Tāwhirimātea 2020 Blog
Monday, 14 September 2020
Spheros and Beebots
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Burger
Here is another poem from Nigel's literacy group. This is a rhyming couplet poem about burgers.
Meat pattie juicy in a bun,
eating it up is a lot of fun,
Biting into it can be quite a mess,
cheese, bacon and tomato is the best,
Once I’m finished I don’t want more,
Because my tummy is kind of sore.
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
The Piwakawaka
Nigel's Literacy group shared some ideas and came up with this Diamante poem about the Piwakawaka.
Piwakawaka
fluffy, tiny
flitter, flutter, swerve
brown feathers, black tail
Swooping, catching prey
pretty, wonderful
Fantail
Saturday, 22 August 2020
Addison's Book
Kia ora everybody, My Dad and Me have been making a little book about the last Quite Write story I made, The waterfall of mud and we have finally finished the book. We also added some pictures to it. This is what it looks like.
Sunday, 2 August 2020
Riley making a difference!
Tic Tac Toe Basketball
Sunday, 26 July 2020
How To Make Fake Snot
For part of our Growing Inquiry, Urmi's group is looking at "Why bacteria helps us." We made fake snot. It was pretty disgusting but you should have a try!
How To Make Fake Snot
Instructions
Materials:
- 2 teaspoons of gelatin
- Hot water
- 1/4 cup glucose syrup
- A few drops of green food colouring
- 2 Bowls
- Spoon
Method:
- Put some hot water into a bowl.
- Add two teaspoons of gelatin and stir it until the gelatin has dissolved.
- In the other bowl, pour 1/4 cup of glucose syrup.
- Add a few drops of green food colouring.
- Slowly add small amounts of the gelatin mixture into the second bowl.
- Stir well
- Keep adding the gelatin until the mixture gets thick and gloopy.
- You now have fake snot!
Spheros and Beebots
We had a fun session drawing chalk tracks and making the spheros and Beebots move around them. Have you ever tried using them?

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We had a fun session drawing chalk tracks and making the spheros and Beebots move around them. Have you ever tried using them?
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Here is another poem from Nigel's literacy group. This is a rhyming couplet poem about burgers. Meat pattie juicy in a bun, eating it u...
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This week we have been working together to get to know each other. Today we played the popcorn challenge where you had to use a straw to tra...
