Memorial Pt England School

This is my literacy post. This is what I got from the memorial.

Paige Kowhaiwhai Auckland Museum 12+

What is Kowhaiwhai?

Kowhaiwhai are beautiful painted design patterns. At first, kowhaiwhai patterns can be viewed as decoration only, but closer examination shows that they involve sophisticated mathematical precision.  These patterns include symmetry, rotation, reflection and translation.

The koru or pitau is the most basic design element of kowhaiwhai. These are curving stalks with bulbs at one end. They bear a striking resemblance to the young shoot of a native fern.

After the koru or pitau, the next main motif or pattern of kowhaiwhai is the crescent or kape. This  is characterised by a line of evenly placed white circles on the outer edge of the crescent.

The koru or pitau and the kape, are all that make up the list of basic kowhaiwhai motifs. However when used in various combinations these two patterns can create many varying designs of incredible depth.

1. Why does it say that kowhaiwhai are more than just decoration?

Closer examination shows that they involve sophisticated mathematical precision.

2. Describe the two main patterns of kowhaiwhai?

The two main patterns are the kapae and the crescent.

An Artform

Stories that explain the origin of kowhaiwhai all say that it is an art form secondary in importance to  wood carving (whakairo) and tattooing (ta moko). When kowhaiwhai is compared to wood-carving and tattooing, there are several contrasts.  Apart from the obvious differences of how they are created, kowhaiwhai is seen as something more temporary. It is not seen as having  lasting value, so requires no special ritual and no formal training. It is considered to be a common (noa) activity and so therefore, can be carried out by anyone.

The colours red, black and white are often the only colours that appear in kowhaiwhai patterns. Red was obtained by mixing red ochre with shark-liver oil.  Black paint was made by mixing shark oil with powdered charcoal. For white paint, taioma or pipeclay was burned then pulverised and mixed with oil.

3. Why is kowhaiwhai seen as less important than whakairo and ta moko?

Kowhaiwhai is very common. It requires no special ritual or formal training because it is not as important than Whakairo and Ta Moko

4. Do you think whakairo and ta moko was carried out by anyone?

No because they need formal training to make or do the whakairo and ta moko

Origins

One oral account from Ngati Kahungunu, traces the origin of both wood-carving and kowhaiwhai. It tells us that:

When Whiro, Haepuru and Haematua climbed up to the second heaven to obtain carvings for their house, they were told by one of the gods that the art of decorating houses with wood carvings had already been taken away by their younger brothers. Whiro and his two friends complained to the god that they could not go begging to their younger brothers for the art, so the god showed them how to embellish a house with painted designs.

Whiro and the others then descended and adorned their own house with painted designs.( Best (1982:287-8…)

5. Why couldn't Whiro, Haepuru and Haemata get carvings for their house?

Their younger brothers had already carried it out.

Look at these words in the article and see if you can work out their meaning from the context. Then look up and write down the definition from the dictionary

Sophisticated : Having revealing or involving a great deal or worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.

Precision: The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.

Resemblance : The state of resembling or being alike.

Motif : A decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern

Secondary : Coming after, less important than or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.

Temporary : Lasting for only a limited period of time not permanent.  

Pulverised : Reduced to fine particles.

Obtained : Gain something

Embellished : Make something more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Adorn : Make better/ attractive.

Quziyah And Paige's Problems

Quziyah - Paige:

1) x + 12 = -20

x = -32

2) x + 16 = -32

x = -48

3) x + 9 = -45

x = -54

4) x + 32 = -67

x = -99

5) x + 35 = -39

x = -74

6) x + 23 = -20

x = -43

7) x + 45 = -55

x = -100

8) x + 10 = -11

x = -21

9) x + 18 = -18

x = -36

10) x + 3 = -12

x = -15

Paige - Quziyah:

1) x + 33 = -67

x = -100

2) x + 7 = -24

x = -31

3) x + 15 = -33

x = -48

4) x + 54 = -48

x = -102

5) x + 23 = -45

x = -68

6) x + 38 = -62

x = -100

7) x + 27 = -12

x = -39

8) x + 14 = -35

x = -49

9) x + 50 = -79

x = -129

10) x + 4 = -24

x = -28

Quziyah and Paige Wk1 COMMONWEALTH MATH PROBLEMS

COMMONWEALTH MATH PROBLEMS

1. Celtic Park is one of the stadiums in Glasgow and has a seating capacity of 60,000

people.

If the stadium is 2/3 full, how many people are there? 20,000

If the stadium is 3/4 full, how many people are there? 45,000

If the stadium is full and 52500 people are adults, how many children are there?7500

2. As James left the stadium, the time on his watch was “20:30”.

What time was it? 8:30

When James arrived home, the time on his watch was “21:45”.

How long before midnight was it? 2 hours and 15 minutes

3. What is the next number in the pattern?

1 3 6 10 15

27 26 24 21 17

49 36 25 16 9

1 3 7 15 31 49

4. Place a “•” next to the fractions that are greater than one half.

1/3 ___ 2/3 • 1/4 ___ 3/4 • 3/8 ___

5/8 • 2/5 ___ 3/5 • 3/7 ___ 5/9 •

6/10 • 4/5 • 2/8 ___ 6/7 • 4/6 •

5. The warm up space on a training field is 10m long and 6m wide.

What is the area of the warm up space? 60 m²

What is the perimeter of the warm up space? 34 m9

The training equipment is kept in a box. The dimensions are 2m long, 1m wide and 1m deep.

What is the volume of the equipment box? 4 m³

If the equipment box is 3/4 full, what is the volume of the empty space? 1 m³

6. Cynthia has 8 towels in a bag. 3 towels are red. The rest are blue. What is the

chance if Amy takes a towel from the bag without looking that the towel is blue?

a) 3/8 (three eighths)

b) 4/8 (four eighths)

c) 5/8 (five eighths)

d) 8/8 (eight eighths

7. Hamish is flying home to Glasgow. The flight takes 10 hours. The plane he is on

burns on average 76550 L an hour and travels at an average speed of 750 kph.

How much fuel will the plane use during flight? 765500 L

How far did the plane fly? 7500 km

If the plane left at 9am Monday, what time would Hamish arrive at Glasgow? 7:00pm

8. Alice and her two sisters watched the athletics in the main stadium for the full

three hour session. It started at 14:20.

What time did the session end? 17:20

In total, Alice and her two sisters drank 1.5 L of water every hour while watching

the athletics.

How much water did they each drink during the entire session? 4.5 L

How much water did Alice and her sisters drink in total? 4.5 L

9. The students at Hannah’s school will attend the opening ceremony of the games in Glasgow. There will be 6 buses each carrying 66 students.

How many students from Hannah’s school will attend the opening ceremony?

396 children from hannah’s school.

If 190 of the students are boys, how many are girls? 206

If 3 teachers go, how many students will each teacher supervise? 132

If the principal also attends, what is the total number of people? 400

10. Jock left the hotel in Glasgow and walked 350m north. He then walked 500m

south and stopped before returning to the hotel.

How far away was Jock from his hotel when he stopped? 250m

If Jock walked on average 100m in one minute, how long did it take Jock to walk

back to the hotel from where he stopped?  2 minutes and 30 sec

11. Danielle jumped 1.45m in the high jump competition.

If Suzie jumped 6cm more than Danielle, how high did Suzie jump? 151cm

If Alex jumped 12cm less than Suzie, how high did Alex jump? 139cm

What is the total length of the three jumps? 435

12. 160 people were surveyed about which country they thought would win the

most gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. 25% said England and 50% said

Australia, while 10% said Canada.

How many people surveyed said England would win the most gold medals? 5

How many people surveyed said Australia would win the most gold medals? 80

How many people surveyed said Canada would win the most gold medals? 16

Maths Activities

Show how you solve these problems.

Addition and Subtraction

1. 23.5 - 16.9 = 6.6                    2. 17.3 - 5.985 = 13.315

3. 128.1 - 76.075 = 52.025           4. 45.05 + 59.188 =  104.238

Multiplication and Division

5. 28 x 12 =336               6. 39 x 14 = 546

7. 96 ÷ 4 =24                                                        8. 91 ÷ 7 = 13

9. How many litres of drink concentrate does Shari need to mix into her 5 litre container? The instructions say she needs .125 litres of concentrate per litre of water.

0.25 Litres

10. Tom is sewing shirts for his team. Each shirt takes .26 m of material that is 1.2m wide. How many can he sew if he has 6m of this material?

Fractions/Proportions/Ratios

11. ½ of ¼ = 0.125                                         12. ⅓ of ¼ = 0.833333333

13. There are 75 cars. ⅗ of them are blue. How many are not blue?

45 are not blue

14. There are ¼ of the  children in the club haven’t paid their netball fees. The other 60 children have paid. How many are in the club?

20 people in the club

15. After Rama cut up the pizzas there were 24/8. How many whole pizzas did he have?

4 whole pizzas

Triangle Addition

This is my Triangle Addition