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Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Sunday, 28 August 2016
As a kura we attended The GAFE Summit in Auckland for 2 days. It was full on, we went to 4 workshops per day, listening to and participating in presentations. We gained some valuable insight into a lot of apps that are available on Google, plus presenters were up with the play on new apps as well.
Tamariki had to construct a Pepeha using Rakau, then they had to practice saying and pointing to each area of their pepeha and finally use screen castify to record themselves saying it. If they completed these tasks they had to post to their recording to their blog.
The mana is in the stone!.. Kei roto i te Whare Taonga te kohatu. This is a huge green stone that is set in a container that has water for tamriki to sprinkle over it so they can see the tino ataahua nga tae that is within.
On the boardwalk, we went through the mangroves to the beach. It was awesome being able to observe some of the sealife that was happening in the mudflats without actually having to stand in it. Cool day out with Ruma Tekau ma Toru. You dudes are the best.
Tino pai kourua, you ran your best and came up trumps, hi ho hi ho its off to Ohaeawai you two go.
And so the banners begin. We have begun to put our banners together for our Whanau Whakaiti Olympic Games. Tamariki have thought up their names, designed their banners and created the borders. Unfortunately kapa haka practice is clashing, so the faithful kaiako have stepped in get the painting done.
Kia ora Midas, if you are seeing this I hope you don't mind, I found this on my laptop. We miss you so here is you practising your pepeha using the Rakau. Next time perhaps you may need to use your sheet and practice saying it fluently before you record. Hope all is well for you and your whanau. Nga mihi nui kia koutou TeKuru raua ko Johnstone whanau.
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
KWS 2016 Cross Country Team going to Ohaeawai on Thursday - Big thumbs up to you all!!!
Our Olympic Team for Cross Country, well done Patrick and Kenadee for placing 1st and 2nd in your age group. Good luck at your run in Ohaeawai on Thursday, we will all be running with you in our hopes and dreams. Go hard, go fast, go kourua.
Our Olympic Team for Cross Country, well done Patrick and Kenadee for placing 1st and 2nd in your age group. Good luck at your run in Ohaeawai on Thursday, we will all be running with you in our hopes and dreams. Go hard, go fast, go kourua.
Te Whare Taonga o Waitangi
And so the Journey begins |
Ngatokimatawhoarua and her baby sister |
E haere ana matou ki Te Whare Taonga o Waitangi.
We had the most amazing time, the tour guide Kate was stupendous, she knew so much about our history and retold stories like she was there. We were very grateful to Kate for this. As you walk into the Whare Taonga you literally take a step back in time, you imagine yourself there, because you are basically standing exactly where others before you have stood. It was a funny feeling. If you have an opportunity to go to this museum please do, you will get a feel for the life and times of the past and feel the tupuna inside the room, looking at you through their gaze. An awesome experience that we recommend to you all. Then of course, lunch by the beach.
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Matariki Maara Unit
Wow, our tamariki were so involved in doing this, tried it in their book, but this worked sooo much better, and they even learnt why whakawehenga (division) is a pretty good strategy to know.Matariki Maara
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Matariki in Harakeke
Last week we were lucky enough to have Whaea Adelaide bring her expertise with Harakeke into our class. We used the harakeke to make nga whetu (stars). They were difficult to begin with, but once we had completed a few they became easier to make. We will use these as part of our Matariki celebrations later on in the term. I will post a sequence of how to make them tera wiki.
My name is Harmony and these are some of the stars that I made during the day.
Last week we were lucky enough to have Whaea Adelaide bring her expertise with Harakeke into our class. We used the harakeke to make nga whetu (stars). They were difficult to begin with, but once we had completed a few they became easier to make. We will use these as part of our Matariki celebrations later on in the term. I will post a sequence of how to make them tera wiki.
My name is Harmony and these are some of the stars that I made during the day.
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
One of our Kaiako has been looking at what interests boys and what makes it more enjoyable for them to learn, so I have included one tool that has helped our young men Patariki and Cyprus to make learning more hands on for them. They have focussed on using We Video and Stop Motion to create a couple of scenes that they associate with (ie through media that is already widely broadcasted).
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Monday, 21 March 2016
Great start to our year when our whole school was privileged to be welcomed onto the Navy Frigate HMS Wellington by Matt Kaio. Our tamariki even made it to the Captains seat and the bridge of the frigate, with all the technical equipment that is used by the Navy. Huge thanks to Matt Kaio from us.
Aye, Aye Captain River. Obviously the Captains chair was a highlight for the tamariki.
Aye, Aye Captain River. Obviously the Captains chair was a highlight for the tamariki.
Someone has to clean the brass. |
Thank goodness for the sides, we were up really high. Big thank you to the whanau that came to support our tamariki. They were full of interesting questions and really enjoyed the tour as well. |
Skills a plenty with Brad
We were fortunate to have an expert Hockey coach Brad pass on some awesome skills to our tamariki. Discovering that hockey is a very cool game was one of the learning outcomes. Yay could be some up and coming hockey greats from this lot. Thanks Brad.
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Monday, 22 February 2016
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