Matariki Celebration

Today we had our Matariki celebration ahead of the long weekend.

we made God's eyes.

Did some Matariki star painting

Made tin lanterns

some Matariki kites

Assembly Certificates for this week

 We have been focussing on being a Kaitiaki this week. Here are our superstars this week.

Matariki Cinquain Poems and creating 2D / 3D stars

 

By Luana

By Nagi

By Isaac

By Cohen

By Rory

By Fletcher

By Harriet

By Flynn

By Cole

By Albie

By Arham and Pransh

Pajama day

We reached our schoolwide target of 3000 whanau cards and enjoyed our reward of  pajama day and bring a toy to school.

Colouring with our toys.

Making beds and homes for our toys

The dinosaur pajama club.

Practising Pause Breathe Smile with our toys. Seeing if we can get our toy to rise with our breath.

 A fun fun day!

Calendar art and Fact or Fib

 Last week the children enjoyed creating their calendar art around space...

First, we paint-splatted a piece of paper to show the stars. 

    

Then we chose to draw an astronaut or rocket either using how to draw instructions or creating our own.

Next, we used pastels to draw the planets, the sun or moon/s that we wanted to include. We could choose if we wanted to base our planets on real planets or create our own.

Finally, we cut out all the pieces and created our picture on the star background.

To add to our finished art we shared some of the learning we have done about space. We wrote facts and fibs. Which of the statements are facts? Which ones are fibs?