Week Seven

 Kia ora e te whānau

Another week down. This week we had a focus on āniwaniwa / uenuku (rainbows). We started with our Play, Make, Create book - Who Stole theRainbow? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y-UINrNkXc). When our book went missing from our classroom, we finished the week with a scavenger hunt around the school to find out Who stole 'Who Stole the Rainbow'? The children had a lot of fun finding the clues and figuring out the code to solve the crime.

We also practiced ngā tae (colours) in te reo Māori, wrote a rainbow poem using similes and adjectives, and we wrote and sung our own My Tae waiata (My Colour Song). Check out Seesaw for some of the work we created).

We also looked at a few pūrākau - Māori legends. Maybe your children can tell you about Māui, Paikea, Hatupatu and Tāne-māhuta. We even played a little game posing as each of those legends. We will investigate a few more legends next week and add them to our game.

This was the last week of our kauhoe (swimming) sessions. We had a lot of fun learning and improving our skills in, on and around the water. Though we will miss it, we will not miss those chilly 9am swims.

Kia pai te rā whakatā (have a good weekend)

Matua Taki