My Character Strengths

We had to go an a website and do a quiz asking questions about our strengths. A character strength is something that you are good at. These are my character strengths.

1. Humour- I am  good at seeing the funny side of life and making people laugh.

2. Gratitude- I appreciate the small things in life.

3. Love- I listen and show I care and make people feel important so I am really good at building strong relationships.

4. Bravery- I do things even if I am scared and I am  afraid.

5.  Curiosity- I ask alot of questions because I want to know.

ELLA WEST VISIT

Today period 1 Ella west came to our school for a visit and talked to us about how she makes books and how she gets the ideas about them here is two of her books she told us about her it took her about 3 years to make her first book the Thieves. She at least  1000 words each day

Aotearoa History Show

Today we watched the Aotearoa history show about the New Zealand wars. We learnt:

.The maori prophet saw an angel

1862  

. the British soldiers were guarding the land from maori 

. the Europeans killed two young Maori boys 

. by the 1860s the British found out ways to get to them 

. by 1872 the new zealand wars were  nearly over 

 3000 people died in the wars- 2000 were Maori

Matariki

                                                                 Matariki




Matariki is all about celebration, and spending time with family Matariki was also important for agriculture. The coming of Matariki symbolized the harvest festival where the Maori feasted on the crops they had prepared. Matariki is important because it also is the time to restart the Maori calendar.