Day: June 25, 2025

Mt Vesuvius Cinquain Poem

LI: To discuss the impact of volcanoes on the environment and human communities.

We have been exploring cinquain poems. A conquain poem. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun. We used our poem to show our understanding of volcanoes. Something I found interesting about this was that we can make a unqie story just by using some of these powerful words.

Matariki

LI: Identify Matariki as the Māori New Year and explain its cultural importance.

To explore Matariki we worked collaboratively to complete a series of challenges. 

Something I learnt about Matariki was that it is a time for people to come together as one big whanua, It is a time to remember the people who have lost their lives and about making your wishes apon Hiwa-Te-Rangi, which is the youngest star that represents wishes and aspirations. My favourite challenge was to create a star that symbolises the Matariki cluster because it shows my creativity.

Mt Whakaari/White Island

LI: To discuss the impact of volcanoes on the environment and human communities.

Our challenge was to use our smart searching skills to research about the volcano we chose, The options were Mt Tarawera and Mt Whakaari/White Island, Then we added interesting fun facts about the impact of the volcanic eruption. We could choose from Mt Whakaari, and we found out that Whakaari white island erupted in 2019 which was seven years ago this volcano was also one of New Zealands active volcano. I found this task very fun and interesting my knowledge because i now what types of volcanoes there are and how or when they erupted which is amazing this is good because we are also learning the new zealand history about volcanos.