Papa kōwhiri ngohe- Home learning choice board

Here is your last Papa kōwhiri ngohe for 2021. We have done a few of these this year and I have had a lot of fun co-creating them. Having a choice about what activity you do is always great, so please enjoy these activities during the last 3 days of the term.

Drum roll please.................

 What an amazing wiki it has been! Seeing these fabulous marble runs being built and enjoyed has been miharo (marvellous).

            

             

                                                            

Vertical marble run- Can you build it?

 This wiki's challenge is to build a vertical marble run. As always, there are some building criteria for you to follow.

I look forward to seeing your creations this Rāmere!

Anamata Hiko- Electric future

 Today for Pūtaiao (Science) we considered the BIG IDEA: What is electricity and where does it come from?

                                                            Where does energy come from?

We learnt that there are two main types of energy: Kinetic- energy in motion and Potential- stored energy.

Did you know that......... energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot disappear!

The Energy cards activity was all about identifying different sources of energy such as; Hydro, Solar, Fossil just to name a few.

    

Solar powered car

For this experiment we used small cars that had a solar panel on the top. Unfortunately for us, it was very overcast day today. We did experience some success and understand that solar power is a renewable source of energy.

Build a Tower challenge

 The Build a bridge challenge was a big success, so this week we have a new challenge. This week you need to Build a tower.

Our bridges

 Here are some of our bridges. We had a lot of fun constructing them out of a variety of materials.

Build a bridge Challenge

This weeks challenge is to build a bridge. Read the tohutohu (instructions) carefully and then enjoy making your bridge. If you are building your bridge at kāinga (home), remember to me a video by Rāmere (Friday).

Whakawhetai-Gratitude

 This week we have been learning about gratitude and the ways in which we can show it. We started of by making a list of 20 things we are grateful for. We listed things like food, shelter, family, friends, clothes etc.

We had a kōrero about the special people in our lives and why we are grateful for them. Then the akonga (students) had to make a choice, make a card or write a letter to their special someone. We decided to make Thank you cards for those people, expressing our gratitude to them. In our cards we expressed why we are thankful and how it makes us feel.   

        

       

What or who are you grateful for? If you care to share, write it in a comment!

Passion project- Ako (Learn), Hanga (Create), Tohatoha (Share)!

  Is there a particular subject that you feel passionate about? 

If you said yes, well here is the project for you!

Remember to follow each step and ask pātai if you are unsure. I look forward to seeing your projects!

Diwali mahi kāinga

 Here are some more activities that will help you to gain a better understanding of Diwali and why it is celebrated. As always, you have a choice about which activities you would like to do.

 

Diwali 2021

 Diwali/ Deepawali was officially observed/celebrated in Aotearoa last Thursday.  This week we will learn more about this beautiful 5 day celebration and what it means.

Did you know that the word 'Deepawali' means rows of lighted lamps. 

Puriri Team Kiwiana quiz answers.

 Well done to everybody who gave the quiz a go. 

Here are the answers for you.

How many did you get right? Did any of the answers surprize you? 

Did you create your own pātai (question)?

Let us know in the comments below.

Amazing Aotearoa!

 Here is your mahi for the rest of the wiki. As always, you have some choices to make about which tasks you would like to do. Have a look at all of the tasks first, then make your choice.

2021 Puriri Tīma Kiwiana Quiz

 Here is your chance to take a quiz. You can do this by yourself or with the people in your mirumiru (bubble). So enjoy and if your up for a challenge, try and create your own pātai to add to our Kiwiana quiz.  Ask your pātai in the comments below, keep checking this blog post to see if anyone has responded with the correct answer.

I will post the answers to these pātai on Rāmere.

Nō hea ahau? Where am I?

Your turn, follow the tohutohu (instructions) and create a 'Nō hea ahau? Where am I?' activity for your hoa aropā (peers) to try and solve. As always, share it with me and I will post it on our rangitaki (blog).

Ātaahua Aotearoa-Beautiful New Zealand

 This wiki, our learning will encourage us to take a virtual trip. Here is your opportunity to visit some of the amazing places in our country, in a virtual way. 

On Rāpare (Thursday), I will post a new slide that will have other activities for you to complete.

You must complete your chosen activities by Rāmere this wiki.

Tokelau Language week 2021

Tokelau Language week begins on Sunday the 24th of October. The theme for this years Tokelau Language week is;  Tapui tau gagana ma tau aganuku, i te manaola ma te lautupuola. Tokelau! preserve your language and culture, to enhance spiritual and physical wellbeing. 

 

Games from the Pacific

 Here are just four fun games you could play from different cultures.

Happy Niue Language Week from Riley

 Fakaue (Thank you) Riley for sharing your beautiful 

language with us.  

Kia Tupuolaola e Moui he Tagata Niue- May the tagata Niue thrive!

Kia Tupuolaola e Moui he Tagata Niue- May the Tagata Niue thrive.

 This week is Niue Language week. Here is a slide and a choice board for you to engage in and learn more about the beautiful language and culture of Niue. 

This year it will be celebrated online: Sunday 17 October - Saturday 23 October. 

Click on this link to find out more information - Ministry for Pacific Peoples

Bee Aware Month

 This month is Bee Aware Month. Here is a video from Minister Damien O'Connor.

By planting bee friendly trees, wild flowers or shrubs in your māra (garden), you are being a 

kaitiaki (guardian of our environment). 

Visit the All about Bees slide (on a previous post) to learn more about these amazing members of the aitanga pepeke (insect world).

Wiki Kākāriki- It's all about the Pī (bee)

 This wiki we will be learning about ngā Pī (bees). Did you know that Honey bees are super important pollinators of putiputi (flowers), huarākau (fruits) and huawhenua (vegetables).

Check out this slide. There is a Papa kōwhiri ngohe (Home learning choice board), ngā ataata (videos) and ngā pukapuka to enjoy.

Nǐ hǎo and Talofa- New Zealand Chinese Language Week and Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu ( Tuvalu Language Week)

 This week we celebrate two Languages, Chinese and Tuvalu. Please enjoy these slides and learn more about these amazing languages, practice pronouncing the words and share the greetings with your whānau (family).

Papa kōwhiri ngohe- Pānui

 Do some of these activities to celebrate your appreciation of ngā pukapuka (books).

Send me a pikitia (picture) of you completing an activity. 

You may wish to complete one activity per column.

 

Pukapuka appreciation wiki- Book appreciation week

 

Do you love to read? Do you have a favourite pukapuka? 

Well if you said 'Āe' (yes) to those ngā pātai (questions), you going to love everything about this wiki!.

During our daily Hui Kūkara (Google meetings), we will be talking about our favourite books. Taking the time to share our appreciation for the stories we enjoy the most and expressing why we love them.

We would love to hear from you about your favourite books and why you think they are special. 

Please write a comment below.

Māori kēmu- Kia kaha te korikori!

 Here are some ngā kēmu for you and your whānau to do.

Kia kaha te puta ki waho! Get outside as much as you can!

Kia kaha te korikori! Be active!

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori- Māori Language week 2021

 This years theme is...

Kia Kaha te Reo Māori - Let's make the Māori language strong.

Here are two Papa Kōwhiri Ngohe- Home learning choice boards (slide presentation)

           

Whakakorikorihia te arero ki tō tātou reo Māori, e hoa mā!

Get your tongue moving with the Māori language!

Kōrero, kōrero, kōrero!

Te Pūnaha arahau- The respiratory system

 This is the last system that we will look at. I have also included a Health Choice Board for those who are keen to learn more about Hauora- Well being.

 

Health & Hauora choice board

                             

Te Pūnaha ārai mate- The immune system

It is now time to learn about the system that helps to fend off invaders- germs that make us unwell.

On Rāpare, we will learn about the Pūnaha arahau- Respiratory system.

Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e Lea Faka-Tonga-Tongan Language Week

 This years theme is;

‘Fakakoloa 'o Aotearoa 'aki 'a e Ako Lelei’ 

Enriching Aotearoa with holistic education.

Here is a choice board of activities you may like to do this week.

                     

I will create a post about the Pūnaha ārai mate - The Immune system āpōpō (tomorrow).

Pūnaha nakunaku kai- Digestive system

It is time to focus on te Pūnaha nakunaku kai- The Digestive system.

Did you know....... that laundry detergents contain some of the same enzymes to remove stains that are found in our Pūnaha nakunaku kai. 

Challenge- leave a 'Did you know....' statement in our comment box.

Pūnaha ioio- Nervous system

 Have you ever wondered how our brain communicates with our tinana (body)? 

Te Pūnaha ioio (the nervous system)  is a complex system of nerves and neurons that work together to send signals to different parts of our tinana.

What other fascinating things will you learn about te Pūnaha ioio? 

Add them to the comment box!

Pūnaha Kōiwi-Skeletal system

 Now that you have learnt about the Pūnaha tukupara (Circulatory system) and our manawa (heart), it is time to learn about our Pūnaha kōiwi (Skeletal system).

Remember- if you can access your Drive folders, this mahi will be in the Home Learning folder. If you are unable to access your drive, just do your mahi on a piece of pepa (paper). 

Learning at Home- wiki tuarima (week 5)

 Te Tinana o te tangata (The Human Body)

Our pakirehua (Inquiry) for the next few weeks is all about the amazing human body and how it works. For Rāhina (Monday) and Rātu (Tuesday), please learn about our Pūnaha tukupara (Circulatory system). 

You will specifically focus on the manawa (heart).

On Rāapa, I will share with you our mahi (work) about the Pūnaha kōiwi (Skeletal system).

Learning at home- Activities to do.

 Kia ora Ruma rua tekau ma rua whānau,

Here is some mahi (work) that you can do while you are at kāinga (home). We will discuss these tasks and you will have the opportunity to ask any pātai during our Google Meet (hui) tomorrow morning. There is only 3 days left in this wiki (week), so feel free to pick and choose which activities you do. 

Please complete your Information report writing task, as we will not have time to finish this when we return to kura (school).

As always, there will be opportunities to celebrate your mahi, during our Google Meet and if you send through nga pikitia (pictures) I can add them to our Learning at home slide.

Ka kite āpōpō!

Wheels Day at kura (school)

 This Rāmere (Friday), tamariki (children) are allowed to bring their scooter, bike, skateboard, roller skates or rollerblades to kura. During allocated times, the tamariki will be riding their bikes etc in our carpark and on the hall courts. Please make sure that you have a helmet!

Te wiki o te Pāngarau- Maths week

 This wiki (week) we have be engaging in the Ko te Tāra o te Rā (Daily Dollar) activities on the Maths week site. Every day, there are 5 pātai (questions) and they each have a dollar value. At the end of each day, we check the answers and add dollars to our bank accounts. They are really fun activities, that we can can work on independently or with a hoa (friend).

           

Tēnā koutou katoa to our Buddy class Ruma Rima for playing some ngā kemu Pāngarau (maths games) with us today.

Science in a van

 Yesterday we had the Science in a van show visit our kura. Puriri team learnt about Materials and the states of matter.  

Here are some ngā pikitia (photos), check out the comments below to see what we learnt about.

Wiki Kākāriki- Green Week

 Our focus for this Green Week is to learn about Compost.

Today we celebrated Green Week by dressing up in green and by walking, biking or scootering to kura (school).

Lots to celebrate this wiki!

 This wiki (week) we have been learning about Matariki. Here are  some ngā pikitia (pictures) of our mahi.

Safiyye and Isla completed their Matariki Circle Art. Each section represents a whetū (star). 

Tobin made an origami whetū.

 

For Pāngarau (maths), we learnt how to simplify fractions in order to identify
the ngā tae (colours) to use.

                     

 Congratulations to Ian and Khalid for receiving this weeks Merit Awards.

Tohora nui! Big whale

 Last night was our final performance of our whole school production,

 Fresh and Smooth.

Since the start of this term, we have been preparing for the shows. With the help of the fabulous Makuini, we created our own tohora. We painted our masks and even painted some for our friends who were busy making our tohora. Some students took on the challenge of learning how to play our waiata on the ukulele, a few of them had never played the ukulele before. Big thank you to Matteo for being a tuakana and helping your whānau learn how to play the ukulele. 

Here is the waiata we performed.

As a kaiako, I couldn't be more proud of my tamariki. They embraced the challenge of learning lots of new things with growing confidence. They understood that hard work and dedication results in an outcome that they can be proud of. 

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe whanau!

 

Puoro- Music with Mr Lakatani

Today we had our first of four puoro sessions. 

We explored the different stations and learnt about the types of instruments.

Strings, Percussion, Woodwind and Brass.

So every Rāhina afternoon 2:15 - 3 pm we will be in Room 15. 

Tamariki will be dismissed from there.

Whanowhano- Begin!

 Whanowhano is a great kēmu to play. Whano means 'begin'. 

Do you want to learn how to play? 

Check out this video!

Ngā Toi- The Arts

 This term, the Puriri team are doing an arts rotation. Check out this slide to see what we have been learning about. We have two sessions with each kaiako.

                      

Kia tūpore! Be kind!

 Today is PINK Shirt Day. In our kura, we strive to show Manaakitanga. So this wiki we have been thinking about and doing acts of kindness. Our act of kindness today, was to dress in pink and collect a koha for the Mental Health Foundation.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe to Ian for receiving our Caught Being Good certificate.

Kia ora, Talofa, Konichiwa, Ciao, Annyong, Assalam alaikum, Ni hao and Hello!

Today we celebrated Cultural Unity day at our kura. What an amazingly diverse kura we are! It was great to see our tamariki proudly dressed in their cultural garments. 

Go raibh maith agat to Dermott and Ida for sharing an Irish song with us.

Fakaue lahi to Nancy and Riley for sharing a story about his brother. Also for gifting us a pukapuka about kindness. It is written in both Niuean and English.

We also enjoyed a really fabulous shared kai. Tino reka te kai!

Road Safety Week

 This week is Road Safety Week.  We encourage students and families to be safe on their way to and from school.  Please comment on our blog with your safety message.  Thank you!

New Zealand Sign Language Week 2021

 We have been learning how to finger spell our names. 

 

 
    

Puriri Team Hui-a-kura

 
This wiki we felt very privileged to host the first team assembly for Term 2. 

We proudly shared our learning highlights from Term 1. 

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe to Taanish and Isla for receiving our Caught Being Good Certificates this wiki. They are both persistent and resilient learners, wonderful role models of manawanuitanga.

A wonderful first wiki back at kura. 

Puriri EOTC-2021

Despite the weather not being the best, our EOTC was a great success. All of the tamariki enjoyed participating in the variety of great experiences. 

The activities were;

• Burma trail 
• Camp cooking- making smores
• Visual Orienteering 
• Shelter building
• Adventure based learning activities.
• First Aid

Here is a video from one of the Adventure Based learning activities. It is called 'Circle the circle'. Give this activity a try. You can add a hoop, have no talking, could turn it in to a time challenge or compete against another group. Our activities did not have a competitive element to them.

To all of the whānau who helped us over the last two days,

                                                          for supporting our tamariki!

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe!

 Congratulations to the following Kaitiaki from our ruma. 

                                    

Riley was a super kaitiaki during our Sustainable Coastlines hikoi. 

Rhys was chosen from the Kaitiaki vouchers box.

Duffy Role model hui- Introducing Ruma 22 Super heroes!

 We had a Duffy Role Model assembly today. Our role model was Michel Mulipola- illustrator of comic books, school journal stories and many other wonderful things.

In Ruma 22 our super powers are; Reading, being together, Te Reo Māori, working together as a team, being kind, we are strong together, manawanuitanga (persistence), helping each other, Kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga.

What's your superpower? Let us know in a comment below!

Kauhoe tomorrow

 Just a reminder whanau- we have swimming tomorrow. Bring your togs and towel. 

Wiki tuaiwa highlight- Puriri Pupuhi Nui

 On Rāhina the Puriri team gathered together to engage in our Puriri Pupuhi Nui. It was a great day in the pool, participating in a variety of swimming strokes we learnt during our Water Safety lessons. The swimming strokes included; Doggy paddle, Dolphin dive, using flotation devices such as flutter boards and pōro (ball) etc.

A very big THANK YOU to all of the whanau who came along to support us on the day!

Owairaka Maunga- Unbelievably beautiful!

 Yesterday, the Puriri Team went for a hikoi up to the Owairaka Summit. This trip was perfect for us to get a panoramic view of our beautiful backyard. In our rōpū, we searched for landmarks. As a kaiako, I was very happy to hear my ākonga shout with excitement and amazement went they spotted a landmark. 

 

                            

Tēnā koe to our whānau for joining us on our hikoi. Tēnā rawa atu koe to Makuini, for sharing the story of our tupuna, Wairaka.

Kauhoe lessons!

 During our five swimming lessons we have learnt so much about how to stay safe while in the water.

A very big THANK YOU! to our three wonderful instructors, Brooke, Rebekah and Leonie. We really appreciated your enthusiasm and your ability to make learning exciting for everyone.