Once Upon A Taniwha

The success criteria that the students worked towards for both of their own characters and the Taniwha were to have a title, interesting starter sentence, a character, setting, problem and... Read more about 'Once Upon A Taniwha'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Writing, Reading, The Arts, Visual Arts, Te Reo, Learning Languages, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 21 hours ago By Margo Clark

Te Reo - Pepeha

We have been learning to communicate about personal information in te reo, such as name, parents and grandparents names, iwi, hapu, mountain and river, or home town and place of... Read more about 'Te Reo - Pepeha'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Learning Languages, Thinking, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 47 hours ago By Margo Clark

Having A Ball

Emmy said, I was looking at my ball when I had to catch it. Read more about 'Having A Ball '...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Health and Physical Education, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Managing Self, Thinking; Posted 48 hours ago By Jessica Wilson

Ordering and Sequencing

Charlie said, I helped Billy put the numbers in order. We counted the numbers up to 20. Read more about 'Ordering and Sequencing'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Mathematics, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Managing Self, Thinking; Posted 48 hours ago By Jessica Wilson

Playing with Poems

We wrote some great Spring haiku poems with Mrs Young and painted blossoms on trees to make them look like Cherry Blossom trees. Read more about 'Playing with Poems'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged English, Literacy, Reading, Writing, The Arts, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Language, Symbols and text, Thinking, Managing Self; Posted 2 days ago By Carla Ross and Jeannie Young

Kindness Boomerang

When asked what is kindness? This is what the students in Room 8 came up with. Room 8 are revisiting and learning about kindness. Read more about 'Kindness Boomerang'...

Tagged Thinking, Language, Symbols, and Text, Participating and Contributing, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Health and Physical Education; Posted 5 days ago By Shannen Holder

Captivating Planets

One of the various things we learnt about were the planets in our very own solar system. Read more about 'Captivating Planets'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Thinking, Language, Symbols, and Text, Participating and Contributing, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Science; Posted 5 days ago By Shannen Holder

Participating & Contributing Creates Stars

Room 11 knew there was a taniwha, Horo-matangi, in the lake. We also knew the waiata 'One Day a Taniwha' so we decided to create a dance item around it. Read more about 'Participating & Contributing Creates Stars'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, Health and Physical Education, English, Learning Languages, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating & Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 8 days ago By Leanne Jackson

Flower Art

The change of season from Winter to Spring was our inspiration. The concept was simple. Flowers - using colour, layers, and shapes. Read more about 'Flower Art'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, Mathematics, English, Thinking, Managing Self; Posted 8 days ago By Leanne Jackson

Fair Sharing

To do this we had to learn some key mathematical ideas including vocabulary, symbols, words, and what the numbers represent in a fraction symbol. Read more about 'Fair Sharing'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Mathematics, English, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating & Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 8 days ago By Leanne Jackson