Matariki: Manu Aute - Kites

 We have been busy this week designing and then making our kites.

As you can see the children have put a lot of work and effort into their kites.  Tino pai tamariki ma! 

Te Whare Toanga o Waikato visit

 Room 1 visit to the Waikato Museum:

Off on the bus

We learnt about all the different waka

This red line is where Tainui waka travelled
around the island before landing in Kawhia. 

Looking out at the awa. 

A carving on Te Winika

Looking how long Te Winika is. 

Making our own waka.

Then we had a kai while we waited
for the bus to go back to school. 

The children enjoyed hearing the
story of the Tongue of the Dog. 

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.

Role Models/Heroes Dress Up Day

 It was great to see everyone dressed up!  We had a lot of fun in our costumes. 

Firefighter.

Nurse, like my Nona.

Police Officer.

Doctor, like my Mum. 

Scientist.

Firefighter. 

Superhero.

Scientists.

Marae writing

Yesterday we went on the bus to Hukanui Marae.  

We sat on the mat and we waited with our bags on.

We went into the wharenui and we saw all the photos of the people who had passed away.

We had a kai.

Then we drew a picture of the waharoa.

Then we went back to school on the bus.

By Room 1.

Lots of people went to the marae.

By Maataatoa.

I went into the wharenui.

I saw the pictures of the people that died.

By Ngakautoa.

I went to the marae and I wanted to touch the pictures but I couldn't.

By Alexis.

I like to go in the bus to the marae.

By Samritha.

I loved going to the wharenui.

By Beauden.

The bus is going to the marae.

By Ella.

I went on the bus to the marae.

By Jashan.

Rhonda is taking us to the marae.

By Avayah.

I am in the bus.

By Kyani.

I am at the wharenui.

By Charles. 

Hukanui Marae

 Our trip to Hukanui Marae was exciting.

We went on the bus.  We had to wait quietly to go onto the marae.  The kuia called us on with a karanga.  We sat on the mats and listened to Koro.

Then we went inside the wharenui - Tuturuapapa. We listened to Koro talk about the marae.

We then had a kai and did some sketching of the waharoa.

We watched the big kids performing kapa haka, then we went home.

Ka kite ano Hukanui Marae!