Learn ~ Create ~ Share

Here are some pics of us sharing our learning and creating about Pā with some special people in our

Hornby Primary School whānau. 

We chose to share our mahi with Mr Roberts, Kersten, Room 2,  and our tuakana, Rūma 3. 

We told our manuhiri how we had been Critical Thinkers, and Problem Solvers throughout the kaupapa.

Ngā mihi :-D

Being a Critical Thinker ~ Nā Te Taonga rātou ko Savannah, ko Emily

For our Kaupapa we are building a pā.

We are being Critical Thinkers while we build.

We are solving problems and thinking carefully.

Here is some evidence - 

We put the watch towers in 2 corners, one facing each way so it’s better to see the front and back incase enemies come.

We put the most special whānau in the whole pā in the whare in the corner so that they can be safe.

We would like you to give us some feedback and ask us some pātai!

Te Taonga, Emily, and Savannah.

Being a Critical Thinker ~ Nā Carez rāua ko Roy

For our Kaupapa we are building a pā.

We are being Critical Thinkers while we build.

We are solving problems and thinking carefully.

Here is some evidence so far -

We put the poupou (carved post) by the kūwaha (entrance) on our
plan so that heaps of people would be frightened by them so
they wouldn’t come in.

We put a secret kūwaha on our plan so that the Māori who
lived there could escape the enemies and the fights.

We made heaps of stuff like our pātaka (storage house).
We had to put tape on the bottom so it would stick on properly.

We would love you to give us some feedback.

Carez and Roy

Wero o te Wiki - wero tuawhā

On Rāpare our 'Wero o te Wiki' was to make an egg parachute. We had to create a parachute and a basket to save an egg from cracking. We used a plastic bag, paper towels, straws, ice cream sticks and sellotape. We had to drop the egg parachute 2m from the ground. We had to show Critical Thinking skills - we had to plan before we made our parachute. We also had to be Participators - we needed to share our ideas and let others join in. Well done to the Wolverines, they were the only rōpu who didn't crack their egg when they dropped it! Ka pai Stevie, Neshaun, and James.

Ko te Wero o te Wiki - wero tuatoru

In tuhituhi (writing) we have been learning how to write Procedures. We read a procedure about making sock puppets. On Rāmere we decided to make some kāretao tōkena - sock puppets! We were being Critical Thinkers. We had to plan our puppets before we made them. We had to think carefully about what we wanted to do. There were 2 rōpu who were the best Critical Thinkers - well done to the Chicky's and The Lions! Ngā mihi to Katene, Merryn, Carlos (The Chicky's) and Lucan, Aliyah, Jackson and Velocette (The Lions). Here are some pictures of our kāretao tōkena. :-D