Tangaroa’s Gift Art

This term, we read Tangaroa’s Gift as part of our Seaweek learning. We started with chalk to create swirly waves. Then we used pastels and paper towels to blend our colours. Next came the green and yellow pastel for the seaweed, then the blue dye to create the underwater scene. The paua was another process. We added designs to our paua, coloured them in, then scrunched up tissue paper to add effect and volume to our artwork. Finally, we added beads, and Whaea Deb added a sprinkle of glitter to finish them off. Our paua nestled amongst the seaweed under the ocean make our classroom look like an undersea garden. Tino pai to pikitia ngā tamariki!

Beeswax Wraps with Cathy and Whaea Jen

Today, we had Cathy and Whaea Jen visit our class to talk about the problem with Plastic in our oceans and alternatives that we could use instead of plastic. The tamariki talked about Glad Wrap in their lunch boxes, and Cathy showed the class beeswax re-usable wraps. The tamariki were so excited to make their own using cloth, fabric pens, and then dipped in beeswax. We had a few bees try and come to see what was happening but we managed to get through the session without one bee sting. The class are looking forward to using their wraps ASAP!

Ngā mihi nui to Cathy and Whaea Jen from CBEC for coming to share there learning with us and to Whaea Jade and Mrs Stevenson for organising this cool kaupapa for Te Manga!

                    

Happy Birthday Mrs Dane!

We celebrated Mrs Dane’s special birthday today with a fantastic assembly. It was really lovely for all of us to be part of her special day, and the tamariki wrote very sweet messages for her card. I think she will have a great birthday if she even gets half of what Te Manga are offering!

Rippa Rugby – Arnold Rae Park

What an awesome day of Rippa Rugby at Arnold Rae Park! With 57 enthusiastic tamariki from Te Manga and Te Tinana spread across six teams, the action was non-stop. Each team played five exciting games, showing off their speed, skills, and teamwork.

The whānau support was incredible, creating a wonderful atmosphere for our players. It was fantastic to hear so many positive comments from referees and supporters about the great behaviour and sportsmanship on display. The tamariki gave it their all, and their hard work and dedication shone through in every match.

A huge ngā mihi nui to the organisers for putting together such a fantastic event. Ka mau te wehi, everyone! 🏉👏

Young Ocean Explorers

We are learning about the ocean for Sea Week and the problem of plastic in our oceans. This is the link to our learning if you’d like to take a look – Learning LINK .

We are taking part in the Young Ocean Explorers class challenge with schools throughout NZ. The challenge is for everyone to pick up at least one piece of plastic rubbish each day. The tamariki have a brown paper bag for collecting this rubbbish each day. As part of the challenge we log our rubbish and watch the national graph rise. The tamariki have been amazed at just how much plastic rubbish is around if you really look.

We have been collecting for 16 days and so far we have gathered 1170 pieces of plastic rubbish!

Check out our photos …

Happy St Patricks Day from Te Manga

St. Patrick’s Day is always a blast, especially when we get to dress up and have some fun! It’s a day when we can all wear our brightest greens, maybe add a cheeky shamrock or two, and even pop on a leprechaun hat if we’re feeling extra festive. Our class enjoyed the dress up and learning about St. Patrick’s Day through our Kahoot quiz! It was awesome to see everyone so engaged and eager to learn using Kahoot.

Our outfits are certainly a lot greener than our grass at the moment!

 

Tractor Trek and Think and Be Me Show

The students had an amazing day last Thursday as the Tractor Trek came to school with Cat Levine and the Think and Be Me Show.

First up, the Tractor Trek. Our tamariki were wide-eyed with wonder as a convoy of  tractors of all shapes and sizes rumbled onto the field. The tamariki loved getting up close to the machines and even getting a chance to sit in the driver’s seat. A huge thank you to the Tractor Trek organisers and the generous tractor owners for sharing their passion with us! Ngā mihi nui to Leahana (Josiah’s mum) for taking such cool photo’s of our class.

    

 

The students were then treated to the Think and Be Me Show which included participation by lots of our own students and Whaea Jade too. This interactive and engaging show delivered powerful messages about resilience, self-belief, and celebrating our unique qualities. We are using Think and Be Me strategies to help us notice how we feel and strategies to help us manage our feelings. The characters Worry Watchdog, Angry Dragon and Cool Cat have been wonderful in helping learn the strategies. (Click on the link above to visit our class site)