T10's Poem

T10 were very excited to learn that their poem 'Our Oceans' was placed second in the Seaweek Poetry Competition!  The Year 0-4 poems, which had to be written collectively and in acrostic format, were judged by Heather McQuillian from the School for Young Writers.  

The prize-giving was held at Turanga on Wednesday evening.  Cassiel and Maija represented T10 to share the poem and accept the prize.  

Here is T10's poem:  

OUR OCEANS

Octopus

Up in the ocean

Rubbish in the ocean

On and off the waves

Crab

End of the ocean 

Antarctica is cold

Noise in the water

Seaweed floating

Mahi pai - T10 you are poets!

Culture Day

We had an incredible morning learning about the different cultures within our studio. 

We got to choose which activities we would enjoy. 

Some of us even came dressed up in an outfit that was traditional to our country and told the studio why it was special to us. 

 

We carefully used chopstick... this was tricky!! 

Sushi (Korea)

 

We looked at different pictures of clothing and created paper dolls from around the world. 

 

We learned a new word - 'Kawaii' which means 'cute.' (Japan)

We made Himmeli (Finland) and Origami (Japan). 

 

Some of our senior students came and taught us some Whai - string games (New Zealand). 

 

We whipped up a batch of ANZAC biscuits (New Zealand). 

   

  

Rangoli Patterns (India)

      

Phoenix shared some delicious lolly cake with everyone. (New Zealand).

Groovy cultural dancing in the blue room!

 

 

Our Day at Play

Here are some of our favourite things to do during play.

On Thursday we had the best time sliding down the hill on our leftover boxes!! 

We learned to take turns and be careful of each other when we are sliding down the hill. 

 

     

We love making bases and huts with our benches. 

     

Phoenix showed T15 a spider that he found at his house. Eeeekkk!!

Buddy Time

Tī Kōuka loved spending time with our buddies this morning.  We shared our reading books and then coloured some hearts.  We were looking so lovely in our bright colours!