Autumn Leaves

We are exploring autumn.

We went on a leaf hunt this morning.

We are writing about the leaves:

Looks like curly

Feels like soft

Sounds like swishy

By Samritha.

Looks like red
Feels like spiky
Sounds like crunchy
By Jacob.

Looks like yellow
Feels like wet
Sounds like mushy
By Maataatoa.

Looks like bumpy
Feels like tickly
Sounds like crunchy
By Ella.

Looks like red 

Feels like angry

Sounds like shshshsh

By Tatianah.

Looks like red 

Feels like bumpy

Sounds like shshshsh

By Radian.

Looks like red 

Feels like rough

Sounds like crunchy

By Liam.

Looks like brown

Feels like soft

Sounds like whoosh!

By Thomas.

Looks like red and yellow

Feels like sharp

Sounds like a waterfall

By Jashan.

Looks like red and brown

Feels like dry

Sounds like crunchy

By Alexis. 

Looks like brown

Feels like comfortable

Sounds like squishy

By Ngakautoa.

Looks like red

Feels like smooth

Sounds like crunchy

By Beauden.

Looks like yellow and brown

Feels like crunchy and wet

Sounds like ooo-ooo-ooo

By Kyani.

Looks like orange

Feels like wet

Sounds like crunchy

By Charles.

Kupe and Te Wheke

We are already into week 3 of the term!

 We have been learning about the navigator Kupe, who was the first person to come to Aotearoa.  We have been learning about the story of Kupe, fighting the giant wheke (octopus).  Children have demonstrated their learning and understanding of the story through writing, telling stories, art, and play. 

Writing:

Kupe was hurting wheke.  He chased him all the way to Aotearoa. 

He went back and told the people to come to Aotearoa.

By Ngakautoa.

 

Kupe destroyed the octopus because he was evil and eating all the fish.

By Radian.

 

Kupe was looking at the stars and he was a scientist.

By Jacob.

 

I learned about the octopus pattern.

By Liam. 

 

 Kupe fought the giant octopus because the octopus was eating his fish and he made Kupe angry. 

Kupe said, “follow that giant octopus.”

Kupe went to Aotearoa.  He was the first one to come to Aotearoa. 

He told more people to come on a big waka.

By Maataatoa.

 

Kupe fought the octopus because he was eating the fish.

Kupe saw land the long white cloud, Aotearoa.

It was really noisy with lots of birds and insects.

By Ella.

 

Kupe was a scientist because he said “that way or that way” with the stars.

By Kyani.

 

Kupe fought a giant octopus.

He said, “come on let’s go to the big white cloud” because they wanted to live there.

They were the first ones to live there.

The other people came and said “hey we want to live here” and the other people said, “we were here first.”  But they can both live in a different kind of house.

By Alexis.

Art:

We made a waka together.

Play:

Playing in the waka, using flax to make a wheke, and sticks to make a fire.