Response from Jacinda Ardern!!!

 Hi all, hope you have had a safe and happy Christmas/New Year. At the end of last year, some children in Miss Goslin's homeroom wrote and sent letters to Jacinda Ardern about Plastic Pollution (see post below). Today I have received some exciting news! See her response below.

Letters to Jacinda Ardern!

Kia ora team, today we sent off some of our letters to the Prime Minister (Jacinda Ardern).  These are to do with our Inquiry Topic and plastic pollution. We are hopeful that we get a reply! This has been an awesome experience for our tamarki to discuss the idea of persuasive letter writing and learning more about our government.

 

Summer Learning Journey

 

Kick Start  Learn  Watch: colouring time lapse  Create Art Colouring Book: choose an image to colour.  Download a copy to your Chromebook  Take a screen shot of the original Art   Describe why you chose a different colour for one of the objects in the painting. Share  Upload your Art and a screenshot of the original and label each image. Insert your description in your post Watch: create your blog post.

Step It Up Learn  Watch: Elements of Art Read: Elements of Art Use the Zoom Tool Look closely at the original image you chose to colour. What do you see?   Create  Art Colouring Book: choose an image to colour. Write a description of the Art you chose using as much detail as you can from the elements of art.  Share Upload your Art and a screenshot of the original and label each image. Insert your description in your post Watch: create your blog post.

Rakau with Whakarua 1 and 2

Today we started learning about rakau through our Music and Te reo unit. We composed our own 'Winter Melody' after learning about syllables. We then clapped out the rhythm and practised using our rakau to beat it out. Check out Sophia and Adele's take on their Winter Melody.

 

Yeah The Boys!

 Good luck to Eli, Mesake and Frank who are heading off to Zones today for Athletics. We are so proud of you boys! Sorry to the girls who I couldn't find them to get a photo off before they took off this morning.

Circle time in Whakarua 2 today

 

Dysharn - 'I think Aliens are real'

 

Learning about marine life and plastic pollution

Today we had a visitor called Erica who came and taught us about how we can look after marine life. First, we watched a video about plastic pollution and how it affects sea animals. Then we did a group activity where we had to look at pictures of pollution and talk about what the picture was showing, and what consequences this could have. 

The main points we took away from this session was:

• Jellyfish and plastic bags look really similar. Sea animals get them confused and end up eating plastic bags.
• That plastic doesn't completely break down - it becomes little plastic pellets.
• We can help to save marine life by reusing plastics.
• There is a huge pile of rubbish in the ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is so thick, that people could lie on it and float.
• We can recycle hard plastics.
• We found out that turtles have acid in their stomach that can digest jellyfish, but it can't digest plastic. 

We loved having Erica come and teach us about plastic pollution, she was so nice and helpful. Here are some pictures of us completing our group activity.

Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.

Whakarua 1 and 3 Calendar art

Whakarua 2 and 4 Calendar Art (Mrs McIntyre and Miss Vermaak/Hodgson)

Scroll through to see your child's calendar art. This can be made into a calendar, diaries, mouse pads or sketch pads as part of the PTA fundraiser. For now, view the art and decide whether you want to order. Order forms have been sent home, please see the office if you need another form. If your child's art is not here, it will be by the end of this week.

Reading in Whakarua 2 Today

 Beware, there may be a monster in your child's bag! !