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?

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.

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

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.

Riley making a difference!

Everyday since school has been back, Riley spends 20 minutes after school picking up rubbish to help keep the school clean. His mum is super proud of him. Some days his friend Mason will help.

Tic Tac Toe Basketball

For Monday Mashup, Urmi's group learned a new game called Tic Tac Toe basketball. You had to play against another team to do was score a basket. Then you could add a bib into the Tic Tac Toe grid. The first team to get three bibs in a row won. It is lots of fun and you practice your dribbling skills and shooting skills.

Have you ever played this game before?

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:

1. Put some hot water into a bowl.
2. Add two teaspoons of gelatin and stir it until the gelatin has dissolved.
3. In the other bowl, pour 1/4 cup of glucose syrup.
4. Add a few drops of green food colouring.
5. Slowly add small amounts of the gelatin mixture into the second bowl.
6. Stir well
7. Keep adding the gelatin until the mixture gets thick and gloopy.
8. You now have fake snot!

All About Measurement

This week we started looking at measurement in maths. We have been using different tools to measure with as well as estimating how long things are in mm, cm, m and km's.

Tawhirimatea and Tangaroa's Cooking Sessions

Over the last two weeks the Garden to Table groups in Tawhirimatea and Tangaroa have been getting together and cooking some delightful treats. Last week we made Cheesy Spinach Macaroni balls using spinach from the garden. Everyone thought they were fantastic.

This week we made Peach Crumble using the rest of the stewed peaches we had frozen from earlier in the year from our peach trees in the garden. We also decided to bake some bananas with sultanas and brown sugar, we used the bananas we had left over from fruit in schools. A BIG thank you to one of our wonderful teacher aides, Ali, for helping out and keeping our cooks focused.

Chrome Musiclab

Noah S's version of Bad Guy by Billie Eilish




Anika's own creation


Today for Monday Mashup we explore Chrome Music lab. We practised making rhythms, chords and beats. We then used the Songmaker to create our own song.

Have you ever tried Chrome Musiclab? We can highly recommend it!

Badminton for Monday Mashup

Today we returned to the hall to start up badminton for Monday Mashup. After an hour or so everyones skills were lots better with some excellent rallies. Next week we are going to start the Tawhirimatea Badminton Challenge. Students pick their partner and then we will play a tournament to see who will be crowned Tawhirimatea Champions.

Monday Mashup Music

Today for Monday mashup, the children experimented with percussion instruments. They worked in groups of four to make short pieces of music. They investigated how instruments sounded together working with groupings of 4 beats.

Return of Kiwisport

Today Georgia from Rawhiti Community Sport returned to start Kiwisport lessons. Nigel's group was the first to go and they had a great time. We did lots of shuttle runs that involved hurdles, star jumps and running backwards. Next week it's Urmi's groups turn to go.

Week 7 Garden Update

This week we are finishing off making more planter boxes as well as creating a space for the 500 native tree seedlings that we are going to look after as part of our association with Eco-Action Nursery Trust. David from Eco Action will be coming in the next week or so to help us set up our nursery. A big thank you to Cadin, Jake, Mason and Lawrence for clearing the space for the seedlings.

Check out the Eco-Action Nursery website for more details on what they do.

Deano Yipadee The Singing Author

Today we watched a live show with Deano Yipadee. He is a singing author. Some of his books are called Nee Naw, Ron the Royal Guard and Stink- O-Saurus. His book are really funny and had us entertained.

Have you ever read or listened to his stories?

Garden Update

Over the last 2 weeks students from Tawhirimatea and Tangaroa have been working hard planting, weeding, making planter boxes and even eating Pak Choy and Radishes. Our garden is starting to look lovely again and a special thanks to Riley, Mason, Cadin and Jake for all of their hard work.

This week's Monday Mashup

The rain made us have to rethink our Student-Led Monday Mashup. Tyson and Baylee decided to run their fitness circuit in the hall, and Toby and Jakob decided to run some games instead of their scavenger hunt. We also were not allowed to cook so had to rethink some of those ideas too!
The children all displayed great skills in Resilience so that they could be Successful.

 Fitness Circuit

 Prodigy

 Drawing Mythical Creatures

 Drawing

 WeVideo and Fake Holiday slideshows

 Chalk Art

 Drawing

 Fitness Circuit

 Dance

Do you have any ideas of activities we could do for Monday mashup?