August 2024

 Zone Cross Country

Proud and Passionate students all ready for their race.

July 2024 Term 3

 We had eight students move into Te Pihi class to make room for the new entrants starting in terms three and four. We will miss them! Welcome to our new students Ella, Mareikura, Kinsley, Coby and Ajay.

The new Team Te Kakano!

In Week 1 our new students were introduced to Milo the monkey as part of the Little Learners Love Literacy programme. We ended the week by making Milo monkey cookies. This helped us to learn the sound that the letter 'm' makes in words.

Paparore School Olympics Dress-up Day

Congratulations Islah and Zaeline for your fabulous costumes.

Proud chocolate bar winners for their efforts! Tu meke!

July 2024 Term 2

 Music with whaea Jen.

We have been learning to play the keyboard and drums and to keep a beat. We are brave and take risks to learn new things.

We love 'Pyjama Day'!

June 2024

Growth Mindset

We have been learning that the way we think helps us to learn or it doesn't help us learn.

In the book "The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School," Mr. Fish is nervous about starting school because he doesn’t know how to do the things the other fish are doing. He feels like he’s not good at anything, and this makes him sad. But then, his teacher helps him understand that it’s okay not to know everything right away. School is a place to learn, and with time and practice, he can get better at anything!

This story shows us something called a “growth mindset.” A growth mindset is when we believe that even if we can’t do something yet, we can learn how to do it by trying, practicing, and not giving up.

So, just like Mr. Fish learned how to write his name and do other things at school by practicing, we can learn new things too. It’s okay to make mistakes because that’s how we learn and get better. Keep trying, and remember, you can always grow your brain by learning new things!

Matariki celebrations.

We learned about the Matariki stars and the importance of their return in June. We read lots of stories including some Maori legends, wrote stories and created artworks. The best part was celebrating Matariki with a festival. Lots of other schools from the Aupori peninsular and our whanau joined us here at Paparore School. Each school performed waiata and Kapa haka. They were all so talented. Kaumatua and kuia spoke and we learned some more about the history of Paparore School.

Te Kakano students' Matariki art.

 

May 2024

We are very happy to have new classmates join us in Te Kakano. 

Anzac Biscuits, Role Play, stories, poems and art.

Tasting the poppy seeds.

An example of our finished poppy art, in remembrance of those brave men and women who died in the wars.                                                                                  

Yummy, scrummy ANZAC biscuits.

Role play

Kylie Koala made kebabs for Milo Monkey's surprise Birthday Party. We made some fruit kebabs with marshmallows. They were delicious and we all had two! kkkkkkk kebab!