Kopuwai and the clever girl summary

Kopuwai and the clever girl
Legend retold by Brian Potiki

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For reading we had to read a retold Maori legend by Brian Potiki.

This legend is called Kopuwai and the clever girl.

My Summary

This story is about a girl called Kaiamio who wanders off from her party

because of boredom from everyone searching for moas eggs.

She gets caught by Kopuwais two-headed dogs

and dragged to Kopuwai's cave. Kopuwai is a monster with the body of a man,

scales of a fish, and the head of a dog.

He sees Kaiamio and decides to keep her as his Mokai and she can do all his chores. Kaiamo is tied up and wishes to escape, so whenever she had spare time she would work on a boat to help her escape. The monsters weakness is the North-West wind, it makes him sleepy!

One day when Kopuwai was sleeping (because of the wind), Kaiamio escaped with the boat down the river. Kopuwai woke and tugged on the rope that Kaiamio had tied to a weed. As he and his dogs ran to the river, it was too late, she’d managed to escape.

Kopuwai and his two-headed stayed at the river’s edge where years later a huge stone still stands, this is believed to be Kopuwai.

link to photo source

What I thought about the story

I found this story very interesting, as well as the belief that Kopuwai’s body is still here, as stone which is found in Otago.Something I found important is that Kaiamio never gave up and managed to escape.

Footsteps Challenge Rarotonga

For this footsteps challenge, we had to create a slideshow about a place we've been to. The place I chose was an island called Rarotonga. I hope you enjoy my slideshow!

Wanted Priest!

For R.E in class, we had to create a poster advertising a priest and the things that it will require to become a priest.
here is my poster for a wanted priest.
Is there anything I missed out?
 Please comment what you thought of my poster.
Thank you!

What I would take in my backpack from the book 'Pax'

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      PAX: WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE?

If you were to pack a backpack for a long journey such as Peter’s, what would you bring?

In the space below and on the next page, add pictures of the items that you would bring with you
your backpack. At the bottom, write a brief explanation of why you would bring each item with you.

Things I would take in my bag:

*Canned food- This will last longer than non-canned food*spork-to eat food with

*water in reusable bottles

*food for Pax- a fox in the story

*Knife- for safety out in the forest
*Tent and sleeping bag-these could be attached to the bag

*Matches- to light a fire so you can keep warm and cook food

*Wind and rain proof jacket

*Soap- to wash my hands

*head-torch
*First-Aid Kit

Footsteps challenge about the pier

This is my slide show that I have made for another Footsteps Challenge that our class have been set to do.
It is about the history of New Brighton pier.
I hope you like my presentation, please comment your thoughts about what you like and what I could improve on.
Thank you!

Footsteps Challenge

In Room 1 we are doing The Footsteps Challenge, this involves a range of different tasks to complete by the end of the year. One of the challenges we have had to do so far is to improve our garden.

For this challenge I have planted some winter vegetables such as: lettuce, celery, broad beans and spinach and created a tunnel shelter for the veges out of chicken cage wire and plastic bags. 

Here are some photos of our progress so far...

 Me planting the veges.

This is after I have planted everything in my garden.

                              

      

             These are the covers I have made for my plants, (and my adventurous cat checking the tunnels out!)

Happy Hayley's Hilarious Presentation

Hello and welcome to my blog.

I am Hayley and this is my slideshow about me.

Please comment what you liked and what I could improve.