I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I had all these offers for social dates, mum wanted to go to a movie and my Sister in law planned a really big birthday party for my nephew's 2nd birthday. I decided that I'd rather stay home with my family, bake and catch up on some house work. Pip and I have a joke going between us, we text each other cancelling on made up plans, pretending that we have made the choice to stay home that day. It's nice to pretend that it is our idea to stay home, and not something that is out of our control. Changing your mindset is a powerful tool.
We went for some great walks this weekend, On Saturday I saw Annie and Sian's dad, Paul. It's so wonderful seeing familiar faces, and Annie's beaming smile made me so happy! We have been gathering Autumn treasures on our walks. We found different shaped acorns and giant leaves.
Today you have spelling, daily math and reading, your subject lessons are sport, writing and handwork.
Spelling:
Your new words for the week are below, you daily task is to write them out and display them somewhere in your home.
door
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everyone
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family
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five
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found
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friend
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fun
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heard
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here
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know
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Daily math:
Last Friday's math winners were - Ari, Blake, Ocean, Hans, Ciaran. They each got a fruit kebab. People got in very quick! I think they must have been sitting by their devices with a clock waiting for the questions to go live.
Today's question:
My favourite number: my favourite number is 142857. Calculate the following to find out why it is my favourite number. Look for patterns!
A) Find twice my favourite number.
B) Find three times my favourite number.
C) Find four times my favourite number.
D) Find five times my favourite number.
E) Find six times my favourite number.
F) Find seven times my favourite number.
Because this question has so much in it I am only giving the one questions today. Remember the strategies we use to multiply big numbers, multiply each number and make sure they're in the right place (ones, tens, hundreds etc), then add them together. Or you can do vertical multiplication like in the video below...
Reading:
Continue to work on your reading log, are you starting to run out of books yet?
Sport:
I got some great photos and videos last week from you, Ella-rose is teaching her flatmate's dog how to skip! Her obstacle course had lots of jumping and skipping. William went for a bike ride AND a walk up the hill. Ciaran and his dad made a hilarious video with a tyre.
I'd love to see what you come up with for sport today.
Writing:
Today I'd like you to write about learning from home. Include at least 3 things you like, and 3 things you find challenging.
Great poetry last week, here are some I was sent...
Outside
Leaves are falling
Running, throwing, catching
Freedom, happy, joyful, giggles
Outdoors
Handwork:
Hopefully last week you asked your family about what is important to you all, heard some great stories and thought about some things in the natural world around you that are significant. If not, it's not too late to do this.
Today, you are going to learn about Māori designs and why kākahu are important in Māori culture and how making one in our class community is relevant in our own lives.
Kākahu is the general Māori word for 'cloak' but did you know there are different styles of cloaks? You may have heard of people talk about a Korowai - these are fine flax cloaks decorated with tassels, whereas the kahu huruhuru, the style we are making, is adorned with feathers.
Making a cloak for our class community is very relevant to our current lives - take a look at what someone has written about why cloaks are important to Māori:
"The use of Korowai represents how, when based on Maori cultural values services can wrap around whānau, tamariki and rangatahi to support and increase well-being and resilience."
First, here's a lovely story Janice found...
Overview
Māori treasure kahu huruhuru (feather cloaks) for their beauty and skilful construction - and also because birds are seen as messengers from the spiritual realm. These cloaks became prestigious from the mid 1800s.
Making kahu huruhuru
Making a kahu huruhuru required months of highly specialised work. Weavers created the cloak’s foundation from muka (flax fibre). Into this fabric, they wove the shafts of hundreds of feathers.
When weavers began to incorporate feathers into cloaks, they also experimented with colour and design. They developed an endless array of multicoloured patterns, including geometric designs similar to those of tāniko weaving.
The feathers could be from one species of bird, as with the prestigious kahu kiwi (kiwi-feather cloak), or from a range of birds - both native and introduced.
Spiritual significance of birds
In the Māori world, birds are the children of Tānemahuta (god of the forest) and are messengers between people and gods. Each bird has a mauri (life force) and special qualities, and these become part of a cloak’s essence and personality.
The kiwi holds particular significance. The elusive and mysterious nature of this nocturnal bird gives kahu kiwi greater mana (prestige) than other feather cloaks.
The colour red symbolises leadership and sacredness across the Pacific, and the kahu kākā (kākā-feather cloak), with its red kākā feathers, carries this symbolism. In many stories, ancestors inspired their people to heroic deeds simply by displaying their kahu kākā.
Māori designs
Here are some Māori designs, I'd like you to practice drawing them. Do any have significance to you based on the conversations you have had with your whānau?
Well, I think that is plenty to keep you busy for today. I added a page with some extra handwork from Janice if you'd like a project. Remember, you can email Janice and she will reply during your handwork time on Monday, she would love to hear from you and see what you have been creating. Her email is janiceb@ch.steiner.school.nz.
Until tomorrow,
Arohanui
Stacey
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