Problem solving by Tisharn

Reading response by Junefia

Faiga o le siapo by vasena 7

Report writing by Junefia

Samoa independence

Samoa is a very beautiful big island. In 2012, the people of Samoa celebrated their country’s fiftieth year of tuto’atasi (independence). Independence day in Samoa is when Samoa has a public holiday. Samoa was broken into two pieces. 

The largest part ( in the West ) was taken by Germany and it was a German colony, the US took over the east side of Samoa. It was strange to Samoa villages and chiefs because they noticed that their wonderful own country didn’t belong to them anymore. Mata’afa Iosefa who is the strongest chief in Samoa watched their enemies arrive (German). He defeated the German troop before in Samoa but this time he chose to drop his weapons. War between Samoa and tagata papalagi (Europeans) caused danger for the islanders, like other samoan leaders, Mata’afa hoped that the Europeans might allow them to govern themselves, just like what was happening in Tonga. 

Reading response by Vaimoana

Report writing by Vaimoana

         
Samoan independence

                         The Struggle

In Samoa the people had realised that their country didn’t belong to them anymore because
countries had been competing to see who can take control over another country, but nobody
from Samoa had been invited they didn’t even know that there was a meeting going on,
Later on the Berlin deal decided to divide Samoa and split them up, so Germany took the
West Side of Samoa which became a German Colony and the United States took over the
East Side of Samoa and now it is called ‘American Samoa’.

                                     The Chiefs    

One of the leaders of Samoa had defeated Germany once but Mata’afa (The chief) decided
to put all the weapons down and hoped that the Europeans would allow the people of Samoa
to govern themselves, which was happening in Tonga. The colonial government didn’t want
to leave people alone but instead they made new laws and Samoa only had a little amount
of control, so the people of Samoa wanted their homeland back.

                            Influenza Epidemic

In 1918, 8500 people from Samoa had died because of this flu spreading around the globe
and killing people, this flu is similar to the Coronavirus (or COVID - 19). Millions of
people had died from this flu and doctors tried to help them and Quarantine is avoiding
deaths, but in New Zealand quarantine was not managed. In the western Samoa there were
people who suffered one of the highest deaths in the whole entire world, Samoa felt that the
New Zealand government let the Influenza in and only helped out a little bit.

Room 7's art work

Students drawing their lockdown experience.

Reading response by Tisharn

Venn diagram by Dyzon, Tisharn, Luisa and Pauliasi

Comparing and contrasting by Dyzon

In my writing I will be identifying the differences and similarities between traditional pest
traps and modern pest traps. Traps are equipment that helps us get rid of pests because
they destroyed our native birds and plants.

Traditional pest Traps

First, traditional pest traps are heavy and difficult to use in a
rugged country because people have to climb uphill while carrying
them on their back. Also traditional traps were made out of wood or
steel and springs would mean people to reset it by hand. It takes a
lot of work. Traditional traps are inhumane because it takes time to
kill the pests. 

Modern pest traps

Secondly, I will describe the modern trap compared to the traditional
pest traps. The modern trap is a lightweight, durable, affordable
and reliable tool because we carry a lot in a bag and you can easily
attach it to a tree and it can reset 24 times by itself. The lure
dispenser can last for six months. Modern trap is more humane
because it makes the pest die quickly with less pain.

Similarities 

Traditional and Modern pest traps have few things in common
such as: they both get rid of pests, they both can be reset but in
different ways.

Conclusion

Both traps are useful but I would prefer to use the modern ones
because they are affordable, reliable and durable. So we can achieve
our free predators/pest environment by 2025.

Bird feeder by Joshua, David and Janine.

Today we made bird feeders with Miss Janine. 

We used pine cones for the bird feeder. We put peanut butter on the pine cone. After we put
peanut butter around the pine cone we dipped it in the bird seed. Then we hung the bird feeder
on the tree and we waited for the bird to come.

Problem solving by Tisharn

Dedication to all the mums from Tisharn

Talamonu ki he ngaahi fa'e kotoa pe by Rm 7

This song is dedicated to all the mums at Tamaki Primary and everyone that visit our blog. Wishing you guys a restful and a blessed weekend. 'ofa atu.

Mother's Day card by Pauliasi

How do make my mother's day card by Pauliasi

Mothers' Day card by Vaimoana

Me and my family by Tisharn

Mother's day card by Janett

Mother's day message by Dyzon

Dyzon's beautiful flower.

Pandemic's Venn diagram by Selu and Vaimoana

Problem solving by Dyzon

Problem solving by Dyzon

Dyzon's Hauora movie

This is a video I made with my day showing Hauora in our bubble. I have a new baby brother. At home I helped my parents with my younger siblings. We play and have fun together as a family. The images shows different examples of the Whare tapa wha

Integrated Reading/Writing/Inquiry by Dyzon and Pauliasi

Problem solving by Tisharn