Community As Home - Visual Art Project

As part of our Year 4-8 Visual Art Cultural Group  over the past term, we have been 'Learning, Creating, Sharing' together to complete three final designs that will be on display at Keri Downs Park in Papakura by mid December 2016. 

Check out the slideshow below to see the different stages of the project... 

We will add the photo's of the A2 sized signs once they're up, too!

Learning & Creating: Visual Art linked to Our Topic Inquiry

Learning: Our Wanderings About the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil

This week, we had a KWL discussion about some of the non-human creatures we might find in the tropical rain forest around the 2016 Olympics city of Rio, Brazil...

Here is some of what we already know:
“It is in South America, in the same country as Rio, Brazil. There are anacondas - a huge snake - and piranhas in it. There are crocodiles, and poison frogs - they are blue and orange and red.” ~ Travis
“The proper name for a jungle is a rain forest.” ~ Sharlotte
“There is a type of big cat called a jaguar that lives in the Amazon.” ~ Aaliyah
“There is another cat called a puma that lives in South America.” `~ Ngatokoa

We look forward to sharing our independent research Google Slide efforts with you on our individual blogs later this term! :-)

Sharing: Wai Care Planting Day at Keri Downs

Creating and Sharing: "When I Grow Up"

Our Initial 'Wanderings': Term 2 Topic Inquiry

Our Class Brainstorm!

Papakura Ko Tui Tui and Pink Shirt Day - Anti Bullying Day

Papakura Ko Tui Tui fund raised and organised some pajamas for our students. The students were very grateful and a lot of them decided to wear these to our Pink Shirt Day to help raise for Anti Bullying Day. The students love their onesies, just in time for winter. Thank you to all responsible for this generous donation. We really appreciate it!
And we find small ways to give back! The teachers all dressed in pink too!

Our Inquiry Learning 'Wanderings' About Flight:

"How does a helicopter stay in the air?" - asked by Nepia.
"How does a jet plane's engine work?" - asked by Shania.
"How do you fly a hot air balloon?"  - asked by Shelby.
"How do they keep or fix the planes when they've finished moving people?"  - asked by Colsey.
"How long can planes fly for?" - asked by Lahrenzo.
"How do firework rockets fly?" - asked by Onyx.
"Why did the Wright brothers want to invent the first plane?" - asked by Lyric.
"Why is a space rocket bigger than an aeroplane?" - asked by Fatu.
"Why do aeroplanes need an engine?" - asked by Denzel.
"Why doesn't gravity stop planes from flying up so high?" - asked by Chaye.

White Crosses Commemorative Assembly

This term we had the opportunity to welcome the White Crosses onto our school to mark 100 years since the ANZACs landed in Gallipoli. The White Crosses represent the brave men and women who fought for our country.