What is in the Box?

Scott's literacy group have been writing descriptions of a Taniwha. We have described the way it moves, what is special about our creature, where it can be found and where it came from.



We had a mysterious box arrive in class this week. What is it? What was inside? Does it have anything to do with a Taniwha !?

We had a number of great ideas and the students were very creative in their responses. Here are just a few ....

A Walk to the Library

On Tuesday two of the base groups from Tautoru headed off to Miramar Library.



The excitement was high as we ventured past friends houses, our own homes and places we visit to watch movies, grab a coffee or even a haircut.



It was so great to see the kids excited to share their favourite books and search the shelves for something of interest.




A lot of the students were keen to get books out for themselves so don't be surprised parents if there are urgent requests to get down to the library.



Thanks to the parents that helped out with the walk down and with ushering the kids that were finding the last leg up hill a bit of a challenge.

Friday is Soccer Day

Friday is for Soccer!

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Fantastic to see students excited and enthusiastic about soccer. We have been working on our silky soccer skills over the last three weeks and there is a noticeable increase in energy and skill levels.

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We have a lot of students that have never played and it has been great to have the experienced coaches from Wellington football to help out. Cheers guys.

Manaakitanga: Showing Respect to our World.

In Tautoru we have learned about how respect can be shown to people, our outside environment and our inside spaces and the links to showing gratitude.

We can show respect to people by being Bucket Fillers and showing gratitude during the day. We talked about what a Bucket Filling classroom is and then made gratitude cards for someone to say Thank You.

Next we are planning small plays that will show an audience how to show respect to the world around us. We are practising how to get into a role and act our parts.

We are using team work to plan our plays!

He pai ki ahau- What I like in Te Reo Māori

He pai ki ahau.... I like...

We are learning to say what we like in Te Reo. We are learning the names of foods and actions too! Here are some examples:

He pai ki ahau te pānui... I like reading

He pai ki ahau te tuhituthi... I like writing

He pai ki ahau te pikipiki... I like to climb

Statistics!

In Tautoru, we have been getting out into our beautiful environment to learn about statistics. We have learnt how to survey our surroundings and others. We have been using a tally and bar graph to record our observations and findings. It's been hard work but we have been showing our perseverance and bravery to keep going. What a great opportunity to learn indoors and outdoors!

Our kindness korowai cloak

During inquiry learning this week we are learning about kindness and respect to others. We discussed what a good friend does and what our plan B will be if someone isn't showing kindness. The Tautoru kids had so many ideas and knowledge about how to show respect to others. We are all such kind friends!

We each then decorated feathers of how we are kind friends and created a kindness korowai cloak. Check out one of the completed cloaks!