Today Year 4 learnt about the important role of ocean voyages to our island nation.
We 'Got Thinking' by listing all the vessels we knew in five minutes. Some of our ideas included waka, dinghy, cruise ship and boogie board. Ritchie thought of 19 including "waka, dinghy, speed boat, Titanic, jet ski, surf board, navy ship and submarine."
We 'Explored' our ocean history by watching this:
And reading this Hui Te Rangiora: The Navigator
Indigo "When the Egyptians were building the pyrimids the Polynesians moved to the Pacific Islands"
Kadien "They found their way using the starsa and the clouds"
Kayla "The first person that came to Aotearoa was called Kupe"
Touma "NZ has won lots sailing competition"
Ava "Ancestors from south east asia moved to the Pacific Islands 4000 years ago"
Mukundi "Kupe came approximately 1000 years ago"
"Many ships visited New Zealand" Elsie
"Captain Cook arrived 500 years after Kupe" Kayla
Lucy "NZ has won sailing cups"
Hunter "4000 years ago people travelled into the Pacific"
Saane "All of the people travelled to New Zealand with their boats"
Lastly we 'Made Meaning and Connections' by using A4 pieces of paper to design and build our own waka. We "Shared & Shined" by testing our boats to see if they floated and making improvements.
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