Congratulations to Week 3’s Kauri certificate winners. Thank you for being such good role models for your peers and displaying our school values. Keep up the awesome work!
Maritime Museum
Kauri Team were lucky enough to go to the Maritime Museum to learn about the journey of our ancestors to New Zealand and importance of looking after our ocean.
Thank you to all our parent helpers that made the trip possible.
It was a fantastic day!
The Pod in Action!
The weeks are rushing by furiously and our students have been very busy! There have been the staples of Maths, Reading, And Writing, of course, but we have also experienced Social Studies (NZ History), Garden to Table, Spelling, Handwriting, Swimming with coaches, Kapa Haka, and Te Reo Māori.
Writing workshops aim to focus on one skill. In the following short pieces of writing, the focus is to use many adjectives and adverbs to create descriptive writing. This was the picture prompt for the quick write:
A little girl named Marry Nguyen was lost in the dark room. It had a dark television. She turned it on nervously and then it had a lot of mixed colour in it. She thought it was just a background and one second later the colour it starting to melt slowly and it had a smell sweetly, She tasted a little bit and it was not candy it was paint, and she feels dizzy now. [Sony, R17]
Tina opened her tired eyes and was shocked as she saw a humongous TV that was glitching. Tina was scared but shook off that feeling in her and tiptoed to the television. The TV glitched and glitched until all of a sudden this rainbow goo splashed onto the floor dripping from the inside of the TV. Tina watched as the goo dripped onto the floor of this dark room, Tina decided to be brave and touch this mysterious substance. Tina touched it softly and it gave her body a little tingle. After a while she was covered in this rainbow goo. [Bethany, R17]
He woke up lazily from his sleep. He went to the lounge five minutes later and went to the lounge to see the tv was colourful and the colours were dripping quickly. He went to get a ginormous bucket to clean up the super big mess. [Trinity, R16]
48 year old Sophia came from the giant rainbow TV and saw the most beautiful world in the universe that her eyes lit up with the colour of a rainbow. The rainbow dripped lazily in a daze but the TV leaked on Sophia’s clothes and Sophia said “I don’t want to be here” and the TV put her back in the real world. [Dylan R16]
Here are some photos of The Pod in Action:
Year 6 Graduation trip to Pt Erin Pool
Year 6 students had an amazing day at Pt Erin Pool yesterday.
They bravely flung themselves off diving boards, hurtled down slides, bounced off the inflatable confidence course, soaked in the hot tub, enjoyed spending time in the playgrounds and in each other’s company.
Thank you to the parents and caregivers who were able to come along and join the fun!
What was your favorite activity at the pool yesterday?
SLJ Taster – Superhero
Kia ora bloggers,
Have you ever thought about what would make a perfect or ultimate superhero?
Today the Year 5 students have been creating their own superheroes, using the Craiyon V3, an AI image generator. This is one of the fun Manaiakalani Summer Learning Journey taster activities. Check out the Year 5 blogs to see our superheroes!
Here is the superhero Maxine from Room 16 created.
Have you registered for the SLJ? Here is the link https://summerlearningjourney.edublogs.org/
Blog you later!
Our Ako Hiko Film Festival Entries
Kia or Bloggers,
Every year Kauri Team students write, film and edit their own original movies. Here are the 6 we chose to share at the Ako Hiko Film Festival. The rest can be found on our individual learning blogs. Check them out! We are so amazed at all the incredible ideas students had! You can see each student’s own edited film on their blog. So what are you waiting for? Go check them out!
From the Pod –
From the Den
From the Hive
Have you ever made a film?
School Values – Manaakitanga
Our focus for School Values is Manaakitanga.
Remember our school rules are: Be Safe, Be Kind. That will help to keep the hundreds of people at this school happy. What can you do to show Manaakitanga in your life? (not just at school!)
Here are some thoughts from our fabulous Kauri students about Manaakitanga:
Storytelling with Sina and the Eel
This week, the Pod has been exploring the cultural narrative of Sina and the Eel. They listened to the story told orally by Paul (with the help of an eel puppet), imagined the characters, retold the story in writing, then, finally, shared the story orally to a small group with the aid of picture prompts.
Check out their blogs for more of the students’ work!
Rooms 16 and 17 on the move!
On Monday we got to see our classrooms being jacked up and settled onto a truck. First, the two classrooms were sawed in twain, then, one by one, they were picked up and moved, starting with Room 17.
Currently they are occupying the far end of the field, rubbing shoulders with Ngā Ringa Awhina.
Smelly Discovery at Garden to Table
Room 17 were hard at work in the garden today when we noticed a pungent odor. We came across a couple of Devil’s Fingers. A devil’s finger are a stinkhorn fungus. We learned that you can eat them in the egg stage as the smell isn’t as strong. It is safe to say that we won’t be wanting to try these any time soon.
