Max's Story

Max wrote the words of the song we sang at the concert last night.

I am a pohutakawa tree.
Plant me in the ground and water me
and it will continue to grow so big.

The Pohutakawa Tree

WOW! Tonight we are going to perform in front of a huge audience. We are going to sing The Pohutakawa Tree and the Room 4 is going to dance all around us and be little fantails as we sing Cheeky Little Fantail. It will be part of our celebration of Kiwiana. Wish us all the best for tonight!!!

Maori Language Week

Listen to the fotobabble we made this morning of our class welcoming each other in the morning. Sometimes the children answer in various languages, but this week we are replying in Maori. We say "kia ora" which means "hello", and we ask "kei te pehea koe?". The answer is usually "kei te pai." which means we are fine.

Growing Beans

Today the Monkey Tails read a book called "Sally's Beans". They read the book to the whole class and then we all planted 3 beans in a special pottle. We are going to have a competition to see which beans grow the fastest and the tallest.

 

The pottle was just like cardboard when we first got it. It was hard and we couldn't plant the seeds in it. Then Mrs Rose put them all in a container and poured hot water all over them. They expanded and became soft and squishy. We planted the beans and put our name tags in so we can see who has the fastest growing beans. When they grow we can take them home.