Welcome Back to Term 3 in Kea Hub

Welcome back to all the students in Kea Hub. We have had a great start to the term already. 

We are lucky to have Edie back from her Science Leadership course and have been learning to notice (observe) what is in our environment.

Welcome back Edie!

 

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.

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

Pink Shirt Day

Today is Pink Shirt Day. Here is a google slide to tell you all about it! Please leave a comment so we can reflect on our learning. There are photos to support this event on the resource room windows. Have a look to see if you're there, wearing your brightest pink to support positive behaviour at Hamilton East School.

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. 

Waharoa

Everybody at Hamilton East School learns how to sketch. 

We all 'Look, Draw, Look'. 

We have been learning how to use a whispering pencil, talking pencil and a shouting pencil to add detail to our sketches. 

Here we are sketching at the front of our school. 

We are sketching the Waharoa (the gateway).

 

 

 

 

The Nature Trail - reporting from Kea Hub.

It was a cold, glistening Spring morning. The time was 10 o'clock in the morning. Room 18 led us (Rm 8 and 9) to the nature trail. At the base of the nature trail, by the huts, and green and red shed Sonya taught us about native, endemic and introduced trees and animals (species). We also played a game about what was in the nature trail.

We then walked to the next station. The leaders of this station were standing in the trees. They told us about building the nature trail. They also told us about putting up shelters for us to sit on on a sunny day.

We went to the next station. Here Tyson hurt his sore arm. We learned what a silver fern was and about weeds. They can hurt plants and suck off all the water. If they grow bigger they hurt all the trees. Safwan nearly slipped down the nature trail, but a person helped him at the last second. Thank goodness.

Sketching bones

We were managing ourselves by concentrating on sketching. 

We were relating to others by sharing the bones and showing each other our work.

We were thinking: "I thought it was the backbone." "What kind of animal is this from?" "What part of the body this was from?" "How old it was?" "Was it from anything that had lived here?" 

We were being creative by using and think about a talking, whispering and shouting pencil.

"I wondered what gender this bone was from?"

We comment on each other's work. It was tricky to get all the bumps in the right place. It was hard to be mindful of each other. It was difficult because it was a 3D object. The lines and shapes, the teeth and the connecting parts, a nose was tricky. The details were hard to do.

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Social action by James and Ryan

Hukanui Marae Trip 2018

 Can you share with somebody what it happening in each of these photos? What marae protocol are we following? What else happened while we were there?