We have been working on the ipads to create some word art with our names and all the wonderful things that our class mates have said about us.

Swimming in Room 5

We have been sharing with our new class mates what makes us special.

We read the story "The Kissing Hand".  We drew our own raccoons and made our own kissing hands to help us with our change of class.

Here are some of Room 5's stories about Waitangi Day and how New Zealand used to be.

A long time ago Maori people lived in New Zealand.  England came to New Zealand in a ship.  The Maori people cooked their food under the ground.

By Patrick

Waitangi Day is because they shared their land and we celebrate.

By Adam

Once upon a time the Maori people were in New Zealand.  They did not have houses.  They had to hunt.  Their clothes were animal skins.  Their houses were made of tree trunks.  But then Captain Cook went over to the English people and said “There is this wonderful place called New Zealand”.  They all shared it.

By Tom

1000 years ago the Maori’s lived in New Zealand and then the English people came.  They liked it here.  We made roads, housed and much more.  The chiefs signed the treaty.

By Cole

A very long time ago there lived Maori people and they lived in the bush.  They had no houses or roads.  They had to hunt for their food and cook it under ground.  That happened in the olden days.  Their homes were made out of tree trunks.

By Tye

Once upon a time a long time ago there were Maori people in New Zealand.  The English sailed across the sea.  The Maori people cooked the food under the ground.  The Maori people built huts.

By Beau

Once upon a time there were Maori people and they cooked food under the ground.  They had to hunt for food.  That’s why we have Waitangi Day because they shared.

By Naomi

A very very very long time ago the Maori people only ha spares.  They cooked their food under the ground.  Then the English people gave them guns and rugs.

By Nicholas

A long time ago there were just Maori until the English people came along.  They asked the Maori to share New Zealand and they told them to sign the treaty.

By Seth