Working with Whaea Pen

 Working with Whaea Pen - 29 May 2024

This afternoon Whaea Pen came to visit us in Room 4.  We went over the Maori alphabet and then we looked at the feeling words again.  After that we looked at counting in Maori and we used some charts to help us.  Then we played a game of Bingo, using the words in Maori.  We had to think really hard.  We can't wait to see Whaea Pen next week.

We said sentences in Maori with a partner.

We told Whaea Pen how many dogs and monkeys there were in Maori.

A Visit from an Author

  Tuesday 21 May - A Visit from an Author

On Tuesday Hydie Balle-Hands came to Room 4 to read her story called 'Andy & The Little Rimu Tree'.

Room 5 joined us and we really enjoyed listening to the story.  The students had an opportunity to ask some questions.

Enjoy looking at the photos:

Whaea Pen's Visit to Room 4

 Whaea Pen's Visit to Room 4 - Wednesday 22 May

Today Whaea Pen revised our feeling words in Maori from last week and we also asked each other questions in Maori.  The we worked on our numbers in Maori and we enjoyed a game of snap with a partner.  Then we got a dice that had the numbers in Maori to six and we played a game to see who could get to the end of the board.  We counted the numbers in Maori.  

Working with Whaea Pen

 Working with Whaea Pen - Wednesday 15 May

Today we sang a waiata together and really enjoyed it.  We focused on saying our name, our friend and where we came from in Maori.  Then we looked at how to say words about feelings in Maori.  We played a matching game together and had lots of fun doing that.

Whaea Pen gave us a sheet to work on about feelings and the students are very keen to do that.

They are really enjoying Whaea Pen's visits each week.

Assembly Item

 Assembly Item

Today the children in Room 4 shared their sea life art at our Junior assembly.  Berlinda and Rana introduced the item and Rana, Branson, Claudia and Ethan shared their writing about how we can save the sea.

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