Parachute Fun

Today at Discovery Time we used the parachute. It was great fun - we worked together to make the parachute go up and down and round and round. We played lots of parachute games.

Our Trip to Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Today we went on a bus to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery with Kindle 1. Mr Neumegen met us and took us into the art gallery. He greeted us in Māori and showed us some of the art works in the gallery. We saw an painting of Sam Hunt (the poet) by Robin White and practised standing like he is standing in the picture. We saw a glittery art work by Reuben Paterson, a beautiful carved box, a modern art work with a waka huia in it, a colourful painting of some weaving - which looked a bit like roads and bridges, some maori jewellery and some photos of Aorangi Mount Cook. Mr Neumegen read us part of a Maori legend about Aorangi. We went into the classroom and watched some films about flax (harakeke), weaving and korowai making. Then we set to work making our own korowai using either warm or cool colours. They look amazing with the dye, feathers, shells and fur. When it was time to go we sang a waiata for Mr Neumegen in the foyer of the art gallery. The visiting cruise ship passengers thought it was great.

Value of the Term

Welcome to Kindle 2 for 2016

Sorting and Counting

At maths time the children chose some maths equipment and sorted it into groups. They talked about their sorting. Some children sorted by colour and some sorted by shape.

Preparing for 2016

Here are the soft toys on the line at Mrs Dakers house. Luckily we had some great weather in the holidays.

Kindle 2 in the Christmas Holidays

This is what our classroom looks like after the carpet cleaners have been and before the furniture is arranged....