OUT OF THIS WORLD FIRSY DAY BACK! 🌎🚀

Posted on 21 July, 201521 July, 2015 by Caitlyn Downing

Today was a very exciting and action-packed day. We kicked off our inquiry studies for term three by taking the children on an intergalactic journey across the universe. Unfortunately our spaceship crash landed so now the children must plan how they will explore this new and unfamiliar planet whilst building a functional society. Who knows what challenges are around each corner! Stay tuned for some very exciting updates on our inquiry throughout the term.

The children in hub 14/15 also had another very new experience that was just as nerve wrecking as space travel. Speed dating! What better way to get all your holiday goss out and get to know your hub mates better? We provided the children with a list of questions to help them on each of their two minute dates before they were rushed onto the next. Highlight - When asked what his most precious possession was one young man answered "my brother" (awwwwww!). I think he must of known I was listening! Check out this great picture of all the fun below.

Term 2 Week 10 Newsletter

Posted on 26 June, 201526 June, 2015 by Amy Buick

Kahikatea Team: Term 2 Week 10 Newsletter

Giacometti Sculptures

Thank you for going to view our sculptures over the last couple of weeks and giving us wonderful feedback on them. They will be coming home at the end of next week.

Fun Run

Our Fun Run is just around the corner, next week, on Thursday 2^nd July at 11.30am - 12.30pm. Whanau can meet up in the junior playground area. The children will be running around the outskirts of the big field which will involve running on the grass at times. We do appreciate that this will mean that it might be a bit muddy but that is all part of the fun! Please remember to send your child(ren) to school with sensible footwear for running, a drink bottle, spare shoes and socks and an extra snack for later in the day.

Arts Day

Next week, our team will be having an ‘arts day’ on Wednesday 1^st July. Each teacher will be offering one of the four Arts disciplines; Visual Art, Dance, Drama and Music. The children will be moving around each teacher throughout the day and experiencing these disciplines in depth to build on what they have been learning in their hubs.

Maths

We are currently focussing on Measurement in our team. We are learning about ordering and comparing objects, using a variety of measurement words and estimating length. Please continue to build on these ideas at home as opportunities arise.

Superhero writing – Ben

Posted on 26 June, 201526 June, 2015 by Unknown

Snowflakes
Snow is cool. Snow on the mountains is where you ski.

Superhero writing – Ilia

Posted on 26 June, 201526 June, 2015 by Unknown

Slippery Snowflakes
It is colder in the mountains than in the city. Snowflakes have 6 sides, snow is frozen. Snow is fluffy, snow is white.

Measurement

Posted on 22 June, 201522 June, 2015 by Amy Buick

We are learning about words we use in measurement like long, short, skinny etc. This is our first lesson and we are using play dough to make different lengths and sizes.

Check our worms out!

My worm is really wriggly and I think it's 12metres long.

My worm is fat and long.

It's skinny and it's long.