Whānau Day - Matariki

 

In our whānau groups, we explored stories of the Matariki star cluster from around the world. Ask us what we learnt at home...

Whānau groups are groups of children and teachers across the school. There is an added bonus- siblings and families work together. Teachers and students learn from each other! We have been thinking about Tuakana/ Teina. The older students teach the younger students. The roles can also be reversed. We saw this with great energy on Friday!

Matariki Kai - thank you for joining us for this special lunch!

Sketching - Gearing up for the Arts Celebration

 

We are gearing up for our Arts Celebration. As part of our Inquiry rotations, we are learning to sketch. In this session, we sketched people in lots of different ways. Some examples are that we used '1000 lines,' sketched with our non-dominant hand, sketched people upside down, we used different mediums and looked closely at people's faces. Ask us about this at home... 

Te Papa Trip

On the last day of Term 2, we went to Te Papa. This was linked to our whakapapa Inquiry. 

We had a session with an educator to discuss immigration. We explored migrations to Aotearoa from the Pacific, Europe and across the world. It was great to think about our own whakapapa too. We learnt about the knowledge, skills, and taonga navigators from around the Pacific brought to Aotearoa. We also discussed how early explorers adapted to and shaped Aotearoa into the country it is today. We learnt about the journeys of 19th and 20th century arrivals from across the globe and how they continue up to the present day.

Movie created by Rézi

Next term, we will be looking forward and preparing for the Arts Celebration. We will be learning and creating portraits ourselves. How can we create a collage to capture our own identity? 

Whakapapa Inquiry - Celebrating our Learning!

As part of our Whakapapa Inquiry we found out about our own identity and culture. What a great way to demonstrate our Learner Attribute, "I am Connected." 

We spent time at home making our own presentations about our own whakapapa. We shared and celebrated these during the last week of term 2. 

We have been writing reports about identity. Here are some snippets:

What is identity? 
Identity is what makes you, you. It is about what you are in life. It is like how you look and it’s all about you. It is who you are. What makes you unique is that you're different from others and you are great. Imagine the world with everyone looking the same. We are all different in a special way. You might see things differently, like when you're in a lesson. There are a lot of things you can do. You are INCREDIBLE! You can be whoever you want. No one can change that. I think your life will be great.
By Zor

Identity is who you are. You can be whoever you like. My identity means I like surfing, mountain biking, scootering, friends and family.

By Jack

Identity is what makes me me. People are different in religion, culture and values. An example is I like to play fortnite and my family is special to me.

By Christian

Gender
Gender is a part of our identity. People are usually born with male parts or female parts. Sometimes a boy or a girl can chose if they are a boy or a girl. Boys and girls can like different things like a girl can like… trains, cars, lego, blocks, water guns and boys can like dolls, pink, tea sets, soft toys and rainbows. It is ok for boys and girls to like boy stuff or girl stuff and this is a part of our identity.

By Olive

Religion 

Religion is people who believe in god and believe in more things it is also a relationship to higher power! An example of religion is other countries believe in a other type of god. And some don’t even have a god they believe in a higher state.
By Olive

Personality
Personality is also part of what makes you, you. It is how you act, your thoughts, feelings and strengths. For example, my strengths are love of learning and kindness.we don’t all have the same feelings, thoughts, behaviour and acts. For example, I don’t have the same feelings has my friends. We all have different likes and dislikes. For example I like drawing, reading and playing and my dislikes are avocado and video games.
By Dhitya

Personality is also what you like to do, what you believe in like, what you dislike, who you like to play with. For example I like to play football. I like to play goalkeeper and strike my friends also like to play football a lot. I also like bunnies, rabbits and cute animals. I really like to run a lot too!

By James

Ethnicity 

Ethnicity is part of your culture and your language. Ethnicity is a group of people who identify with each other. They can share common language, history and nationality. For example spanish people can have the same ethicity.

By Elena

Values

Values are your strengths and beliefs. It is what you believe in, not necessarily religion. My values are love of learning and perseverance.
By Samuel

Religion

Religion can also be part of identity. Religious people believe in god, or gods. Some religions don’t have gods. Maori have many gods. In Christianity there is one god.
By Sophie

Hobbies

A hobby is what you like to do. I like to sleep, drawing, drawing pusheen, rollerblading, making duck noises, fighting John! climbing trees, reading books, writing stuff, watching cartoons, watching movies, eating yummy stuff, drinking yummy stuff, playing with my friends, going on holiday and heaps more!!! Everybody has a hobby.

By Sophie