We are so proud of Room 10 for showing awesome CONFIDENCE when hosting Assembly on Friday.

They all did their best and showed Fun, Integrity, Respect and Excellence in their learning.

We especially enjoyed their Taniwha song with actions.

Check it out below!

We had so much fun learning how to ride a bike with the team at Big Foot Adventure.

Today in maths we learnt about how to arrange objects in different length. We had fun creating our own measurement garden and were very proud of our finished work.

This term we have been looking at the different ways that Japanese culture has had an impact on our youth. Each group of students were given 3 weeks to research and create a Slide deck that would show what they have learned about ONE aspect of Japanese culture. Here’s the presentation that Ruzzel, Elise and Samantha gave to the class today:

We are learning to write with a Stylus.

We need to remember to care for our stylus.

• Hold the stylus while using or put it away.
• The tip only touches the screen.
• Use a soft touch. Press very lightly on the screen.

We had the opportunity of visiting Te Tuhi Art Gallery in Pakuranga.  The focus of our workshop was abstract art. We looked at the work of some of the well known abstract artists. We then had a go at using  colour, shape, pattern, scale and other art making tools to create an abstract painting that represents the kinds of technology we use.

We are learning to classify animals based on their diet or what they eat. Whaea Bishop called out the names of animals and we needed to decide which group they belong to based on what they eat.

Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore

Which group do each of these animals belong to. Let us know in the comments.

The children in Room 19 had a lovely time making sandwiches. They loved working with their friends but the best part was eating what they made. Can you guess what they made. Well let’s find out. Please leave them a comment on their blog and tell them – what’s your favourite sandwich?

The akonga in Room 27 have been busy welcoming new friends into our classroom.

This week, they created beautiful flowers for the special wāhine in their lives using pipe cleaners. This activity encouraged great concentration and helped strengthen their fine motor skills. The children were also excited to surprise their loved ones with thoughtful handmade Mother’s Day cards.

Alongside this, the akonga have been exploring maths through Numicons and practising their photography skills using iPads. It has been a fun-filled week of creativity, learning, and new experiences in Room 27.

Welcome back to Term 2! This is going to be a busy term. We have launched straight into our science topic which is ‘body systems.” We are looking at the digestive system first. It is fascinating to learn about how the human body works. The maths strand we are working on at the moment is geometry.  Our focus for reading and writing last week was ANZAC day. Room 4 is lucky to get two sessions of ki-o-rahi training with coach Danny. The senior school visual art rotation started in Week 1 and will continue till the end of term. Whanau can view the art work the students have produced when they come to our learning conferences which will be held at the end of term.

We love our mums!
Enjoy reading your special Mum’s Magazine.

Happy Mother’s Day to all our amazing mums, nanas, aunties, grandmas, and all the special people who care for us!

Today we had an awesome time learning how to ride bikes with the Bigfoot Bike Adventure team! We practised important bike safety skills like wearing our helmets correctly, balancing, steering, and riding safely around others.

It was amazing to see the students being brave, showing resilience, and having a real “give it a go” attitude as they tried new challenges and built their confidence on their bikes. We are so proud of everyone for encouraging each other and having so much fun while learning new skills!

Ngā mihi to our Bigfoot coaches

Georgia, Tyler and Hamish!

Another great comic strip on how to make oxygen by Ruwaidah.

Our first experiment was to put a leaf in water and see the bubbles form as the leaf makes oxygen. We learnt the word photosynthesis which is the name for the process of carbon dioxide, sun, and water that plants process to make oxygen.

Our create task is to explain how plants make oxygen and have used Adobe Express to do this. This is Cruden’s:

This week we have been learning about probability. We made spinners to work out how many chances to get red or green. We had lots of fun.

Room 6 have had an awesome week learning about place value, adjectives, adverbs and short and long vowels. There is so much learning happening! Well done to Shanurya and Jett for their amazing presenting skills at our whole school assembly. We are so proud of you. Check out some of our mother’s day cards. Ka pai to mahi, Room 6! Till next time, kia ora.

This week Room 6 worked very hard to create a video to promote Respect and Resilience in sports. We learned that we always have to use kind words, never give up and keep trying, also to be a good sport! Can you remember to do all of these? Please leave a positive comment below for our awesome Room 6.

As part of our inquiry learning, Room 1  explored the school fields and collected a range of natural items such as leaves, sticks, acorn and feathers. They observed the different textures, shapes, and colours they found in nature.

Back in the classroom, students shared their natural treasures with their peers and talked about what they had collected. They enjoyed listening to each other and noticing the variety of items gathered by the class.

Using their collected materials, students then created nature inspired artworks. They showed creativity and care as they arranged their pieces, resulting in beautiful and individual creations.

Today in Room 3 we enjoyed creating some special Mother’s Day poems for our mums. We had fun coming up with different words and sentences to describe our mum.

Today we had lots of fun in the Flying Fives room building lots of different things  with Whaea Bailey and Miss Potter. We learnt that how to share and how to use teamwork when we we building our things. These are some of the creations we made.