Te Reo Week 2

Today we learnt about some traditional Marae designs and their meanings. We we practised drawing them as we will be doing some fabulous art next week which incorporates maori designs and geometry. 

Week 1 Te Reo

Welcome Bay School is so blessed to have Whaea Mem working with us for Te Reo Maori. Hub 2 has been learning all the parts that make up our Mihi. Here's what we learnt in week 1. 

Ko Mr Thomson toku Kaiako - Mr Thomson is my Teacher

Ko Mr House toku Tumuaki- Mr House is my Principal

Ko Nivea ahau- My name is Nivea

Spectacular Winter Poems

We are learning to: 

Write poems using our five senses

-Use descriptive language to paint in picture in the readers mind.

Winter looks like sparkling white snow. 

Winter smells like smoke from the fires.

Winter tastes like fresh,freezing ice creams.

Winter sounds like cold wind blowing.

Winter feels like soft snow. 

By Tiaki

Winter looks like wearing hats and scarves.

Winter smells like hot chocolate.

Winter tastes like strawberries dipped in melted chocolate.

Winter sounds like rain drip,drip dripping.

Winter feels like soft snow. 

By Kerri-Lee

Winter looks like snow that you can play in. 

Winter smells like fresh air and nice bread.

Winter tastes like warm bread dipped in hot soup.

Winter sounds like peaceful animals curled up in balls. 

By Olivia. 

Winter feels like people shaking and shivering. 

Winter smells like soup. 

Winter tastes like hot milo. 

Winter sounds like whooooshing wind in the air. 

Winter feels like cold ice on your toes.

By Arlen

Winter looks like balls coming down in the sky. 

Winter smells like people shivering and Mum's cooking. 

Winter tastes like hot milo. 

Winter sounds like howling wind whistling down the chimney. 

Winter feels like playing in the snow. 

By Ariana-Mei

Winter looks like sparkly white snow. 

Winter smells like frozen ice. 

Winter tastes like ice cream

Winter sounds like thunderstorms and wind.

Winter feels like cold ice on your hands. 

By Elly

Winter looks like sugar sprinkled everywhere and white chocolate melted on the ground.

Winter smells like your steaming hot chocolate on the table. 

Winter tastes like your Mum's home made pizza for dinner and delicious steam from Mum cooking. 

Winter sounds like the wind howling and growling through the trees. 

Winter feels like soft snow on your warm gloves. 

By Briar.

Winter looks like snow falling on the wet grass.
Winter smells like snow.
Winter tastes like warm bread.
Winter sounds like whistling wind.
Winter feels like snow stinging on my hands.
By Joey.

Story Time with Constable Emma

Take Flight was lucky enough to have the wonderful Constable Emma come and read to us. She read two exciting stories linking to our ongoing focus on social emotional intelligence. The first story was about friendship and being nice to everyone, even if they are different from you. The second story was about sharing and taking turns. 

Oobleck

Take Flight learners have loved 2015's science focus and writing about their experiments. One of their favourites was making 'dancing oobleck'. It was such a simple and fun thing to make and generated rich and creative vocabulary about the look, feel and smell of the oobleck. It would be a great one to try at home on the weekend and very simple, just mix water, cornflour and food colouring.