Turanganui Kapa Haka Festival recount!!!

Marching proudly up the steps to the Turanganui Kapa Haka Festival, Nui Syndicate stepped onto the stage. This was it. This was the moment we practised terms for. The silence was nerve racking. I waited for the guitar to start and I started singing. I strode forwards, confident and strong, and stopped once I got to the front of the stage. I sang for a moment longer, finished, and waited for the rest of us to join in. We started singing as one, our voices being projected across the hall, resounding off the walls and filling the air, and this was only the first song.

So, as you can probably tell from the first paragraph and the title this was at the Turanganui Kapa Haka Festival. The whole school did this yesterday (20/11/19), and we have been practising since the start of this year. I was so proud one of the kaias (leaders) for the performance and I think we did a fantastic job of performing the routine. Although I did find the haka and haramai a paoa were very fast. The people who did our ta moko did an excellent job at putting them on and I thank them for doing a very good job. The kaias for the haka had a full face and the rest of the boys only had them on their cheeks.

Our order of songs go like this: Tu Mai Ra, Haramai A Paoa, Ka Pioioi, Puria Nei, Utaina, The Wainui Haka, Ka Mate, Wainui e, and He Honore. Again, I think that we did a good job at the festival and I think that that was one of our best performances. I hope that the opportunity arises to do this again next year at Gis Int.

Tu Mai Ra

Tu Mai Ra

Tu Mai Ra

Utaina

Haramai a Paoa

Wainui E

My awesome speech!

In term 3 room 1 has been busy writing and finishing our speeches. My speech is about banning plastic bags all around the world. For me I thought my speech was really good and caught the listeners attention and kept their attention. I think other people thought my speech was good as well, because I made it into the semi - finals and from the semi - finals to the ACTUAL FINALS!!!! When I heard that I was in the finals it really made my day. AND I was the only boy from year 5 and 6 to get into the finals. So now I have got to do my speech in front of the whole of nui (My syndicate). So please leave a comment and please, WISH ME LUCK!!!!!

My Goals

Yesterday in room 1 we made a drawing to put in what type of learner we thought we were, what learning we were most proud of and what we will try to work on. we had to choose either our avatar or a picture that represents us to say our goals. I have made mine and this is it:
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About me

 Last wednesday we made these avatars on a website called face.co we made them to put on a drawing that was meant to be about us. Here is a link to the website: Face.co. This was my work, please leave a comment:

Cyber Safety Poster

This week in Room 1 we have been making cyber safety posters for Wainui Beach School. We have done this because Wainui Beach School has decided to do most of their learning on devices. We made the posters to tell them how to be safe. This one below is mine: