Book Character Day!

 Dress-Up Fun!

We had a lot of fun thinking about our favourite books and our favourite characters to dress up as. 

The dress up box came out and everyone got into character! 

Tuakana/Teina Learning

 Learning from our tuakana

Ngai Takoto Whakatauki -  He iti marangai, tu ana te pahukahuka, He iti pioke no Rangaunu he au tona… 

Small although the pioke may be, great is its wake, as it traverses the might of the Rangaunu harbour.

To help us learn the whakatauki (saying) of our local Ngai Takoto iwi, we asked our expert tuakana (older students) to teach us the words and actions.

Nga mihi Te Manga! You were wonderful teachers and now we know our whakatauki off by heart!!

Videos to follow...

Learning Fun in Te Pihi

 We learn best when we're having fun!

Counting, turn-taking and directional skills!

Learn, create, share!

Team work!

Listening, following directions and keeping the beat.

Independent reading time

Amazing Maze Fun!

 The Gardener's Maze

We recently shared the big book 'The Gardener's Maze' and discussed what the gardener needed to make a maze out of hedge plants from scratch. We learnt how to make lists. We went hunting for new words. 

Then we tried to create our own mazes from our maths equipment. 

One of our reading groups read a story about a maze made out of maize in New Zealand. 

Next we found some 3D mazes to try out and we are trying to beat our times and increase the level of difficulty with different mazes.

We are learning directions like: forwards, backwards, left, right, enter and exit.

We all think mazes are amazing!!

We love music time!

 Music with Whaea Jen!

We love learning new songs on the ukulele.

Keeping the beat with drumsticks.

Using the correct hand and fingers.

Real keyboard warriors!

The King of Bass!

New experiences with a violin and bow.

Te Pihi Autumn vibes!

Weeks 5, 6 & 7 

Learning to strum the ukelele.

We can play 'Row, row, row your boat'.

A treaty is a written list of promises.

Everyone agreed on our list.

And then we all signed our treaty.

We had a fun party to farewell two of our boys who were moving away. Mrs Hammond came too!

Haere ra Josiah and Levi. 

We learnt to get in and out of any pool safely.

The 3 Junior classes had a FUN SWIM afternoon.

We are learning the symbols for fractions. We cut one whole watermelon into half.

Then into quarters.
Then eighths.
Then sixteenths.

Then we ate it!!

JUICY!

DRIPPY!

DELICIOUS!