In Kahu 2 we have been having a bit of fun with googly eyes around the school. Putting googly eyes on objects to turn them into faces with expression is called 'Eyebombing' The purpose of eyebombing is to spread a little cheer and put a smile on people's faces.
You can learn more about eyebombing in the video below.
The wind was cold like ice cubes as it blew the leaves into a miniature tornado. The bell rang so super loud that I almost turned deaf for a second. I then realised... “Oh no, NOT THE CHILDREN!”There was a ringing in my ears as the children bolted out of their classrooms with hats on their heads and food in their hands.
I looked around to see children making their way to me while having a wicked stare. I blinked for a split second and then detected that a girl’s mouth was coming straight to my lips and then… “Ouch!” My head felt dizzy as I vomited out a disgusting liquid (AKA water). After that I thought“Did he just drink my VOMIT?!?!”
As I tried to recover I could smell a bad odor that smelt EXACTLY like a boy that just came out of the bathrooms. “I hope he has washed his hands with soap and dried them properly.” I thought to myself.
He walked towards me while having a thirsty glare on his face, he suddenly started sprinting towards me and at this moment I feel like it is a slow motion stare off, but wild west style.
After another gross moment of lips all over me, I begged to thy dear Lord “Please let this hour of pain be over, PLEASE!” I didn’t know if he was gonna answer or not but...HE DID! The bell rang and all the children went inside.
By Lola
“Oooooh can you get your filthy hands off my glass? You’re making me dirty!” I thought to myself as these wretched kids were smudging my glass. I really wish that the inside of my glass was as hot as the outside so they can keep their hands of it. I was alright with the children coming inside my sphere but some kids came in with muddy hands from playing on the field or sand from the sandpit. Don't mind my whining, I am just so mad right now.
I wish I had legs to run away because of how sick I am. I hate how the kids scream and squeal. The noise gives me a headache and I always think that someday I will truly be deaf.
Anyway, hi my name is Jefree and I am a bit of a loner but i'm happy with that. I like to hum songs to myself so I can be entertained but the annoying thing is...I have to face the the hot sun without any shade or water.
Heeeey, oh no the bell just rang...and...ohhh no, those kids...they’re comingggg!
By Teylah
The playground was a desert, hot, silent and lonely. The merciless sun stared me down. And like this day couldn't get any worse...“BRRRRRRRRRRRING!”
As soon as the morning tea bell rang the children shot out of their classes, caps on their heads and lunches in their hands. “Oh no! Not Those grubby children! They're going to dirty me with their filthy shoes!” The little children flew straight past me and darted toward the slide, their grins stretching from ear to ear.
I felt relieved that no one wanted to play with me.
Out of the blue a little kid stomped his way towards the climbing wall. “Oh no! Oh no!” I thought to myself as the child gripped onto the rope with his snotty fingers. One by one the shoes stuck onto the wall. Closer and and closer the toe jams inches towards me. “SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH!” teases the smeared, soiled shoes.
Then… “SQUELCH!” and suddenly I have a mud facial. What made it even worse was the sun. It beamed down on me drying the mud. I moved as much as I could, hoping to crack the dry dirt. I prayed to the lord to get this smelly stuff off me.
Suddenly I saw a boy dripping in so much sweat that the moisture even met his shoes. I called him over to me hoping that he’ll stomp on me and wash away all the dirt with a sweat shower. As he walked past me he gave me a glare of disgust and jogged away. Who knew that in one day I could go from shooing to begging the nasty children to climb on me?
As part of our learning about the Kahu we have explored myths and legends that feature this special bird. One of these was Māui and the Goddess of Fire. In this story Māui turns himself into the powerful Kahu to escape a very angry Mahuika after he uses up all of her fire.
After some hot seating and pretend phone converations between the main characters, we worked with a buddy to retell the story in our own words.
What a fantastic day we had on Friday on our whole school trip to Totara Park.
We had a great time in nature searching for native birds as well as spotting cows and rabbits. Luckily we were able to have a lovely swim to help cool us off.
The beginning of they year is always about teamwork and communication. We want to learn in a class where we respect each others ideas and where we feel safe to contribute and participate.
A fun way to learn these skills is through teamwork challenges! Here are a few we started the year with...
In term four Room 8 took on the challenge of another School Kit.
This kit was based on learning around Tuia 250.
Tuia 250 was a commemorative event marking 250 years since Captain James Cook arrived in New Zealand. It provided people opportunities and experiences to learn about voyaging, discovery, the first meetings between Māori and Pakeha as well as the settlement of Aotearoa. The central event was the Tuia 250 Voyage
The main idea of the kit was that everyone sees and experiences events from their own point of view. By exploring the view points of many people that were there on that day when
Captain Cook arrived at Mercury Bay we are able to see that there are more than one perspective on the history of our country.
We spent weeks learning about the characters and how they were linked together as well as some important artifacts from that time. This included plenty of discussion, questioning, research, reading and writing. At the end of our learning we were given the task of creating a museum to share our incredible learning with others. We decided to invite our neighbours Room 7 to our museum. The planning process was exciting. Room 8 had so many great ideas and were in charge of planning the event.
We made signs and tickets
We created playlists of music to help create the right atmosphere at our museum and wrote questions which we turned into a scavenger hunt.
On the day we were VERY excited! We spent time making our classroom look like a museum.
We had security who made sure everyone was following the museum rules and who collected the tickets and gave visitors a stamp. We started off by presenting some of our learning.
The children in Room 7 used the information from our exhibits to answer questions and complete the scavenger hunt.
It was lots of fun and there was plenty of great discussion and learning which took place.
Our judging panel marked the answers as teams finished.
Our museum event and the learning we did about Tuia250 was one of our absolute highlights of the year. It has hopefully changed the way we view things in our world, encouraging us to ask questions and explore multiple perspectives before we come to our own conclusions.
