The next few weeks are going to be pretty busy as everyone learns speaking lines or songs, dance moves and makes props for the upcoming production in Week 10. Here…

The Maths group in Room 5 spent some time this morning learning to play a great “Paper, Scissors, Rock” type game involving odd and even numbers. The children were divided…

This morning it was the turn of Room’s 5 & 6 to visit both Koraunui Marae and the Koruanui Stokes Valley Library. On arrival at the Marae, the children spent…

Room’s 5, 6, and 7 have now started group maths across the 3 classrooms from Monday to Wednesday, using BUILD Maths. This involves small groups rotating around 5 crates packed…

A great final Kapa Haka session to round off Term 1 for Room’s 5, 6, and 7 with Matua Whaitiri. They went over songs that they had learnt during the…

For today’s Kapa haka session with Room’s 5 & 6, Matua Whaitiri introduced the art of basic poi swinging. It is hard but with lots of help from Whaitiri and…

Yesterday Room’s 5 & 6 started to learn a new song during their half hour of Kapa Haka with Matua Whaitiri to the tune of Rivers by the New Zealand…

We are learning silly rhymes to help us with writing our numbers the correct way. Lannara was very enthusiastic about today’s Rhyme. “Long neck, tummy that’s fat, number 5 wears…

What a busy few weeks we have had in Room 6 already this term! We love exploring and trying new things. Every morning we practice our Reading and Writing skills…

The Children of Room’s 5 & 6 were so happy to see Matua Whaitiri for their first Kapa Haka session of the year. They were very quick to follow all…

After morning tea, it was the turn of the year 2 & 3 Classes to have their athletics rotations. The events were the same but there was an extra rotation,…

Over the weekend I was lucky to catch a half kilo of whitebait. After giving the family a feed I still had heaps left over, which I brought in for…

Room’s 5 & 6 had a pleasant surprise early this morning. The maths groups enjoyed some of their rotations outside in slightly warmer weather with a hint of sunshine!

Students were really excited to join in on the first day of moveMprove program this Friday. This program is designed to help with student coordination, balance and motor skills, and…

As students wound down after a very active term two, we decided to relax the routines a little and rip into some alternative activities. In weeks 8-10 we learned about…

Every Thursday morning the year two students wander over to the hall to practice their kapa haka routines. Students have learned a range of waiata, karakia and haka throughout the…

During the initial weeks of term two the students in room six have turned their attention to more interdependent, play orientated styles of learning. Every day we focus on a…