multiplication

Advice letter

Dear Sophie, my best friend in the whole, wide world

You are so amazing when you are handling  your awesome inventions. I  love being your assistant and I’m happy that you and your family chose me as your pet. Remember the time when you created  the most magnificent invention. You know you are terrific at inventing. You can make this and this and this and nearly anything else. Using your brain helps you a lot. That’s what me and you do right? All the things we do are hammer and tinker and screw and push and heave and build. You and me are total genius. There is nothing so boring that we make. I think when we grow up we should  be scientists and we are going to become brainiacs.

When you are sad or frustrated  you make me really sad because you are my friend and your thoughts are my thoughts.  When you made the magnificent thing, you see you hurt yourself badly and when you get mad like that you make things go worse for you. Only you and no one else. Next time you should ask me to get my leash and we could go on a walk and even better we could get ice-cream or you could take just a 10 minute break and this
time we could get ice blocks out of the fridge.

I hope my advice helps you a lot because your my owner and your BFF!!!!! Also we could actually get ice-cream or ice blocks.

From your bestie,

Your little puppy assistant.

This week we read The Most Magnificent Thing. We wrote a letter to the girl as if we were the assistant dog.

How to make a poi

The Mighty Maui and The Furious Eel

The Mighty Maui and the Furious Eel

Long, long ago in the calm, crystal sea there lived the brave, strong Maui and his tribe. Maui and his grumbling stomach was starving with plead. His brothers were also hungry. Strangely they never found any fish. “Aaargh!!! Where is all our food” they said on the first day with no stuff.

Meanwhile, the humongous Tuna was busy deciding what to steal next. It had stolen their wood, wakas and food. But Tangaroa god of the sea was still watching.The eel then leaped out of the lake. It  bit into a waka. Then another and another.  He jumped and jumped. When would it stop!!!

While the Tuna attacked Maui's village, Tangaroa knew that he had to do do something. He couldn’t stand the village and the eel. He knew he had to do something, but something that had peace in it. So when the eel bit into a waka Tangaroa god of the sea yelled, “STOP”!!!

Then everyone and everywhere was quiet. “ Please stop everyone” Tangaroa exclaimed. “If you want a agreement I am here to make one. So Tuna you can live in the far end of the ocean and Maui you live in the close part of the sea. That way you can both have enough fish to eat . Maui you eat all the close fish and Tuna you can have all the fish in the far far end. So now you both can be friends” Tangaroa said. Maui and the Eel shook hands.”Deal”!!! 

The Mighty Maui and the Furious Eel

The Mighty Maui and the Furious Eel

Long, long ago in the calm, crystal sea there lived the brave, strong Maui and his tribe. Maui and his grumbling stomach was starving with plead. His brothers were also hungry. Strangely they never found any fish. “Aaargh!!! Where is all our food” they said on the first day with no stuff.

Meanwhile, the humongous Tuna was busy deciding what to steal next. It had stolen their wood, wakas and food. But Tangaroa god of the sea was still watching.The eel then leaped out of the lake. It  bit into a waka. Then another and another.  He jumped and jumped. When would it stop!!!

While the Tuna attacked Maui's village, Tangaroa knew that he had to do do something. He couldn’t stand the village and the eel. He knew he had to do something, but something that had peace in it. So when the eel bit into a waka Tangaroa god of the sea yelled, “STOP”!!!

Then everyone and everywhere was quiet. “ Please stop everyone” Tangaroa exclaimed. “If you want a agreement I am here to make one. So Tuna you can live in the far end of the ocean and Maui you live in the close part of the sea. That way you can both have enough fish to eat . Maui you eat all the close fish and Tuna you can have all the fish in the far far end. So now you both can be friends” Tangaroa said. Maui and the Eel shook hands.”Deal”!!!  

Powhiri process

Last week we went to Te Tahawai Marae. They welcomed us with a powhiri.

Adding using tidy numbers

This week we were learning to add using tidy numbers.