Here is my dice that I made in micro:bit   Press the shake button to see what happens

Kiwi culture

Kapa haka is a huge part of the maori culture and new zealand as a country. Tourists from all over the world are drawn to our country because of our culture and traditions. There are many competitions for kapa haka ranging from primary schools to adults and is taken very seriously to maori as a people. There are many types of songs and haka that is involved with a kapa haka bracket and each one has its own meaning behind it.Kiwi icons are not just the things that we eat or do but what makes us who we are as a country. Kapa haka has impacted me because I do a lot at school and I enjoy singing.

Kia Ora my name is Leilani and I am a year 9 student in te whare o totara at Bay Of Islands College. My previous school is Kawakawa Primary and this is my first year at BOIC. My favourite subjects in school are music, maths, and MPA.

sunshine and swimming togs

This is one of the summer learning journey activities

Kapa Haka regionals

On the 17 of November, Te Rau Pou Manawa O Kawakawa (our Kapa Haka roopu) went to Te Tai Tokerau Kapa Haka Regionals. There were eight intermediate roopu and four primary school roopu. We placed 3rd for waiata tira, 3rd for whakaeke, 3rd for whaikorero, 3rd for moteatea, 2nd for waiata aringa, 3rd for poi, 3rd for whakawatea, and 1st equal for kaitataki wahine. We came 3rd in the intermediate section and 4th overall, which qualified us for nationals next year in waikato. We were really happy with our results and are super excited for next year. Here is a video of our performance please enjoy.

My Te Reo Selfie video

In term 3 my class has focused a bit more on learning maori. We have created videos about our selves and where we have come from. It is all said in Te Reo maori but some of the pictures may explain about what I am saying. I found this task challenging because we did not have a lot of ipads at this time so it was a struggle to get one before everyone else. Other than that I found that it was very fun to make, please enjoy watching and comment. 

Fun Run

On Friday the 7th of September we had fun run day at the united Kawakawa rugby club. Usually we would just do normal  cross country, but now we do something could a fun run where on the way there are lots of obstacle courses and there was colour powder to. we took the train there and back. It was lots of fun and hope that there will be more stuff like this throughout the year. here are some photos.