CREATE TASK - Lesson 6.

Task Description: for this task we had to complete our create task. before that we had to finish the first one on the slides. after we finished the slides we moved on to this. For our create task we had to write conversations about what color is my hair, but in Maori though. This is how we made our own conversation of what was the color of the hair.

Description Blog

Task Description: For our task we had to describe and write what our taniwha looked like. I had a drawing in mind that I'd drew, also thought that it would be really amazing to draw my own taniwha. I couldn't write a whole bunch of descriptive words because I didn't know what to write about my taniwha. I just wrote what I wrote and drew my taniwha to get this done and over with.

Quality Blog Posts.

Task Description: Today's task we did a task about quality blog posts. the first thing we did was that we took screenshots of each others favourite blog post and put it on the slide, also writing about topics and themes we like to read about. Me and Jacob also highlighted a few important things on the slide about someones blog, after we completed the slide we moved on to the last slide and then finish our quality blog post.

Tongan History.

 The video I watched was about Tongan people wearing Ta’ovala. In the video it shows Tongan people wearing them including their own tupenu and kafa. You're probably wondering what a Kafa is? A Kafa is similar to a rope. It could be hardened and also soft, it is also something that wraps around your waist when you wear a Ta’ovala. Also about other important things in Tonga

You could also see them wearing it to church when you're there. Including your So-te as well. Doesn’t matter if you don’t have a Ta’ovala then just bring whatever you have like your Tupenu. They all wear it to any occasions that are special like a funeral, a dance, anything. When going to dances or Performances they wear Ta’ovala with leaves around their waist, also heaps of coconut oil on themselves.

The reason why they wear coconut oil is because it is a celebration of the symmetry of the human body as well as a mark of ancestral identity. When it comes to funerals, that’s like the saddest thing ever, because it’s one of your elders that passed on, or your family members. They’ll be put in a coffin, before that they clean the person up and get put in the coffin.

When Tongans go to a funeral, they are all dressed in black.

It’s the same, Tupenu, black so-te, and a Ta’ovala, Kafa. Those are the things you bring to a funeral. Another reason I have is that back in the day Tongans would always go overseas to fish and look for them while they go fishing, in their boat. They use the fishing rod or their own home made one to gather all the fish so that they don’t starve, so that they can fill their bodies up to stay energized.

Ideas about Year 7/8 programme.

	Year 7	Year 8
K	. Keep shared lunch . Keep group names . Keep the games . Keep the Art work	. Keep all activities . Keep concert night . Keep making chants . Keep trying new things
S	. Stop doing less activities . Stop making quotes . Stop saying offensive words .	. Stop making heaps of noise . Stop busting in the dorms .  .
A	. Add more sports like Bball . Add more treats like lollies . Add more games on PSI . Add 4 days of team building	. Add key lock for dorms . Add more time, Go-Karts . Add more fun, being happy . Add air soft to activities

Task Description: For today's work we working on how it was like at camp and how we can step up and lead others. There were many smart words coming out of our mouth from the leaders which was me. Also enjoying our very last year of this and making the most of it.

Reflections - Yr 7/ Yr 8 Leaders8

Yr 7's & 8 leaders

- Enjoying making up their chant

- Eating all those yummy food

- Being a prefect stepping up showing support

- How they cooperate in the team 

- Stepping out of their comfort zones

- Enjoying the activities that they did

- Working together as a team

- Sleeping in the dorms

- Having heaps of fun to make the day happy

- Having more free time

Year 8 Leadership Camp.

On August the 5th we year 8's arrived to school getting ready to arrive to camp. After the long bus ride we finally got there and hopped off sitting in our team lines like practice back at school. After we unpacked all the bags, we had morning tea, went to our first rotations after. My team name was Thames B, our first rotation was Go-Karts with Mr Jacobson.

What I got out of year 8 Leadership camp was the things we said t the concert night on Thursday. We all introduced every team until we got up stage sharing a few of our best highlights of camp. We said some things that lifted us up to get to the top, we kept on moving forward as we proceeded through the days.