I went to give some cookies that Whaea Abby made to some teachers with a card each and they all smiled and gave me a hug or a high five. We also went downtown to clean some signs and pick up rubbish to give back to the community. Some of the people who were driving past gave us some mana waves and beeps which was very cool and positive to receive. Thursday 20 February, I helped teachers pack up their stuff and I also helped clean the class. Friday 21 February last day of RAK but not the last day of being kind. During Health we went downtown to pick up most of the rubbish on the sidewalk from the school walking to the park and I think we did a pretty good job at it. Despite the fact that we all gave each other a hard time and we also made a new friend, her name is Keana and she goes to Kawakawa Primary School, it was all worth standing outside in the sun and making a small difference in our community. Whaea Abby also put our hard work up on Facebook and she sent out a survey and we received amazing feedback.

This was a very powerful impact on not only the people who received love and kindness but people that gave it because when I gave the cookies to teachers and students their facial expression was surprised, joy, and exciting which was very cool to see that we made someone happy, I think this touched every dominant of Te Whare Tapa Wha.

My prediction was that everyone was grateful to receive a yum treat, a nice card, and games to play during lunch, I chose these ideas because they were nice and easy but a nice fun idea too, I loved seeing people emailing me and saying thank you and sent a photo to me of them with their gifts.

The impact I received during the RAK acts to my te whare tapa wha was 

Taha Tinana – When I was giving people biscuits, cards and quotes my tinana was very shaky because I was doing this by myself at first and then I was calm when I gave it to them.

Taha Wairua – I was very scared but as I said in taha tinana I was calm afterwards.

Taha Hinengaro – I hated going by myself because I’m not the type of person who walks alone.

Taha Whanau – my friends and teachers loved it!

RAK started on the 17 February 1995 in San Francisco, Bay Area. This was founded by the Random Act Of Kindness foundation.

In conclusion this was a very good and fun week and looking forward to next year!

Tena Koutou Katoa

Last Week at our school (Bay Of Islands College) we held a Matariki Gala containing performances, food stores and activities as well this was a fun kaupapa

This paragraph discusses the connection between DNA, chromosome, and gene, I believe that these three things make who you are.

For Instance Gene is passed through Whakapapa, your Genes also give you characteristics that your parents may have or your grandparents may have. Genes also contain protein which make functional molecules.

DNA is the hereditary material that all organisms have, 

Chromosomes are structures found in the nucleus cell that contains genetic information, Chromosomes are also an important part of your genes which is an important part of your body.

We can therefore see that Gene, Dna, and Chromosome are connected within us.

If you don’t know what a static image is a static image is an image that doesn’t move

My static image includes

• an animated person eating a burger
• an animated person sleeping
• 2 dogs that look like my pets
• The word pepeha
• Book that has the title “Friends and Family”

You don’t really have to look for anything in a static image besides the part where it can’t move

But thats all I have  today I hope you enjoyed reading about Static image

Have a GREAT day

This term we have been learning about rounding,Multiplying decimals and dividing decimals.For rounding we have learnt the rounding rhyme and it goes like this 5 or more raise the score 4 or lest let it rest so belowI have done a little example of my work

For multiplying decimals we have learnt how to multiply decimals by the power of 10,100,and 1000 and there is this little method we know is called MR DL . M stands for Multiplying and R stands for Right so if its multiplying than you would move the decimal point to the right and D stands for Divide and L stands for Left and if it was divide than you would move the decimal point to the left

That’s all I have to say for now thank you for reading my blog.

I te wiki tuatahi o nga hararei i haere ahau ki Whangarei ki te taha o Jonny me etahi atu tangata i roto i toku whanau.I haere matou ki Whangarei mo tetahi haerenga na te mea i tino kaha tatou i roto i nga mahi katoa. Ko te wahi tuatahi i haere matou ki ko te ice-skating i whara e maha o toku whanau ki roto ko te wa tuatahi mo etahi o nga tangata i reira. I noho matou i  te ice-skating rank mo te tahi me te hawhe haora i te wa i mutu tatou i waiata matou ki nga tangata kei te mahi i reira. I waiata matou i te waiata toro mai i te wa i mutu tatou i te waiata i poatinitini  tetahi o nga tangata i  roto i to tatou ropu katahi ka oma tetahi o nga kaiawhina te tikina he wai me tetahi o nga tiakarete hei kiingia i te huka i roto o tona puku.  I tatari matou i reira mo te 5miniti na te mea mo te tangata me tetahi o nga taraiwa i haere ia ki Kamar mo te hokona i etahi mea mona. I te wa i haere mai ia i haere matou ki Dominos te tiki e 24 nga pizzas na te mea e 23 nga tamariki me e 5 nga kaiawhina. Katahi ka haere matou ki te papatakoro te kai i noho matou i reira mo te 30miniti katahi i haere matou ki Action Zone ko te mahi tuatahi te whakawehe ia tatou i roto i nga ropu e 6 mo te bowling. Ko nga tangata i roto i toku ropu ko Dez,Khloe,Devon,me Renata ko te toa i roto i toku ropu ko Dez. Engari i roto i nga tangata katoa ko toku kaihanga tuarua a bubby i whiwhi ia e 130 nga poita i takoro matou i te bowling i te wa i mutu tatou i tera i haere nga tama ki te takoro i te lazer tag i toa mai a Freedom Reti i te wa i te takoro nga tama i te lazer tag i takoro nga kotiro i runga i nga kemu i te takoro nga tama mo te 20 miniti i te wa i mutu ratou i haere nga kotiro ki te takoro i te lazer tag mo te 20 miniti i te wa i mutu tatou i toa mai a Khloe Reti i tae tuarua ahau i te wa i roto tatou nga kotiro i te takoro nga tama i nga kemu. katahi i hoki matou ki te kainga ara ko waikare i te Paraire o te wiki tuatahi o nga wiki hararei i mahi matou i tetahi pati ki toku whare i haere mai e maha nga tangata katahi i waati ahau i oku kaihanga mote 2 ra katahi i haere ahau ki te moe noreira ko tera te wiki tuatahi o oku hararei noreira tena koutou tena koutou tena ra tatou katoa.

See Ya, Simon is a fictional novel of a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy. It is very pronounced throughout the story that Simon will not live for another year. Simon is a very righteous and humorous character who is never afraid to share his various opinions and does not seem to care that much despite him knowing he is going to die. If I have to describe a setting then it would be his school because it is one of the main setting Simon goes to.Simon is Funny Cool and Humorous and he had his best friend who would always help Simon his name is Nathan he is very cheerful awesome kind and funny my thought about this story are Happy at the start but then when it got closer to the end I was a bit sad because Simon was about to die.And I have learnt that you have to appreciate life  because other kids don’t get to live a normal life.

What have I been learning in Math???

In Math I have been learning about the power of 10,

 place value, Polygon,Anglers,Whole Numbers,Rounding,and Integers and Blogging

Math is very interesting