Category: Hanga | Create

As part of our inquiry learning, we got to model and make the insect we studied out of clay. I found out about butterflies and other people in my class found out about worms and snails. We painted them beautiful colors and we will put them into the habitats we made out of recyclable boxes. Lastly, we will put them on display in our classroom. I am so proud of my creation and can’t wait to show my family in the learning conversations coming up.

During our inquiry learning we made pic collages to show what our insect of choice eats and where it lives. 

During our Inquiry time in Rongo-mā-tāne, we got to choose an insect to find out about. We joined groups and shared our wonderings about butterflies, snails, and worms. We shared our questions with other groups and listened to what they had brainstormed. My favorite part about this process in our inquiry was listening to other students’ ideas and sharing my own. I am really excited to find out more about my bug with the other members of my group.

This week our kaiako have been leading us through answering our wonderings of “Where does my insect live? What does the habitat of my insect look like?”.

During choice and challenge on a Friday students in Rongo-mā-Tane have been going to an activity of their choice! Some choices include card making, sherbet, play dough, dodgeball, football, lego, board games, sock puppets, forky making, and iPads. Asha and Violet reported to our class that their favourite part of Cafe Rāwhiti was eating the pancakes and dipping them into their milos. Leilani loved making sherbet with students from other studios! Isabel and Charlie have reported from their blog writing group that they love going to dodgeball because they get to verse other studios and play speed rounds. 

With the winter weather coming in at full force lots of the students have chosen indoor dodgeball in the hall with the help of our remarkable seniors.