Kahikatea Jump shots

More Garden Kai

 

 

Here is some of the learning we did around the different ingredients for the juice including finding out health benefits and other recipes for those ingredients.

ASB Getwise

Kahikatea hub were lucky enough to have Marlon from ASB Getwise to come and teach us about how to save and earn money. It was great learn what skills we can use now, as children, to be able to help us when we are older too.

PS We had Getwise the same day as PJ and slipper day. That is why we are in funny outfits!

Ako Whanau Gallagher label designs

For our topic this term, Moola, we have been learning about and creating products to sell at our Online Craft Market.

Lots of learning has already happened. We have learnt about finding recipes, costing ingredients, branding, packaging... just to name a few! 

When used all our knowledge to make labels for our pizza dough and fresh pasta products. We used comments to place our votes and voila! Matai's label was voted the winner. Do you agree? Who would you vote for and why?

Online Shopping with the Juniors

For our Moolah topic, we have learnt about researching products to compare and buy them online. We learnt the difference between sorting prices Low to High compared to sorting by Unit Price.

With what we know, we used our Chromebooks to teach Junior students what they could spend up to $2 from New World. It was lots of fun to work with younger students. We even helped with some of their learning while there.

Garden Kai

Outside our hub we have the Senior School garden. There has been lots of kai growing in the garden and we have been lucky enough to try it!

First we researched the different plants and the recipe for egg fried rice. We learnt how the different vegetables were healthy, how they grow and what foods they can be used in.

Duffy Books Fathers Competition

 

 Enter our Fathers Day Competition!

Popcorn Containers

This term we will be creating items to sell at an online craft market to fundraise for the Senior School Camp.

As a practise, we designed and created containers to hold and sell popcorn. We then advertised our popcorn using Billboards.

Interschool Basketball

Some of our senior students played in an Inter-school tournament recently. Thank you so much to Joel (Jasiah's dad) who helped our team develop their understanding of defensive play and coached us on the day. We played six games, winning five and one draw. Papakura Central were the overall winners and the team represented our school with pride. 

Players: Jasiah A, Shebaz, Tino, Zoe, Hayley R, Riki, Kobe, Matai, Blake, William and James

Ki o Rahi

Kahikatea hub have been lucky enough to be learning how to play Ki o Rahi. Ki o Rahi is a great game which involves lots of running, ripping tags, shooting and scoring tries. Ms Ghent and Miss G have been learning how to referee the game too. Everyone is learning!

There is a great story behind Ki o Rahi. Click here to read or watch the legend for yourself!

You might want to learn the rules. Click here to read about the rules.

We will be uploading photos of us playing soon so stay tuned!

Senior School Haka

We have been learning Papakura Haka! Here is our first time practising together as a whole senior team. Our Senior Kapa Haka leaders have been helping our Middle school and Junior school students learn how to perform our haka, they have shown excellent leadership skills and all students are enjoying working together.

Greeks and Creatures

This week in Kahikatea hub we have been learning about the Ancient Greek culture. We have used some of this knowledge to create and/or describe creatures.

Here are some students exploring characters in other stories including Percy Jackson.

 

Here is the research the Olive completed for her chosen creature, the centaur.

Look at the student blogs for more creatures facts and writing!

Day 22 Off to the Movies!

Kia ora e te whanau!

Our last online learning learning day for most of us, I hope you all make it your best work yet! Enjoy getting creative and have some fun!

Day 21 Dinosaurs LCS

Day 19- Natural Disasters!

Here is your learning for today!

Day 17 Science!

Hope you all enjoy trying some of these experiments today, there is a taste test one that seems weird! We look forward to seeing all your observations.

Day 16 Learn Create Share Sports

How to create a symmetrical shape

Olive has created this video to show you how to create a symmetrical shape. Give it a go and show us what you can create!

Day 14-Food

Here is your today's Learn Create Share on Food!

Day 13 May the fourth be with you

We are getting a spacey today... To infinity and beyond!

Fly Like an Eagle

Liam created a stunning work of art using leaves and other forms of nature from his garden. He captured the scale of the eagles wingspan perfectly! Excellent job Liam!

Art at Home

Check out Cruze and TJ's art and design from today's learning. I was very impressed with all of their creating, but what stands out is the professional finish. The way they set out their slides to showcase their work is wonderful.

Day 12 Art and Design at Home!

Hi everybody!

Here is the Learn Create Share for Friday, have fun creating and designing awesome art!

April's Amazing Animation!

Check out this awesome animation April created! I really like the part where they go down the slide, excellent computer skills April!

Hayley R and her Writing

Hayley R shared her ideas about what an Axolotl would be like in real life. I really enjoyed her opening sentence, describing the creature as "different, happy, and unique" awesome mahi Hayley R!

What is this description of?

Brooke has written this fantastic description.

What do you think this could be describing?

The body looks like a frog however the colour of its body is
like a really really pale skin colour.

Its feet are the same colour as the body. Also its feet look
like sharp claws.

It has really tiny eyes that are blue which the right one is far
on the right and the left one is far on the left to.

The creature its self looks really small

Looks like a sea creature also it doesn't have a nose.

On its head it has pink fluffy looking tentacles. its head looks
like a potato and the size of a potato but a potato facing on its
side. The colour of its head is the same as the rest of the body.

Its mouth looks like a line with a littile bit of curve to it and
has no lips.

Day 11 Learn Create Share : Sign language

Riki's song

Riki combined Old Town Road and his love of beyblades to create his own song.

Here is your today's Learn Create Share on Living Creatures!

Matai's poem about Free diving

Freediving

It’s a good day to rukuruku it a good day to go,

The kātao is in a blue lovely flow,

And the kina has a nice juicy roe,

Going down to the depths to hopuhopu the kaimoana,

Having fun as a young diver,

I like the tipa they are really yum,

But I like diving It’s just as fun.

Tangaroa

Jasiah wrote this poem about Tangaroa.

A Soldiers Diary Entry

Leilani wrote a diary as if she was the soldier preparing for war. Well done.

ANZAC Creation

Koshik has been super creative this week, and with his Mum's help he combined two create activities today. A beautiful wreath and yummy ANZAC biscuits, great job whanau!

Papakura Haka Time!

Cruze and TJ have made this tino pai video showing us how to haka Papakura syles! So awesome to see these two perform this with such mana and pride!

Ka rawe te mahi korua!
Play

Day 8 ANZAC

Kia ora kids!

Today's learning is all about ANZAC. It is a bit special as you can complete it with siblings, family or friends who are in the middle school. There are a few slides just for the Senior students though.

ANZAC Day will be remembered a bit differently this year with New Zealanders all around the world standing at dawn in their homes, gardens or driveways.

Day 7 Online Akoranga

Kia ora e te whanau!

Here is our mahi for Day 7, hope you have a tino pai day!

Day 6 Learn Create Share Get Moving!

Here is todays learning have fun!

Baking time!

Kia ora Kahikatea krew!

Miss G here! Like some of you, I have busy baking during lockdown. I baked some delicious ANZAC biscuits this afternoon. I left them to cool down as I went to a meeting... when I came back, half had disappeared! I'm off to make some chocolate chip biscuits now and hopefully they'll last a bit longer!!

P.S. If you make or do something to do with ANZAC this week, take some photos ready for Friday :) I am going to try to make ANZAC muffins.

Mihi Maker

Kia ora Cruze, tino pai mahi! ka rawe koe!

Cruze used coding and his whakapapa to create an amazing pepeha. It uses a computer game format, check it out!

Pet Goats!

Kia ora e te whanau

Here are some pictures of Emily's pet goats, I think it's interesting that one has a stripe down his back, Thank you Emily for sharing,

Do you have a pet at home? Do they do funny things? Pets are great company, send us a picture of your pet playing or just being cute!

New Teacher Aide

Kia ora, everyone! 
My name’s Mr Kelly and I will be joining your class when we get back to school. I am from England and I used to work in a primary school in a city called York. I like to play sports including cricket and soccer (I’m still not used to calling football ‘soccer’) and I like being in the outdoors so I love being in and exploring New Zealand! I am really looking forward to working with and meeting you all so hopefully that will happen soon. In the meantime, stay safe.

If you have any questions or to just introduce yourself, feel free to do some in the comments below :)

Day 4 - All about Family

Here is your learning for today. Today you are going to learn all about family. On top of each slide, it says how many tasks you need to complete for the day. Have fun in creating different things around your family especially your Family Tree.




 

Day 3: Resilience and our emotions

Here is your learning for today. Lots of chances for you to pick and choose what you learn and create today. At the end, there are some links to places where you get can read and watch the news for children.

Day 2: Chocolate!

Welcome to day 2 of our online learning journey!
Today we are exploring everything chocolate, there are a lot of different tasks and different levels to choose from. We have 3D design, Maths thinking, Reading,Writing and Art to enjoy!

Have a fantastic chocolately day!

Welcome to Day 1 of term 2

Here is today's Learn Create Share on SUGAR!

Online Learning Information

Kia ora koutou!

Here is a little video to welcome you all back to Term 2 and into online learning!

Please check out our class site https://sites.google.com/papakura-central.school.nz/khh2020/home
for all your learning needs and to connect with your teacher on Google Hangout Meets between 9:00am and 10:00am every week day.

Kia kaha, we got this!

Is Mr Fish Dancing??

Kia ora e te whanau!!!

I hope all of you and the people at home are enjoying the extra time together to do stuff!
Here is Mr Fish who has been living in a new smaller tank since school closed. I thought he would be a little upset at how much smaller it was, but he seems to be having a lot of fun in his new environment. His rock is still the absolute favourite place for Mr Fish to chill and take a break from his world. But, there is something a little different about this smaller tank that has Mr Fish dancing! Yes , I believe he is dancing!

Please comment on what you see in the video, do you agree with me? Or is there another explanation...

Stay tuned for more videos...not just Mr Fish ones!

Something VERY strange is happening: a Mr Fish update

Dear Kakihatea children,

Something VERY strange is happening.

This week there weren't many children in the class and then there were none at all! As I hid in my rock spying, everyone kept talking about not coming to school AT ALL for a while. I was very worried that I was going to be left at school by myself with no one to spy on and worse, no one to feed me. I jump out of my tank to look for food when I am hungry.

Then Ms Ghent took me on an adventure. I DO NOT like adventures and only like staying in my tank. Now I am in a new classroom with only 3 people, Ms Ghent, Ms Ghent's husband and their daughter, Willow. It is a very strange classroom as there is a kitchen next to where I am staying. They call it their house. There are no bells and the humans are always here. I guess I will have to get used to it.

Where are you all?! Do you have a fish at your house too? Do you also have a nice rock to hide in?

Mr Fish
(Sometimes known as Brownie)

What are you reading?

Mōrena!

Miss G here. I have something to admit. I have NEVER read a David Walliams book... but during the lockdown, I am changing this! David Walliams is releasing a free audio story each day for the next month. I've heard all about Grubby Gertrude from the World's Worst Children. I hope all of you are keeping clean so that you don't get gross like her! Here is the link if you also want to listen:
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

I thought this would be a great chance for you to share some of your favourite stories. In the comments below, comment:
What books do you recommend and why?
What are your favourite books on Epic? Why should we read them?

Excitingly, your parents can sign up to Epic for FREE until the 30th of June so you can do as much reading as you like! Children can also listen to some books for free on Audible. Here is the link: https://www.audible.com/ep/kids-audiobooks

Enjoy your reading,
Miss G

Keeping yourself moving

Ata mārie!

It is quite difficult to stay at home and not move about! The teachers at PCS have challenged each other to keep moving each day. We are trying to spell out our name each day. Some of us have easier names than others. You might like to challenge yourself and some others to try the same. If you are unsure of how to complete some of the exercises, Youtube has videos that show you how.

In England, children and their whanau have been completing PE with Joe Wicks each day. Lots of parents are realising how much you have to move when doing PE and Fitness! Here is the link if you want to try it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8&list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

How are you keeping yourself active?

Keep moving,
Ms Ghent and Miss G

Lockdown update

Kia ora kids! 

Hope you are all staying inside your homes and finding some interesting things to do. Keep checking the class blog and hub site for updates. School holidays have been moved so they from the 30th of March to the 14th of April. On the 14th of April, check the hubsite and/or this blog to find out about how your online learning will look.

Miss Gallagher has been using the lockdown to spend extra time talking to her family and friends and playing her favourite board game, Rummikub! Ms Ghent has been setting up a bedroom for the new member of her home for the next little while... Mr Fish (sometimes known as Brownie)! He is staying in his holiday house but got to bring his favourite rock with him so he is very happy.

What have you all been up to?

Just a reminder of the Kawa of Care. Here is the student section for you to reread. Your emails are a great way to keep in contact with each other but make sure you remember to be kind to one another :) The teachers are going to use this time to do some learning about some new special features on Hapara so can't wait to tell you about them.

Stay safe,
Miss G and Ms Ghent

Lockdown Learning

Kia ora! Welcome to your online learning for 2020. 

This week complete your Reading, Writing and Maths tasks as normal. Remember to save your work in your folders and post the finished learning on your blog. Ms Ghent and Miss Gallagher will be checking in to see how and what you are doing. You can also check each other's blogs and comment.

School holidays are from the 30th of March to the 14th of April. See back here or the hub site for our Online learning from the 14th of April. 

Any questions feel free to email Miss Gallagher (c.gallagher@papakuracentral.school.nz) and/or Ms Ghent (s.ghent@papakuracentral.school.nz).

Stay safe,

Ms Ghent and Miss G

The worst thing we had ever done Writing

Kahikatea hub was lucky enough to get a School kit called Get NZ Writing. The first task was to write a poem about the worst thing we had ever done. Here are some of our creations!



We loved using Canva to present them and getting creative about what we had done!

Plant sketches

Kahikatea hub has been learning about plants including the parts of and what is needed to look after plants.

For our task this afternoon, we started sketches of different plants by our hub. Miss Gallagher had a turn at creating a sketch.

We are going to practise giving each other feedback about our designs by commenting on each others art, by commenting on our blogs.

Please leave some positive, thoughtful and helpful comments about my drawing. 

Strange new fruit

Kahikatea hub was lucky enough to be gifted some strange new fruit.

Here is us using our senses to describe the fruit:


Look in the comments to see our descriptions!
The outside looks...
The inside looks...
It feels...
It smells...
It tastes...

Welcome to Kahikatea 2020!

Welcome to our blog for 2020!

We can't wait for you to see all the cool learning that we do this year :)

We are also lucky enough to have class Swimming every day as well as lunchtime swimming on Wednesdays for Year 5s and Fridays for Year 6s.

Remember in Term 1, we need our hats every day.

Here is a picture of some of us enjoying the pool in this hot weather!!