Math's Slide Show

In maths we have been learning about symmetry and we had to design three logos and two of them had to have lines of symmetry. I have presented my work on a slide show.

Graduation Mass

This Wednesday we had the year 6 graduation mass/end of year mass.  We reflected on our year and all the year 5's got a leardership candle for the next year.

Christmas Cards

We have been learning to make silhouette's. We displayed them on a christmas card.

Inquiry

In inquiry this term we are studying NZ music. This my poster of A-Z NZ music artists.

Persuasive Writing Eating Edible Insects

Eating Edible Insects

By:Soeun

I am learning to persuade my audience

Their face scrunches up and they say “eww” or “yuck” and the food gets thrown across the room in disgust. Yes, this is a normal reaction, but after you eat a bug you will be delighted by it’s flavor. Did you know that after people try a bug they mostly like them better than their normal meals like pork or lamb. In my opinion I think that everyone should try to cook with insects. They are tasty, high in protein, low in fat and are a creative idea to try.

Do not judge a bug by it’s look, judge it by its taste. In fact 98% of the people who tried bugs liked them. When we all have a look at an insect we don’t want that disgusting slimy flavor in our mouths but a bug won’t crawl once it’s blanched. So my challenge for you today is to try a bug. Why not try a scorpion lollipop, chocolate crickets or mealworm biscuits because they are definitely healthy plus they are easy to cook.

Wait a minute are bugs healthy? Yes of course they are! Bugs are high in protein, low in fat, have heaps of vitamins and minerals and they don’t have a lot of calories so you won’t put on weight. Bugs also have the same amount protein as an egg. The bugs that have the most nutrients are beetles, cockroaches and crickets. Are you scared that bugs produce greenhouse gasses? Well now your problem is solved because bugs do not produce greenhouse gasses like cattle do and you can eat them without having to say yuck because there are lots of creative ideas out there to try.

Donuts, cakes and cookies! What’s not to like? These foods are all full of flavor and everyone loves them but they aren’t healthy for you. So why not make this delicious junk food good for you by adding a bug. There are many ideas out there to try. Any yummy recipe can be turned into a healthy one and they still taste exactly the same as they did before.

In summary bugs are tasty but are also healthy so you do not get a guilty feeling about eating unhealthy. You must try new ideas for dinner so why not eat bug as part of your diet what’s wrong with trying a new exotic dish? Next time remember a bug a day keeps the doctor away.

Irish Dancing

On Saturday as well as Kapa Haka a group of children did Irish dancing at the Eden Albert cultural festival. Before we walked on we were all a little bit nervous but we were great!

Prayers

In week 5 and 6 were busy for Room 6 we presented our assembly in week 5 and had whole school prayers on Monday, Week 6. Our theme for prayers was community, compassion, and discipleship. This was inspired as we approach christmas and start to think about others and those who are in need of help. Our Reading was 1 John 3:16-18, we also presented a song that we put lyrical dances moves to our song was: So will I, by Hillsong. 

Kapa Haka

Mana, power and pride would be a few words to describe the feeling as the Good Shepherd School Kapa Haka group took the stage. During the weekend a large group of year 5 and 6 students took to the stage to perform at the Eden Albert Cultural Festival. There were a few nerves before we started but once we were underway the excitement of performing kicked in. We felt proud as a team to perform for so many people. Kia Kaha! The highlight of Kapa Haka for me was the song Hareruia

Athletics

The harder the battle the sweeter the victory! 

All of Good Shepherd School piled into buses as we headed to Three Kings Reserve for the annual Athletics Day event. We had been training for weeks and we were ready to take on our peers and to compete for a placing. The events were running, long jump, high jump, discus and shot put. My favourite event was high jump because I like jumping high and landing in the soft mat. I also came 3rd in this event.

Assembly

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." 

Week 5 was non stop for Room 6 with athletics, Kapa Haka and Irish dancing. But it was also our final assembly for the year, and for some of us our final assembly at Good Shepherd School. This was the perfect time for us to share some of our talents and learning. We had been focusing on New Zealand music through our passport tasks so it was only fitting to pick a kiwi classic; Six Months in a Leaky Boat by Split Enz (written in 1982). We sung along to the words and put some of groovy moves together to create a dance. Throughout the year one of our favourite activities was reading Chris Gurney’s books during book week. Chris has written so many wonderful and humourous traditional tales with a kiwi voice. We absolutely adore her books, so for our assembly we presented a Readers Theatre: Trev and the Kauri Tree. 

Saint Slides

Our focus this term in Religious Education was the Communion of Saints. We learnt about the three parts of the Communion of Saints and how we are all connected. The Communion of Saints is bonded through prayer, baptism and the Eucharist. 

Year Five Retreat

Last Friday all the year fives went on retreat. The retreat was guided by brother Phillip. We did a few activity's but my favourite activity was the treasure hunt. We are very lucky to have had this experience.

Success Criteria

In writing, we have been learning to write a persuasive piece of writing .  We hve co-constructed our success criterea together. Here is our criteria list.

Kapa Haka

In a few weeks we are going to be performing at at Eden Albert cultural festival. We are doing a song called Hareruia. 

All Saints Day

In Religious Education we have been learning about All Saints and All Souls Day. We did paper weaving to show our learning. This is mine.

Mandarin

In mandarin class we have been learning about the mandarin body parts this is what we have learnt so far.

Religious Eduation Title Pages

In Religious Education we have been learning about all saints day.  We have started a new strand so we made new title pages. This is my new title page.

Maori Words

In Maori we have been learning new words for the weather. We did an activity to match up the words to the pictures. It is displayed in our Maori launguage book. This is mine.

Waka

In class we made a waka for Kia Kaha. We each cut out a person from paper and a paddle. Then we got a word to write onto our paddle and we glued them all onto a big piece of card. This is our waka.

Kia Kaha-Shield

This term we are doing the Kia Kaha program. Our theme for Kia Kaha is the same, but different. We have done sheilds to show why we are unique and how our class is special. This is my shield.

My Mandarin Name

We have been doing mandirin classes with Miss Li and last week we learned our mandarin name.

Multiplication Posters

In maths we have been learning decimal multiplication. This is my poster.

Weather Predictions

In math we have been predicticting what the weather is in different country. We have presented our work on a slide show.

Hangi Slide Show

This week room six did a presentation on how to cook a maori hangi. This is my slide show.

The Problem Solving Challenge

This Year a whole bunch of  students did the problem solving test, including me.

It was difficult but it was good to take the challenge and complete the test in only 30 minutes!

Cultural Week

Last week Good Shepherd School celebrated all the different cultures that we celebrated with a cultural celebration assembly that was held last friday. The cultures were: Korean, Spanish, Brazilian, Filipino, French, Japanese, Indian and German

Chess Competition

Last Wednesday a team from Good Shepherd went to St Pauls to compete in a chess competition. They played six games each with one team coming 3rd. It was an amazing experence to go to St Pauls and play chess.

Author Visit

A few weeks ago Raymond Hubber (an author) came to talk to us about his writing e told us the steps of how to be a good writer. He read us a chapter of one of his books and told us a story later we got to ask some questions. Thank you for coming in Raymond Hubber.

Kiwi Bird Stories

The Flightless Kiwi

By Soeun 

I am learning to inform my audience through an information report.

It’s brown, it’s nocturnal and it is a New Zealand treasure, yes it is the kiwi bird. Many people believe that there is only one specie of kiwi but there are actually five, The Great Spotted Kiwi, the Little Spotted Kiwi, the North Island Brown Kiwi, the Okarito Kiwi and the Southern Brown kiwi. The kiwi is a rare flightless bird that is only found in New Zealand. Kiwi’s have many unique things about themselves like the nostrils on the end of its beak, it is the only bird that has their nostrils located on the end! A kiwi can run as fast as a human but with predators around they are endangered as they can not fly it isn’t easy for their to get far away and it is important that they stay alive because they are New Zealand's native animal. A kiwi life span of a kiwi is up to 40 year, if they don't get caught by a predator.

Predators: Mustelids, Pigs, Possums, Rodents and hedgehogs. There are four groups of predators for kiwi. Let's start with Mustelids. Stoats, ferrets and weasels all eat eggs and baby kiwi that weigh under 1kg and about 4 to 5 times bigger than them. Pigs eat kiwis in their nest and destroy eggs. Some people purposely release wild pigs to catch kiwi. New Zealand has started put traps out for pigs so we can save our precious treasure. Possums were first brought to New Zealand in 1837 to establish a fur trade but after that they have gone crazy. Possums kill adult kiwi and are starting to have a big impact on New Zealand birds and native animals.Rodents and hedgehogs may not eat the kiwi but compete for the same food as it, so the kiwi’s food supply could die down or a rodent or the hedgehog could simply push the kiwi and kill it. A diet is something important all animals need and so does a kiwi.

Diet: Weta, worms and beetles. No one will want a breakfast of that but guess what, a kiwi eats that survive in its habitat, and if they can not find food that they like they can sometimes eat leaves, berries and several species of leaves. Do kiwis drink water? Well they rarely ever drink water because of the food they eat is mostly water, did you know that juicy earthworms are 85 percent water. Kiwi’s a nocturnal is also another reason of why they do not drink much water because they will not get bothered and hot by the sun. When they do drink water they tilt back their beak and guzzle down the water. Kiwi’s get all the food they need in a habitat.

Habitat: Kiwis are adaptable which means they can basically live everywhere as long as it is not too dry or too wet. Kiwis are found it wetland environments, sand dunes, scrublands and even mangroves. The kiwi likes to be near the soil because they are soil feeders. A kiwi lives in these areas to get food and have it suited for their needs. Some kiwis live in zoo’s where they are protected and looked after.

In conclusion the kiwi is a endangered New Zealand treasure that we must protect. Now you know that in order for a kiwi to survive it needs a habitat and food to keep itself healthy and happy. We should do our part to save the kiwi because they are our national animal.

Bird Posters

In reading we have been learing about bird beaks and feet and that it help's it adapt to it's enviroment. After a lot of learning we made our very own bird!

Crosses for the Mural

In room 6 we have been painting our crosses for the fence. We first had to draft our design on a piece of paper 3 or 4 times. Then we did our final copy with colors. This is how it turned out...

M&M Challenge

Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we did the M&M challenge. The class got into groups with one leader in each group. Miss Down gave us some M&M’s and we had to count how many we had and next figured how much M&M’s our group had. After we found out how many M&M’s we all had many people realised that some people had a very small amount of M&M’s while others had about 50. The next thing we did was counting how much of red we had then blue then yellow until we had finished all the colours we had. When we did everything Miss Down told us to share all the M&M’s equally with our group and everyone in the class got 41 M&M’s each! We have put our information on a poster.

Grandparents Mass

On Friday 24th August 2018 we celebrated Grandparents Mass with our grandparents, family/whanau and the whole school. We first went to mass to celebrate with Father Bernard Kyle, who blessed our dear Grandparent with a blessing and we sung a special song to them. When mass was finished our PTA team prepared a treat for us. There was lots of sweet and coffee/tea to sip on. By the time the that all the food was finished it was then time to perform some dances for our audience. The groups that performed were the Sheridan Kapa Haka, Choir, Folk dancing, Ukulele and Irish Dancing. That was a joyful day that we would always remember. We are blessed to have such special people in our lives. 

The Bird Beak Experiment

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery.But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat LOLLIES. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment

Personal profile

In our digital lessons we have been learning what is private and public information. We have created a personal profile for our blogs using this new knowledge. On our blogs there are people we know, and people we don’t know, who can view our profiles. We decided to share personal information that we wanted to share about ourselves. Making sure we didn’t share information that was not for public use.

Saint Mary Mackillop feast day

Yesterday was the feast day of Saint Mary Mackillop. We started our day attending our parish mass to celebrate her feast day as a whole community. All the students came back from mass to continue the celebrations by joining our buddy class. Room 4 and 6 together came together to work on paper dolls of ourselves. We know St Mary of the Cross always supported and helped all the children in need. We made a large St Mary MacKillop and we placed all out paper dolls of ourselves around her. Then we were all very lucky to receive a free sausage sizzle from the PTA to continue the celebrations at lunch. In the afternoon we then got to go and play a range of fun games with our buddy class. This was such a fun day working along each other but most of all having fun. Happy Saint Mary MacKillop Feast Day.
Here is our mural… 

Whakatauki

In Maori we have been learning about a Whakatauki

A Whakataui is a proverb, what is truly valued in the Maori Culture. The Whakataui that we have been learning about is if we all shared then no one would go without. We would be able to provide for all that come to us.There are also Proverbs in the Bible that encourage us to share.

Read these proverbs : Proverbs 19:17; 22:9; 31:20.

Jesus also showed us the teachings of God when he feed the multitudes of people with the fish and the loaves. Read more about this in the Gospel of John: 6 or the Gospel of Matthew: 14.

Evolution Vertebrate

In room 6 we have been learning to classify animals. Scientists classify animals and plants into groups in order to make them easier to identify, sort, and name them.

Clasify= SORT 

There are many different ways to group living things.

You can classify animals into two main groups vertebrate or invertibrate.

All vertebrates have:

• Covering of skin that protects them
• Skeleton inside their body
• Muscles that help them move
• Blood that moves through tubes 
• Lungs or gills for breathing
  

All Invertebrates

• 90% of all animals are invertebrates
• Tend to be small because they do not have a backbone
• Many live in the ocean because the water supports their weight
• Some have a hard covering or shell on the outside  of their bodies for protection-Insects, Spiders, crabs, Snails, clams. 

 

Private or public Information

Figurative Language

Idiom, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, similes and personification. These are all language features which we call figurative language. In reading we have been learning about these language features and how authors used them in their writing to make their work engaging and add interest for their audience. We made posters either with paper pencils or flowers with examples Idiom, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, similes and personification.

Science Roadshow

Last week on Thursday the year 5 and 6 students of Good Shepherd School went to Edendale Primary School to experience the Science Roadshow! We learnt so much about ice and fire, the human body and other things that are related to science. We enjoyed watching the hosts do fascinating experiments like dropping an 8 ball into the metal stick with a hoop attached to it, before they dipped it into the liquid nitrogen the ball could thread through the hoop, but after they dipped the stick into the liquid nitrogen the ball couldn’t fit! We had a lot of fun, and recommend that everyone goes to the Science Roadshow if they get a chance.

Production

Lights, Camera, Action!

Last week Good Shepherd School performed, ‘Zip Zip Zap Avenue’. We packed the school hall with our family and friends as the rain fell. Most of GSS students were in the holding classrooms covered in make-up and sitting in our toy costumes.

Zip Zip Zap Avenue is a about a Toy Shop that comes alive once one of the main characters, the Shopkeeper closed up the shop and turned off the light. The toys would then come alive when all the people were asleep, like the the families that visited the toyshop looking for the perfect gifts. This certain night at the toyshop the celebration was for Buzz the Bee, he had left the shelf of the toy shop and all his friends came out to celebrate him with dances. The main toy friends were Thing 1, Thing 2, Tiki, Spiderman, Cabbage Patch Doll, Woody, Strawberry Shortcake, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. The main characters introduced the classes as they came in as their selected toy and danced for buzz.

The first dance was the boys and girls of Room 3 and 4 who were transformers, this was a great and powerful way to start the show. Room 5 then twirled onto the stage as Barbie and Ken dancing to Barbie girl. Things got a little spooky as the trolls of Room 7 came out in the middle of the night to the song Thriller. We weren’t too scared for long as the fairies in Room 3 and 4 came out dancing away in their gorgeous fair dresses. And just when you thought things couldn’t get any cuter the teddy bears from Room 1 and 2 went on their teddy bear picnic. Room 8 then showed us what teamwork is with their awesome lego outfit and very cool song … Everything is awesome! Next up were the Kiwi toy, with great costumes for the kiwi birds and the wonderful performance of the Poi Dancers. And finally it was our turn, Room 6 spun onto the stage as Rubix Cubes dancing to You Spin Me Right Around.

It was a fantastic experience for us all, we learnt a lot about performing and all the work that goes on in the background. We was a wonderful opportunity and it wouldn’t of been possible without the support of everyone working together just like the lego blocks.

 

 

Book Week

Book Week!
It's week 8 and it is the bookworms favourite week of the year! Book week! A lot of things happened this week. The library was jam packed full of books and other cool stuff like pencils and rubbers, authors and poets were visiting the school, the book parade was on Friday where we were able to show off our costumes of our favourite book character!

Monday we were in groups competing against one another as we did a literacy quiz! There were 30 questions and three topics. Each question we got right earned us a point! And, we all had to pick a topic where we DOUBLED our points.

The next day Tasman Flinn visited the school. We all sat in the hall and sat on the chairs while she showed us her poems and talked about poetry. 


Then on Thursday, all of us year 5 and 6s went to Room 2 so we could see Chris Gurney. She talked about her books and how to make a book. And she picked a few volunteers to act out a play, based off her own book called “Cindy And The Lost Jandal” (Miss Down’s favourite book). 

Then on Friday, we all dressed up in our favourite book characters, and finished off the week with the book parade! Where we showed off our amazing costumes on the stage. 

We all had so much fun during book week. Thank God for books!

Seed Crackers

Seed crackers

In Room Six we have been learning about how we can stay healthy and have a well balanced diet. For a healthy class treat we made seed crackers.

Here is our recipe
Ingredients:
½ cup Sunflower seeds
½ cup Pumpkin seeds
¼ cup Sesame seeds
¼ cup Poppy seeds
¼ cup Linseed/flaxeed seeds
¼ cup chia seeds
½ tsp sea salt
1 cup water
1 sprinkle of flaky sea salt, to sprinkle


Directions:

Heat oven to 170C. Place all the seeds and the salt in a bowl, pour in water and mix to combine. Leave for 15 minutes for the chia and flax seeds to soften and bind everything together. Tip out onto a baking paper-lined oven tray and spread out as thin as possible (around 4mm thick) and sprinkle with some flaky sea salt. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the tray from the oven and slice into crackers, then return to the oven to cook for another 20-30 minutes until crisp and golden. Remove to a rack to cool then store in an airtight container. Now your crackers are ready to eat.

On the last week of school we are going to be having a Healthy Food Party - Veggie Con on Monday the 2nd July, everybody will bring healthy food for us to eat as a shared lunch.



Check out our blogs for family favourites or healthy recipes we searched.

The Royal Jelly

The Royal Jelly


On Tuesday 29 of May the whole of Good Shepherd gathered in the hall to watch a show called “The Royal Jelly”. It gave us a lot of facts about bees and was really funny. Also three students were lucky enough to participate in the show answering questions from the “mayor”. Over all the show was fun and interesting and we all learned a lot.

Soeun's Mini chive pizza recipe

Soeun’s Recipe

Veggiecon 2018
Ingredients: chives, onions, flour, prawn ,salt and water.

1.Chop a handful of chives into tiny pieces.
2. Chop one onion into tiny pieces.
3. Chop 15 prawns into tiny pieces.
4. Put all the chopped ingredients into a big bowl.
5. Add enough flour and water into the bowl and mix it until all the ingredients are sticking.
6. Put a little amount of oil in a pan.
7. Heat the pan until it is hot.
8. Get a spoonful of the mixture and put it on the pan. Repeat this until you have finished all the ingredients into the bowl.
9. Take everything off the pan and put it on a plate.
10. Eat and enjoy!

A Well Balanced Diet

A well balanced diet!

During our health inquiry we have been learning about a well balanced diet. We created a definition using a solo define map. Here is our definition:

A balanced diet is eating the right types of food that gives your body the nutrients to function correctly. To get proper nutritions from your diet you need to eat a healthy diet that contains the proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. You need to eat a well balanced diet to maintain good health and to help you feel your best.

We also have learnt about the food pyramid, proportions, and the eatwell plate. 

Here is a picture of my food pyramid which includes the food groups and servings sizes. You must eat a balance of all food groups to maintain good health.

Cross Country

Cross Country

It was the Fifth of June. Everyone a bit blue after the end of a long 4 day weekend, and here we are, starting the week off with cross country! Everyone came in their sports uniform. And from the morning up until lunch time, us students were running the Cross Country track.

We raced in year levels, so the year 1's raced with each other and so on. Those young bunches got to only run 1 lap. While us big kids had to run 2 and a half laps! Doesn't seem that much until you add the fact we had to jog all the way up Telford Ave and back twice! It was fun being competitive and racing your friends and other people. Everyone was bursting with positive energy.

Lining up before heading to the track is where the nervousness starts to kick in. We made our way to the netball court and stretched, a bit after that the year 6 girls started running. A few minutes later it was OUR turn to run the track. We all lined up and Mrs Mcleod told us where to go, then after that, we were off. Everyone seemed extremely exhausted at the end, but finishing the race was so relieving.

Congratulations to all the children who came in the top 3 and represented their houses well. And thanks to all the parents who helped motivate and keep us children on track.

Afia Mai to Samoan language Week.

The cultural leaders opened the week with their national costume and dance.

In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt.

Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and phrases in Samoan.

Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.

Selo - zero

Tasi - one

Lua - two

Tolu - three

Fa - four

Lima - five

Ono - six

Fitu - seven

Valu - eight

Iva - Nine

Sefulu - ten

Suzanne Aubert

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’s birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”

Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.

Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

Sea Turtles

The Life Cycle Of A Sea Turtle
I am learning to inform my audience through an explanation piece




What animal has been around since the dinosaurs? You probably did not know it but it is a sea turtle. Sea turtles are reptiles. They are a miraculous animal. There are seven species of sea turtles but six are critically endangered. Sea turtles have been around for 220 million years. Sea turtles can see an extra colour that humans cannot. They have three main stages in life. The egg stage, the childhood stage and the adulthood stage. The first step is being born. All baby sea turtles start off the same and they start as leathery ping pong ball eggs.

The mother sea turtle comes to the high tide line and looks for a good place to nest. She usually lays her eggs in the same place she did last time. She lays about 50-200 eggs in a pit, and then goes back into the water, not able to see her eggs hatch. It takes approximately six weeks for the eggs to hatch and 20 percent of the eggs will not hatch. Once the sea turtles come out of their eggs they crawl to the surface. They are now baby sea turtles.

The baby sea turtles are about the size of your palm. After they crawl out of their pit they make their desperate dash to the water, but they have a lot of predators awaiting them like racoons, crabs and birds. There is also rubbish and holes that people have dug. 50 percent of the sea turtles make it to the water. With the sea turtles that make it to the water they face more dangers like big fish, sharks, dolphins and birds that will try and grab the sea turtles when they come up to the air to breathe. They will eat jellyfish and fish eggs and then they start to grow. The sea turtles will rest in beds of seaweed. 50 percent of the turtles that make it to the water will perish. The survivors will increase in size. It takes a sea turtle 10 years to grow to the size they will be when they grow up.

From a whole nesting site less than 10 percent remain. When they are adults the baby sea turtles are now 160kgs. The only things that worry the sea turtles now are the big sharks and also the killer whale. If female turtles breed 1000 eggs probably only one turtle will remain with human interference. If we do not do anything we will only have one species of sea turtle left.

Light's, camera action

Room 6 presented their learning of not being a bystander  at their assembly on friday week 3. In week 3 all schools around New Zealand made  a stand by wearing pink. PINK stood for peaceful, Inclusive, Noble and Kind. Our assembly was a success and we all had fun.

Maori verbs

In room 6 we have been learning about verbs in maori (Action words.) The question "Kei te aha ia?"which means what is she/he doing. La is the pronoun for both he and she. We have mached verbs up, filled in croswords and played Simon says.