Harakeke Information Report

Harakeke is a type of rongoa that was used by the early Maori people. Some still use it today.

In the middle of the harakeke lives the baby, then as the blades grow, they grow into teenagers, parents and grandparents are on the outside of the harakeke just like your own family tree. From my point of view the adults protect the younger ones.

Harakeke is used to heal many, many sicknesses. Ashes are for boils, splints for broken parts for your body and the fibres can sew wounds. The gum at the base of the plant is used for your burns. The juice of the harakeke is used to clean for wounds as a disinfectant. In case you get a tooth-ache, you might need a little bit of juice. Just choose a blade and squeeze it into the part that you need healed.

The roots of the harakeke are roasted on hot rocks and the leaves are boiled. Many people don’t know that the fibre of the harakeke can be used to sew wounds.

In many countries today, for different kinds of people from the north of the world to the south, there are different traditions for healing. But for Maori, only a touhnga (priest,doctor) can heal many people’s sores.

Inquiry Presentation - Governance Group

Our group was researching Maori governance as part of our topic Whanaungatanga. Did you know it were the tohunga that upheld Maori laws before the missionaries arrived? Neither did we! Watch to find out more!

My First Movie!

Miss Hansell set a challenge of making our very first movie using iMovie! We had to take the pictures, add transitions, add music and edit it all ourselves! Here is the end product, I hope you like it.

My Goals for term 2

Term Two Learning Goals
My learning goal for Reading this term is:
To read one chapter of my book each night.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Make sure I have taken a book out of the book shelf and read it each night.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
They could read with me,they could challenge me with long words.They could take me to the library on time.They could remind me when to take it back.

My learning goal for Writing this term is:
To make sure I write a story, proof read it when I am finished and fixing my spelling mistakes independently.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Proof read my writing every day when I have finished writing a story. I could work with a friend to do this.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
Helping me proof read any writing I do at home.

My learning goal for Maths this term is:
To learn my division facts and get better at recalling my division facts.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Learn my division facts at home.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
Geting me division facts chart.

My personal goal this term is:
To type faster on my net-book.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Put my fingers on the home keys.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
Reminding me to put my fingers on the home keys.