Kapa Haka performance 2021

"Utaina Mai Toru Wha", called Zoe our Kaeae. We were on the stage performing our Kapa Haka bracket, but because of Covid 19, the Turanganui-a-Kiwa cultural festival was canceled, so we still got to perform, but instead of in front of everyone, we videoed it! We were all in our Moko and feathers singing beautifully together. 

We sang/chanted six songs, in the order we sang them in was: Utaina, Ka Waiata, E Rona (our poi song), Ka Pana (girls Haka), Boys Haka, and Toia Mai. My favourite song was Utaina and E Rona. 

The awesome part of getting videoed  is that we get to see ourselves perform, and we get to see any improvements we could change. I am so privileged that I get to participate in the culture of our country, which some people can't participate in, and I feel sorry that they can't.

Since I have been at Wainui Beach School, I have come very far with Kapa Haka, and this year I finally got a spot in the front row, which I am very  proud about! Overall I had a really fun day performing!

This is the video of Moana Syndicate performing.

Ilminster Green Team Performance

On Tuesday the 16th of November, the Ilminster intermediate Green Team put on a very well practised play about why you should: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle! Nanny Koura (a crayfish) was telling her Moko (grandchildren) stories about when she stopped people from littering the Moana and Whenua ( Ocean and Land).

Nanny Koura's most favourite, and famous story was about kids hanging out at a skatepark, who dropped lolly wrappers all over the place, then just walked away! After they left Aliens from the planet of Moron came and dumped their rubbish because there wasn't enough space on their of the planet! The kids asked Nanny Koura for help, the aliens thought she was the long lost Queen and responded with bowing to her! 

Overall, I thought the play was really well practiced, and I really agree with their message: Why we should look after our earth by Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling. If you don't want others to pollute our earth, you shouldn't either!

Green Gold!!!

 On Tuesday the 28th of September, three people came to judge our school on our enviro status to see if it was what they call 'Green Gold'. Last time they came to judge our school in 2014 they gave us a bronze status, so this time we were excited to see if we could improve from bronze to green gold. We welcomed the special guests with a pōwhiri, except seeing we were in Level 2 we weren't allowed to have all of the school in one building, so the front rows of Kapa Haka, the enviro team and a couple other students went. The songs we sang were, Haere Mai, Wainui E, and Tumai Ra. After our waiata (songs) Kōkā Nolian introduced herself along with Dave Wilson our school's Board of Trustees Chair. The guests introduced themselves and sang a song, then Te Atawhai my friend gave them some KawaKawa balm that she made especially for them, which they loved. 

Throughout the year we have been preparing for the day by writing what we are already doing in the guiding principles of an Enviro school: Learning for Sustainability, Sustainable Communities, Māori Perspectives, Respect for the Diversity of People and Cultures. We displayed the writing on leaves. Te Atawhai, Esther, Krissie, Lola, Ella and I painted messages that fit under the guiding principles, on broken surfboards!! On the wall next to the display there were photos in groups that fit under the guiding principles.

Can you guess what status they gave us? Green Gold!!!!!!! They thought our school was flawless!! We were all so excited that we won Green Gold.

Jean batten

 On Tuesday the 21st of September, our class (MLH) had a kit set about Jean Batten and her medal. If you don't know who Jean Batten is, she was the first woman to fly solo from England to New Zealand and back. The kit set had different codes that you had to crack to find the next clue, which led to a photo of the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) medal that Jean Batten won for flying solo from England to New Zealand, which if you put a mirror over it the words spell: The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end. We also made Gull and Moth (planes that Jean Batten flew) paper planes, to see which plane flies best, and we also made Buzz-planes, which is the end of a toothbrush with a buzz monitor, a battery  wires, and LED lights, if the LED lights make contact with the battery they light up, and if the wires make contact with the battery they vibrate, which makes the whole toothbrush head vibrate, which make the bristles of the toothbrush move forward! 

I enjoyed the Jean Batten day because I learnt lots of interesting facts about Jean Batten.

Cross Country

 On Wednesday the 15th of September, we had Cross Country! Seeing we were in level 2 we weren't allowed any spectators.The year 5s and 6s had to go down first, then the year 4s went down, but no year 3s,2s,1s, or 0s went down. When I finished the race, I was very exhausted, I stumbled to my drink bottle very slowly and I was told I got 8th!At lunch time if you ordered an ice cream, you got one even if you didn't participate.

This is a photo of My friends and I after the cross country.

Lockdown Birthday

On the 1st of September my little sister turned 8, but because we were in lockdown she couldn't see any of her friends, so we did a Zoom party! We made cupcakes and dropped them in Viennas friends mailboxes so that they could eat them on the Zoom call. The things they did on the Zoom were: blowing out candles on the cupcakes, opening presents that 3 of her friends kindly dropped off for her, a scavenger hunt where you had to find things around your house, and the person who found the most things won a prize, a funny makeup tutorial, and dancing, and whoever did the best dance moves won a prize. Vienna enjoyed herself, but it was sooooo chaotic, there was siblings in the background, someone had a tantrum, there was singing along to the music, and lots of loud noises. After the Zoom call was over we were all exhausted!

Lockdown

 On Tuesday the 17th of August the whole of Aotearoa (New Zealand) went into an alert level 4 lockdown because of a Delta variant of  Covid 19. My Mum and I went to the supermarket after school before Jacinda Ardern announced there was a case, and we were happy we did! An alert level 4 lockdown means: staying in your bubble, keeping at least 2 metres distance from everybody, all shops are closed except essential shops, only essential things can be ordered online, you have to wear a face mask over your nose and mouth in shops, constantly sanitising or washing your hands, and of coarse no school or work.

My Mum and I are making a DIY miniature house, it even comes with lights that work! To also fill in time I have been doing lots of reading, bike rides and walking  I read or are still reading: The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward, The Baby-Sitters Club By Ann M. Martin, and The Girl With The Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts. My Mum and I biked into Gisborne town from our house in Okitu, and we go up Makorori Headland every day.

Although I am enjoying lockdown, I am missing my Friends and Whanau, and can't wait to see them again.