Rangikapiti Pa Tree planting

Rangikapiti Pa Tree planting

Our school is involved with looking after the Rangikapiti reserve. 

Some students help with the trapping of pests and planting trees.

Some senior students - Tyrell, Nico and Nikki-Boy learnt how to plant a tree properly then they made a video for us to watch so we could know too. 

We went to Rangikapiti and learnt about the importance of looking after our native bush and how we can help by planting trees.

The senior boys helped us with the planting.

It was really good to feel like we are helping!

When were finished we walked up to the top of Rangikapiti Pa and looked at our Moana ataahua (beautiful Moana).

Clay - Process Art

We got the clay out on Friday.

We did so much learning in such a relaxing environment. 

There was no expectation of a finished product. It was the process of experimenting with the clay and finding out the properties of the clay and what different tools we could use that was the focus. 

The tamariki were kaitiaki of each other too by sharing and discussing ideas.

 

Here are some of the comments I heard:
This is soooo relaxing.
This is soooo nice.
Mine is so smooth.
Feel mine.
Do you want some?
Here have some of mine.
Mine is going hard.
Add some water because that makes it go soft again.

The week the Giant came to school.

The Week the Giant came to Pukeko class. 

We read stories and poems about Giants. The giant wrote us a letter. We had to measure his foot prints. We designed traps to try and catch him. We drew a map for him and wrote places on the map so he could find his way around our town. We wrote him a letter to find out more about him and we painted what we thought he might look like. We even went on a Giant hunt looking for clues. 

Learning is fun in Pukeko class.

Measuring his foot prints. 

Making traps to try and catch the Giant. 

We worked collaboratively with our friends. We needed to think critically to think of ways in which our traps would work or might not work. 

A letter from the Giant.

Drawing a map for the Giant and writing on them. 

Pukeko tamariki wrote to the Giant to find out more about him. 

We used question marks. We left spaces, sounded out words and found words around the room. Some of us had two ideas. We love writing! 

We did some amazing paintings showing what we thought the giant looked like. 

P.S. I don't think this will be the last we hear of this giant.