Plants in Room 2

In room 2 we have some new plants. We have a strawberry and tomato plant. Before Miss Nua bought them we learnt what plants need to live and we learnt that plants start growing in spring becuase there is lots of sun and rain. Plants need sun, water and dirt to live and grow. We are going to look after them and hopefully get to eat some yummy strawberries and tomatoes soon.

Look at the colour of these strawberries!

Making rockets!

This term the whole school is focussing on space and the Kia Kaha team is specifically looking at seasons.
On Monday the whole school watched the movie Home which is about an alien. 
Here is some of our writing that we did about the movie Home.

Then we made rockets and had a competition in our team to see whose rocket could go the furthest.

 We made our rockets using a straw, paper and a stapler. Then we had a little competition in the classroom and talked about ways to make our rockets go the furthest. 

 In the afternoon we met up with Room 1 and 3 and had a competition to see whose rocket would the furthest. It was pretty windy so our rockets flew pretty far!

We had lots of fun and are now looking forward to learning about the seasons!

Maui and the Sun

Last term our inquiry topic was Myths and Legends. We looked at lots of different myths and legends. We really enjoyed learning about Maui and we drew the sun from Maui and the Sun.
We practised first by drawing them in our inquiry books. We practised drawing the half sun and then a full circle to see which one we liked best.

 Savannah and Jordis's practise sun

 Cheldyn and Vaka's Practise sun 

 Mariah and Jairus's practise sun 

 Fereti's practise Sun

 Chance and Lino's practice sun 

 Orlando's practise sun 

Jah and Dane got to take Mariana's sun home.

Then we did them on a big piece of paper

If you went to the Matariki light festival at Te Oro you might have seen some of our artwork because it was on display at an exhibition! 

Buddy time with Room 7

Maui and the Sun, by Vaka and Matthew.

How the tiger got his stripes, by Curtys and Fereti.


How the tiger got its stripes, by Dane and Alo


How the tiger got his stripes, by Falakiko and Christine


How the elephant got its trunk, by Aja, Jordis and Kupri


How the tiger got his stripes, by Paris and Savannah


How the tiger got its stripes, by Kira and Matthias


How the tiger got his stripes, by Faith and Ana Fifita


How the tiger got its stripes, by Demetrius and Michael



Maui and the sun, by Azaleigha and Diziah