Hurumanu Music learning story.

For the past few weeks in Hurumanu Music my class 8bh and I have been doing lots of activities,
out of all of the activities we done my favourite was making music by using garageband.

Our goal on garageband was to create our own piece of music, in our piece of music it had to be at
least three minutes long it had to include in three different instruments, an ASMR sound,
and three sound

s of our choice. To make the instrument sounds we chose what instrument we wanted to use you would
click on it and then I would come up with the drum layout or a guitars strings etc, you would tap on the
drums or swipe the strings and it would make a sound just like one would in real life then from there you
could record the sound you made.

This term in Hurumanu Music I have been learning on listening to others ideas and opinions for
example I listened to my partners opinion and I used it and it turned out working listening to others
opinions this has helped me to get my work to a higher standard this has also helped me to get my work
finished faster and on time.

Also this term I have been trying to ask more questions and trying to become more of a curious
learner and also so I can reflect on my learning. Asking more questions was helpful because it helped
with my learning so I could get my learning done on time and get it finished properly. I was asking
questions all the time so I knew what I had to do and so I could get it done to a good standard.

Also this term I have been trying to remember to have the right learning equipment at the right time,
I have been trying to be more organised this year so I can get straight on with my learning.
This term since I have been more organised this it has helped me to be able to get my work done
better and faster.

This term I have been learning to think more creatively I have been making my DLOs and slides
more interesting and fun to look at.

This term I have been trying to expand my skill to think more creatively while using a device.
And also just getting more comfortable with a device, I have learnt lots of new features that are on a
device and lots of different ways to use a device. This has helped me to think more creatively and make
my work more fun.

What am I grateful for.........

Today in CIP we needed to make a poster about ten things we are grateful for.

The ripple

In CIP today we watched a video about giving and kindness.

There was a little girl who was with her grandma and her brother they were at the supermarket  getting birthday supplies for there granddads birthday the little girl was told to go find something that her granddad would like. She walked over to the desert section and had a look she glared at a cake she knew her granddad would like it as she went to grab it another man picked it up he saw the girls face it was sad so he felt bad and gave it back to her. As they were checking out getting ready to pay the grandma realised that she couldn't afford the cake the little girl was really sad her grandma leaned down and and said we cant afford it we will have to get it another time.

Music hurumanu

Today in hurumanu music me had create of piece of writing that describes a place or setting inspired by this song.

LO: Create a piece of writing that describes a place or setting inspired by this song.

A long time ago In world war 1 there were soldiers being killed everyday. Everyday they woke up scared knowing they could die anytime of the day. Every night they were going to sleep scared that they could get rushed until one day that happened, it was 2:00am when the Russians rushed the United States base. They woke up ready because they knew something like this would happen sooner or later. After the war, the United States won, they played a loud sound. It was a type of music that was sad but also motivational. They listened to this after every fight to show praises to the families who have lost ones and to show happiness for winning.

Stitches

Today we have been reading a book called stitches we had to read it so we can answer these questions.

What is the story about?
A girl called May who is 13 loves to sew she also has a family of seven who also likes to sew, she has two brothers a sister a baby sister her mum and dad  and of course her. May gets a new sewing machine to help around the house with sewing she quits school to focus on sewing and to work with her mum to make cloths to sell.

May is 13, how is your life different compared to hers?
Mays life is different then mine because she is a girl who lives in a family of seven, she has a sister a baby sister and two brothers and she also loves to sew. She also quit school to work on sewing with her mum I am a boy who is 12 and I have a family of four instead of a family of seven and I only have a brother.                                                                                                       


What sacrifices do you think she made in the story? and why did she make those?
quitting school to focus on sewing and working with her mum to make money from sewing.

3G 4G

This week all of the year 7’s and 8’s went on a trip, We were heading into riccarton to go to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist  temple for an event that happens every year “3G 4G’ “3G 4G” is a festival that celebrates buddhist religion. Every year we go there and learn what it is and how to show it. One of the thirst things we learnt there was what  3G and 4G mean. 3G means to, do good deeds, say good words, and think good thoughts 4G means to give joy, give hope, give convenience and confidence then we went upstairs and went into their library It was a pretty small library but it had a lot of big books some of the books had meanings but I couldn't tell what they meant because all of the books were written in Chinese. Another activity we done was “bathing the buddha” we got in four lines waiting to be next what we had to do was there was a buddha sitting in water we had to get some of the water and tip it over his shoulder and say do good deeds then we got another cup of water and poured it over his head and say think good thoughts te we got one more cup of water and poured it over the shoulder again and then we had to wish something because in buddhist religion if you bath the buddha you can wish for something and it would come true. We also did some other activities like making lotus flowers, meditation and a lot more but overall it was a really fun to learn about the buddhist religion and just to be with friends.

KI O RAHI

Today we had to make a DLO about ki o rahi we had to make a clear informational poster about the rules of ki o rahi and how to play this is my poster that I made to explain what u need to do in ki o rahi and what the rules are.  information at bottom as well:

This is how you play KI O RAHI:

A large team game played between 2 teams, kioma and taniwha on a large area or even a small size area. Ki o rahi is played in two halfs or sometimes 4 quarters of a set time. Teams alternate roles of Kīoma and Taniwha at half time or quarter time.

Kīoma score by touching polls with the ball (for potential points) then running the ball through the middle of the coins and placing the ball down Kioma also trys to stop the other team from scoring when the other team has the ball.

Taniwha score by hitting the barrel in the middle with the ball. Kioma will have guardians(kaitiaki) around the barrel in the middle to stop Taniwha from hitting the barrel. Depending on which variation of the game you are playing there are different ways from not letting the other score by either touching them with 2 hands so pretty much 2 hand touch and the other ways are, ripping there tag of them.