Samoan Language Week

This week was Samoan Language Week. In Room 6 we learnt a lot about Samoa and the Samoan culture. We watched Cultural Hub clips about the Samoan alphabet, animals and body parts. Did you know that the Samoan alphabet has only 17 letters. Also during reading time we did a scavenger hunt on facts about Samoa, we then searched the classroom for clues to complete our samoan puzzle. We had experts teaching us greetings and phrases, our experts were Matila, Remy and Rosa.

Tongan Language Week

  This week is Tongan  Language Week. We  learnt about things they do in the Tongan culture. With my group I learnt about Ngatu. Ngatu is something that Tongans use to make clothing. It is made of bark called tutu, tutu comes from a tree called mulberry. But the mulberry tree cannot grow in New Zealand because of our temperature. So they transport it from Tonga. Then they make NGATU! 

My Turtle and Shark Slide

Me and Bella made a slide about a Samoan myth called "The Turtle and The Shark" in reading. We did this myth because we thought it was a very interesting and this Samoan myth seemed very special.

The story starts with a young girl called Salofa. She has a blind mother called Fonuea. One day Salofa and Fonuea were waiting for their relatives bring their food.  Salofa panicked and her mother told her to lead her to the cliff. To find out  what happens next, read our slideshow!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

India!

For Reading, we did research on different countries. I chose India. I really enjoyed learning about India because it is a big country with lots of interesting animals and celebrations.

Have you ever thought what India's main sports are? Well look no further. One of India's main sports is cricket, a sport that heaps of people play a lot in my school. Kaboddi and football are really well known sports in India.

Three main cities in India are Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post and how about you visit India yourself and you might see the places and things I am talking about.