Response To Text Kaimoana

 Kaimoana (Seafood)

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1. What is kaimoana?

a) Food that has been gathered from the sea b) Food sold by KFC

c) Food that has been gathered from the sky d) Food sold by McDonalds

2. What do pāua eat (consume)? 

a) Kelp             b) Fish

c) Seaweed         d) Water

3. How many of the 270 fish species found inshore are endemic to New Zealand?

a) 11%   b) 30%

c) no one knows   d) 25%

4. Describe what kōura (crayfish) look like:

→Crayfishes look like miniature lobsters, with a front pair of strong pinching claws, an armored body, and a broad tail

5. True or False: “Kina are endemic to New Zealand meaning they are found all over the world.”

a) True b) False

6.How many different species of wheke (octopus) are there in New Zealand?

a) 51             b) 32

c) 42 d) 63

4 Facts About Kaimoana

 

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Response To Text

 Marine Animals

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1. Approximately how many different species of marine life are in New Zealand?

a) 17,000                                     b) Over 17,000

c) 19,000             d) 16,000

2.According to the article where are Hector’s dolphins found? 

a) All over New Zealand              b) At the top of the North Island

c) Only in the South Island         d) In the South Island with some in the North Island

3. How many New Zealand sea lions are there?

a) around 12,000 b) exactly 12,000

c) no one knows d) 12,000

4. Describe what the word endemic means:

→Endemic is like a disease or a condition.

5. True or False: Hector’s dolphins have a distinctive rounded dorsal fin that looks like it has one of Daffy Ducks ears.

a) True b) False

6. What is the conservation status of the Hoiho or Yellow-eyed penguin?

a) Endangered             b) Extinct

c) Threatened-Nationally Endangered d) A few away from extinction

7. What can we do as New Zealanders to help protect and save these marine creatures from extinction?

→ We can stop dropping rubbish everywhere and start picking it up instead and maybe we could make a change in life.

4 Facts About Sea Creatures

 

Response To Text

 Pt England School

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1. What is the address of Pt England School?

a) 129 Pt England Road                               b) 130 Dunkirk Road

c) 130 Pt England Road             d) 130 Riverside Road

2. How many students attend Pt England School? 

a) 581                      b) 608

c) 576                           d) 600

3. When did the Manaiakalani Education Trust begin?

a) 2005 b) 2009

c) 2010             d) 2011

4. List all of the schools that are part of Manaiakalani:

→Pt England, GlenBrae, Glen Innes, Glen Taylor, Panmure Bridge, Ruapotaka, St Patricks, St Pius X, Somerville Special, Tamaki Primary, Stonefields, Tamaki College 

5. True or False: “Manaiakalani, the hook from heaven” is the logo and tagline for Manaiakalani. 

a) True b) False

6. Who is the current principal of Pt England School?

a) Mrs Nua             b) Mr Jacobsen

c) Mr Somerville             d) Mr Burt

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Maths Number Knowledge

 

Response To Text Raphael

 Raphael

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1. Who is renowned as the greatest painters of the High Renaissance?

1. Donatello                                   b) Raphael

      c) Michelangelo                                       d) Leonardo 

2. Which painting is Raphael best known for? 

a) Mona Lisa                       b) David

c) Madonna                     d) Gabriel

3. Who were Raphael’s earlier mentors for his craft?

a) Leonardo da Vinci     b) Pietro Perugino

c) Giovanni Santi     d) Magia di Battista 

4. True or False:  Raphael had a pleasant childhood.  

a) True b) False

5.  Why would Raphael choose to be an apprentice of Pietro Perugino?

1. Because Perugine was famous around the world for his work

2. He had an important commission working on the Sistine Chapel 

3. He had no one to select from.

4. Leonardo & Michelangelo didn’t like him

6. With the artwork from Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?

1. Pointillism collage

b) comic art

c) human beauty, nature, religion deities

d) Painting, sculptures 

4 Facts About Raphael

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Research

 

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Response to Text Comic Art

Comic Art

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1. As a child Raina Telgemeier loved

a) dolls                                 b) comics

c) sports                               d) cooking

2. Raina said that there was a shortage of comics about

a) Superheroes                                      b) Villains

c) newspaper articles                           d) stories that she could relate to

3. True or False: Raina’s comic book ‘Smile’ was not very popular with kids:

a) True b) False

5. True or False: Raina Telgemeier has had more than 18 million copies of her books printed:

a) True b) False

6. An important award in children’s literature is called the 

a) Academy Awards                 b) Duffy Award

c) Newbery Award                                  d) Pulitzer Prize

4 Facts About Stencil On Paper

 

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 Pointillism

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1. The art of Pointillism is a way of painting using 

a) stencils                           b) numbers

c) dots                                d) lines

2. An artist who developed this technique in 1886 was

a) Leonardo da Vinci                                  b) Georges Seurat

c) Frida Kahlo                          d) Pablo Picasso

3. In your own words, explain why pointillism paintings are different from normal paintings:

→ Pointillism paintings are different from normal paintings because normal paintings are like smooth and straight and pointillism is like coloured tiny dots as a picture painting.

4. True or False: At first, the word ‘Pointillism’ was used as an insult to describe art:

a) True b) False

5. True or False: Pointillist painters mix their colours on a palette before painting:

a) True b) False

6. Pointillism is usually done using these types of paints because they are thicker

a) acrylic paints                    b) water colour paints

c) oil paints                                       d) pastels

7. Explain why you like or dislike the style of pointillism art:

→I like the style of pointillism art because it is this kind of bright art and it just kind of inspires me to maybe even try myself

Collage & Pointillism

 

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Matariki Questions

 MATARIKI, MAORI NEW YEAR - Questions

1. How did Papatuanuku, and Ranginui become separated?

It happened when the mighty tane mahuta laid down on his back, pressed hard against his mother, pushed his feet up in the air against his father and tore them apart.

2. Where does the name Matariki come from?

Matariki is the maori name for the Pleiades star cluster.

3. What time of the year does Matariki happen?

             In the Māori language, Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and also of the season of its first rising in late June or early July.

4. What part of the sky does Matariki appear in?

Matariki is found low on the horizon in the north east of the sky.

 

5. What does the article say Matariki is time for?

This marks the beginning of an important time of year: the Māori New Year. This is a time for coming together with whānau

6. What do these Te Reo Maori words mean?

WORD	DEFINITION
whānau	Family
tupuna	Grandfather
rongoā	Medicine
waiata	Song
mokopuna	Grandchildren

7. Name each of the seven stars that make up the Matariki star cluster.

Waiti, Waita, Waipuna Rangi, Tapuanuku, Tupuarangi, Ururangi E, and Matariki

1. What are the lessons we learn from each of them?

I learnt that….

Whilst spending time with their kuia, they also learn new skills and gain new knowledge from her, which they guard and pass on to others.