Te Akonga o te Wiki - Student of the Week

This week our super star student award goes to Ethan ...

Ethan has been working really hard to sometimes have a go at learning tasks on his own.  When things get tricky Ethan takes a big breath and thinks about it, and then he tries again. 

Tino Pai Ethan - we are super lucky to have you in our class!

Ethan gets to take Bobby Bear home for the weekend.  Click on Bobby Bear's page at the top of our blog to see what adventures Ethan and Bobby Bear have together!

Hello in many Languages!

We have discovered that in E6 we can say hello in lots of different ways.  We can use languages from all around the world.  We do this every morning when we greet each other.   Our families come from lots of different places around the world.  We are all teaching each other how to greet each other in our special family language.

Come and find out what languages we know...

 Riddhika can say Hello in Hindi

Pepper Jo likes to say Hello to us!

 Hope goes to French lessons every week.  

Hope likes to say Hello in French

 Mugundhan is from India.  He speaks Tamil with his family.  Mugundan says Vanakkam when he greets us in the morning.

 Dhruv can say Hello in Hindi

 Lohita can say Hello in Hindi

Afreen's family say Hello in Arabic

 Jacob can say Hello in Te Reo Maori

 Aston can say Hello in Te Reo Maori

 Joshua can say Hello in Chinese

   Colombia is a special place for Joshua's family.  

Josh loves to say Hello in Spanish.

 Ethan likes to say Hello!

 Michael can say Hello in Te Reo Maori

 Morgan can say Hello in Cantonese

 Zoe is Fiji Indian. She likes to say Bula.

 Yusra is teaching us to say Hello in Burmese

Anesh's family come from Sri Lanka.  

Anesh says Khomada when he greets us on the mat.

We are wondering what language you 

like to say Hello in...

What a Wonderful Day!

In E6 we love to start the day feeling happy!   Mrs Graham always checks when we get to the mat that we have taken our smiles out of our pockets and are wearing them on our face!    We sing a song together straight after our morning greetings and notices.  Our song helps us to feel happy and start the day with a smile!

Watch how fabulous we are at singing and doing the actions together - we love to wave hello to each other!

How do you start the day so you feel wonderful?

Te Akonga o te Wiki - Student of the Week

This week our super star student award goes to 
Zoe...

Zoe is such a good friend in E6.  She always looks after us and loves to have fun.  Zoe loves to offer to help others.  If someone is lonely she asks them to join in and play with her too!

Tino Pai Zoe - we are super lucky to have you in our class!

Zoe gets to take Bobby Bear home for the weekend.  Check Zoe and Bobby Bear's adventures on Bobby Bear's page above! 

Our First School Trip

Today we went to the Petone Settlers Museum.   We went on a bus.  We sang The Wheels on the Bus as we drove along.

 We met Jen and Jolie who work at The Dowse.  Jen asked us to sit down on "New Zealand" when we got inside the museum.   We found a really big map to sit on. Some of us sat on the North Island, and some of us sat on the South Island.

Jen and Jolie showed us special pictures that are painted on the walls at the Petone Settlers Museum. The pictures tell the story of the early settlers who sailed on ships to New Zealand from far away places like England.

Next Jen gave us some maps and we went exploring through the museum. 







We found lots of things to look at.  

Jen and Jolie told us a special story about how Wellington Harbour changed forever.    The story is a Maori Myth.  







A myth is a magical story that we share to explain how something might have happened.  

Once upon a time Wellington Harbour was a lake.  Two Taniwha named Ngake, and Whataitai lived in the lake.  One day Ngake, the little Taniwha, crashed through the side of the lake.  He crashed through the rocks and made a big hole in the earth.  He wanted to find somewhere bigger to swim and play.  


We helped act out the story by doing some actions.   








After we finished listening to the story we went outside to see the hole in the side of Wellington Harbour.  Jen helped us to point to the hole and we imagined Ngake and Whataitai crashing through the rocks and swimming far far away out into Cook Strait.

We made Taniwha sculptures together on the beach.  We used shells and sticks and seaweed.  We dug holes and made little islands for the taniwha to swim around.  

What a fantastic first school trip we had today!  Thanks to all the Mums and Dads and Nanas that came along and joined in. 

Te Akonga o te Wiki - Student of the Week

This week our super star student award goes to Jacob ...

Jacob concentrates hard on his learning tasks in E6.  He has a try at everything, even if he is a little unsure.  He gives his best and works hard to finish his activities!

Tino Pai Jacob - we are super lucky to have you in our class!

Jacob gets to take Bobby Bear home for the weekend.  Check Jacob and Bobby Bear's adventures on the link above! 

The Number After....

We have been playing games in E6 that help us to say the number after any number up to 20!  We are getting really fast with our knowledge now!  Some of us can even say the number after any given number up to 50!

Look at us playing our gingerbread number line game.  We have to slide the counter as quickly as we can to the number after the number the teacher says out loud.  We have to use our listening ears, and think hard about the answer.   Next we are going to try saying the 'number after' without having the numbers in front of us.

You might try doing a number after quizz at home. You could make a number line and put all the numbers to 20 in the right order too.

We are math-magicians!