Koru by Anchorage Park 1

We have studied Maori culture for the past 2 weeks. We have made Koru pictures with printing, shells, playdoh and pipe cleaners.  We have also done flax weaving, Maori stick games and explored poi, we found out about traditional clothes too. It has been so much fun!

We even made moko and ta moko masks and pictures of ourselves. India said she was putting koru shapes on hers.  Good remembering India!

Next week we learn about Scottish culture, that's where Rose Anne is from.

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Tiana'a Poi by Anchorage Park Room 1

We have looked at Kiwi culture in our Around the World project and now, since Tiana is part Maori, we are looking at Maori culture. It is very interesting and when she brought in her poi it was a perfect opportunity to watch some videos of dances with poi and to practice using some too. Annabelle and Lande quickly made up a few and we all got to practice and find out more about Tiana's cultural background. Tiana is so proud of her poi, they are beautiful Tiana!

 We will also be doing lots more Maori art, Maori stick games and will be finding out all about the traditional clothes and music as well as making sure we all learn some new Te reo words or phrases.

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Go Sophie Go! by Anchorage Park Room 2 Satellite

We went to the Confidence Course this morning to do our exercise. At the beginning

Sophie wanted to hold on tightly to an adult, when she moved along the balance beam.

Ten minutes later Sophie was moving along the balance beam by herself!

Well done Sophie! You can do it by yourself!

What a busy week! Anchorage Park Room 1

This week we have been really busy learning and having lots of fun. 

In cooking we made and ate spaghetti on toast, it as really yummy!  After cooking we went outside for developmental, we practiced more pouring at the sand and water tables.

In music we listened to some music from around the world. Tiana loved the bagpipe music and started to dance and Opi really got into the Indian music. Matt loved playing the shakers and Senele loved banging his drum while India had great rhythm with her instrument. 

We went out to the obstacle course to show Yolande how we balanced, climbed crawled and jumped and did a great job following instructions. 

Our star award winner this week was Senele for amazing reading and lots of talking. He read his books well all week and is recognising his sight words amazingly! 

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We've been using our fantastic obstacle course and improving our coordination and ball skills. It has been a lot of fun and we are getting very good at balancing, climbing, throwing and catching and lots of other skills!

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Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori by Anchorage Park

This week we have been celebrating Maori Language Week. We have been learning our numbers in Maori, our days of the week and a lot more phrases too. We have also been reading and singing 'If You're Kiwi And You Know It' in English and Maori and matching the Maori animal names with the right animal.  We have also been doing Maori crafts which have been very interesting for all of us. Coming from Scotland, this is my first Maori Language Week and I have been learning so much!

Amazing Animals by Anchorage Park Room 1

We went on a trip to the zoo with room 2 after learning about all sorts of wild animals this term.  We saw so many animals and loved watching them.  We have been learning all about where the different animals live and what they eat  so it was really exciting to see them walking, hiding and swimming.

Our veggie patch by Anchorage Park Room 1

This week we went to our veggie patch with room 2 to plant some carrots, brussel sprouts and cauliflower. First we dug a trench for the carrot seeds. The seeds were in a paper ribbon so we put it in the trench and then covered them up. Next some people dug holes for the brussel sprouts and cauliflower plants and put them in and covered the bottom of them. At the end we put a bird net over our veggie patch so the birds don't eat our seeds or delicious vegetables.

Our Vegetable Patch by Anchorage Park Room 1

This week we went to our veggie patch with room 2 to plant some carrots, brussel sprouts and cauliflower. First we dug a trench for the carrot seeds. The seeds were in a paper ribbon so we put it in the trench and then covered them up. Next some people dug holes for the brussel sprouts and cauliflower plants and put them in and covered the bottom of them. At the end we put a bird net over our veggie patch so the birds don't eat our seeds or delicious vegetables.

Working and playing hard by Anchorage Park Room 1

Today we wrote about the animals that we have been studying from the Savannah.  We used the smart board to find the right words or letters to match the sentence'.  The smart board only says our sentence when we press the full stop.

Later on we had 'Developmental' and we played with our new purple kinetic sand, built with Lego and practiced our fine motor skills linking up a barrel of monkeys. It was really fun! You can build up the sand then it starts to slowly collapse. We loved playing and watching it.

PE Time by Anchorage Park

Netball, cricket, soccer - balls, balls everywhere

How Lucky Are We by Anchorage Park Room 2

Jakob is trying one of the new 2 wheeler bikes that were donated to Sommerville.