Term 2 Week 4 and 5

Autumn

I've been waiting for the deciduous trees at home to clothe themselves in their beautiful autumn colours. Finally the magic happened. The students from Te Kakano played on the field in the huge collection of leaves I brought along to school. We talked about the colours, shapes and feel of the leaves after we were done with tossing them high to see how they drifted silently down to cover the grass in a carpet of colours. This is one of the Autumn poems we learnt over the last two weeks.

We discussed the seasons; the rotation of the earth around the sun and how living things prepare themselves for winter. One of our relieving teachers Mrs Seddon did Autumn leaf art with the students and they produced an amazing display of colour for our classroom using coloured paper, black marker pens, paint and pastel. Here are some examples. Each child's art was unique. They were all extremely proud of the outcomes and remember lots of facts about Autumn.

Our shared book this week was 'Windy Day' by Jill Eggleton 

We wrote about the king's crown that blew away in the wind. We used card to make the king's crown, and with the help of some talented students from Te Kauru, we also constructed a bird's nest in the crown, and a bird. We really liked having 'biggies' in our classroom. They helped us with handwriting [really tricky letter ks] and our reading. They were fabulous role models, patient, kind and helpful. We hope you come again Kobe, Caedance, Oscar, Alicia and Charlize!

Completed Kings' crowns bird nests.

Ka kite ano! Until next time!

Term 2 Week 2

Wacky Hair Day

There are crazy little people with extremely wacky hair hiding in the trees. Te Kakano students wore funny hair styles to help raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. We learnt that the helicopter helps save hundreds of people every year in New Zealand. Some of us know people who had to be flown to hospital in a helicopter. We know this an important community service so Te Kakano says a big "THANK YOU'' to Westpac and all the team of helpers who work hard to rescue people as fast as possible..

Term 2, Week 1

A wonderful start to the Term!

This week six little seeds [Emma, Keifer, Chase, Mason, Xavier and Nooroa] graduated from Te Kakano and moved into Te Pihi. We wish our friends all the best. Seven new students also joined Te Kakano. We are very happy to have Ava, Eden, Dwayne, AJ, Jo-Jo, Tauhe and Riley join our class whanau. We began the Term with a hiss and a roar. 

We are off to great places! We're off and away! 

AJ

Riley

Tauhe

Dwayne

        

Eden

Ava

Jo-Jo

We're off to great places. We're off and away!

This week we also learned a little bit about ANZAC Day. We read in a story how the soldiers had to eat BULLY BEEF and CABIN BREAD everyday so we tried it. Nobody liked the smell as we passed the open tin around.

However nearly all of us took up the taste challenge . . . Bully Beef on water crackers, and most agreed it wasn't too bad at all.

Thumbs up for cabin bread and bully beef!

Believe it or not a number of hungry soldiers came back for more and some ate three pieces!

Nobody liked the thought of having to eat Bully Beef everyday and we know it was a miserable life for the very brave soldiers who lived in the trenches. We are very happy there is no war in New Zealand.