Amazing Wednesdays

Every Wednesday Kea class has Variation Thinker’s Key. It is when we think of many different ideas about something. Variation stands for different or changed. We try to get a new high score each time. This week we thought of things that always go round. Most of them were about planets, but also second clock hands and the asteroid belt.

Last week we did how many different ways we can say a greeting. 

Our highest score is 44. We all thought it great fun and an exciting learning experience.

School Powhiri and Mass

This week the school went to mass. Matt did the call and we did a haka with actions up at the front. We were silent at the start, loud in the middle and silent at the end. When we were doing the haka the new people came up the aisle slowly. We also sang songs.The powhiri was to welcome the younger children to our school. The younger children got a buddy and a certificate. Some of the children had already started school and some were at kindy. The student council shared breathe with most of the new people. There were readings. Tim got to read one of the prayers. Some people read from the Bible.

Class weaving

Last week we did paper weaving. We used long strips of paper to go over and under. Maori used this technique to make clothes, bags and mats.

The colours used were green, blue and yellow.

I was surprised how well I did it. I felt proud of our paper weaving. It was so much fun to do. I think the whole class liked weaving. I was star struck. It was amazing.

At the end it looked like checker boards on the wall.  Visit our classroom to see what it’s like.

Growing lettuces

It was a sunny day when we planted the lettuces. We used a trowel to dig the hole and then put compost in the hole to improve the soil. We put plastic tubes around the plants to stop the birds eating our lettuces.

We watered the plants lightly.

We had to pull the weeds out of the ground.

It was lots of fun looking after the plants.