Visiting the Waikato Museum to learn about Matariki

We had to split into two groups so that half of Room 10 could visit the Museum with Tui Hub and the other half could visit the Museum with Kea Hub.  We enjoyed the walk there and back and we were very lucky with the weather.

At the Museum we listened to a couple of Maori myths.  One was about Matariki. Then we got to watch an audio/lighting show that depicted Matariki.  We were able to spend some time sketching the amazing patterns on the carvings around us and then create our own taonga out of clay to bring back to school.  Many thanks to our two parent helpers - Jennie and James.

Walking with an ANZAC

Please take a look at these video presentations created by some of our students, showing what they have learned from their independent research into their "own" soldier.  This research project is part of an amazing resource supplied by School Kit.  Thanks School Kit!

Hannah's Project 

Anna's Project

Cassia's Project 

Veisinia's Project

Nandita's Project

 

Creating with Harakeke

Whaea Arna has been teaching us how to weave and plait using harakeke.  We were given a chance to work with some harakeke to see what we could create.  Look out for the giraffe Blake created and the fishing net Justis created in these photos.

Capturing the Kahu Huruhuru for the Art Festival

Room 10 have been given the task of providing some illustrations for a book to be published for the Art Festival in Term 3.  We were asked to try to capture the Kahu Huruhuru (Feathered Cloaks) that are at present on display in Room 7.  We were very intent on the task in hand.

Weaving with Paper

After we all created a harakeke putiputi for our  Mums on Mothers Day, Whaea Arna taught us how to weave using coloured paper.  It was decided that paper was much easier to weave than harakeke (flax).

Finding out about Harakeke!

We are really lucky to have Whaea Arna joining Room 10 for the next eight weeks of this term.  We have discovered that we have harakeke growing in our school gardens.  Today we went out to do some observations of our harakeke.  We took measurements and recorded everything we saw on our plants.  We even rated the health of the plants.  Some are looking pretty scruffy!

Sugary Drinks with Project Energize - Report written by Daniel and ?

On Wednesday Room 10 were visited by Project Energize’s - Jono and Zane. First Jono told us about sugary
drinks. Then we got into groups of 5. We were trying to figure out which drinks had the most sugar - from
the highest to lowest sugary drink.

We found out that the sugary drink with the most sugar is a flavored fruit drink E2. The lowest sugary drink is WATER!!! Room 10 also learned about how often we should have different drinks. We had lots of fun learning about sugary drinks with Jono and Zane.