Te Ara Whanake 2017

Our Studio is all ready for the term ahead. Our first week was full of learning around School Gen. Ahead we are looking forward to swimming lessons, our trip to Orana Park. We have just started our PBL (Problem Based Learning) centred around a Christmas theme. Please feel free to ask me about it. What are you looking forward to the most this term?

Athletics in Te Ara Whānake We have been learning to run, jump and throw further, higher, faster and more accurately. We loved learning games in class where we had to think, move and communicate! We had some experts teaching us.... Today we put our new skills together in our Athletics Fun Day. Ask me about the fun events. What was your favourite activity today?

This week our studio has been joining in with the rest of the school with te Reo maori week. Each afternoon we have gathered together to share mihi, sing waiata, and try different experiences including weaving, poi, rakau, maori yoga, using language, and more! Which was your favourite activity? What was the hardest to learn?

We love learning all of the strands of the arts in Te Ara Whānake. We learn music, drama, dance and visual arts. We are so lucky to have Miss Mackenzie teaching us visual arts.  This term we have been learning about drawing and line. Here are some pics of what we are doing. This art work will be turned into Calendar Art that you can buy! This is a fundraiser for the school. Come on in and have a look sometime! Question: What is your favourite strand of the arts to learn at school.

Fitness in Te Ara Whanake We love doing fitness and know how important it is for our health, so even when it's raining and cold outside we take time to get active. We all get together and dance our way through some fun Go Noodle activities. We even have competitions sometimes. Check out how much fun we are having!

Today is our last day of having Miss Lynn in our studio as a student teacher. For the last five weeks we have really enjoyed having her to teach us new things including letter writing, health and more! We loved having your energy and smile in the classroom each day. We will miss you Miss Lynn!

Maths Time in Te Ara Whānake Maths time in Te Ara Whānake is a busy and active time. First we start with basic facts. Be careful not to talk. Everyone is working really hard to answer as many questions as they can in 6 minutes. We are aiming to get a better score than we did they day or week before. Next we practise our times tables. We enjoy singing our times tables to help us remember how to skip count. Here is a link to one of our favourites. We can solve 3x tables problems by remembering this song.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVyBQ5uTbo This term we are learning about fractions. We are topping up our fractions knowledge by learning things like reading, drawing and ordering fractions. Our teachers are really pleased with how much we have learned in the last few weeks. Now it's time to solve some fractions problems.  Our teachers give us real life problems to solve. First we have to figure out what the problem is. Then think...