Art

Last Term for Matariki Te Ngahere and Te Maunga did some art which represented our whanau. We were learning to draw koru and kowhaiwhai patterns. We had some help from some parents such as Annalisse (Kiana's Mum). Firstly we started off by practising with a crayon, our focus was to try and make parallel lines. Once that was checked we moved onto an A3 piece of paper to practice with a pencil. Next we had to draw a drawing that represented our family. When that was completed we got to paint it with Metallic Paint and then outlined it with black vivid. In the end all of the paintings looked very nice and I can’t wait until they are put up in the whare.

Share Our Learning

At the beginning of the week Te Ngahere started making google drawings to represent our learning for Student Led Conferences. I had to find some learning that I had been working on for the past few weeks and record and link it to one of the subjects on my google drawing. For example if I clicked on inquiry it would lead me to some inquiry that I had been focusing on recently!

I think I did really well in my learning and when I showed my whanau they were really proud and happy for me because of how successful I was in my learning.

Our Matariki Celebration Day

Last week on Thursday morning Paihia School walked down to the beach at 6.00am to go and see the Matariki stars. After that we walked back to school and had an early morning breakfast. After assembly everyone went out to play games and do some gardening. We played games like Timata which is a game that goes with a legend and many more. After all of the fun games and planting, the whole school had a shared kai together! When we finished our amazing lunch we did some Kapa Haka in the Whare for the parents. It was so cool Everyone had fun and we all hope to do it again next Matariki.

Going to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Last week on Tuesday Paihia School took a trip to the Waitangi Treaty grounds. We played many many exciting games that whanau use to play on Matariki back in the day!!!

On the day we played some fun activities such as making manu aute. We wove the flax over and under to make our manu aute they all looked amazing. We done other things such as games and tree planting. My favourite game was a game that involved listening to your surroundings. They used this skill because when any animals or enemies were close they would listen carefully to the noises they would make while they walk and eat.

Going to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds was an amazing experience and I hope to do it again next year!!!