The CInquain

The Cinquain

💤Dreaming💤

1 word - Dreaming

2 words - Magical hoax

3 words - Of your imagination

4 words - Exploring inside your mind

5 words - Night by night you dream

🌠Stars🌠

1 word- Stars

2 words- Bright lights

3 words- A Bright atmosphere

4 words- Wish upon any star

5 words- And dreams will come true

Rata and the Totata tree

Rata’s mother told him that she had found a magnificent Totara tree. Rata knew what his mother meant when she said this. He thought that he should make a waka out of it and go to seek answers about hi father’s murder. The next morning Rata went to find the Totara tree. It was tall and straight, just what his mother told him. Eager and excited he forgot to follow the tikanga. He picked up his stone adze and started to chop the tree. By the end of the day the tree began to topple. With one last strike it fell. The earth shook, then the earth went silent. Rata was exhausted, so he decided to leave the carving of his waka for the next day.

As soon as he left, the forest became alive with sound. The birds and insects rushed out to see the damage. The decided to put the tree back together. Several hours later the tree stood tall again.

The next morning Rata came back to the tree to finish off his work, astonished to see the tree standing. Feeling angry he began to chop once more. Once again he thought to leave it and went home, the animals put the tree back together. The next day he thought that he would chop down the tree, pretend to go home but actually hide behind a bush and wait to see what happens. Soon the animals emerged and started to put the tree together. Rata was furious, he jumped out from his hiding place and grabbed piwakawaka. He demanded an explanation. Piwakawaka explained that he hadn’t followed the tikanga and didn’t ask for permission. Suddenly the trees shook. The insects knew that it was Tanemahuta giving him permission to cut down the tree for a waka. Rata thanked him. The animals told Rata to go home, they would finish the waka. The next morning he returned to see his beautifully carved waka. He gave thanks again, and the set off on his quest.

Tiakina nga manu, ka ora te ngahere. Ka ora te ngahere, ka ora nga manu.
- Look after the birds and the forest flourishes. If the forest flourishes, the birds flourish.

I'll Never Forget The Time- writing

I’ll never forget the time when I sung in front of around one hundred people.

It was a peaceful Wednesday afternoon, the hall was packed and my hands were trembling. I was in the choir, but the last song I had to do a duet with my friend Teina.

We walked into the hall, forty other people and me. Teina and I sat at the front so that we get onto the stage easier. We all looked great in our performance gear. The presenter for the night was Mrs Strand, she introduced us. “Good afternoon everyone, tonight you will be in for a treat. Havelock North Primary School choir is going to be performing for you tonight. There will be nine songs sung, a duet, and a song for you all to sing along to. I hope you have a great night. Now let us begin!”

The night went on. Finally it was our turn. She introduced us. As I was walking up onto the stage, I nearly backed down from singing. When I was on stage I noticed that the microphone was a bit to high for me so they had to lower it (how embarrassing). My mind was going round in circles. My time was now. The choir began to sing, then the beat slowed and I knew it was our part. The teacher in front of me gave me a thumbs up. We began to sing. “You can count on me, like one, two, three and i’ll be there,cause I know when I need it. I can count on you like four, three, two and you’ll be there. Cause that’s what friends are supposed to do ohhh, yeah...” We sung for a bit longer and then walked down from the stage. I was so happy with myself. I had spotted my friends in the crowd and friends parents. I wasn’t afraid anymore. I was never going to forget this.

The Karamu Schnauzer Caper

The Karamu Schnauzer Caper

It’s was beautiful day, there was dew on the grass and the ducks were chilling out on the stream. Dad and I were cycling down the track and Daisy(dog) was roaming free, chasing ducks and rolling around on the grass. Daisy stopped, as she saw one particular duck and chased it down to the river's edge dropping out of view in the long grass.

Meanwhile dad and I slowly cycled on. Until we realised Daisy had gone missing… We thought she might have gone to play with other dogs, but there were still other possibilities flying round in my head. We started walking our bikes back down the track, but still no sign of her. The thought of her going missing worried me. I knew she would come back if she ran away. So we just kept looking.

Suddenly I heard a yelp, it was a dog. A surge of happiness struck me. “It might be her,” I shouted to Dad. He came over and we went searching where the noise was coming from. I looked up and down the bank, and then I found her stuck, trying to climb up the stream side. She had fallen in the stream, but had just held onto the grassy edge. I screamed out to dad “She’s over here, come quickly!” he dropped his bike and raced over. She was just on the water edge and couldn’t climb her way up it.

Maori sports names

Tarai- rugby

Poitarawhiti- netball

Kaunga- swimming

Whati- running

Whanapaoro- football

Tenihi- tennis

Pāhiketepaoro- basketball

Meke poro- volleyball

Hari- dance

Takahurihuri- gymnastics

Hi pai ki au tenehi-tennis.

Hi pai ki au kaunga-swimming.

Hi pai ki au hari- dance.

Hi pai ki au takahurihuri-gymnastics.