OUR PLAYGROUND INQUIRY - REFLECT

Today we took a moment to stop and REFLECT on the learning we had done over the last three weeks.  

We completed a Reflect organiser in our home rooms and then got together as a team to compare our discoveries.

We all agreed that the purpose for the Inquiry was to try and find fun and safe ways to improve our playground.

We learnt a lot about how to be safe in the sun, what to do in case of a fire, how to ride our bikes safely and we also learnt some new games to play.

The teachers asked us "So now what?"

We decided to hold a special celebration to re-open our playground.

We decided to invite Pa Jack to come and be our special guest for the blessing.  

Since we were inviting Pa Jack, we knew we needed to find out about the Maori protocols for having such an occasions.

We asked Mrs Mercer to share her knowledge with us.

PLACE VALUE - A CATCHY SONG

This week we are learning about Place Value.  

Check out this video at home to help. 

STATISTICS

Ms G is taking us for Statistics.  

We are loving it.  

We are learning all about collecting data and interpreting it.

Yesterday we learnt that the favourite fruit of most of the children are:  Strawberries!

Today when given a choice as to their favourite place out of the Plaza, the Skate Park or School, most children picked School!  

The teachers were pleased!

Here is a photo of Erica and Petra busy at their Maths workshop.

They had to roll a dice and record how many times each number came up.

You could help us at home by getting us to practise tally marks.  

Give us a number and get us to write that number of tally marks.

WHANAGIMOKOPUNA - AN ADAPTION WRITTEN BY STEVIE AND PRODUCED BY QUINN, MONTY AND REUBEN

JUDGING OUR ILLUSTRATIONS

BIG CHANGES IN THE LITTLE PLAYGROUND!

As you probably know, over the last few weeks the children in Piako 2 have been busy learning about the different ways to keep ourselves safe at school and ways to promote physical activity.

We have been learning some new outdoor games and we had to evaluate each one against a set of criteria as to whether we thought they were suitable or not.

We came up with four games that filled the criteria.

Our teachers asked Mr Paki and Rachel if they could please paint us a four square and a hop-scotch on the concrete in our playground.  

They said "yes!"

Work started today and here are a few photos Molly took of their work!

So exciting!

WHANGAI MOKOPUNA

On Monday, Papa Jack told us a legend about a little green taniwha who lived in the Manawatu Gorge.  His name is Whangai Mokopuna.

Here are a few images of our interpretation of the legend.