Wonderings and Weird Thoughts:

As explorers of the world we need to question. Our first go today was around wonderings and weird ideas. Truly weird.

We are wondering where these questions might take us as we explore the world. Asking questions is the greatest indicator of a curious mind. Einstein's mother famously asked him when returning from school not, what did you learn today? but, what questions did you ask?

Maps and Mood Boards.

As explorers of the world we are taking notice of things around us and really looking closely. Infact we are using all of our senses to respond to things we discover around us and now we are thinking like curators, organising, catagorizing and working how to present collections, commmunicating the most important ideas connected to the collection.

We are also continuing to make amazing maps. Maps help us to make sense of the world, to explain things about our worlds and to find our way.

Wellington is a....Poems!

The poets in Action!!

Editing means the poem keeps on changing. What will it look like tomorrow?

Potting Up!

Sophie's mum came in to help us split and then pot up some plants. We are not only trying to make out classroom spaces greener but are preparing plants for the school fair, thinking ahead!

It is well established that having plants in work spaces improves mood, productivity and creativity as well as improving air quality!

If you have any plants yoiu would like to donate to us that would be amazing. Liz will be coming in on Thursdays. Thanks Liz!

Treasure Hunt with Treasure Maps

We have been making Tresure Maps. The really good ones made finding the tresasure easy. Some people took a long time to find the treasure. Maybe these were less clear?

It made for great activity in the playground, some competition and amazing creativity! Budding pirates?

Our Potato Crop:

We planted some potatoes last year in the garden at different times. Some are flowering now and some are ready to eat. Indie and Finley found some after school yesterday. And, they made chips for dinner!

We have some other things growing in the garden.

Eating food we have grown is very satisfying. Can you see what else you might be able to eat in our garden?

Mapping: Explorers Need a Map!!

Ongoing in Māhutonga Matariki has been map making. We have had a go at putting our first thoughts about what Te Motukairangi looks like as a map.

We began with out first thoughts as the above map. Now we are having a go at making maps which show all the important things to us, favourite places, special places, regular journeys etc.

We are going further with this, designing really original maps; a map of my dreams, a map of a monster......What? A map of a monster? Yup!