The Great Ordinary

Walt: Skim and scan a text for key information

For the Ancestors - A Woman's Malu

Task Description: This week we had to answer questions using clues from the text. Also we had to use our prior knowledge, meaning thinking back to a past event!

Fast talking PI (Pacific Islander)

Physical Well being - Te Taha Tinana

Physical Well Being!

Walt: Identify ways to improve our physical Well being.

This week for inquiry we had to make a ginger bread mad and add everything we do to keep up with our Physical Well Being. At the end we had to add 3 goals that we will try and stick with. My three goals were to eat a bit more healthy, run a lot more, and Sleep a bit more earlier. Also, me and my friends decided to add a few cute details to it. 

10 things me and my family and friends do to keep physically well

Walt: Ways to keep physically well

This week i'm going to list 10 things me and my family and friends do to keep physically well!

1) We make sure to keep hydrated at all times

2) We dance around a lot 

3) Have races together

4) Play sports

6) Spend 60 minutes outside and running around

7) Get enough sleep (Sleep Early) 

8) Eat healthy food 

9) Go to the beach

10) We play with our neighbors animals (Cats & Dogs) 

Story of my other name

 Story of my name - Reitumanava 

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Kia Orana, my name is Mamarei, but some of my family members call me Reitumanava. I have a very
fascinating story to the name Reitumanava. Right now I don’t know the meaning of my name, but I
do know where it came from. It came from my great great grandmother, Reitumanava. The story begins
way before my mum knew I was in her belly. 

For a mother of two already, my mum found it pretty normal to know if she was pregnant or not, but
unlike other stories my name came from a dream that she had, but this time she didn’t know if she
had me or not. So one night she was sleeping, and suddenly appeared in her own dream. She told me
that a woman appeared from the darkness into her dream, but she didn’t know much about the woman.
The only thing she knew was that the woman had long hair. The woman walked to my mum with her
hair in the front of her face and gave her a basket of pink roses with a pink sheet over it.

 Then the woman stood there, while my mum took the pink sheet off  and looked at the huge bundle of
roses. She stood there confused while the woman started walking back into the darkness before she
could ask “ What is this?”. My mum then stood there and poof the name Reitumanava appeared. My
mum got so scared that she woke herself up as quickly as possible.

Later that day, my mum called her sister and asked her about the name Reitumanava. My aunty Vaine
was really shocked and said “That name belongs to our great grandmother, Reitumanava!!” My aunty
asked what happened and my mum explained everything. Her sister said “That must mean something”
and told her to go to the doctors in Auckland as fast as she could and see if she was having me. 

My mum went to the doctors and they told her “Yes, and the baby is a female”. My mum rushed
home and told my Dad. Then 9 months later, my mum started feeling pain, because she knew that I
was coming in a few weeks time. She went back to the doctors and asked them when they think she
is going to have me and they said  “you might have the baby either tonight or tomorrow night.” My
mum went back home and thought of what the doctor said. She then went to sleep and had another
dream, but this time the dream somehow reminded her to name the baby Reitumanava. Early in the
morning around 3 or 4 am my mum slapped my dad and shouted “Wake up the other two and get in
the car, I think my water broke”. My dad rushed her to the hospital and BAM! A new baby entered the
world. My mum didn’t want my first name to be Reitumanava so she added Mamarei and Tunui, then
Reitumanava.

Walt: Write for a specific purpose

Task Description: 
This week we had to write a formal letter to Mrs Tapuke (Our Teacher) on why we want to be in her literacy class and we can't wait for what we'll be dong throughout the year. I found this quite easy!

Explanation writing / Essay - Should we stop climate change?

Do you think we should stop Climate Change? Yes, I think we should stop climate change because it’s killing animals and their habitats, Sea levels are rising and indigenous land, such as Tuvalu are being destroyed.


Firstly, animals and their habitats are not safe. The reason is because when we pollute, it creates holes in a protective circle called the Ozone Layer. The sun rays come through the holes of the Ozone Layer, and it reflects onto Earth and makes it hotter than it usually is. This will soon create flames, which destroys theirs home where they feed their families and reproduce. Another reason why animals and their habitats are not safe is because of plastic bags. Plastic bags are putting sea animals at risk of extinction. This is because we are polluting plastic bags that are going out to sea and suffocating or trapping the sea animals, like Turtles. If we don’t stop Climate Change and pollution now, most likely we will end up with endangered or extinct sea animal species.


Next, Sea levels are rising higher and higher each day because of pollution. The holes we create through the Ozone Layer allows heat from the sun rays to come down to Earth and it heats up ice from the Antarctic Islands. This creates more water than we already have. The more heat that comes in, the more water will start to overfill Earth. Earth will become nothing more than just water, heat and clouds. Some Islands like Tuvalu are starting to perish because of this.


Lastly, we need to protect indigenous lands. When we pollute we let heat into Earth, and melts the ice from the Antarctic Island. When the ice melts, Earth is exposed to more water, and it will likely take over islands like Tuvalu. We want to protect islands like Tuvalu because they are starting to perish. Another reason why we should protect islands like Tuvalu is because Tuvalu is one of our forgotten cultures and languages. Also the old men and women (Mama’s & Papa’s) don’t want to leave because Tuvalu is their home, where their ancestors lived. For example, when Tuvalu gets covered up with water, it will be gone forever. Also, it takes 14 steps to go from one side of the island to the other, which means the land is starting to perish already.


Do you still think we should stop Climate Change? These are the type of stuff that's already started to happen, and I agree with a girl named Greta Thunberg. I agree with her to stop Climate Change. So I hope you want to make a huge change for us all, to save islands like Tuvalu. Please feel free to leave a comment and tell me if your on my side to stop Climate Change!

My Shield - My career Malanga sheild

Today we had to write down our interests, Qualities, Values and skills. My Values is everything to me because it has my special things that I care about. My two main things that I love is my Values and my Qualities. One of my Qualities are being humble and one of my values is God. God is my number one priority because i'm part creationist.