Powhiri practice

In preparation for our powhiri next Friday we invited Autahi to practice a number of songs for the day.

We look forward to seeing lots of whanau next Friday, lets hope the weather is kind.

It has been great spending time with the students in Autahi and getting to know them.

Family Picnic

The family picnic was lots of fun. It was great to play some games, old and new! It was great to see so many children, teachers and parents joining in.  

Chinese New Year Dragon.

We have been learning about Chinese New Year. We watched a video about the dragon. Have a look here: Chinese New Year Dragon
We are now creating our own dragon to display in the classroom. It is going to take some perseverance, because it is a big job!

A sea of hands.

We have been creating a sea of hands for our class waka to sit in. 

I can ....

Scott's base group visited Autahi this week and shared our thoughts about what we are confident doing.



Some children worked on art, others on music, and lots of students started to build structures.


We are going to keep building on our strengths but also begin to identify what we can't do yet!

新年快樂 Happy New Year!

This week we are learning and celebrating Chinese New Year! It is the year of Rooster.

We watched this video on Tuesday about WHY people celebrate this special event.





We will also learn a song called Gong Xi Gong Xi.
The title of this song, 恭喜恭喜(Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ) means "Congratulations, Congratulations". But in the song it has the meaning "Good wishes to you for a happy and prosperous New Year". 




There are some events in the weekend in Wellington City such as fireworks and special art/music performances.
Check out this link to find out more!

We wish you a very happy 'rooster' year!


Here is something extra if you want to find out more about Chinese Zodiac:
Wanwan is a dragon, what are you?

Power

How are you powerful? Write in the padlet below your ideas.