Making Gummies:

Today in Te Puawai we made healthy Gummies as part of our maths strand - measurement and to help us write a piece of instructional writing. We enjoyed cutting and juicing the fruit, measuring out the sugar, honey and gelatine. 

Check out Awhi's writing:

Equipment list:           

Gummy maker

Measuring cup

Measuring jug

Table spoon

Juicers x2

Knife

Spoon 

Ingredients:

Sugar

Gelatin

Oranges in bags x2

Lemonade/lemons bags x2

Bag of ice x1

Step 1. Get all your equipment out of the cupboard.

Step 2. Get all of the ingredients out of the cupboard.

Step 3. Put the juicers on the table

Step 4. Cut the oranges in half

Step 5. Put half of an orange in the juicer and squeeze or push

Step 6. Then get your gummy maker and pour the juice into the little pot 

Step 7. Get your gelatin and put 3 tbsps in the pot then stir

Step 8. Get your sugar and put 1 tbsp in the pot then stir until thick

Step 9.  When done, put the ice in the parts under the gummy mould's.

Step 10. Pour the mixture into the gummy mould's.

Step 11. Wait for 20 - 30 minutes.    

Mason Leef Working Hard at Home:

Mason Leef has been working hard to create some great pieces of learning. Mason and his whanau have shown our school value of Hiranga or Excellence by coming up with creative, colourful and fun ways to learn. Tau ke Mason! Well done!

Kiarn's Bug Hotel

Bug Hotel

Check out the awesome work Kiarn and his whanau have done:

WALT: We are leaning to identify different materials and equipment needed to build a bug hotel.

Materials and Equipment List:

Saw
Drill
Screws
Wood
Hammer
Tea tree sticks
Metal hooks
String

Building My Bug Hotel:

We gathered wood from around our house. We found Tea Tree, Japanese Cedar and Macrocarpa which is wood that we have collected from my Nana and Poppa’s farm.

In the top box we have hung herbs using metal hooks and string. We also put an air plant in because it doesn’t need soil to grow,  it only needs water to grow.

In the next box we have a birds nest out of our garden. Don’t worry there were no birds in it when we found it. There is also a Flax flower, Palm tree stick, Magnolia bud, and an off cut of wood.

And finally the last two boxes have bamboo, shells, flowers, Tea Tree and pine cones.

By Kiarn

Anahera's A to Z Wordlist

WALT: We are learning to identify descriptive vocabulary the author has used to add detail.

Anahera has created a great list of descriptive and interesting words from the text she was reading about Dragons.

A to Z word list Reading Activity:         Make a copy   

To complete this activity find interesting, not boring words in the text you have read with Mr Masters. Find a word that starts with each letter of the alphabet.

Agree                                           Black

China                                            Dragon

Eastern                                         Furious

General                                         Hungry

Important                                      Jade

Kneeling                                       Long 

Majesty                                         North

Onto                                              Pearl

Quickly                                           Rain

Starving                                         Tomorrow

U                                                    Water

X                                                      Yellow

Zhu jaing

Do you know any other words that Anahera could use to describe a Dragon? Maybe you could help her think of an interesting and descriptive word for the letters U and X.

Creative Writing:

WALT: We are learning to use descriptive detail in our writing and elaborate on our ideas.

Liv's dangerous pet:

I have a pet dragon. It is a water dragon. Her name is Splash. She spends most of her time underwater and her favourite food is ice blocks. She is very fast and very powerful. She can breath any form of water like ice and snow. She changes colors to light blue and white when she is in the snow and to light blue and purple when she is underwater. 

Kade's dangerous pet:

I have got a pet dragon called Ranger. He will  protect me forever. We will not forget each other because we are special mates. Ranger has wings so he can fly. He takes me to school every day and he will take me home everyday. He breathes fire at everyone who is mean to me. They will  get scorched and also we play hide and go seek together and with my cousins. We get Ranger to cook for us. When we get him to make dinner for us he warms the bath up too. He breathes his fire on the tub to heat it up for us. We have to ask  Ranger to warm up the bath if it gets cold so we don't waste water. He's fun to play with.

 His favorite food is corn and scraps and we get Ranger to eat the old food. When he got older he ate 6000 chickens.

Cassidy's dangerous pet:

My dragon is very sad because someone  was very mean to her friend.she is going to play in the sand.she was taking the sand to the ladder , it needs sand.My dragon is  making a sandcastle on the roof of the house.The sandcastle has shells on it the shells are green and pink. My dragon put the sandpit on the roof to trick Mr Masters.My dragon is going to the castle  because she is happy.

What do plants need to grow?

In Te Puawai we have been learning about what plants need to grow. We read about photosynthesis in the article 'Gardening with Science'.

WALT: We are learning about what plants need to grow.



Then we made either a Google Draw or a Google Slide Show about the things that plants needed to grow:



By Lara


By Liv

Te Puawai's Assembly Term 1:

In Te Puawai we have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi and how it is an important part of our countries history. We learnt about it through Drama. We wrote a script based on an article we had read and came up with some actions to go with it. We made sure we spoke with loud, clear voices, used hand gestures, body language and facial expressions to show how our character was feeling. We had lots of laughs, especially when we got to dress up. We enjoyed sharing what we had learnt with our whanau and Kura.

Book Week Character Dress Up:

As part of Book Week we had a school dress up day. We had a diverse range of characters, showing Rereketanga, from different books. During the first learning block we enjoyed a 'Character Parade'.

Wheres Wally?

This week is Book Week and today we had a Book Character Dress Up Day. There were lots of different characters from different books, including Wally. We had lots of fun creating our own version of Wheres Wally 'E book' style. This is what we came up with. Can you find Wally?

Pallet Gardens

As part of our Recycled Pallet Garden design process, we get to make our designs out of Lego and Popsicle sticks. We do this so we can see what our design will look like and to help us draw our back, side and front view for our final design.

Ka pai Kai

Today we were lucky enough to enjoy smoothies made by Rynelle, Gemini, Shyloh and Brooklyn, as part of our Ka pai Kai- healthy eating unit with Whaea Anna. Yum! They were delicious.

Duffy Role Model Assembly

Today we were lucky enough to listen to a Duffy Role Model talk to us about reading, read a book she wrote to us and sing a song to us. Her name was June Pitman-Hayes. She has published s number of books including, 'Kia ora', that she read and sang to us. We enjoyed learning about her life and listening to her experiences as a children's picture book author.

Thank you June Pitman-Hayes!