Term 4, Week 10
Term 4, Week 10
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Photos from our learning this week :
Xmas fun and farewell singing
Term 4, Week 9
Term 4, Week 9
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Xmas crafts and Stop Motion.
Term 4, Week 8
Term 4, Week 8
Photos from our learning this week :
Place value, learning through play and sharing of learning
Term 4, Week 7
Term 4, Week 7
Photos from our learning this week :
Diwali celebrations, place value in maths and lots of fun!
Term 4, Week 6
Term 4, Week 6
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Term 4, Week 5
Term 4, Week 5
Photos from our learning this week :
Temperature, maths problem solving and learning though play.
Term 4, Week 4
Term 4, Week 4
Photos from our ReDiscovery Trip:
Term 4, Week 3
Term 4, Week 3
Photos from our learning this week:
Creating art work from loose parts
Playdough creations
Sculptures
Term 4, Week 2
Term 4, Week 2
Photos from our learning this week:
Recycling week, earthquake drills and learning through play
Term 4, Week 1
Term 4, Week 1
Photos from our learning this week:
Fractions, colour election
Term 3, Week 10
Term 3, Week 10
Photos from our learning this week:
Coding with Beebot robots
Term 3, Week 9
Term 3, Week 9
Photos from our learning this week:
Tongan and Māori Language weeks; Science - The senses (smell)
Term 3, Week 8
Term 3, Week 8
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Inquiry
Inquiry
Inquiry
Sustainability: Māku e whakatika: It start's with me.
The ākonga have chosen to further investigate one of the following topics: Making a difference - baking our own; Planting for our planet; Creating eco-friendly accessories; Energy sources; Reusable packaging and items.
Term 3, Week 7
Term 3, Week 7
Photos from our learning this week:
Court Theatre production; Learning through Play (outdoor fun); Large ball skills
O Le Toa - Court Theatre Production at school
On Tuesday afternoon, the tamariki at school enjoyed a production from 'The Court Theatre' called: O Le Toa.
O Le Toa has been created using inspiration from a variety of myths and legends from around the pacific. The cast of O Le Toa created their own story using different myths and legends. This is called devising.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS USED IN O LE TOA
• Laumei ma le Malie / The Shark and the Turtle – Sāmoa
• Sina ma le Tuna / Sina and the Eel – Tonga, Sāmoa
• Māui – Pan-pacific legend
• Fe’e / Octopus – Pan-pacific legend
• Nafanua / Goddess of War – Sāmoa
• Tatau Twins – Sāmoa
Your termly activity fee contributed towards the cost to bring this production to ASP. We all enjoyed this very much.
Term 3, Week 6
Term 3, Week 6
Photos from our learning this week:
Shapes, Ball skills, Learning through play, Phonics
Term 3, Week 5
Term 3, Week 5
Photos from our learning this week:
Shapes, Ball skills, Learning through play
Term 3, Week 4
Term 3, Week 4
Photos from our learning this week:
Maths week; House of Bricks
Lego Masters: This week we had our local "Lego Master" Rachael in from "The House of Bricks". The tamariki enjoyed the challenges and came up with many creative ideas with regards to sustainability and the environment. The tamariki came up many ideas such as a rubbish sorter, a solar powered kitchen (just to name a couple).
The cost of this was taken from your termly activity fee.
Term 3, Week 3
Term 3, Week 3
Photos from our learning this week:
Ferrymead trip (Sustainability)
Cooking and heating
Old school
Washing day
Entertainment
Old house
Ironing!
Huarapa 2
Huarapa 2
Huarapa 5
Huarapa 5
Huarapa 1
Huarapa 1
Term 3, Week 2
Term 3, Week 2
Photos from our learning this week:
Measurement (length); science (floating and sinking); Chinese Cultural road show; Learning through play and our community Matariki event
Term 3, Week 1
Term 3, Week 1
Photos from our learning this week:
Matariki activities and learning (incl hangi preparation); Measurement (length)
Term 2, Week 10
Term 2, Week 10
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Term 2, Week 9
Term 2, Week 9
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Term 2, Week 8
Term 2, Week 8
Photos from our learning this week:
Buddy Reading, Learning Through Play, Nanogirl Science Fun
Term 2, Week 7
Term 2, Week 7
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Term 2, Week 5
Term 2, Week 5
Photos from our learning this week.
Term 2, Week 4
Term 2, Week 4
Photos from our learning this week
Spreading Kindness on Pink Day
Discovery Maths
This week the tamariki loved learning about transformation and symmetry and explored this concept with a variety of different materials and activities. Some are shown below.
Term 2, Week 3
Term 2, Week 3
Another week full of activities. Planting, discovering fractions, baking, learning about Hongi and a visit from Cookie the reading dog.
Term 2, Week 2
Term 2, Week 2
This week has been all a buzz with the King's Coronation crown creations and much excitement about the beginning of Curiosity Clubs!
Term 2, Week 1
Term 2, Week 1
Some photos from our learning this week:
Term 1, Week 10
Term 1, Week 10
This week the tamariki got to enjoy our local environment on a sensory walk by the liffey and then share all their learning with whānau. We had fun on the last day of term, the children did a scavenger hunt, looking for egg numbers with structured literacy words. Lots of wonderful team work and sharing happening.
Thank you for allowing us the pleasure of being a part of your child's valuable learning journey.
Term 1, Week 9
Term 1, Week 9
Huarapa visited Harold in the Life Education van this week, which the children loved. Huarapa 5 and 2 maths learning about number knowledge and measurement. Huarapa 2 art creating.
Wonderful learning Huarapa children!
Term 1, Week 8
Term 1, Week 8
Another busy and full week of learning in Huarapa from planting seeds (to harvest vegetables ready for our Matariki celebrations in Term 2), Visual Art and curiosity with ice.
Term 1, Week 7
Term 1, Week 7
We had a wonderful time staking this week in Huarapa. It was great to see the children being brave and taking risks when they fell over (with a smile) and they were straight back up trying again and giving it a go. Super impressed and some learnt tricks going around and backwards.
Huarapa 4
Ice skating
Term 1, Week 6
Term 1, Week 6
Lots of fun learning with boats and floating.
Term 1, Week 5
Term 1, Week 5
Huarapa 5 - bird seed feeders
Huarapa 5 - bird seed feeders
Huarapa 5 - made bird feeders last week for their inquiry about sustainability and how to give back to our kura's environment. We hang the bird feeders in the branches for the birds, which we share our environment with.
Huarapa 4 - Me and my environment
Huarapa 4 - Me and my environment
Huarapa 4 - have been learning for inquiry about their environment and the landscape of our school through the use of ipads and our school map.
Term 1, Week 4
Term 1, Week 4
Some photos of week 4 learning.
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3, has been our first experience of a full week of school. There has been learning through play, discovery maths, maths and much more learning.
Week 2
Week 2
Fun under the sprinklers on a Wednesday afternoon.
Fun under the sprinklers on a Wednesday afternoon.
Huarapa hub together learning Te Reo and practicing our school waiatas.
Huarapa hub together learning Te Reo and practicing our school waiatas.
Week 1
Week 1
Week 1
Week 1
This week we have been focusing on getting to know each other and building relationships. We have been looking at the Treaty of Waitangi and creating our own Huarapa treaties, to help and support each other in our learning spaces, with this creating art pieces. Soon to be on display on the class walls.
Discovery Maths
Discovery Maths
In maths we have started learning about patterns. The children got to discover what patterns are and how to create their own patterns.
Tū Te Rakiwhānoa and the Rākaia River.
Tū Te Rakiwhānoa and the Rākaia River.
This pūrākau was written by Cath Brown for the children of Taumutu.
Tū Te Rakiwhānoa was a kaitiaki taniwha who lived in Te Waihora and the Rākaia River. He used to move from place to place through the underground streams that connect the river and the lake. He used to keep both Te Waihora and the Rākaia clean, so they were good places for ngā ika (fish), ngā manu (birds) and ngā tāngata (people). He especially loved his gardens of tī kouka (cabbage trees), harakeke (flax) and toetoe that looked beautiful swaying in the wind.
But, he began to be very angry with Te Maru, the North West wind that raged through the mountains and blew rubbish into his river. He asked Te Maru to stop but Te Maru laughed and blew even harder.
After a while Tū Te Rakiwhānoa decided he would build a dam to stop the rubbish going down the Rākaia. He worked and worked to block up the path of the river while Te Maru was away. While he was working he got very hot and when he wiped the sweat from his brow it landed on the rocks - you can still find it there today. Because he was tired and sore after his hard work he moved off into the mountains to bathe in the hot pools.
While he was resting after his hard work, along came Te Maru. He was furious when he saw the dam. So he blew up a huge northwest gale that tore out the tī kouka, the harakeke and the toetoe and made a hole in the rocks of the dam. The place where he made the gap is now called the Rākaia Gorge. The rock walls are steep and rugged and the water rushes through the gap Te Maru made.
Term 3, Week 7
Term 3, Week 7
Photos from our learning this week:
Court Theatre production; Learning through Play (outdoor fun); Large ball skills
Term 3, Week 9
Term 3, Week 9
Photos from our learning this week:
Tongan and Māori Language weeks; Science - The senses (smell)
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