Matariki Celebrations with our Teina

On Friday, Room 10 and Room 1 got together for a Tuakana/Teina day.  We worked together on arts, crafts and kai, as well as singing songs of Matariki.

Matariki is a time for sharing, learning and getting together and we enjoyed celebrating Matariki with the youngest students in our school.

Here are some photos from the day, including a video of our Matariki Macarena on the last slide.

Kūmara for Matariki!

Today Room 10 made kūmara wedges as part of our learning about healthy eating and as part of our Matariki celebrations!

The kūmara chips were oven baked and the skin was left on for extra fibre.  That's what makes them a better choice than hot chips from the takeaways which are fried in a lot of oil and have less nutritional benefits.

We paired them up with a sour cream and sweet chilli dipping sauce and they were DELICIOUS.

Hari Matariki koutou!

Planting for Matariki

On Tuesday the Kia Manawanui syndicate (Year 7s and 8s) went to Paddington Reserve to take part in a community planting day, organised by MADAVE.  Here is a video of our experience!

Our Sugar Songs!

Today Room 10 had to perform their songs/raps that we had written in response to our learning from watching That Sugar Film.

We were entertained all afternoon and we were amazed at the creative lyrics that different groups came up with.

If you would like to watch the videos - you can!  They have all been embedded in the Google slides below.  Enjoy!

Making Hanawiti - Making Sandwiches

Room 10 have been learning about making balanced choices with food for a healthy life.  Today we made hanawiti (sandwiches) to show how easy, balanced and filling healthier choices can be.

We made sandwiches with ham or luncheon, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, carrots and wholemeal bread.  Our oils and fats group was mayonaise and butter.

Some of us grated carrots for the first time today!  Some others tried to sneak in a sandwich with just the tiniest bit of lettuce, so we were challenged with our taste buds as well as our thinking about nutrition!

Check out some of our creations below...he namunamuā ā mātou hanawiti!

Here is Kīra's hanawiti!
Here is Lovey's hanawiti!
Here is Constance's hanawiti!
Here is Ricky's hanawiti!
Here is Kauri's hanawiti!
Here is Teresa's hanawiti!
Here is Perenara's hanawiti!

Sam the Honey Man!

Today Kia Manawanui syndicate welcomed Sam Tu'itahi, who likes to keep bees as a hobby, to find out more information about how honey is made.  We are investigating honey production as part of our inquiry into food and also to help us with explanation writing.

Kia Manawanui asked many interesting questions and we can't wait to share our finished products with you!

Here are some photos from our time with Sam!

Preparation for Explanation Writing

This morning, room 10 worked together in small writing groups to construct paragraphs that were suitable for writing an explanation.

We worked together to get a better idea of how we could organise time in assessment conditions and we are all feeling very confident for our Writing test tomorrow!

Here is our class explanation:  How to develop Manaakitanga in your classroom.

It also has added tips for writing an explanation!

Good luck to all students taking part in their writing samples this week!