Our Awesome Kapahaka Group

Congratulations to our Kapahaka Group. They had their performance at the Polyfest last night and were absolutely wonderful. Well done to you all.

Opening of Rooms 5 and 6

Today we opened our refurbished classrooms. Matua Whaiteri said some Karakia and we sang some waiata.
We prepared the rooms to be used for a purpose by putting our positive energy into the building. We touched all the walls while we thought positive happy thoughts.
We can't wait to use the new room.

Luna came to visit

Today, James brought his dog Luna to school to share for news. She was very soft and friendly. We loved the way her tail curled!

Bake Sale

Today, our kapahaka group held a bake sale to raise money to help pay for our new kapahaka costumes. They will be performing in the Polyfest later his term. We enjoyed spending our money and buying treats!

The Dowse came to us!

On Friday, Jen from 'The Dowse' came to do a workshop with us.
Rooms 2 and 4 went together.
We started by listening to Jen retell the 'Creation Story' using a felt board. She was a really expressive story teller and everyone was spellbound as they listened.

Next we told our own story about where we live, through art.
Because we live on a hill, we started with a mountain, and added a river. Next we added ourselves and our parents and represented the people with korus.

What amazing results!

Home Learning Book Reading Games

At our recent Parent, Child, Teacher interviews, I said I would share our Reading Games that we play, using the words from our Home Learning Books.
On the right hand sidebar, there is a title 'Pages". Under this is a link to the games.
Check it out

Download them and play the games at home.

Have fun and enjoy.

Pablo Picasso

We are learning about Pablo Picasso and have written some stories about him.

Pablo Picasso was born in Spain and he died in France. He was famous because he did famous paintings.

Kallam

Pablo Picasso lived in Spain but he died. He was a good artist.

Joshua

Pablo Picasso is famous and he is a good artist.

Jordy

Pablo Picasso was born in Spain and then he moved to France. Then he started drawing funny faces. He mixed up a side view and a front view.

Evan

Pablo Picasso was a famous artist. He did very good drawings. Pablo Picasso’s dad gave him his paints and brushes. Pablo Picasso died in France. Pablo Picasso started painting when he was a kid.

Michael

Pablo Picasso is very famous. He is a very good drawer. He is also a very good painter.

Adam

Pablo Picasso was a famous artist and he did lots of paintings. He could paint before he could talk.

Connor

Pablo Picasso was really famous and he did lots of paintings. He could draw before he could talk.

Sophie

Pablo Picasso was born in Spain and he died in France. He was a great artist. When he was 13 he got all of his dad’s paint.

Lauren

Pablo Picasso was a famous artist.

Diana

Pablo Picasso died. It was so sad he couldn’t do painting.

Jonah

Pablo Picasso began to be born in Spain and he moved to France.

Coby

Pablo Picasso painted lots of paintings.

Nathan

Pablo Picasso was an artist. He was famous. He was great at painting. He was the best. I like him.

Katelyn

Pablo Picasso lived in Spain and France. He was an artist.

Keisha-Leigh

Pablo Picasso died. He was a painter.

Hannah

Pablo Picasso is a painter. He lived in France. He was an artist. He was famous.

James

Pablo Picasso was a famous drawer and painter. His dad gave Pablo his paints. His paintings have lots of colours.

Ana

Our cool portraits

Can you guess what we used to make our background?