Measuring Worms

We made worms out of playdough and measured them today. My worm was wiggly. By Mckenzie. My worm was big and stretchy. By Charlotte. My worm was curly. By Iver. My worm was flat. By Jagger. My worm was long. By Forrest. My worm was wiggly. By Hyland. My worm was long. By Harvey. My worm was smooth. By Stacie. My worm was long. By Lincoln. First we rolled them out and then we used rods to measure how long they were. Then we found four things around our class that were shorter than or longer than our worms.

Check out our Pukeko masks

We made pukeko masks out of paper plates. We had fun painting, gluing and decorating them. Don't they look great?

Our first week in Pukeko Class

I like playing on the iPads at school. By Charlotte. I like making Sushi with the playdough. By Coby. I like making the marble runs. By Forrest. I like building with the lego. By Jagger. I like playing with police motorbike. By Lincoln. I liked building my robot with the lego. By Hyland. I liked swimming in the pool. By Stacie. I like playing with lego. By Iver. I liked meeting all my new friends at school. By Mckenzie.

Upcycling Journals

We are learning how to be kaitiaki of papatūānuku.

We can reuse and recycle things so they don't end up in the landfill.

We made our own little journals out of old book.

We got some old books.

We ripped out some pages for our journal.

We chose some colourful paper for the cover.

I chose Purple.

We put some staples in it. 

Look at my finished journal.

We love our journals.

We can draw in them.

We can reuse them.

 

Cross country

We went to our first cross country. 

We were so brave and we tried our hardest. 

We showed perseverance and did not give up.

Ka pai Pukeko tamariki.

I had fun on the bus.

It was really fun on the bus.

We are at the start of the race. We are nervous.

I am behind the line.

We are ready to start our race.

I am fit.

I am tired.

Get out of my way!

I am faster.

"I am running so fast," says Caleb.

"I want to win the race," says Axel.

I was a bit nervous says Bianca

"I want to see who is at the front," says Amelie.

"It was fun," says Marina.

"It was not fun," says Everly-May.

I am tired.

I am so very tired.

Waka Building

We have been learning about how Mangonui got its name. We learnt that Moehuri was looking for a safe place to land and a big shark came to guide him past the rocks into the Mangonui harbour. 

So that is how Mangonui got its name. Mango means shark. Nui means big.

In class we talked about how we could make a waka that would float. We tried out lots of different ideas in class. Then we made a plan and wrote a list of the materials we might need. On Thursday we made our waka.  Today we tested them in our pool. We found that most of our boats floated and a few tipped over. We had so much fun with this learning.

Puppy Visit

Mrs Yuretich is looking after a little puppy. She bought him in for us to see.

This week we learnt how to care for a puppy and things we need to do to help keep them healthy. 

The sausage dog is cute.

By Charlie

The sausage dog is fluffy and cute.

By Sophia.

The sausage dog is lying in his bed.

By Max

The sausage dog likes his fluffy blanket. 

By Amelie

The sausage dog likes the pillow.

By Kyrie

The dog is so cute. I like it.

 By Marina and Winter.

The sausage dog looks so nice.

By Blaike