{"id":14029,"date":"2025-09-05T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=11043eea41e41b39ec1741527fe78684"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:20:54","slug":"koru-news-term-3-week-8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/koru\/koru-news-term-3-week-8-2\/14029","title":{"rendered":"Koru News Term 3 Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kia ora e te wh\u0101nau,<\/p>

Welcome to the Koru blog for Week 8. We have been enjoying the sunshine and warmer days this week... Yay for Spring! <\/p>

A reminder that we have a Staff Only Day next Friday, the 12th of September, so school will be closed.<\/div>

Inquiry (Change) - Digitech<\/h3>
Recently, we have been exploring our Inquiry focus of 'Change' through Digitech. We have taken on the role of programmer and tester, and become familiar with the following:<\/div>
- <\/b>The language of movement: forwards, backwards, left, right<\/i><\/div>
- <\/i>The different roles involved in programming: robot (or Kidbot), programmer, tester<\/i><\/div>
- Bugs<\/i> and debugging<\/i>: When obstacles are encountered or the code isn't correct when tested, tamariki need to debug the code and then retest. Bugs support our problem-solving.<\/div>

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Keeping Ourselves Safe<\/h3>

We concluded our Keeping Ourselves Safe sessions this week with a focus on 'Unwanted behaviour or touch - Kore e hiahiatia te whanonga me te p\u0101 kino'. We learned that we can stop touch or behaviour that is inappropriate or that worries or confuses us, or makes us feel unsafe. We practised saying NO confidently, and discussed how we can move away and report when things happen that we don't like. We also learned the difference between good and bad secrets. We were very excited to have a look inside Constable Meg's Police car! We even got to try on her Police hat!<\/p>

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Sunflowers<\/h3>
Our expert gardener, Lucy, taught the Koru children about the Life Cycle of sunflowers this week. The sunflower seeds that children planted were harvested from sunflowers that the gardening club grew last year. Children had the opportunity during Learning Through Play to join in and plant their own seed. It will be exciting to see our sunflowers grow in the coming weeks!<\/div>

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Te Reo M\u0101ori<\/h3>
We have been learning how to ask someone how they feel in Te Reo M\u0101ori this week. We have also been learning the words (kupu) for different feelings and emotions. <\/div>

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To ask someone how they feel, we say, \"Kei te p\u0113hea koe?\"<\/b><\/div>
To respond, we say, \"Kei te _______ ahau.\"<\/b><\/div>

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Wishing you a lovely weekend,<\/div>

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Katie, Elizabeth, Niquita and Stacey<\/div>

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