Whaea Brax

He mihi nui ki a Whaea Brax.  A big welcome to Whaea Brax who will be teaching for four weeks in our classroom as she completes her first year of practicum for her Bachelor of Education Teaching Degree with Te Wananga o Awanuiarangi.

Hari Huri Tau ki a koe, Raymond

All the best on your seventh birthday!

Using Ipads and Robots for Play-Based Learning

Patrick has been working with students in our class and with the senior students this year.  This term he is teaching us how to post our learning work onto the app SeeSaw using the ipads.  He has also been teaching us how robots work. 

Birthdays

Hari huritau ki a koutou!  Happy Birthday!

Matariki Celebrations

We invited whanau and friends from Room 9 to our Matariki Feast.

What we already know about Volcanoes?

Here are the ideas we already have about Volcanoes before we start our Play-based Inquiry.  We already know a lot about Volcanoes.

A Peek in our Classroom

Parents have asked at the RAWE meetings about what sorts of things we do during the day in class. The video above shows our students working on independent literacy activities.

Henderson Fire Service Visit

The fire officers let us look inside the fire engine.

Baseball with Coach Marko

Let's Celebrate Birthdays!

We are 6 years old!

Hari Huritau!

Make a wish and blow out the candles!

Farewell Mr Burton

We will miss you Mr Burton.  Please keep coming to our school for visits.  We made Mr Burton a fish to put in his garden.  Ka kite ano!

Update! Mr Burton loved our fish so much he hung it up in his kitchen.  We love you Mr Burton.

Happy Birthday! Hari Huritau ki a Korua!

Happy Birthday! 30th March.  You are six years old!

Te Ika a Maui - Our Computer Drawn Illustrations

Riyaad

Daemon

Ella

Josiah

Phoenix

Charlotte

Imaginative and Creative Learning

We watched Mana's Great Fish.  We made connections to Maui and ourselves.

Then we decided to build our own waka, make our own hooks and catch big fish!

We talked about our disappointment that the waka were not sturdy. Our ideas for next time were:

• use strong glue
• use duct tape
• make it out of wood

We show curiousity when approaching new tasks and challenges.

Kōwhai Team Assembly

Today at Team Assembly we presented our 'Ko wai mātou?' video. It was good to be able to share who we are with the other children and teachers in our team.

Congratulations to Jericho and Nathaniel.  Jericho won his certificate for 'Being an Outstanding Reader' and Nathaniel won his for 'Best Always Learning Behaviour'.

Happy Birthday Nathaniel

Hari huritau ki a koe.  Thank you for sharing chocolates to celebrate your sixth birthday.

Te Māra - The Garden

Kua whakapai mātou i te whenua mō te māra kai.   

We prepared the soil for a garden.  

Thank you to our tūakana from Rūma Iwa for teaching us how to plant seedlings.

We will keep checking in to see how the plants are growing.

Play-based Learning Excitement

We are very interested in building structures in our classroom.  We are problem-solving!  How do you leave your castle on display and make sure it doesn’t get broken?

Make a ‘Do not touch it’ sign.  Awesome thinking!

Happy Birthday Raydon

We wished Raydon a very happy birthday.  He is now 6 years old.

Stinger by Raymond

Ella's Beach Video

Ameera's Beach Picture

I went to the beach. I swam.
By Ameera

Kolopa's Beach Picture

I went to the beach.
By Kolopa

Zypris's Beach Video

Zypris is learning to use the Explain Everything app on the iPad to publish his story.

Jericho's Beach Picture

I saw the kids swimming at the beach and I was playing in the sand. It was a good day. 
By Jericho

Nathaniel's Beach Picture

We are learning to draw pictures using the Kid Pix software on the computer. Here is Nathaniel's picture of the beach.

I was playing with the truck in the water. I went in the sand and I was at the beach and we had lunch. I felt good.
By Nathaniel

Hi from Hannah our Social Worker in Schools.

Hannah came for a visit to share with us what she does at Glendene School and to show us the Calming Glitter Jar.  We learned how to take deep breaths to feel more calm and relaxed.

Fun with Monsters

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Read to Self

In our classroom reading program, we are working to build our stamina and be able to read to self for a longer time each day.

Summer Flowers

We have been planting flowers to beautify the outdoor areas by our classroom.