The diary of Kitty Barnes

Tittle:Plague and Federation.
Author:Vashiti Farrer
Pages read:1-5
This book is about a girl named Kitty Barnes.This book is her diary writting about the black death and her brother who was fighting in the Boer war.

Devon Trip

 Today is our first day back at school after devon.On Monday morning we went on a bus to New Plymouth.It took us around 5 hours to get there but we stopped for lunch on the way.Luckly i was staying with kristin at our billit mikaelas house.We went to town and her mum took us to her work at the stadium, we also went to watch her sisters basketball game.On Tuesday night there was a disco the theme was nion so everyone wore white and glowsticks.Also on tuesday we had all our sports i played netball we won 36-23.I had a really great time at devon and meet heapz of new people.lol.Um even though our bilit talked to much hahaha.

kristin

The Maori gods are very different in their own ways and they all have their own symbol. The Māori gods were all related the parents were Ranginui the Sky Father and Papatuanuku mother earth the rest of the Māori gods are their children on the other hand the Greek gods are not as closely related. Even though Ranginui and Papatuanuku had 70 children only 7 are mentioned and all of the 70 children were boys.

Proverb for Thursday

E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū.

The tūī chatters, the parrot gabbles, the wood pigeon coos.
Its popular meaning ‘It takes all kinds of people...’
The tui is used as a symbol of oratory (speaking)
- It takes all kinds of people to make up the world.

Proberb for wednesday

Whāia te iti kahurangi
Ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei

Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain.
-If youve tryed your hardest it doesnt matter if you win or loose

Tuesdays proverb

He aha te mea nui o te ao?
He tangata! He tangata! He tangata!

What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! It is people! It is people

- so the human race doesnt end

Mondays Proverb

Proverb for Monday:

Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou
ka ora ai te iwi

With your food basket and my food basket
the people will thrive.

What does this mean?
if we work together and share our knowledge
 we will be stronger than on our own.