Kapa Haka

On Thursday at Kapa Haka, Mike got to blow the conch shell.
It is very difficult to blow and the Maori use it to draw people to performances.
Mike did an amazing job and was able to produce a sound.

Ka Pai Mike.

Study Ladder
These faces say it all - so proud and enjoying study ladder.

Change - Who is that baby?

This week we did an activity to help us think about change. We looked at baby photos of each other...yes even the Year 1 teachers.
What fun we had. Some children still look just like their baby photos. Some have changed so much they were hard to recognise.
Changes we noticed were - 

• we have grown
• we now have hair
• we can now use a toilet
• we can dress ourselves
• we can feed ourselves
• we can walk & talk
• we wear bigger clothes

Study ladder stars

Ashley and Rynie have been working hard on their study ladder.

Maths activities
Today we were introduced to some new station activities that we will be doing during maths time.

Say it - make it - write it

Beads in 2s to practice counting in 2s

Peg boards - use rubber bands to make shapes

solve the addition or subtraction problem

skip counting plate lacing.

Antarctic Centre

We had such an amazing day yesterday.

In the words of Mackenzie -

"We had an exciting adventure!"

We loved the penguins, the 4D movie, the blizzard room and exploring the rest of the centre.