The Powhiri Project

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Pepeha

Tēnā koutou katoa                     Greetings to you all 

No Sri Lankaāhau        I am from Sri Lanka

Ko Puketāpapa te maunga             My mountain is Mt Roskill 

Ko Manukau te moana                     The Manukau is my sea

Ko Halsey Drive te kura                     Halsey Drive is my school 

Kei Mt Roskill toku papa kainga         Mt Roskill is where I live now

Ko Vijaykumar tōku koro           My Grandfather is Vijaykumar

Ko Rajini tōku kuia          My Grandmother is Rajini

Ko Thayalashankar tōku matua      My Father is Thayalashankar

Ko Keshana tōku whaea       My mother is Keshana

Ko Kajanthan Vijaykumar tōku matua keke     My uncle is Kajanthan Vijaykumar

Ko Nilani Kajanthan tōku whaea keke     My auntie is Nilani Kajanthan

Ko Lathushan rāua  ko Harikesh āku tuakana    My cousins are Lathushan and Harikesh

Ko Rishy rāua ko Anish āku tuakana  My older brothers/sisters are Rishy and Anish

Ko Kavesh rāua ko Tharnika āku teina  My younger brothers/sisters are Kavesh and Tharnika

Ko Akshara Thayalashankar tāku ingoa                   My name is Akshara Thayalashankar

Brownilocks And The Three Bears

Brownilocks And The Three Bears 

Brownilocks

Noah

Olivia 

Paddington 

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Once upon a time, near the woods there lived a girl who had long, brown hair and was very kind, generous and friendly to everyone she met. She always puts a smile on everyone's face.  The girl, named Brownilocks, lived in a big cottage where she spent her time enjoying the view, playing with rabbits and reading books.  

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One day, as Brownilocks was looking at a beautiful butterfly, it flew away. It was heading towards the forest. So like the butterfly, Brownilocks too headed towards the forest and disappeared out of sight.

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As soon as she left, someone else came in. You might be wondering if it was a lovely family...Well, you were half right. It was a family...a family of BEARS!!!  “Oh we're so lonely and we have no food. Now what shall we do?” weeped the tiny bear Noah.  

”Lets explore this house!” said the poor mama bear, Olivia. 

“Yeah, good idea said Paddington, the daddy bear” and so they entered.

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When the bears went inside the private property, which didn’t belong to them, they found themselves staring at a beautiful dinner table. There were three bowls of porridge laid out gracefully, each in a small bowl with a tiny spoon in it. The first one to try the first bowl of porridge was Paddington.  When he took a spoonful of porridge, he dashed quickly to the bin, opened the lid and spat out mounds of hideous and yucky goop. “Yuck, this is way too cold” said Paddington. Then Olivia also tried some from the next bowl. 

“Eww this is scorching hot for my tongue” said Olivia.  Lastly Noah had a handful of porridge in his hand. “Yum” he said. “This is delicious.” So then after enjoying his first gulp, he gobbled it all up. Soon the entire bowl had been finished, then they continued their journey across the house.

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As the bears went into the living room, they saw three chairs on the wooden floor. The bears were quite full after eating all of the porridge.  This time Olivia was the first to try out the chairs.” Oh” she said “ Look at these chairs. I think I will sit on this gigantic chair with the most cushions” she said. But when she sat on it she sank in like sinking into the ocean, almost like she was drowning.  ”Oh my!” she said. “This is way too soft for me.” Then Paddington had a go on the next chair. When he sat on in he said ,”Oh dear, it’s impossible to sit on this chair. It's way too hard to sit on. I guess I’ll have to get off then.” Then Noah sat on a tiny tiny chair and he was in delight, It was just right for him.

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The bears were now sleepy and tired after walking and talking around the house. So they thought that if they went upstairs they would find beds to sleep in.  They were correct. When they stepped into the room they found 3 beds. First Paddington had a go on the first bed. “Hh yeah, this bed is pretty good. I think I’ll have to doze off now. So Olivia had a go in the second bed.  ”Oh yes” she said with glee. “This is so comfortable and cosy and so I must have a snooze in it. Then she went to have a snooze. Lastly Noah, now tired and alone gave a large yawn, oooohhhhhhhhh.

At last he found the perfect bed just for him. He never said anything for he was way too drowsy.  Then he went off to dream, to use his imagination. 

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Meanwhile, Brownilocks had just arrived home and to her surprise she found the door opened.  ”Oh no, has somebody broken into my cottage while I was gone?” she said with horror. She went in and found the porridge gone. Her heart sank with sadness. “I spent hours working on and tasting that porridge” she said with rage.  “Someone has eaten a bit of this porridge, a bit of this porridge and OH NO. Someone has eaten all of the best porridge I have made” she groaned. She went into the living room and found cushions all over the floor. “You’ve got to be kidding me” she said and her heart sank EVEN MORE!!!!! She went upstairs hoping to catch the robber and take them to the police. Oh wait no. There was no police in the forest. She found 3 bears and fainted to the ground. The bears suddenly woke up, with a crash to the head. Oh. Their hearts sank.

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The bears were in panic. Any moment now they would meet their doom. “ Now is a bad time to get caught. I need to go potty” said Noah. 

“Oh no!” said Olivia. “What will we do?” 

Suddenly, Brownilocks woke up. “This must be a dream” she said. She hadn’t caught sight of the bears. Maybe we can escape, Paddington thought to himself.  But no one else thought about that. Olivia was thinking about Brownilocks’ dress and how disgusting it looked but it wasn’t disgusting to Brownilocks. The only thing Noah thought about was going to the toilet. But then Brownilocks turned her head to the side and found three bears staring at her face like a tiger, watching its prey. She screamed...but the bears didn’t. She quickly ran downstairs, grabbed the broom and slowly creeped up the stairs with the broom in front of her face, almost as if she was a soldier in war. She slowly went up the stairs and began pushing the bears onto the stairs. The bears dashed and scampered down the stairs out of the house hurriedly. They were all still tired, especially Noah who hadn’t slept for that long. 

The bears never returned to Goldilocks’ cottage ever again.  They were too scared of getting caught by Brownilocks a second time.  Goldilocks cleaned up her house and never left her front door unlocked ever again.

Sunflower Process

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The majestic, tall sunflower wasn’t like that at first. It 

was small and tiny and grew into a beautiful plant. It takes its own time and will finally be what it is meant to be!!!

Paragraph 2     The seeds root and shoot germinating process

The elegant sunflower starts its process with a tiny seed. It looks like a teardrop and probably a droplet. It is hard and rough like concrete and rocks.  The sunflower seed is a dark and misty  black with plain, peachy coloured flecks and stripes. Then it starts to grow a small root that is also a peachy coloured. The root looks like a young girl’s blonde ponytail. It also looks like a sloppy, spiraling worm. Shortly after that, a small green shoot sprouts up and shows itself to mother nature.  It’s small and fragile and has been up in the daylight for a short amount of time.

Paragraph 3       The growth and spread of the root, stem and leaves

After this stage a stem will start to grow. It will grow taller and taller.  It also starts to develop light green leaves that are also fragile. It gains more and more leaves every single day.  As the leaves grow, the root will also grow, stabilizing the plant into the soil. This is because if the roots didn’t stabilize the plant it would blow away into the sky. 

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As the sunflower grows taller and prouder a bud or a head will grow. In the heads early stage it is light grassy green.  But It doesn’t stay like this forever, the head turns into a bright flower with silky, yellow petals.

The petals spread out so that the sun can see them. 

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In the inner circle of the flower there are an array of seeds that turn black like the night sky.  Once the flower has been pollinated by bees, the seeds will start to fall or will get blown away and spread out into the surroundings. Lastly, at the end of its long  process, the sunflower withers and dies. It collapses and falls into the ground. However more sunflowers will grow and will follow this process. 

Conclusion

The sunflower has lived a long 120 days. It started as a tiny, baby seed and has developed so quickly into an exquisite flower. 

Grandparents Day

This week we had to read a book called Grandparents Day. For Extended Abstract  I did an acrostic poem about the book. Hope you enjoy it!!!

Gran and Pop are coming to Isla’s special day.

Rabbits, pets of Isla’s, like to eat their rabbit pellets.

As Gran is rushed and stressed about making it to GrandparentsDay at Isla’s school, Pop is just relaxed. 

No one is sharing food at the picnic on the school field.

Does Isla like Grandparents day? Of course!

Pop says” Don’t panic” when Gran is rushing around getting flustered. 

At the bakery there are only cheese muffins, not the blueberry ones that they wanted.

Really yummy food is eaten. 

Everyone seems to have their grandparents there, the school is packed.

Nelson is where Granny and Pop are from. 

The muffins were burned thanks to Pop, he forgot to keep an eye on them when they were in the oven!

“Swimming” said Pop ”That's what we should do.”

“Do you think we can go now? Gran whispers.

As they were ready to leave, pop smiled sheepishly.  He had lost the keys.

You’d think that Pop would be a bit more organised.  Now they had to walk home as they couldn’t get into the house truck.