Another skill to add to our kete(bag) of knowledge!

Whaea Matina is one talented kaiako (teacher)! She has been teaching us all about the Ukurere or the Ukulele. So far we have learnt: ngā wāhanga o te ukurere - the parts of a ukulele, a few chords and how to strum the ukurere. Check out our photos and videos. P.s. These are from lessons 1 & 2. 

Ngā mihi Whaea Matina for all your wonderful knowledge!

Kei te ako Mātou ki.... We have been learning...

Ngā Mahi Pāngarau - Maths

Whaea Matina has been teaching us all about ngā koki (angles) - we had the opportunity to explore where we could find 'koki' in our learning enviornments - the classroom, the whare and outside. Here are a few photos from our lessons.

Haerenga Ki te Stardome!

Last week for our noho we had the opportunity to visit the stardome to kick off our new topic - Matariki! Here's a few snaps from our trip.

Girls CAN play Rippa!

We started off this very cold and rainy week off with a bit of Rippa. Our instructor taught us a few passing techniques and finished off with a very fun and exciting game. Something we need to work on is our 'forward passing' we seem to always think we're on a netball court and pass the ball forward.

Check out our photos.

Nau mai, haere mai Whaea Cammy!

During week 4 we welcomed Whaea Cammy, our student teacher to our classroom. She will be with us for 5 weeks. We look forward to learning everything you have to share with us.

Getting ready for change!

Our body is in the process of developing some new changes. During week 3 a majority of us learnt about these changes. Some parts were really gross and some were actually pretty interesting. Thanks Robyn and Lucy for sharing your knowledge.

Congratulations Whaea Camile!

Recently Whaea Camile graduated with her teachers degree! Wohoo! Ka wani kē Whaea!

We celebrated her big day by giving her a wee koha and Room 21 presented her with a big graduation picture :)

Whaea Carol heads to Europe!

Last week the girls in Kahu presented Whaea Carol with a beautifully made korowai. We each coloured in 1, 2 or more than 2 feathers to be placed on this korowai. This was created to help keep Whaea Carol safe while she is on holiday in Europe. We can't wait to hear all about your trip when you get back Whaea Carol.

Nga mihi aroha,
Ngā kōhine Kahu.

                                      

And the letters are finally off!

Last term Whaea Ata informed us that Mātua Tuiono (a pervious teacher from our school) was missing our school, in fact, he was missing the whole of Manurewa. Mātua Tuiono taught some of us a few years ago but, this year he decided to move down to New Zealand's earthquake city of Christchurch to study more about Te Ao Maori (The Māori World). We're not too sure how he is doing down there so, we thought, what better way to find out how he's doing then to ask him some questions and write him these letters.

Enjoy your letters Mātua and we can't wait to hear back from you!

Swimming!

Term 1 swimming has come to an end. Here's what we look like in the water...even when Whaea Ata say's "I want to see your best swimming style." but some of us thought "nah, I just wanna win against the person next to me."

Kia maumahara tatou ki a ratou... We will remember them...

For the last week of term 1. We learnt a lot of new things about ANZAC Day - some facts, what poppies symbolise and the dates when this event took place. We also had the chance to bake some ANZAC biscuits...that actually turned into slices. BUT they still tasted really yum!