Month: April 2025

Samuel Marsden Podcast

LI: To generate questions that will help us reflect on the past.

For Litreracy we have been using our Inquiry knowlege to write questions for Reverend Samuel Marsden.  We have asked Samuel Marsden to politely come and asnwer the questions that we have created. I enjoyed this activity because we had a lot of fun recording and collaborating as a team.

One thing that we have learnt is that when you have more expression towards what you are saying you look and sound more excited and intresting and you attract more people.

Photo Story

LI: To understand the concept of visual storytelling.

Our task was creating a Photo story of our walk to Pt England Reserve by using the photos from the walk. To create a story by using photos we want to put the photos in the time order by explaining how fun our walk was I always wondered how long the walk took. One thing I liked about our walk was that we had fun playing around and also when we got  back to school and did a fun podcast about what questions we have for Samuel Marsden.

Mapping the Migratory Flight of the Kuaka

LI: To use Google My Maps to show the migratory flight path of the Kuaka.

For this activity we needed to create a map that shows how long the kuaka birds fly for and where the kuaka birds migrate to.

Kuaka birds, also known as bar-tailed godwits, love to hang out near the water, especially in places like estuaries, mudflats, beaches, and coastal marshes, where they find lots of yummy food.

Every year, as winter approaches, the Kuaka fly north to the breeding grounds of Alaska, stopping off in Korea and Japan for a rest and some food on the way. On the return journey, as our summer approaches, they fly directly to New Zealand, a trip of endurance with no food, water, or rest; nearly 12,000 km non-stop.

 

 

Dot to Dot Connection

LI: To draw the lines between the words to show how the connections you have made.

As a group create a blog blurb that explains the information in our own words. If you collaborated say what this means and how this helped you combine your knowledge because we know what the definition of words that are simallar to flying and kuaka. Something our group found interesting was how good our teamwork was and how collaborate with eachother because we talked to eachother as a group and helped ones that were sturggling.