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

Local Stories - How did Mangonui get its name.

We are learning about our local places. 

We talked about how Mangonui got its name. 

Moehuri came on his waka and was looking for a safe place to land. A big shark guided him into the harbour and that is how Mangonui got its name. 

Mango means shark and nui means big. 

We made some puppets showing Moehuri, the waka and the Mangonui (big shark). We used these paper puppets to tell the story. 

 

Leo said, "We were making the waka and we made up the story.

Vincent said, "I made a big shark."

Charlie said, "I made a shark."

Bianca said, "I liked making my shark with all the pretty stickers."

Charlie said. "I was playing with the shark and waka."

Writing in Pukeko Class

 We love writing.

We have lots of stories to tell. 

We are authors. 

This is how we do writing in Pukeko class.

These are all the things we do to be a good writer.

We use our letter and word chart.

I draw my plan.

I sound out words.

I look around the room to find words.

I look at the white board to find words.

I look on the word chart to find words.

I use a finger space between my words.

I put a full stop at the end of my sentence

I read my story.

I am proud of my work.

Using shapes to make pictures and patterns

We have been learning about shapes. We looked at what is the same and what is different. We counted the corners and the edges. Some shapes have straight sides. Some have curvy sides. 

Shapes are fun!!

Have a look at what we made.

Charlies says "I made it on red paper with circles and rectangles."

Winter says, "It is a robot."

Marina says, "This is a robot house."

This is a sunset.

There is a flower and a sun and it is in dark.

I made a treasure chest at the beach.

I am making a sun and flower.

This is a garden at a house.

I made a picture with gems.

My one has a flower and a sun and some grass and some sky all around the edges.

It is my lawn.