Our Beautiful Pepeha Art and Home Language Introduction Photos

This term we have been creating our own visual Pepeha's. A Pepeha tells a story about our background. The students used themes from their New Zealand and Home culture. They then wrote their own Maori introduction (Mihi). Plus they have written their Home Language introductions. Our next step is recording our Mihi's and home language introductions. There will be more Pepeha and introductions to come within the next week. 

Visual Pepeha

Today some of the class worked on their final stages of their Visual Pepeha. The students dyed the sky blue. The Visual Pepeha have turned out very well. The pastels make a bold bright display.  Our next steps are writing our own Pepeha in Maori and also writing an introduction in our home language. 

Swimming at the Dean Greenwood Swim School

Today we had our first swimming lesson at the Dean Greenwood Swim School. It was so much fun starting from where we finished off. Today we focused on developing confidence in the water and floating. We used the noodles. Some of us were able to float on our front and back. We are looking forward to the next nine lessons. 

The Class of 2020 - Room 1

Welcome to our first blog post for 2020. We are a bunch of 26 enthusiastic Years 4-5 learners. This term we are learning about Community within school and beyond. We will first be looking at our class community. Please check out the student blogs. They will be updating them regularly to showcase their learning. We welcome comments. It will be a great year and we look forward to sharing our learning with you.