Boats make a splash!

Some students made waka for their treasure.  We took the waka to the  swimming pool to see if they would float.  The boats floated because of the shape of their hull.  We have large waka and heavy waka but they still floated because of the shape of their hull.

The water current and wind made some move and some stayed still.

Planting Seeds!

We have planted sugar snap peas and we are hoping for a crop of sugar snap peas.  We shovelled potting mix into the planter box.  We each planted several seeds.  Seeds need soil, sunlight, space, air  and water.

Every day we take the planter boxes outside into the sunlight.

Every day we water the seeds.

The seeds have germinated and the plants are growing.

Matariki is time for a new beginning!

Our Taonga!

Tararua Two had a cool homework challenge.  They worked with their whanau to design and create a treasure.  They had great ideas and worked with lots of purpose.  They brought their treasures to school and told us all about them.  Congratulations to you and your creative whanau!

Magpies in Ruma Waru

Weta reading group presented a play about Denis Glover's poem called the Magpies.  Elizabeth had red lips and Tom went light in the head.  The magpies quardled, oodled, ardled, wardled and doodled all day long.  Our actors were amazing.

Matariki

We celebrated Matariki today by doing a lot of different things. In Ruma we learnt to keep time with rakau sticks and then we did some weaving!
We had so much fun!