Making a Bird!

Ngahiwi was reading the book 'Making a Bird'. She chose a buddy (Thomas) and with Whaea Julie's help, they followed the instructions and made the bird.

Pukeko Art

• We are learning to create pukeko art using different materials

Habitat Assessment - Ngahiwi

• We are learning what a habitat is.
• We are learning to identify animals that live within a habitat.
• We are learning to describe what an animal needs to survive in a habitat.

Maths Time Assessment - Ngahiwi

• We are learning to name and order the days of the week
• We are learning to name and order the months of the year
• We are learning to tell the time to the hour and half hour

Clown Fish Art (Nemo!)

• We have been learning about the ocean habitat.
• What is a coral reef?
• What animals live in the coral reef?

We followed instructions to draw a clown fish

Whero maths group

• We are learning to solve addition problems by counting all of the objects

Literacy time learning!

Welcome back to term 3, we are straight back into learning! Check out these pictures of our tamariki completing their reading activities, working fantastically independently and together.

Writing group sessions

• We are learning how to write an explanation
• We are learning how to participate & contribute in a group

Today we started to learn how to write an explanation. We looked at 2 different examples, and then wrote one together as a class. The students were then put into mixed ability groups and had to write an explanation on "how to have a fun birthday party".