Kapiti in My Own Words

Creative Writing Exercise

to record your new understanding and experience of Kāpiti Island

You have a choice of:

a)      developing a series of Haiku (at least three) and adding them to your blog

Haiku poems date from 9th century Japan to the present day. Haiku is more than a type of poem; it is a way of looking at the physical world and seeing something deeper, like the very nature of existence.

The structure of a Haiku is 5, 7, 5

Here are two examples of the haiku of Basho Matsuo, the first great poet of haiku in the 1600s:

An old silent pond...                                         5 syllables                   Autumn moonlight—

A frog jumps into the pond,                             7 syllables                   a worm digs silently

splash! Silence again.                                      5 syllables                   into the chestnut.

                                                                                   

PLUS

b)      Creating a piece of art work to go with your haiku (we’ll talk about this).

OR

c)       Writing a story from the perspective of someone who lived on the island. This can be fact or fiction. You could choose to write about someone from the history of the island, dating back to Te Rauparaha and the Ngāti Toa people in the early 1800s right up to the present time. This might be in the form of a diary or might be a story from a third person perspective. It might be from the perspective of a native bird or a species that is now extinct; it might be a historical viewpoint from someone involved in the battles on the island; it might be a factual description of life on the island at any time in its history. You choose!

In your narrative, think about conditions for those who lived on the island: isolation, food sources, amenities (cooking, toilet facilities, hygiene) animals, bird life, dangers, medical emergencies etc. (You can also do art to accompany this, if you wish to.)

Video outlining the predation of our Kea by possums and stoats

Kea Predation

Pest traps/trackers being placed outside

Students are placing their pest trackers around the school, what will we find????

More pest track making pics

Groups of students at different stages in their pest trap making.

Pest Tracker Making

Students are making these pest traps to see if we can identify what pests might be lurking around Kapiti College. Will we find Rats, Mice, Stoats or Hedgehogs?

Kapiti island

28/11/2016
session:
This morning, Mr Maxwell introduced us the history of the kapiti island. We learnt  about arrival of Ngati Toa , the Musket Wars and island sanctuary. We also know the meaning  of  kapiti . At the third period . We saw a lot of pictures about wild animals. And we know the 18th and 19th centuries Māori settled on the island. Te Rauparaha formed a base here, and his Ngāti Toa tribe regularly sailed in canoes on raiding journeys up to the Whanganui River and down to Marlborough.


30/11/2016
session:
This morning we knew some animal pests . They are harming our native flora and fauna.It is surprises me that  the cats are also one of the native animal.
After that we also knew some footprints of the animals. Some of them are really similar. So we can't  distinguish them.
tracking tunnel:
First, we cut both ends of the bottle and  stick the end of two bottle . Next we put a black plastic bag and stick it on the bottle . We put a white papper in the bottom of the bottle. And then we  put sponge with ink in a small box . We also put some peanut butter in the lid and put it on the sponge. That's all . We finished it.
Finally we put them in a concealed place. Hope we can find some things interesting tomorrow.


1/12/2016
We have a great day in the kapiti island.

Kapiti Island Blog

About Us:

Mahina &Taine

Hello, we are group 4. We are a group of two that include Taine Hata and Mahina Cullinan. We are both involved with the Kapiti Island course that is happening this week. This week our learning intention is to focus on pests and pest management in NZ/Kapiti Island. We have chosen this learning intention because we both find it interesting. It is really important to know about pests and the damage they create to our wildlife. Learning about this will help us learn what we can do to prevent it and help keep the endagered species alive.

Kapiti Island

Our first morning session was with Mr Maxwell, we did a quick introduction about Kapiti Island and some of the history about it. We learnt about the arrivals on Kapiti Island and also what happened when these people arrived and the outcomes that include war. We have already learnt that Kapiti Island is a sacred place and has a lot meaning behind it. We are both excited to be learning more about the history near our community and are both excited to have the opportunity to do this.

PEST FOOTPRINTS

30.11.16

This mornings session today, we learnt how to make a tracking tunnel. We used plastic bottles, peanut butter, die and sponges. We placed them outside to monitor the pest activity around Kapiti College. If a small pest goes to eat the peanut butter it will stand on the die aswel and leave footprints on the white paper so we can identify which kind of pest it is.


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DFKJ01ujdhkW7VQl7CFzyNcdJtlw9XJkJd-DMb02-Oc/edit#slide=id.p - this is the link to our Name the Pest, Pick the Native slide where we talk about Stoats and the damage they do and Kakapo a vary indangered species.

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fl_EFX6qLeeHdvJM7-zrCDOpQjehst40SRfPtLHTS4o/edit- Pros and Cons of different pest control methods.




1/12/16

At the top of Kapiti Isalnd. Mahina, Taine and Mr Brannigan.

Today was the first day of december and the summer has just started. Today was the day we went to Kapiti Island. We arrived at the Kapiti Boating Club at 8:40, checked our gear for rats, ants and seeds. We cleaned our shoes to get rid of mud and we boarded the boat to Kapiti Island. We arrived at the island at about 9:15 and landed at  the Southern end. We looked at the whale pots and went inside the visitors shelter and learnt about birds and we saw some weka. Some of us decided to walk the Wilkinsons Track but a small group decided they would take the steeper and harder track which was the Trig Track. The walk my group did was the Wilkinsons Tack and our walk was 3.8km to the top and it was around 2 hours to reach the top. The walk had many birds along the track and it wasn't too hard. Both of us really enjoyed the walk and made lots of memories while doing it. It was a great experience and we learnt heaps along the way. 

2.12.16
One of the most enjoyable things we learnt along the way was about the different bird species, invasive species and how pest life affects New Zealands native life. Our Kapiti Island course was a great experience and was amazing doing these fun activities with the rest of the groups in our class. I would deffinately do this again.