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More Turangawaewae research

Tūrangawaewae research.

During our visual art and oral language we noticed that the Kea Hub learners has lots of wondered about the history of our school gateway.

This began our Hub's inquiry of "What lies beneath our feet?" and "Who walked here before us?" the history of our place.

In groups, our learners formed questions they wanted to investigate. They then had to decide how to create and share what they learned with other.

We hit a few road blocks... sometimes the answers you want take longer to find out than the timeframe, or you discover noone knows the answers.










In the end all groups learned something new and were able to create and share this learning in their own way.

The kaiako also learned that all the learners need to work on their paraphrasing skills!

Toi: Visual pepeha

Harvest festival

For Harvest festival this year Kea Hub prepared 'make-your-own' salads. We collected and harvested as many herbs and vegetables as we could find in the kitchen garden and at home. 

We had lettuce, zucchini, kale, cabbage, spinach, fennel, chilli, capsicum, cucumber, mint, oregano, basil with lemon and lime juice. 

 We sorted, cut, ripped, grated and squeezed!

 

 It was a flurry of busy chefs!

We then served it all up to 150 or more Kauri kids. They all walked through and made their own salads. The chilli and cucumber were very popular. We got to topped it all with a salsa, guacamole or pesto, followed by Tui Hub's cobbler and fresh fruit. 

Yum!

Get NZ Writing Kit

Some of the writers in Kea Hub have been working on the Get NZ Writing Kit, where we write poems, find out fun facts and share them with another class in Aotearoa.

One of the activities was to learn what a metaphor was, then write some for Kea Hub then individual ones.

A metaphor is a literary term that compares two unlike objects to one another. A metaphor does not use like or as. In a metaphor one thing is said to be another. 

eg. The lake is a mirror.

Kea Hub Metaphor Poem

Kea Hub is a jumbo jet bumping along at the speed of light.

Aaliyah is a freezing cold fanta fizzing in someones mouth.

Charlie is a tiny yellow submarine gliding under the Pacific Ocean.

Tayla is a chubby fat panda bear climbing on bamboo.

Quartez is a quiet mouse scuffing around.

Kate is a little tabby cat waiting to play with a friend.

Ruben is a super hero helping people.

Kea Hub is a huge red wood tree reaching for the sky.

Piata is a saucy surprise of meatballs.

Anna is a red small fox sniffing the dry ground.

Madylin is a cherry blossom tree always blooming with happiness.

Summer is a great big car zooming by peoples houses.

Roman is a big tree getting cut down.

Sorcha is an unikitty (a unicorn and a kitty put together).

Sam is a pair of striped brown leather boots.

Isla is a huge black dragon with steel claws.

Thea is a sporty yellow lamborghini racing down the streets.

Regahn is a red, black, yellow muscle car driving slowly.

Amelia is a cat pouncing to eat it’s meal.

Amelia is an apple tree giving apples to people.

Dez is a big giant earthquake.

Tyson is a healthy green apple about to be eaten.

Makavali is a giant scary lion that needs food.

Kredenz is new flash sneakers with tied laces hanging on the power line.

Khan is a big fat juicy burger.

Malachi is a funny monkey jumping up and down in the jungle.

Ryan is a t-shirt softer than any old t-shirt.

Maddison is a big lump of cookie dough about to be eaten.

Eden is a cookie smore that has sweet marshmallows and some maple syrup dripping down the side.

Anahera is a tall kauri tree reaching for its goal.