Term 3 Week 3

Balloon Fun.

This week we were very lucky to get about 80 balloons given to us. We looked at photos of the balloons in my little car. We used our eyes and our brains to think about:

• why the balloons were in the car?
• why all the balloons were pink?
• where could Mrs Dane have got them from?

After going for a walk and noticing that the balloons were no longer in the car we continued walking around the school to discover just where they could be. Of course we had to do some serious thinking about where so many balloons could be without people noticing them, and also the places that Mrs Dane would NOT have put them. After finding them in our school Whare this is what happened!

                
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Term 2 Week 8

Here is the link to the slide presentation from Tuesday evening's junior school parent hui - 'How to help your child with their learning'

Thanks to all those parents who turned up for this meeting despite it being a cold winter's night. We appreciated the opportunity to share "more than 100 years of teaching experience" . . . HAHA! These are the bones or notes of the presentation. Whanau, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to ask for clarification. 

Te Whare Kiwi's Matariki Day

On Wednesday the students from Te Putake, Te Pihi and Te Kakano did their learning together. We had fun learning, creating and sharing. After lunch we all went out to the field area. Some students chose to play their own games with friends, build huts or explore in the gardens and trees. Some students chose to weed and clear the garden so we could have more space to play in the trees without getting hurt. These students had great fun being Kaitiaki. We finished the day with a Junior School Kapa Haka session -  THANKS MRS BRYDON!

Paper kites

Colouring in Matariki Stars

Sharing and creating.

Tuakana teina 

Thinking and creating.

Play dough stars.

Examples of completed Matariki art. Kite art created in Te Kakano classroom and collage created in Te Putake classroom.

Check out these busy bees

1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . all together now! 

Before the clean-up

After the clean-up

The pile of weeds, sticks and unwanted seedlings was huge by the time we had finished. We each carried armfuls of garden waste across the field to a hidden spot to decompose. What a great effort kids! Thanks for your mahi!