Kauri Tree Art

We have been learning about Kauri dieback in reading time. The children created some Kauri trees using dye and crayons for the background, finger painting to make the patterns on the trunks, green collage leaves and finger painting the ground layer. We then wrote slogans to help save our Kauri trees from the dieback disease.

Here are some of our pieces of art.

We are Team Awa

Kia ora, we are really excited to join Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu this term. Our buddy class is Room 9 at Belfast School. We have made a slide presentation to show who we are. We look forward to blogging with you. Team Awa. 

Te Reo Maori - E pehea ana koe?

Today we made a video showing that we know how to ask someone 'E pehea ana koe?' and to answer in Maori. We used actions to show you what we are saying.

Here is the Year 4 group.



Here is the Year 3 video.

Matariki Day

Yesterday we had Matariki activities. The children chose activities they would like to complete.

Here are photos of some of the activities.

Rotary Dictionary Presentations to the Year 4's.

Last Tuesday the Year 4 students received their free dictionaries from the lovely people at Rotary. Bruce and Elizabeth Killen came to school to present the dictionaries to the children.

Here are some photos of the children receiving the dictionaries. We also received new guitar strings and a new book for our library.

Koru Art Work - Term 2

We have been learning about koru and Maori patterns this term. As part of our Matariki focus we completed these artworks. We had to draw the koru, shade and blend with pastel using warm and cool colours, then weave skewers through to finish it off.

Golf coaching

This term we have Paul aka Mr Golf come to our school and teach us golf skills. We have absolutely loved it and have had so much fun. Here are some photos from our last session where we learnt to 'launch' the ball towards targets.