Visiting Araiteuru Marae

On Tuesday (Turei) we went to visit Araiteuru marae. We were welcomed onto the marae with a powhiri. We sang a waiata and greeted the Tangata Whenua of the Marae with a hongi.

After the powhiri finished we broke out into different activity groups. Some of the activities that we completed were poi, kowhaiwhai patterns and Maori games.

We had a lot of fun and learnt a lot of new things. Thank you to our tutors at the Marae and to all of those parents that came to help us.

Making hot chocolate

Today we made hot chocolate as part of our writing unit. We are learning to write instructions. Keep an eye on our writing blog for the finished instructions. They will be coming soon!

Marae Waiata to practise

Room 9 here is a copy of the Maori Waiata that we will sing at the Marae on Tuesday. Try to practise these before then.

Noah - Our rugby coach!

Noah's learning commitment goal was to coach the class on some rugby skills. Today we had a fun session learning how to catch and kick the rugby ball.

Welcome back to Term Three.

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday. I look forward to a wonderful and very busy term ahead!

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Don't forget that parent / teacher interviews are on this week. They will be held on Wednesday and Thursday. Don't forget to sign up for a time if you haven't already. Please see the newsletter for information on how to do this.

Strength Goals

We have been busy trying to work on, and complete, our strength goals that we set in Term One.

Meg has a strength in baking and as part of her goal, she baked cupcakes and brought them to school to share with the class. They were delicious!

Maya was an amazing teacher, and taught the class some origami. She taught us to make flickers and paper boxes / water bombs.