Topic

This term we are learning about Marae. Here are our learning intentions:

• Define and classify parts of Marae
• Explain how these reflect Maori culture
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of people involved in Powhiri
• Sequence the main parts of Powhiri

Poetry

We are learning to

• Write poetry in different forms
• Use descriptive language (similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration etc)

Concrete poem written by Sylvie and Fifi

Small Pink Jelly Fish

Small Pink

Jelly fish come

Floating out from

Their hiding places behind

  The green and purple seaweed,

Their pink heads bobbing up then

Down. They slowly follow the fast

Moving current through the ocean

                                        The     dies     and      jelly      fish                  

                                          C         D          A                       S                         

                                      U         O            L                     C                  

                                  R            W                 L                      A                             

                                   R               N                                    T                                            

                                    E                              T                  T                         

                                    N                            H                E                     

                                   T                                 E               R