Snapshot of Hive life……..

Every Friday The Hive has Kapa Haka with Whaea Tyler and Whaea Kristie. We are learning a lot of new waiata and how to pronounce Te Reo words correctly. We can’t wait to share this new learning with you all!

 

 

 

 

Room 20 and Tuatahi are buddy classes.  We enjoy our tuakana-teina role, especially when we meet up at the play shed. Here are a few photos from last week.

 

The Hive goes swimming every day so we can learn and practise important swimming skills. This includes being able to stay afloat for an extended period of time. We also love the new pool lining because it makes the water look very inviting and is soft to the touch.

What has been a highlight of your start to the school year?

 

Congratulations to The Hive’s Te Reo Māori certificate winners! Ka pai. These students are showing great effort and commitment to learning Te Reo Maori. Keep up the awesome work

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.

Fantastic fungi and how to identify them | Te Papa's Blog          

School Values Week 5

Kia ora

This week’s school value in the spotlight is manaakitanga. There is a specific focus on students ensuring they have all of their belongings after having been for a swim or before leaving school.

A great way for clothing to get back to their owner (instead of in the lost property) is if it’s named. Are your clothes clearly labeled?

Getting to know you Ponder 3

Kia ora,

According to Kiwifamilies.co.nz, pet owners in New Zealand are the happiest in the world!

Did you know that cats are the most common pets? About 44% of New Zealand homes have one.  There are more than 1 million pet cats in New Zealand!

Dogs are the next most common pet in New Zealand.   About 28% of Kiwis own a dog. That would mean that there are over 700,000 dogs in NZ.

Check out the Kauri student blogs to find out if we have pets at home.

Blog you later.

School Assembly Week 4 Term 1 – certificate winners

Congratulations to this weeks Kauri certificate winners!

Our certificates are based on the 3 Owairaka values – Manaakitanga, Manawanuitanga and Kaitiakitanga. These students have started the year with a great attitude and exemplify the school values.

Thanks for being such great role models. You have all shown mahi tahi (to work together as one) in your learning. You willingly cooperate, you support your peers and you work well in a team.

  Keep up the great work!

 

Getting to know Kauri Team ponder 2

One of the best things about Owairaka School is the many cultures our students and staff represent. We love to celebrate and learn about all the different cultures and look forward to our cultural celebration events such as Cultural Festival and Cultural Day. Check out students individual blogs to find out their answer to this weeks ponder.

Learning about Te Tiriti o Waitangi – The Treaty of Waitangi

We have been learning about Te Tiriti o Waitangi – The Treaty of Waitangi and how it has been central to shaping the way Aotearoa New Zealand looks today. One of the learning experiences was to imagine that we were back in the middle of the 1800s and had resources to trade.  Most of the class were tangata whenua and had resources to swap, made in NZ. The rest of the class were the newly arrived Europeans with a small selection of goods from the UK. Once the trading had finished we work through some tasks to see if we would survive a harsh winter.  What resulted was a rich discussion about how the value of goods and resources changes depending on the circumstances.