The Fair is finally here!

The time for the Fair has finally arrived. Check out all of our creations on our Middle Team Stall. This is what they looked like before the doors opened.

Honesty is the best policy!

Our value of the term is honesty. We read the story of Pinocchio and learnt that when he lied his nose grew. We created a display that talked about honesty and what we have done to show honesty.

Sewing our keyrings

We have been busy creating and making our key rings for the fair. Be sure to check out our stall in order to buy our wonderful creations!

Opening of Te Puna Ako

Today we had the official opening of the learning centre - Te Puna Ako. We are looking forward to now starting to use it.

Maya, Nadia and Lucy even managed to get their photo taken with the Prime Minister.

Check out the video that was placed up on the ODT website.

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.