Mahi pangarau

In pangarau our group have been imaging. Today Lucy had a go at counting on! She did so well! Anahera has been counting on for a while- so today we decided to try some bigger numbers. Tino pai korua!

Tuhituhi pu

Tahlia has been working so hard in tuhituhi pu. Here are photos to show her amazing progress. Tino pai e kotiro!

Taiaha with Matua Pryor

This term we have started taiaha practice as part of hakinakina. This is wonderful practice for our coordination and sense of direction. Matua Pryor volunteers his time, we are so lucky!

Mahi Pangarau

Nau Mai, Haere Mai Louis!

Welcome to our new friend Louis! Last Thursday we had a powhiri for Louis and his whanau. Louis' Dad played the guitar and we shared some lovely kai. Louis loves the big adventure and spiderman. Louis is so clever, he can already write his name and identify numbers up to 5! Tino pai e tama!

Mahi pangarau!

We have been learning to read numbers up to ten. Some of us can even read numbers up to twenty! Today we looked at many numbers and what they looked like on a tens frame. Fantastic mathematical thinking Potiki maa!

Life education

Today we went to see Harold and Victoria in the life education truck. We are learning about the functions of our body and keeping ourselves safe.

Museum trip.

Today our class walked to the museum. We went to learn about musical instruments with Whaea Nicki. We had lots of fun!

Tuhituhi pu.

We have been practicing our tuhituhi pu -handwriting every day. Look how much we have improved. Mahi pai tamariki ma!

V is for vest!

Tahlia and her group have been learning about the letter V. Tahlia quickly realised that she was wearing something that started with v. Tahlia now knows that V is for vest. Tino pai kotiro.

Matua Tom

We have had the privilege of having Matua Tom with us for the past three weeks. Today Matua Tom taught the entire class. As part of our experiences for writing - Matua made play dough with the tamariki. We brainstormed our ideas and got lots of rich language for our mahi tuhituhi! Tomorrow we will begin our writing. Tino pai Matua Tom!

Putting a hangi down.

Matua Pete arrived in his truck and the digging began! Thank you Matua Wayne, Matua Dave, Matua Shane and Matua Paul. Thank you Whaea Donna for making the yummiest mussel chowder for our workers

Matariki

During Matariki, we celebrate our unique place in the world. We give respect to the whenua on which we live, and admiration to our mother earth, Papatūānuku.
Throughout Matariki, we learn about those who came before us. Our history, our family, our bones.
Matariki signals growth. It's a time of change. It's a time to prepare, and a time of action. During Matariki, we acknowledge what we have and what we have to give.
Matariki celebrates the diversity of life. It's a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people.
Matariki is our Aotearoa Pacific New Year.


Nga mihi nui

Whaea  Carly

Seven stars of Matariki

Matariki

Te reo Maori

Every fortnight we work on new vocabulary and sentence structures. Then we draw and write about what we have learnt in ICT.