Samoan Sasa

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Our Samoan Sasa is finally finished!!

The actions we decided to use describe us as a class and the culture we have in our room.

A big thank you to Mrs Coombes who helped and guided Mr Baylis with this.

Enjoy : )

Wales

The next country on our trip around the rugby world cup is wales.

There are some similarities between New Zealand and Wales.
What do you think they are? Post your ideas below.

Round the World in 80 days

The book Mr Baylis has been waiting for has finally arrived!!
Room 1 are joining Phineas Fogg and Jean Passepartout on their trip roun the world in 80 days.

This has got us thinking, if you were to travel around the world in 80 days what route would you travel?


Use the map as a guide and comment below : )

Samoa

A Siapo is like a Samoan quilt but not really a quilt. It has a whole bunch of pictures together that show what happens in the village.

They cut bark off a tree and soak it, then they cut the rough stuff off, then they soak it again then they soak it again and dry it. Then they make dye for the earth and leaves and bark and stuff and use it to paint the pictures.
By James, Jacqui, and Shawna.


We are creating our own siapo. Here are the symbols we chose from:

Here are some photos of how we are doing, we will hopefully have a completed Siapo really soon!!

Culture

Here in Room 1 we are currently studying differences and similarities between different cultures. We were discussing the question 'How can diverse cultures join together on shared events?' when Mr Baylis remembered one time he experienced this happening first hand. Here it is:

"I was in Canada touring with a choir and we were performing in a concert with a Canadian children's choir. We were all secondary school students and we performed a French Canadian song to show that we'd learned a little bit about their culture. This Canadian children's choir then performed and one of the last songs they sang was Tutira Mai Nga Iwi to show they'd learned a bit about our culture. After the concert we all stood in a big circle and the Canadian children helped us to pronounce the French words correctly, and we helped the Canadian children to pronounce the Maori words correctly."

Two different cultures, coming together for a similar purpose and learning and sharing aspects of their own and other cultures in the process. So it has got me thinking, has anyone reading our blog ever experienced this?? Have you had your own opportunity to participate in an event where different cultures came together for a shared purpose?? 

Please share these by using the comment link at the bottom of this post.

Mr Baylis

The Big Event

Today we started discussing our theme topic - The Big Event. We discussed how the Rugby World Cup is bringing thousands of visitors from around the world to our country, each bringing with them their own culture.

We then discussed exactly what a culture is and here is our initial thoughts:



We then tried to define what culture is and this is what Room 1 came up with:

A group of people that follow the same rules and have similar attitudes and behaviours.