R16 Dictates the Latest News In Our Class.

Have you seen these Maori traditional instruments?  We have!  We saw them at the Museum when we went for a visit.  Come into our room and check on our dictionary to find out their names.  The trip was awesome, fantastic, great, epic, incredible, magical and interesting. We also spent time looking at, thinking about and drawing Maori carvings with manaia, lizards and tikis.
We had a Kaupapa Maori Day last week with a Mihi Whakatu for the Middles, Models, and Juniors.  Kindle 1 was our buddy class.  We loved it.
It was Ice Skating last Friday night.  Some of us went with our families.
The Learning Commitment Presentations have been great.  Come and see our posters/information in the Library Corner.
In Maths Mrs Unahi is teaching us about perpendicular and parallel lines, and shapes.
At news on Fridays we are working in groups of three and one person has to remember ALL of the news for the group so that they can tell the rest of the class!
On the last day of the term Elective groups will be sharing in the Hall.
Marc B has left and gone back to Quebec City in Canada.  We miss him already!  Lucky Marc and his family are having a holiday in Australia at the moment.

June 2013

Tomorrow we are going on a Museum trip to look at some of their Maoris things for our topic.  We are making our own Maori dictionary of words we know.  We have five pages already!
After our great reading Mrs Phillips has changed the reading groups.  Kakapos and Penguins are now Kiwis and Wekas.  The Learning Detectives come to talk to us and get our ideas.  Y2's have gone from large lines to smaller lines in their printing.
We have started our Learning Commitment Presentations on Thursdays.  We have learned a lot already. We are going to learn our mihi for the Mihi Whakatu day.
Mrs Unahi (Hannan-Brennan) will be in our class for the last 3 weeks of the term teaching us.
Y3's have written a "Moment in Time" and will give it as a speech to the class then two will be chosen to be in the Middle Team Speech Day and maybe for the Speech Finals!  Y2's will do a Poem later.