Today in Tah my class and I learnt about the meanings of items of Kapa haka. We watched some kapa haka roopu and described what it meant/was.

Waiata a ringa 

Waiata tangi – sad song

Poroporoaki – farewell song for the dead 

Whakanui – to celebrate someone/something 

Aroha – signifying the love they have for someone 

Waiata ngahau – fun songs/entertain/celebrating

Powhiri – a waiata that welcomes people

Haka

Peruperu – done with weapons 

Manawaewae – freestyle 

Taparahi – done in rows with people/chopping beat/go to the ground

Ngeri – short haka made up on the spot/freestyle actions

Wero – challenge 

Tutungerie – jumping up/around with weapons 

Tu waewae – footwork

Poi 

Long

Short

Poi pui

Double long/short

Quad long poi

Single

Why is algebra important?

In class we have been using education perfect to work on algebra. I think algebra is important because it helps simulates the brain, while also helps many people with new skill learning. Creating a budget involves using algebra which helps you with expenses, income and saving. It could also help you with your careers like ranking in search engines, decision tree induction, testing software code in software engineering, graphics, facial recognition, prediction.

In class I learnt how to find a radius and diameter.

Kia ora

In Maori we watched National Kapa haka for secondary school. They held the competition in Nelson. There were forty two Roopu that competed. Last year from Te Tai Tokerau there were three Roopu that made it into nationals, Te Rangi Aniwaniwa,  Te Pu O Te Wheke and Rawhiti Rua. And today we ended up watching Te Pu O Te Wheke . In my opinion I think they did really well. I liked how the Kaitataki Tane spoke and was different from the others. 7/10 performance.

For the past 8 weeks we have been working on trigonometry and Pythagoras . At first I needed a lot of help from the teachers and friends when they just gave us the work but we have been using education perfect. I like using that website because it can show me what I need to work and and still have to do and it shows me how and why I got it wrong. The hardest part for trigonometry shapes was probably when we started working on 3D shapes, you would have to learn what cos, sin and tan. By doing so you would need to find where O, H and A are finding them are easy you just look for the angle then the opposite side of the angle. That’s where you get O. H is the longer side of the shape and A is the last side you would look for.

In my hospitality and catering class me and my group made spicy pumpkin soup and pizza dough bread.  I liked my group because it helped a lot with having more hands. The thing I didn’t like was cutting the pumpkin.

This is the for the pumpkin soup and pizza dough bread recipe:

Spicy Pumpkin Soup.

This is a puree soup.

1 C peeled,diced pumpkin

½ C peeled,  diced carrot

¼ onion, finely diced

Peeled, grated ginger – to taste (1tsp)

Crushed garlic – to taste (1tsp)

Curry powder – to taste (1tsp)

3 C water

Garnish – 

Coconut cream

Fried shallot

Method:

Roast pumpkin, carrot and onion until tender and golden.

Put in a pan with ginger, garlic and curry powder and saute until it becomes fragrant.

Add water and simmer until vegetables are beginning to break down.

Taste and correct flavour to your liking.

Blend soup and pass through a sieve, squeeze as much through as possible or your soup will be thin.

Serve in a bowl garnished with a drizzle of coconut cream, and a sprinkle of fried shallots.