Kawakawa Primary Marae

The importance of our Marae

I think the Kawakawa Primary Marae is important, The Marae has been up for
over 5 years and it's still looking amazing today. Everytime we sing every morning
in there we are singing to our ancestors which is respecting them, the Marae is a
memory of all the people who have been at this school, they were staff members
or students or anyone who was related to the school who has passed away have
their photos up there. Singing for them is a way of respecting their memory. It
represents us.

The Marae is an old building of Kawakawa primary, it's been standing for over 8
years. If you were to look back in google maps at photos of kawakawa primary
you would see the photo of the school had been taken in 2013, therefor proving
the marae has been up for over 5 years at least. Photos of our schools staff
members or students that had passed away have been put up in the marae in their
memory for respect, as we sing every morning for them, respecting them and
keeping their memory alive.

Our Marae is important because it represents us in a way, Powhiris are up when a
new student comes to the school, they are welcomed with a haka (usually), some
songs and mihi. The songs we sing in the Marae represent us, the Mihi represents
our school, and so on so on. Our school is special with the Marae, it keeps our
school alive and it keeps the memories of our ancestors alive.

In conclusion I think our Marae is very important to our school. It represents our school,
it's a home for our ancestors keeping their memory alive and it's been a part of
Kawakawa primary for over 8 years.

What I found easy: I think it was easy to get the good ideas about our marae

What I found hard: I'm more used to argument writing so it was a little more difficult just explaining it all.

What I enjoyed: Just sitting and writing 😁 

Reflection: This writing was sort of difficult but easy to finish quickly, for once I got this done in the correct time frame! That's sort of new to me I guess.

🌊Sharks paragraph🦈

Sharks

Sharks can be found in most oceans such as,  Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern oceans, but they do not swim in the Antarctic because the water is too cold. They can also be found in lakes that don't have salt water and some rivers. There are around 250 species of sharks including, great white, tiger shark, bull shark, whale shark, nurse shark, hammerhead and many many more. Most sharks have a light grey back and white belly, they have a sleek shape letting them get through the water quickly, they can be identified by their dorsal fin, they have 2 rows of sharp teeth and they have large round eyes, with a sharks good eyes they allow them to see colour at different levels of light. Like cats they have a mirror like layer in the back of their eyes which is called tapetum lucidum giving them amazing eyesight. It is said that sharks can smell a single drop of blood from miles away, however it is known for sure that sharks have much better sense of smell than humans. Most sharks eat small fish and invertebrates (invertebrates are an animal lacking a backbone) bigger sharks will eat seals, sea lions and other water animals. Sharks only eat humans when they are confused or curious, they pretty much take a bite of a human and then spit it back out in disgust, they wouldn't eat a full human on purpose.

What we learnt: We were learning to make a good paragraph and put our ideas in order

What I enjoyed: writing everything down in the paragraph

What was difficult: putting the facts into the right orders

Reflection: This was fun and easy, I like writing so it was fun to write

💻 My kawa of care 💻

What I enjoyed : Creating the presentation
What was difficult : finding extra reasons
Reflection : this was relatively easy because all we had to do was make an attractive google drawing with the do's and don'ts with your chromebook.