Monday 24 June 2019

Book Review By Lauren Harris

  Ms O'Neil's reading group reviewed some of the books they've been reading. Here are two reviews so far. Please read and leave the students a comment about them as they've been written for you! It would be great to hear if they've encouraged you to read these books or any others by the authors they've chosen to review.

Thursday 20 June 2019

Refugee Week

17-23 JUNE 2019 REFUGEE WEEK
DIFFERENT PASTS, SHARED FUTURE

We watched a clip on The Project about a family that came to New Zealand as Refugees. We talked about some of the hardships that face people in other countries around the world. We found a website from the UK that had some ideas on how to celebrate diversity in our country.

Refugee Week - Simple Acts



Whenever you get a bunch of people at a table, you learn about the people at that table. The young folks learn about their elders, they learn about their culture and listen to stories about the past.” Mashama Bailey, Chef’s Table 


We decided to 'share a dish' with our classmates. As we didn't have real food, we shared a plate and drew our favourite foods or food we eat on important occasions. We shared stories of our families.





Monday 17 June 2019

Museum Trip




The Museum Trip


On Tuesday the 11th of June, Kea Hub (as well as the rest of the Kauri team)
walked to the Museum of Waikato.


First, we were greeted by two ladies who worked at the museum.
Our first activity was viewing a presentation about the stars and the importance of Matariki to Maori tribes.


We then split into two groups. One group began to make a box or envelope in
which a clay charm would be placed. We had access to many tools with which
we could add detail to our clay. They all look fabulous!





While one group was doing this, the other group heard a legend about how the stars,
moon and sun were released into the sky. It was almost like we were in the cinema
when we entered the near pitch-black room. As the story progressed, the room was
lit up when the stars, moon, and sun came ‘into existence’.

We then took a look at Te Winika, a waka. The feathers at its end came from an albatross. The whole waka is still in amazing condition.

















Our Learning:


I learnt that Tane kicked the bag of stars and he got it from a Whare - Armani-Jay
I didn’t know that in the legend of Tane Mahuta the waka could fly - Mia
Albatross can spend half their life on water without going onto land - Henning
I enjoyed the stories and legends that were told - Karannpriett
I enjoyed making the clay charms and learning about new Maori symbols - Sam
I enjoyed doing the clay and learning about the legends of Matariki - Nicholas
I learnt that there are nine stars in the Matariki cluster, not seven - Tobias
I learnt that there are a lot of different tools that can be used to manipulate clay - Lauren

Sunday 2 June 2019

Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa - Samoan Language Week

Talofa lava!
Kea Hub had a great time learning about Samoa during Samoan Language Week 26th May - 1st June.

We sang, we talked, we researched and we created.

Have a look at our google slide to see our drawings of fale and find out what we learnt. Don't forget to leave us a comment about our learning.

Tofa

Toi: Visual pepeha