GREAT 8's

Athletics at the Massey Track

Over the last few weeks of the this term the children have been focusing on correct ways to run, jump and throw. As part of this unit of Athletics we join the whole school to participate in activities that show case our skills.

Monday this week was our day for Athletics we had lots of Great 8 parents come to support us.

Thank you Geraldine (Ella's Mum) Sarah (Ollie's Mum) Michael (Finley's Dad) Tukta (Michael's Mum) and all the other wonderful helpers on that day.

Here are some pictures taken by Mahalee (Emile's Mum) to show how we persevered in the wet weather and had a great time from the beginning all the way to the end.

WALA: How you welcome visitors on to The Marae

On Tuesday, the Y0-3's went to the Te Rangimarie Marae.
We were welcomed onto the Marae with a Powhiri.

Whaea Trieste taught the girls a waiata using the Poi - Te Waka. Matua. Wiremu taught the boys how to use the Tiaha.

The children followed all the protocols with such Mana and respect. They were very excited to take part in this special cultural experience unique to Aotearoa.

The boys demonstrating their skills with the taiaha.

The girls practicing their poi and waiata.

Discovery

My favourite part was picking the beans. - Macauley
My favourite thing was doing jump jam. - Maia
I liked making my car. - Liam
I was a ninja mouse. - Isidro

Give it a go Cricket

We got to try out some cricket skills. We got to play a tag game to warm up. We practiced our catching skills and hitting skills.

Art: Our Families

In Great 8, we have worked really hard to create our calendar art. We choose to draw our families because they are super important to us. They take care of us in lots of different ways and we love them.

Our goals were to:
- draw our people in proportion (adults the tallest and children shorter).
- remember to add all the important details like hair etc.
- use the right colour in the right places (grass is green, not purple).
- use a variety of bright colours that our families would like.
- stay inside the lines and to leave no white gaps when colouring in.

We hope you enjoy our art work and remember today is the last day to order them, so get in quick!

Inquiry: Our Trip to Te Manawa

On Tuesday, we went on a bus to Te Manawa to see Anne. We went there to learn about Tapa Art. There are 3 different ways to make the patterns on the tapa art. You can do rubbings like in Saoma called Siapo, or free hand drawings called Ngatu from Tonga, or Masi which is stenciling from Fiji. We had a chance to make our own tapa by rubbing, drawing and stenciling and dyeing. We are going use our individual tapa art to make a Great 8 tapa cloth.

We hope you enjoy the some of the photos Miss Veena and Mrs Te Amo took at Te Manawa. We had a great time there.