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.