Before we start looking into the History of Aotearoa/NZ, let's see what we already know.

We wrote some amazing Character Portraits based around our Role Models!

Role Model Day

 On Friday 26 March, we were encouraged to dress up as our role models.  Take a look at our slideshow to see how we looked, who we choose and why!

Grandparent's Day - Thursday 1 April

Today we were so lucky to be visited by some of our Grandparents.  We were able to "share" our Grandparents around the class so that everyone was able to take part in interviewing a Grandparent.  We have collected lots of data around what our Grandparents did when they were our age and we look forward to analysing this data during Pāngarau (Mathematics).

Levi and Ruth's Writing

The whole school visited Hukanui Marae on Monday 15 March.  It was such a great opportunity for the students to learn about being on a Marae.  It also inspired some great writing.  Here are Levi and Ruth's pieces of writing.  We call these a Moment in Time.

What is a role model?

Today we came up with a list about what a role model might be.  We think a role model might be someone who:

• you want to be like when you grow up
• you look up to
• shows you how to be good at something ... a good example.
• looks after you
• you trust
• cares about you
• you admire
• you count on

Portraits in Progress

 We have been working on creating our own Portraits based on the artwork by NZ Artist Darcy Nicholas.  He is an amazing artist who uses the most unexpected colours within his work.  We can't wait to show you our finished pieces.  Here are most of the artists from Room 10 in action.