Turangawaewae Transfer Task

Well this was a big job and has taken ages to finish.  The whole process started with our writing and learning our pepeha off by heart.  Once we got that sorted, we then recorded each other reciting our pepeha.  The next step was to import our video recordings into iMovie which we then greenscreened against an image of our maunga (mountain) or our awa (river).  During writing time we were also creating an acrostic poem about our personal turangawaewae.  Although this sounds easy, it wasn't and we had to recraft our writing a lot before it made sense.  Before we could publish our writing we had to paint our maunga and awa onto a background, which just happens to be a jigsaw puzzle piece.  Once the painting was finished we started to publish our work.  This wasn't just a case of just printing it off.  We had to format it properly, insert a background image that worked with our art as well as getting the size right.  In the meantime, we also had to get our iMovies loaded onto our blog and make a QR code so that people can listen to our pepeha when they view our artwork and writing.  Once all the individual jigsaw puzzle pieces are completed (we still have five to do) we will assemble the pieces to make eight complete puzzles.  The puzzles will represent us as a class, all different and individual but connected to each other.  Most of us are from Whangarei, so we have a connection through a shared turangawaewae.  We are all connected through our belief God.   We are also connected because we are learners in Room 16 at St Francis Xavier.

Here are some photos of completed individual puzzle pieces.  We will post photos later of the 8 puzzles.