Wero o te Wiki - Wiki Tuawhitu

For our Wero o te Wiki we had to make a rōpata - a robot. We were only allowed to use sellotape, 2 x toilet rolls, 1 piece of paper, and some felts. Our rōpata had to stand up on 2 legs by itself. We also had to give it a name. We focused on being good Participators. We were sharing our ideas. We worked as a group. We took turns. We used everyones ideas. We worked as a team. Well done to the Wolverines who won! He mahi pai Stevie, Neshaun, and James :-D

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

Ko te Wero o te Wiki - wero tuarua

For our Wero o te Wiki we made a type of waka rererangi - a paper dart. We had a wero to see whose dart could fly the best. We used straws, bluetac, paper, and paperclips. We only had 15 minutes to construct it. This week we looked at showing Resilience. We showed resilience because it was a bit hard and we didn't give up. We kept on trying. The Wolverine rōpu won! Their paper dart flew 6 metres. Well done Nehsaun, James and Stevie. :-D

Ko te Wero o te Wiki!

This term we will be having a Wero o te Wiki (challenge of the week) every Rāpare. This week we had a wine gum wero and we practiced being good Participators. Being a good Participator is important at Hornby Primary School.

We had to see who could make the highest tower using wine gums and toothpicks. We let others share their ideas, we took turns, we were nice to our team mates. We had some fun. The Chicky rōpu won - well done Carlos, and Katene!! :-D