Room 15: "AMAZING AREWHANA"

Thank you to Whaea Jayde and Grandpa Shui for being responsible parent helpers.   They were able to see a Gigantic Stick Insect. 'This was massive', said TeHiao. 'Wow'! said Vaega. 'I'm glad its not at my house', said Laekim. We really enjoyed looking at the Native part of the Zoo. After our talk with Zookeeper Christie she said we could have a look at the other areas of the zoo to see what the habitats contained for animals.    This is Christie talking about this Nocturnal animal, the Kiwi. We then went to see the Tuna. A fact taught to us about the Tuna. The Tuna swims all the way to Tonga to lay its eggs and then die. The eggs then hatch and make their way back to New Zealand to the climates that their bodies cater for. We asked so, Tuna are the only creatures that don't parent their babies. Factual but sad. So Amazing Arewhana really had a fantastic day. Enjoy our blog and leave a comment. 

Amazing Arewhana are able to put in some of the skills they have learnt over the last 3 weeks. Really proud of them all especially the children who are quiet, these soccer skills have made them communicate clearly with each other, share and work as a team. GO TEAM Arewhana!!

Fakalofa lahi atu  While Mrs Sagote was away in the beautiful pacific Island of Niue, also known as the ROCK. The Amazing Arewhana were celebrating 'Cook Island Language'. During this week the children were given activities to help promote the Cook Island culture.   The competition for Rowandale School was to do symmetrical shapes and produce patterns with a Cook Island flare.  The class were instructed to make a Tivaevae (Cook Island quilt). The importance behind the Tivaevae.  We are very proud of our accomplishment.  Tivaevae made from paper.  

Doreen Perese Te Hiao Mika This writing is about our topic 'Mini Beasts'. They were given 10 mins to write about mini beasts. In that time the teacher would give out small snippets of inquiry questions helping them to write more. This was very successful for most of the children in the class. 

Amazing Arewhana made these by weaving kebab sticks through the picture of our Matariki. We learnt that Matariki is the Māori New Year and stands for new beginnings. That is the time for Harvesting the food and celebrations. We enjoyed making these and learning about Matariki. Thank you for viewing our blog.

Amazing Arewhana are lucky enough to have Manurewa Football Club sportsman to come and share their skills with us. We learnt how to control the ball by listening to instructions. We used most of our body parts, for example our foot, knee, bottom, back, stomach and head. It was a lot of fun. And we can't wait for every Thursday, because the guy they sent, he will be back to share his knowledge with us again. Thanks for visiting our blog.

Yes ... We are now in term 3..  Amazing Arewhana won the Pride Cup...Week 10 of Term 2. What a privilege it was to be told that we had won the cup. Well... this will be one of many times we hope to win. Thank you for viewing our blog.