Wednesday highlights

Wednesday was a busy day. First, we did some writing. We have been writing stories about a taniwha. Here is Cing's story:

One day a taniwha went swimming in the moana. He told me in my ear, "Come with me!" I said, "Oh, no, no, no. I have to go. My mum is waiting for me." I said, "Good bye to you!" The taniwha went swimming away. That was the end of that.

We practiced our songs and dance for our fiafia performance. 

It was exciting to perform for many parents in the hall this morning. 

We have started thinking about the...

Our task is to make a bag or box to carry a cupcake home in, so that it doesn't get spoilt. 

We had a think about what we would need in order to make a cupcake box or bag. Here are our ideas:

To finish off our day we made and decorated some drums using tin cans and balloons. We figured out that drums make different pitches sounds depending on how big they are. We found out that the stretching of the balloon changed the pitch too. 

Water safety

We went to the pool today. It's quite deep so we must wear life jackets to stay afloat. It is really important that we are confident in the water so we will learn how to use floatations devices to help us. 

Symbolism

Today we learnt that the harakeke (flax) plant symbolizes the family. 

The little leaves in the middle represent the children while the next leaves represent the parents and grandparents. 

Can you tell how many children are in Tai's whanau?

How many people are in Grace's whanau?

Friday highlights

Last Friday we watched a rehearsal for the fiafia night. 

We illustrated our poem of the week. We loved Lucas' effort. 

We also finished illustrating our 'Three Pigs' stories. 

Painting was s lot of fun too! We're learning how to paint with tempura paints. 

Friday Highlights

At Kiwi Can we are learning to respect people even if they like different things to us. 

In Math we are practicing 1 less, 1 more, and 10 less and 10 more a given number.

Here are three great poem illustrations for this week's poem, 'The Three Pigs Rap'.

Here are some straw pipes and shakers we made this week. 

Rehearsing together

We practiced our items for fiafia night together with the other junior classes. We sound really good! 

Safety first

Before we go swimming we need to learn how to put on a life jacket.