Poetry 'I Weigh' by Kea Hub learners

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.

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

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves!

On a beautiful sunny, but slightly chilly day we all went out towards the front of the school to look at the huge piles of leaves under the trees in the carpark. We took turns playing in the leaves. There was a lot of very excited people!

Some of us wrote amount this moment in time.

Mother's day Baking

Thursday 9th of May, we (room 9) were lucky to have some university students come and help us bake yummy chocolate chip cookies and make lovely mother's day cards. It was an exciting experience for all of us. We got our hands dirty, did lots of measuring, mixing, stirring and cookie cutting! It was lots of fun, the room was filled with lots of laughter and smiles. 

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Once the cookies were golden brown, we let them cool down while the smell of fresh baking filled the air.  We then wrapped our baking in bright coloured paper, tying them with a beautiful silky satin ribbon.  We also showed off our artistic side by making a perfect mother's day card to place alongside the yummy cookies. 

Kapa Haka Practise

Today, I had the pleasure of observing this amazing group of students practising their Kapa Haka items. They are strong and proud and disciplined. Ka pai Kapa Haka rōpū.

Kapa Haka from Jude ONeil on Vimeo.

Hamilton East School - Learn, Create and Share

Drought in NZ

In Kea Hub we have been learning about Learn, Create, Share. This is when we learn something new, create something about out new learning, then sharing it with an audience.

Some students have shown this through the topic of 'Drought'. We chose this topic because the rainfall in NZ has been so low over the last few months and areas of the country are in drought.

School Kit Poetry

School kit delivered our class, a fantastic box of activities to help us to write great poetry. We split into our 2 classes to write two different colour poems. We each had a strip of paper that we had to write one sentence that used the chosen colour. We laid them out on a table and room 8 rearranged the room 9 poem and vice versa. There were lots of interesting discussions on how we should group our sentences. This is what we came up with.

Green/Kakariki Poem by Room 8

The shiny, green grass shimmers in my eyes like the hot sun.

When the bright sun shines over, the ferns are as green as they get.

Prickly but soft grass bursting green out at me.

The green grass is as green as it can be.

The green crunchy and sour apple tastes like slimy shiny grass.

Green is the colour of the baby seedling about to sprout.

Green is the colour of the long flax bush.

The brightly coloured fish brushes against the swaying green seaweed.

I see a green slimy frog dancing on a lilypad.

I lie in a lush kakariki field.

The colour green is like a million beautiful little leaves on a big tree.

Lush green tree in spring swinging in the cool breeze.

As I look out the window I see green tall grass swaying in the wind.

Kakariki is like a vegetable smoothie.

Green is the colour of maze up and down sideways and making me go crazy.

A slimy slippery green yucky frog eating seaweed.

The smiley green frog hides between the bright kakariki grass.

Green can be the smell of stinky trash.

Green is the colour of a stinky smelly garbage truck.

Blahhh!! Green colour of gross stuff like vomit (sometimes yellow) and mould and algae, oh and the Grinch.

Green is like vomit on the floor.

Green is as moody as the Grinch.

Yellow/Kowhai Poem by Room 9

Winnie the Pooh’s brilliantly, yellow fur waved as he walked through a patch of glorious, yellow buttercups under the shining, yellow sun.

As bright as a kowhai rubber duck.

Yellow is like yellow fluffy ducklings waddling in the sparkling yellow sun.

Yellow is like a rubber duck bobbing in the water.

Yellow like a lion in the desert with the screaming sun and light prickly sand.

Yellow is sun shiny, sun with fun, fun, fun.

Yellow is bees getting flowers all by the trees.

Big, yellow, buzzy bees in the breathing wind.

Daisies in the day right by the yellow sun.

Yellow floating flowers by the sun.

Yellow is a flower in my beautiful shiny long hair.

Yellow is like a flower.

Yellow is the colour of delicate, gold, glinting in the blinding yellow sun.

Yellow is the colour of burning bright flames.

When I lie on the soft grass and I open my eyes I see the yellow shimmering sun.

Some of yellow, shining, gold glistening in my chain.

Autumn is as yellow as the bright sun!

Kowhai is bright like a beautiful, daffodil, gleaming in the sky.

Yellow is like sunny daffodils.

My mum plants a beaming daffodil in a bright yellow pot.

The bright, yellow, tall sunflower looks towards the shining yellow sun.

Yellow is a beyblade and minecraft.  

Yellow is the colour of summer and spring as well.

The sand is golden yellow when it is gleaming in the sun.

Yellow is like sand shimmering in the flaming sun.

Kowhai is the colour of annoying, amazing Spongebob.

Yellow is like dead fish brains.

Yellow salty chips go crunch, crunch in my mouth.

The sharp blade on the knife slicing through the yellow lemon.

Yellow like sparkling lemonade in the hot burning sun.

Kowhai is the colour of soft, moist banana cake.

When I go and get a banana, it’s so yellow.

The glorious yellow butter melts through the sun.

Mapping continues in Kea Hub

After we designed our maps on paper of Hamilton East School we then used equipment found in our classrooms to make models of them.