Category: Hanga | Create

Ngā mihinui ki a koutou katoa i haere mai ki te tautoko i te rā whakanui o te Kirihimete. Thank you to everyone who came along to support us during the Christmas parade, we really appreciate everyone who gave up time on their Saturday to come along. We sang our waiata to a huge crowd of people and the kids did a fantastic job. Tau kē!

During mindfulness with Erica this year we have covered a range of very useful mindfulness tools to help keep us calm and focussed in class. During our last session Erica talked about the survival brain which is centred in reacting quickly when we feel scared, threatened or upset. We then talked about times that we all might have gone into our survival brain and how we can come out of this mode in order to be calm and active learners in class. Erica then talked about our pre-frontal cortex or our calm brain and how it is responsible for higher level thinking like learning, planning and making good decisions. We used mirimiri or massage to bring us into a calm state, and we then looked at mindful eating and paying attention to the smells, sounds, texture and taste of our food. Thank you for an awesome year of mindfulness Erica!

A big thank you to Jen who came in and helped our tamariki make a catching game out of plastic bottles, and another thanks to Angela for coming in and helping our tamariki to make Jelly fish out of plastic bottles. The kids loved these projects and we will be showcasing these creations on our day of action coming up on Friday.

Ngā mihinui and massive thanks to our awesome tamariki and parents who came out to help do a beach clean up last week. We managed to collect 4 sacks full of plastic in between North Beach and the Pier. Well done! Our marine environment will be healthier thanks to you. Remember, microplastics or very small pieces of plastic can harm wild life too, as these pieces are small enough for animals to swallow. Once swallowed, these small pieces of plastic stay in the animals stomach until it dies. So no matter how small the piece of rubbish might be, always make sure you place it in the rubbish bin.

Our kōtiro in have been learning a new poi for the next Kapa Haka performance coming up towards the end of this term. You can find the waiata called Rona on YouTube if you would also like to practise at home. See link below.

Waita Poi – Rona

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to help during clean up week, all together we managed to fill x8 sacks full of rubbish from our local park. Well done koutou! Papatuanuku will be healthier thanks to your efforts. Remember plastic pollution is an ongoing threat to our environment, and it will help us all in the long run to keep NZ New Zealand Beautiful. See website for more info on how to stay active in your community. https://www.knzb.org.nz/

This week we were lucky enough to have one of our amazing parents come into class to show us how to make our own flowers out of plastic bottles! We will also be making jelly fish out of plastic bottles next week. A massive thank you and mihinui to Angela for your time with us.