Extension Halloween

On the 31st of October every year, all the kids celebrate Halloween. To me when I was little, Halloween was my favorite thing apart from my Birthday. Dressing up in the costume they imagine, they have fun knocking on doors and getting LOLLIES. Whats better than getting lollies for free? Thats how we celebrate Halloween, but most importantly..... Have fun when you celebrate Halloween.

Halloween was originated from the Celtics in the ancient days.  They celebrated it with a bonfire to the dead. The reason why they done this was because the daytime will be shorter and the nights will be longer. They called this Samhain (sel-wyn), which was a harvest festival. The harvest festival was when the people could gather up their crops. The harvest time was very scary because they wouldn’t know if the food would last them through the winter. If it didn’t, they might die from hunger. On that very day, the veil between the dead and the spirits could be crossed. Humans could pass through the veil but if they did, they could be stuck in there, FOREVER! The people would stay inside their houses just to be safe.

How did they get the name Halloween?

It all started from Lemuria on a Roman calendar which was May 13th. The Romans would pour milk onto the Graves of the dead so that the spirits wouldn’t rise and harm anyone. Sometimes they would give some cakes and put them on their graves. All Saints or Hallows day started on November the 1st. Samhain died on October the 31st. So to celebrate this, the name got changed to All Hallows Evening. Which then got shortened to All Hallows Even and then to Halloween.

All Souls Day

After All Saints Day, there was a new event that happened which was All Souls Day. This is when the souls that are stuck between Heaven and Hell in this place called Permeable. The kids would ask the churches for souls cakes in return for some prays.

My Mihimihi

I had been given the task to write my own Mihimihi from a template that Miss Tito had given us. I have completed my task.

Kia Ora Koutou hui mai nei ki tenei kura 

Greetings to you all who have gathered here

ki te mau mai ki te whakapakari I to reo Maori. 

to develop your Maori language.

Ka nui te aroha, te koa me te hari

Great is the love, the joy and the happiness

mo to koutou maia ki te huihui mai ki te awhina

or your strength in gathering in support and help

i nga mahi e pa ana ki tenei kura.

the work concerning this school.

No reira, Tena Koutou, tena koutou, tena ra tatou katoa.

Therefore, greetings once, greetings twice and greetings to you all.

Halloween.

On the 31st of October every year, all the kids celebrate Halloween. To me when I was little, Halloween was my favorite thing apart from my Birthday. Dressing up in the costume they imagine, they have fun knocking on doors and getting LOLLIES. Whats better than getting lollies for free? Thats how we celebrate Halloween, but most importantly..... Have fun when you celebrate Halloween.

What In The World Is Going On?

In 2009 it was Teach Me How To Jerk, 2010 it was The Dougie, 2011 was Party Rock Anthem, 2012 was The Harlem Shake and now, What Does The Fox Say? The new trend this year is What Does The Fox Say? The song has only been out for 1 month and it already has over 1,800,000 views. The song consists on the sounds of animals. They start with a dog then build up to a fox. The sounds that they make are a bit like this Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa. It is quite catchy. This was Reporter Gabriel and Reporter Logan out.

Maths Mural

Mahia is an artist. She has been commissioned to paint a mural on wall of a company's warehouse. The company wants the mural to be abstract (not representational) and they want it to show the colours of their company logo. They have specified it needs to have 1/3 blue,  1/6 red, 1/12 yellow, 1/12 white 1/12 purple and 1/4  green. They want it to have 2 lines of symmetry (reflection)  and  a rotating and translating pattern somewhere.