Meditation

 For meditation, we spent time admiring and enjoying nature. We went to the gardens by the butterfly playground to see the daffodils we planted earlier in the year.

After we spent time in the playground.

Seeking Excellence in the Arts

 In class both Brenna and Leisha shared their success with their Dance. Leisha with her jazz exam and Brenna with her Irish dancing competition.

It is great to celebrate with them and share their success after all the effort they have put in.

Celebrating Hugh!

 Today Hugh celebrated his success and seeking excellence in his surf life saving. It was great to hear about the different races he has competed in.

See Hugh and his medals below

Welcome Yanni

 We had a special Mass in Week 3 to celebrate and welcome Yanni into our Catholic church. This is an important event and was wonderful to see Yanni take his first sacrament. Later this year he will celebrate his second sacrament by receiving his First Holy Communion.

It's a .... Fing

 In class we are reading the novel Fing, we were practising the skill of visualising by drawing what we imagined the deepest, darkest, jungliest jungle to look like as a map.

See some of the students' visualisations below in the photos.

Rāwhiti Domain

 Yesterday afternoon Room 6 and 7 went together to plan daffodil bulbs in the butterfly garden. This has been a part of learning about being kaitiaki (guardians) of the whenua (land) and connecting with our local community. 

See the photos below of how Rooms 6 and 7 worked together as a team to help make our environment beautiful.

Pānui - Reading

 In our class, we have been learning about Matariki. In reading yesterday we talked about what Matariki is and how we can celebrate it as a holiday.

Below is our class' thinking about the benefits and negatives (yellow and black hat thinking in de bono hats) of having Matariki as a public holiday. There was some great critical thinking and discussion over the topic.

What do you think are the benefits of having Matariki as a public holiday?