Extension Reflection

For the past ten and a half week of the term year five and six extension have been learning about the eels and how the moon can effect them. We also learned about mararataka  the lunar calendar.

One of my highlights is when we were making our own moon calendar in maori so we could know when are the best times and the worst times. Did you know that there are thrifty moons in a month.

On the fifth and sixth week we had have an expert David Cooper came and tell use what he does and what eels do. He said that in the lakes and rivers anything that dropped to the rivers and lakes the eels came and chopped it out. He also told us that eels go and spawn around the pacific oceans like Tonga. We also had an maori person named Mahu come over and tell us what is the marataka to him. He had said when there was not that much moon his ancestors would sleep for at least two or three hours, but when there it was full they would sleep for eight to ten hours.

An other highlight of mine is when we went and saw the eels so that we can know and learn more of them. We are so luckily that we have an eel tank.

We did lots of fun activities like robo boxing and making the wheels.  Robo boxing is when we have two players and they go one on one by trying to say what they think of the subject. It is also hard to say something when someone else is talking. We also did a scratch game with the help of Walter from OMG tech. 

I hope that next term we can do more fun stuff and learn new things. I wonder what we are doing next term. I love being in extension.

This is the maramataka lunar calendar but in paper.

If you want to see the lunar calendar CLICK HERE.

Here is a video of Dave talking to us about eels.
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This is about eels when we went to the eel tank.