Creative Shapes

Some children in our class made some fantastic creations with the shapes and blocks. Everyone in our class thought that Ben, Quinn, Thomas, Henry and Prisha were so clever and that their creations were so colourful!

Maori with Whaea Keri

Every second Monday we have a lesson with Whaea Keri.  In this lesson we were learning about the wharenui.  We acted out each of the main structures of a wharenui on a marae.

Middle Syndicate Technology Challenge

On Friday of Week 3 the middle syndicate had a technology challenge. We were put into teams of three and we had 40 minutes to design and build a stretcher strong enough to carry 3kgs of potatoes. 

The materials we had were :

24 large sheets of newspaper

4 metres of string

1 small roll of cellotape

It was a great exercise in learning to work as a team and in developing our communication skills. We learnt a lot about how strong we needed to make the stretcher and what the weaknesses were.  

As a class we concluded that Henry, Anna and Levi's was the most successful with Yievy, Allan and Parmida's coming a close second. 

Marvellous Marble Movers!

During Week 3 we celebrated Science and Technology Week. Our homework challenge was to make a marble mover. Anna's was chosen to share in the hall at lunchtime with other Year 2-6 children. Well done to the following children made marvellous marble movers:

Oliver, Jovanna, Ruby, Gloria, Levi, Joshua, Ashton, Emma, Anna, Jaden and Thomas!

Anzac Day

In Week 1 we studied the significance of Anzac Day.  On Friday the whole school participated in our own pre- Anzac Day service. During the week we made poppies to carry at our Anzac Day parade and we also wrote poems.