Term 1 Inquiry - Ako Sharing

This term our Inquiry topic was New Zealand History. We have been learning about life in a pa (which is a type of Maori village). There used to be a pa (Mokoia Pa) in Panmure, where our school is today. In particular we have been learning about the different types of whare (houses) that were in pa.

Last night we got to showcase all our work about our inquiry and show our whanau what we have been learning about.

Our Art

We drew one of the different types of whare. We went over them with vivid then coloured them in with pastels. Then we painted over them with dye. We also presented our artwork in assembly a few weeks ago!

Well done to Joseph, Elijah, Andre, Perry, Paul and Esile for speaking in assembly about their picture! Tino Pai!

Our Explain Everything Projects

We also made Explain Everything projects where we drew a type of whare and talked about it! This played on the TV during the Ako Evening.

This is the video of our Explain Everything projects put together.

Our Whare Displays and Writing

We made the different types of whare out of cardboard. We looked at different designs and the kind of carvings they had on them. We decorated our whare and painted them. We painted them brown because they were made out of wood and wood is brown. We also made paper people to go into the whare and if you lifted the roof and looked inside you could see the people inside!

We have done lots of writing about the whare over the term and we published them so that people could read our writing.

Wharepuni - Sleeping House

Wharenui - Meeting House

Pataka - Storage House

Kauta - Cooking House

Ako Evening Photos

Here are some photos of the Ako Evening! We are very proud of our learning!

Nikau showing Mum her artwork

Nikau reading her writing to her Mum and her brother

Andre showing his Uncle around

Term 3 - Ako Sharing Evening

Our Inquiry this term is Recreation and Entertainment and we have been learning about hobbies and interests. Room 2 has been learning about different kinds of indoor hobbies and why people do hobbies. We got to try different hobbies we didn't know about and practice and get better at our hobbies.

Tonight we had our Ako Sharing Evening where we got to share our learning for this term.

We made display boards that had photos of us doing our hobbies during hobby time and our writing that we did about our hobbies. These were displayed on the tables for visitors to see and it had our final products as well.

Room 2 did a fantastic job showing around our visitors at the Ako evening!
Special Mention: Sarah, I'olani and Lolita who did so well talking about their learning and being confident to show not only their parents but other visitors around the classroom.

Here is a video of Lolita and Sarah being amazing presenters!

 Thank you to all the visitors who came to visit Room 2. We enjoyed sharing our learning with you!

LOOM BANDS

Elisiva, Daniel, Elijah and Lagitupu


Display Board






Final Creations

PAINTING

Jahna, I'olani, Sonny and Ruby


Display Board


















Final Creations

STITCHING

Sarah, Savannah and Andre


Display Board








Final Creations

CLAYMAKING

Mark, Verzhyn and Reihaneh


Display Board




Final Creations

JEWELLERY MAKING

Lolita and Azariah


Display Board











Final Creations

LEGO

Phoenix, Viliamu and Evan


Display Board




Final Creations

We also had our hobbies out so our visitors could have a go and try it! We had lots of parents say they had lots of fun. Here are some photos from the Ako Evening!









SLIDESHOW

This is the slideshow of photos of Room 2 working on their hobbies that we had playing on the TV for visitors to look at.

Well done Room 2!