This week we had a special blessing of our nature track at school. The track is called Te Ara o Te Ngahere - the path of the bush. The children were very excited to hear Matua Piripi talk about Tane Mahuta as he was blessing the track.
It was a beautiful afternoon.
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| Ms. Jones has worked for many years to establish the track |
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| Waiting so beautifully! |
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| Matua Piripi saying karakia to bless the track |
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| Exploring the track |
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| Kapa Haka sang beautifully for us. |
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!
Room 1 visit to the Waikato Museum:
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| Off on the bus |
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| We learnt about all the different waka |
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| This red line is where Tainui waka travelled around the island before landing in Kawhia. |
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| Looking out at the awa. |
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| A carving on Te Winika |
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| Looking how long Te Winika is. |
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| Making our own waka. |
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| Then we had a kai while we waited for the bus to go back to school. |
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| The children enjoyed hearing the story of the Tongue of the Dog. |
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 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.
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.
We have been exploring ideas about the coming of winter, leaves falling off trees, and how this happens. Our poem this week was about winter...
