Turangawaewae - where do we belong and how do we find out?

We have begun researching our own family's culture and where we have come from. We are interviewing our grandparents and uncles and aunts and family in other countries to see what we can find out about what it was like growing up. When we have a lot of information - together we will share and compare our findings.

Vector and Safety around electricity - be smart everyone!

R14 and R15 were really interested in the facts behind how we connect to electricity and how much goes into our houses! 

Elspeth from Vector was a great presenter with so many facts and stories to tell us. Did you know we are 70% water?

Eliza, Adam and Lucas tried on the special electricity resistant clothes the Electrical Engineers wear when they are working on our power lines. Leather and rubber materials are protective fabrics for the clothes they wear. 

GET NZ Writing wings its way to Wellington.

Do you know where Khandallah is in New Zealand? Can you find it on a map?

Here are Maddie and Courtney delivering the Courier bag to the office. It is full of our Sticky Word Poems written on postcards and a huge class poster all about us. This will be picked up by the Courier and sent to Wellington to Khandallah School. We hope they enjoy reading our poetry!

Waiata and Te Reo at the Marae

And we are all online - Hooray!

Our subject was a Tree Hut design based on the story The Tree Hut Treaty. Mrs Trembath has been teaching us how to login to our Google Drive and this is our first activity to practice our ICT skills. Mrs Trembath is really impressed with how we persevered and believed we could do it without her help. Ka pai tamariki! You have really shown your Mana this time!

This is our first try at using Google Draw. We have played around with the tools of the app and look what we have created all by ourselves.

Tinker time - woohoo - collaborative and creative learning!

Edisons - read a simple code and create a journey. Lots of experimentation here, Mrs Trembath gave no instructions. We had children teach their skills to the next little group.

Patience and creativity here. And on such a hot afternoon a little mindfulness too. 

Beading requires careful planning and patterning.

This group started to add lego pieces to their edisons and add some of their own personality!