Family background

WALT: Create a blog post about cultural background

My ancestors on my grandfather's family (on my mother's side) were initially from Croatia; in the early 1900's they migrated to New Zealand. On my grandmother's family side, her early ancestors were Polish, and came to New Zealand as early settlers, the Subritzky family. She also had Scottish and Irish ancestry.

On my father's side of my family, English and Irish ancestry are present, and both grandparents are 1/8th Maori; from Ngati Porou and Nga Puhi tribes.

10 Food items for sea journey

1. vegetables because they give you energy to proceed on the journey.

2. chocolates because they are a nice treat.

3. fish, because they are a good protein resource, and they can be caught in the sea.

4. bread for a variety of uses.

5. butter, to butter the bread.

6. cheese, for a sandwich, to eat.

7. water; because it is vital for human existence.

8. milk, because it is healthy.

9. fruit, eg., banana, apple, pear, for vital nutrients and vitamin C.

10. egg, because it is an excellent source of protein and contains many good vitamins including B2, B6 and B12.

Poetry

Reflection:

This term Huia Whanau  have been focusing on poetry.

At first, I didn't manage it easily because poetry was a subject that I had little experience on.
I tried an acrostic first, then moved on to more difficultly structured poems.

Firstly, I randomly chose oranges for the acrostic, then I chose a tortoise randomly for the haiku, then lastly a fan for the lyric poem because I was looking at a fan.