Creating Patterns

This week we learnt about patterns.  We looked at patterns around us and then we had a go with maths materials making some of our own:

We then created some ice creams in a pattern following a plan we drew:

 On Friday we learnt how to weave in a pattern.  We made Matariki shooting stars......

Matariki Celebrations

Last weekend we all created some feathers and brought them back to school to make them into a Matariki Cloak or Kakahu.  We LOVE how our Kakahu turned out and LOVE even more how we all made it together.

Then we made some kites from plates and ribbons.  We has the BEST time playing with them when the rain stopped.

And Mrs Ray taught us how to play string games.....

What did you do to celebrate the Maori New Year?

Pukete Pa Site Walk

On Friday we went for a walk up the road with the entire Tui Team.  We visited the historic Pukete Pa site.  We talked about how this area is a treasure for us and what it might have looked like in the past.  We could see the Waikato River and Te Totara Pou over the river.  

 Off we go!

Here is the Pa site above.

                              
   

We played a blind fold game:

And Donna flew a kite!

We had a great time.

Assembly Sharing, Poi and Our Mural

Today was our turn to share at assembly.  We sang our song Rere Atu, danced with our poi we made, and shared our Pukete treasure mural.  We made Mrs Ray so proud!

Our mural was drawn by Mrs Ray to show the things at Pukete school  that is important to us.  The large koru in the middle represents us (children).  The smaller koru coming off the side represent the 5 core virtues of Pukete, Caring, Courage, Respect, responsibility and resilience. The Waikato River is running through the background and the winds are blowing as shown in our Pou.  The Kowhaiwhai patterns (triangles) are drawn from our Pou and mean, growth and learning.  The Pukete school Whare represents the teachers and whanau who support our learning. 

Here is our mural that we each coloured and put back together.

Here is the picture before it was cut up:

Playdough Monsters

Yesterday we made some play dough monsters and then wrote about them ......here are some of our stories.