Athlete research

 

For the past two weeks I have been working on my Athlete research. We had to pick four - five Olympians and some other from the Paralympics. This is my one. Hope you enjoy:)

The longest walk

 

Last week my reading group read "the longest walk"  we had to make two blog posts about the story. the story was based on Te Araroa the walk that starts at Cape Reinga and ends at Bluff. Hope you enjoy!

Harakeke

 This week my reading group has been working on two activities, The first one is called Harakeke uses and the second one is called Instructions. these are my two. the author is called Melanie Drewery. hope you enjoy. :)  

How to make a harakeke star

This is how to make a harakeke star and what you will need to make it.

What you will need to make a harakeke star

1. Harakeke (flax) or paper

2.  scissors 

Instructions

1. Fold the leaves together in the middle, shiny sides facing inwards. 

2. Insert your thumb nail 5 mm from the inner rib and pierce the flax. 

3. Run your thumb nail up the edge from the bottom, stripping the edge off.

4.  Repeat with the outer edge to leave two strips about 1 cm wide (depending how big you want your star).

Here are some links to some videos of how to make it. Some other things to make out of Harakeke

Eight pointed star

How to make a fish out of harakeke