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In the past week habitat 17 have been focusing on Matariki. First we gathered information using a range of sources such as journal stories, library books, Youtube videos and other information on the internet. We worked independently or in groups to sort and record relevant information in our own words.

Next we had to present our information so it could be shared with others. We had the choice of what tools we wanted to present. Some of us chose to do a poster, use presentation tools like Prezi, Google, Slides and Popplet and also others like Kahoot. Below are some links to completed presentations.

Matariki by Layla and Matthew

Matariki by Sophia, Calanha and Mariska

Matariki by Joana, Kirsten, Travis and Carlos

Matariki by Vanisha, Maya and Evah

Matariki by Katie and Olivia A

Matariki by Sam, Noah, Parker and Campbell

Matariki by Marc

After we had shared our presentations we were introduced to the idea of creativity. First we watched a video called Caines arcade. It was about a boy who created an arcade out of cardboard. Caine showed us how we could take our imagination and turn it into reality. We then were told we could take the idea of creativity and link it with what we have learnt about Matariki. We were asked about what our passions were and how we could follow them when presenting creatively our learning about Matariki. We chose dancing, singing, performing, painting, cooking, writing poetry, building and more. You can see pictures and videos of our learning below.

Statistics and Sustainability

Habitat 17 have been learning about statistics and how to conduct a statistical investigation. We were told that we had to go and pick up rubbish from around the school and then somehow sort and present what we have found.

First we got into our groups and had 15 minutes to go and collect as much rubbish as we could from around the school.

 We then came back in and sorted our rubbish to see what types of rubbish there was and how we could display what we found.

Next it was time to record what we had found. Some of us chose to do tally charts and others drew the rubbish and labelled it on a piece of paper. After that there was a few of us who then created a bar graph from their tally chart. Finally we all got together as a class and talked about what we had learnt and the language that we had used throughout our learning.