{"id":10589,"date":"2021-03-12T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=b2083f782d636453409431dee90d3ea2"},"modified":"2021-03-12T10:39:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:39:27","slug":"te-whanau-koru-blog-2021-03-12-103900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/koru\/te-whanau-koru-blog-2021-03-12-103900\/10589","title":{"rendered":"Te Whanau Koru Blog 2021-03-12 10:39:00"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"separator\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Koru Team News - Term 1 Week 6&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Kia ora e te Whanau,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">The weeks are flying by in the Koru Team with such busy days!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Over the last 3 weeks we have...<\/span><\/p><p><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">made delicious Gingerbread People<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">had lots of fun playing with Spheros in the hall<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">learnt how to play some courtyard games outside<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">built constructions using the big cardboard bricks<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">explored our outdoor play space<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">solved maths problems and explored maths equipment<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">created mud pies and pipe pathways from our new mud kitchen to the sandpit<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">begun our literacy programme in the mornings<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">made scrumptious porridge mini muffins.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><\/p><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bkemdA86BpQ\/YEfIJQ13jVI\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/MBQahWdI53QhSrYvRmT_MTAUKUnj5Fh-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_002.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bkemdA86BpQ\/YEfIJQ13jVI\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/MBQahWdI53QhSrYvRmT_MTAUKUnj5Fh-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_002.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>Creating pathways for the water to travel down by joining up pipes in the outdoor play space.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MPuuVBErbzE\/YEfIPEYmOyI\/AAAAAAAAAA4\/g-u7-Cttze8t1HrsNBekgd6lP7RjswoaACLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/IMG_20210224_094155.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1536\" data-original-width=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MPuuVBErbzE\/YEfIPEYmOyI\/AAAAAAAAAA4\/g-u7-Cttze8t1HrsNBekgd6lP7RjswoaACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/IMG_20210224_094155.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>Painting with the spheros using ipads to control them.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SqTtN6VuPN0\/YEfIJSp7heI\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/HzFoo2LVm0QTktdlIaJdRgH25oI-HHzBwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_003%25281%2529.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SqTtN6VuPN0\/YEfIJSp7heI\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/HzFoo2LVm0QTktdlIaJdRgH25oI-HHzBwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_003%25281%2529.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>You can view our finished artworks on the wall in the hub.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-IXsnSGQEmCs\/YEfIKzORiaI\/AAAAAAAAAAY\/ts0zOj3bAfQvF8IcrZCjN22RdHDMvHs9gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_004%25281%2529.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-IXsnSGQEmCs\/YEfIKzORiaI\/AAAAAAAAAAY\/ts0zOj3bAfQvF8IcrZCjN22RdHDMvHs9gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_004%25281%2529.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>Using tablets to control the sphero to travel up the ramp and fall into the pool of water.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g1vxfee04iU\/YEfIJf0KnFI\/AAAAAAAAAAQ\/WZnPQHAnQu4F29nfjBl5swPEUOcBnV2mQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_003.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g1vxfee04iU\/YEfIJf0KnFI\/AAAAAAAAAAQ\/WZnPQHAnQu4F29nfjBl5swPEUOcBnV2mQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_003.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><i>Using the big cardboard bricks to construct.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JM4TAuE37xw\/YEfILPVwZxI\/AAAAAAAAAAc\/AU_UWeJNLikXvSPdHn30xL_-qkh-j6AdQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_004.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JM4TAuE37xw\/YEfILPVwZxI\/AAAAAAAAAAc\/AU_UWeJNLikXvSPdHn30xL_-qkh-j6AdQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_004.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oydl3sdVlSg\/YEfIM_xJqUI\/AAAAAAAAAAs\/lSNWswP2sBcPAjMwjR8a6VTw1oG5jTIOACLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_006.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oydl3sdVlSg\/YEfIM_xJqUI\/AAAAAAAAAAs\/lSNWswP2sBcPAjMwjR8a6VTw1oG5jTIOACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_006.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zz67wIyShLg\/YEfILI8DrSI\/AAAAAAAAAAg\/HBr_iYPZ0S8HZpbP6GBiGUIMXpwIVEm5QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_005%25281%2529.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zz67wIyShLg\/YEfILI8DrSI\/AAAAAAAAAAg\/HBr_iYPZ0S8HZpbP6GBiGUIMXpwIVEm5QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_005%25281%2529.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>Learning courtyard games outside with some of our Yr 7\/8 helpers.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dh8SA2BDIVw\/YEfION3URHI\/AAAAAAAAAA0\/H9EHRpprkTICRC1YIEMefQDgV2sZkWKywCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_007.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dh8SA2BDIVw\/YEfION3URHI\/AAAAAAAAAA0\/H9EHRpprkTICRC1YIEMefQDgV2sZkWKywCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_007.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>We had fun rolling out the dough to make our Gingerbread People...<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RoBtFt7nYdE\/YEfIMRZxcnI\/AAAAAAAAAAk\/HXidkrZ-cBMYPXrghDpoZjecM4Mv2EsdQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_005.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RoBtFt7nYdE\/YEfIMRZxcnI\/AAAAAAAAAAk\/HXidkrZ-cBMYPXrghDpoZjecM4Mv2EsdQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_005.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>carefully placing chocolate drops for eyes in the right spot...<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K4Xm8Ze6mrQ\/YEfIMhsBGGI\/AAAAAAAAAAo\/BoO95a3ABgwCscQ-_j7Z5nhn7LqhSEqCACLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/File_006%25281%2529.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K4Xm8Ze6mrQ\/YEfIMhsBGGI\/AAAAAAAAAAo\/BoO95a3ABgwCscQ-_j7Z5nhn7LqhSEqCACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/File_006%25281%2529.jpeg\" \/><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>and choosing 3 M&amp;Ms for the buttons.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>Our Gingerbread People were delicious!<\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-45aEV0d7sXI\/YEk6sdrEIQI\/AAAAAAAAAB0\/1XQVqonKxa4lqhqxWp98mYdCPGT6wFbTgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/Copy%2Bof%2BFile_000.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-45aEV0d7sXI\/YEk6sdrEIQI\/AAAAAAAAAB0\/1XQVqonKxa4lqhqxWp98mYdCPGT6wFbTgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Copy%2Bof%2BFile_000.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i>Learning about alphabet letter sounds at the jelly bean table.<\/i><\/span><\/div><br \/><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CQeqvRbWQKA\/YEk6sZYJ9uI\/AAAAAAAAAB4\/T_OX2_F1AlY-qj2c4n3bS-DJvHSEf-OzwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s2048\/Copy%2Bof%2BFile_001.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CQeqvRbWQKA\/YEk6sZYJ9uI\/AAAAAAAAAB4\/T_OX2_F1AlY-qj2c4n3bS-DJvHSEf-OzwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Copy%2Bof%2BFile_001.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div><i>Baking mini porridge muffins with Stacey. We think Goldilocks would love these!<\/i><br \/><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><i><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><br \/><\/div><\/i><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>Learning...<\/b><\/span><\/div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">We have started our literacy programme in the mornings, working alongside our Learning Through Play time. The focus at this early stage is for all the children to learn the sounds for the alphabet letters.&nbsp; There will be a letter coming home with your child to explain more about the programme and how you can support your child at home. We thought this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SePU-T4S-js\">video<\/a> clip of a child saying the pure sounds may be useful for when you practice at home.&nbsp;<\/span><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>Thankyou...<\/b><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Many thanks for all the very kind donations for our outdoor playspace! The children have been enjoying exploring the water play by connecting pipes, from the new mud kitchen, to make pathways for the water to travel through. We love seeing their teamwork while they problem solve to navigate obstacles and fix leaky pipes.<\/span><\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>Can you help?<\/b><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">We are getting low on our supply of construction materials, if you have any small boxes or interesting bits and pieces you think may be suitable we would really appreciate these in the hub. If you're unsure of suitability please check with one of the team to see if it would be useful.<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Have a lovely relaxing weekend together with your tamariki.<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Ng\u0101 mihi mahana ki a koutou<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Elizabeth, Jo, Stacey and Nicola<br \/><\/span><p><span style=\"background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koru Team News &#8211; Term 1 Week 6&nbsp;Kia ora e te Whanau,The weeks are flying by in the Koru Team with such busy days!Over the last 3 weeks we have&#8230;made delicious Gingerbread Peoplehad lots of fun playing with Spheros in the halllearnt how to play som&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-koru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10590,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10589\/revisions\/10590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}