A Super Fun Day! Rāapa 4th July

On Rāapa 4th July, we had a super fun day. We had manuhiri visit us from Te Waka Unua kura. We also ate lots of delicious kai, and had a fun afternoon reward for the whole school. 

Here are some things we liked best about the day.

Inanahi i  haere ahau ki te whare hakinakina. He pai ki ahau Te Waka Unua, our manuhiri . I te ahiahi it was ra rekareka. I did matariki art. It was amazing, me te harikoa.

Nā Arabella.

Inanahi i tae mai nga manuhiri o Te Waka Unua. He tino koi rātau kapahaka. He tino pai nga tamariki manuhiri. Kāore he pai ki ahau ētahi o ngā manuhiri. He tino tonotono ētahi tamariki i te futuporo, nā reira he tino tino ketekete ahau. I te mutinga o te fotu potoro, i haere rātou ki te kohanga reo maori. I te mutunga o te waka unua o te kapahaka,i haere rātou ki te whare kaumatua. Yesterday some visitors arrived from Te Waka Unua school. At the end of the day they went to a kohanga and an old people’s home.

Nā Shaun.

Hui - Whakaari - The Fall of Kaiapoi Pā

We shared all of our new learning with the rest of the school in our assembly last Friday. We created a play about the fall of Ngāi Tahu at Kaiapo Pā to Te Rauparaha and his tribe, Ngāti Toa. 

We worked very hard on our play and learning the haka. We would love to know what you thought of our whakaari (play) and this terrible pakanga (battle). 

Pā - Te tikanga o ngā kupu!

Here is a wee clip we made for our school assembly. We made the pikitia when we were learning what the main part of a pā were. We hope you like watching and would love some feedback!!

Haerenga ki Kaiapoi Pā - Nā Yazmin

At Kaiapoi Pā we learned so much from Matua Corban. 

Here are some things I learned about the Pā. 

I hope you like it and please leave me some feedback. 

Ka kite!

Haerenga ki Pā - Nā Nevaeh

I went to Kaiapoi pā and here is something that I learned. 

I hope you like it. Ka kite. :-D

Haerenga ki Kaiapoi Pā - Nā Arabella

I tērā wiki i haere ahau ki te Kaiapoi pā. 

Here is something 

I want you to listen to. 

I hope you enjoy it and make sure you give me some feedback! :-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.