Te Mauru e taki nei

We are learning a Sasa dance. Our hub choose a dance from 3 different dances. We could choose from a folk dance, a line dance or this Sasa. These photos are us doing our Sasa. - Tyler It's hard work and tiring. - Kaiden and Theo We love it! - Tyson R We clap up, down, side, side. - Jordyn We are doing great. - Craig  We are doing hard work. - Waimirirangi  Joel thinks it is funny.

To celebrate Matariki we had a kite making competition where the children were invited to make a kite at home with their whanau and then bring it to school. Te mauru e taki nei had a kite making day so that we could all have a go at flying a kite. Whanau were also invited to visit our learning space.

As part of our learning in Maths, we are learning to explain what we are thinking and how we came up with our answers. We have found this can be a bit tricky, - but that's ok because we know about being in the learning pit. On Tuesday we could choose between two math problems to solve. 1) A quarter of the flowers in the garden are orange . What might this look like? and 2) A quarter of the cars in the car yard are blue . What might this look like? Adele and Adhithi then recorded themselves talking about what they were thinking.

Yesterday we talked about what we did in the weekend, then we wrote about it. We are just beginning to learn about using WOW words in our writing to describe things. In the weekend I went to                                                                                                    watering my plants. I love it. - Matthew I played with my cars. -Alex  I went to my Nana and                                                                                                      ...

On Friday Miss Clothier recorded Mrs Bayley and Miss Courtney's classes saying their mihi. The children practised getting their pronunciation right and using a clear voice when talking into the microphone.  Josh, Fyfe, Dayton  Patrizia, Keeley, Elijah, Logan, Sunny-Dee  Max, Maddy, Bella, Princess, Slade Oliver, Rocky, Alex, Archie, Luke  Adhithi, Beau, Putauaki, Tyson R, Christine

We watched this video of a dog at the beach. Here are a couple of our stories. The black and white fluffy dog is making footprints in the breakable sand. He is running in the waves. He is poking his slobbery tongue out. He is trying to block the waves. He's splashing and having fun. - Braxton The big black and white fluffy dog is running into the water. The dog is chasing the waves. The dog is sticking his tongue out of his mouth. The dogs footprints are tiny . The dogs footprints are running . - Tyson L

As part of our Te Reo we have been learning out Mihi and have been recording them so we can share with you. So far we have recorded Miss Clothier's homeroom and Miss Courtney's girls.  Kaitlin, Freyja, Izzy, Isabelle, Kelicia, Aaleiyah  Caleb, Silaiti, Mason, Matthew  Tyler, Jacob, Craig, Theo, Zeva  Ricardo, Brooklyn, Marinelle, Tyson L, Ben  Adele, Skyla, Mackenzie, Kataraina, Lucas