Parihaka

In class for religious education we are learning about Parihaka.
Parihaka is village in Taranaki. The chiefs of parihaka were Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi and they both liked Jesus and trusted in him. The people of Parihaka believed in the chief because the albatross feather fell on Tohu's marae and also they believed in the albatross because it was the bird of mana [spiritual power]. One day they were getting attacked by the soliders. The soliders were putting them in jail because they wanted to take over their land. Instead fighting with the soldiers, the women made bread for the soliders and the children danced on the road. 

I enjoyed reading the story of Parihaka because it teachs us not to fight on but to stay calm and happy.
I found it hard to Polyline the feather of the albatross.

The dragon slayer

In Room 1 we are learning to structure our writing.
I am going to
describe the setting
describe the characters
describe the problem
describe the resolution
edit for spelling and punctuation
Present my work to a peer for assessment.
I found it hard to edit and spelling and punctuation.
I found it easy to describe the setting.

In a time when dragons threatened mankind. Only one man was to stop them. On a stormy night Tarragon the dragon slayer trudged on the desert road on his battle horse , Black bull.

 Finally after a long journey through the desert, Tarragon found the dragon's lair. He had his armour on and he had his long sharp sword and shield with him. He woke the dragon up and they started fighting. After a few hours of fighting Tarragon stabs the sword in the dragon’s stomach and the dragon slowly dies.

After fighting the dragon ,Tarragon was so tired. He headed back to his horse and as he was about to go back, he found a little baby dragon. At first he looked at it and ignored it. But after he felt sorry for it. So he threw away his shield and put him on the horse. Then two more came and sweetly at him. He sighed for a moment and loaded them up too. But there was no more space for him ,so he just walked along.

The Materialiser doctor

This week we are reading the materialiser book.
It was a really interesting and spooky book.
This is my made up picture of the doctor that was in the book.