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  • He maonga āwhā

    Calm after the storm

    Kia ora.  I am so excited - we get to have a Monday and Tuesday on site!  It's incredible to think that it is week four and this will be the first Monday we meet.  Have you been seeing some of the images of Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation around the North Island?  For some of these communities this is another in a long line of natural disasters.  Tairawhiti was impacted by Cyclone Bola in February 1988, The Hawkes Bay region endured a major Earthquake in 1931 which led to the rebuild of Napier in an Art Deco style. In Auckland, the west coast, especially our beautiful black sand beaches of Piha and Muriwai have been seriously affected.  It seems incredible that so many significant events have happened over the past 3 years!   There are many books written about some of these events - I am sure the Cyclone Gabrielle events will also form part of our literary landscape before too much longer - perhaps you will be one of the authors recounting these tumultuous times!  This week you are off to Goat Island.  What will the effect on our marine environment be? We will not be going to the library this week as you are all off snorkling.

    Success Criteria:

        • Match elements of formal and friendly letters (layout, address, salutation. Body, closing)
        • Use some of these letter writing elements in my own work

    Activities:

    1. Complete letter, create envelope and stamp and post
    2. Elements of Static Image

    Further Learning:
    Read your library book/complete letters



    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING the structure of formal and friendly letters
    • We are EXPLORING elements of static image and how these send messages to the viewer