He Puna Kawenga

We have been given a challenge to come up with as many solutions to these maths puzzles as we can! As a class we had to analyse each solution to determine whether they solve the puzzle or not. Can you figure out a solution to the puzzles?        

Here are some more activities that He Puna Kawenga have been working on. Kayesschen has created a new design for a pair of rollerblades using Google Images. Aren't they fantastic? Charmony has found items around her home to create her own shape monster. Here is a little bit more about her... Name: Happy Little Rocket Monster  My Happy little monster wakes up early in the morning and she like to smile all day she is never sad. She does not talk but she likes to listen. She likes loud music and she likes to rock to the beat. She also likes to stand there and stare! Until she falls.   Cazna has created a poster full of hilarious jokes! LOL Well done He Puna Kawenga

The students of He Puna Kawenga have been doing lots of fantastic learning from home!  Here are some of the things they have done:  Elizabeth's tall tower:  Lily created an ANZAC poppy: Rachel has been reading in the dark using a torch to see! Ka pai He Puna Kawenga.

For the first three weeks of Term 1 2020, during maths we have been doing inspirational maths. This means we have been doing a range of activities involving different maths skills. Firstly, we used our knowledge of position and orientation to create our own flagpoles in groups. Next, we focused on transformation by creating a piece of art that showed how we can use rotational symmetry to display our name. We touched on our knowledge of place value by showing how numbers can be displayed in a variety of ways. Here are some photos.    

With Mrs Wilton-Scott we have been doing our own sculpture study. We have found lots of sculptures around Whanganui using Google Maps, and have now designed and created our own paper sculptures!  

The mornings have been colder this week! This means we stay indoors for fitness and move our bodies through dance. We are really enjoying it - especially Footloose. It gets our hearts racing!  

We have just had our first football session! We are involved in girls football sessions where an outside expert comes in and teaches us new skills. We can't wait for the next one!

Welcome back to school! We are a bunch of girls in He Puna Kawenga. There are 26 of us and we are enjoying getting to know each other. As year 5 & 6, we have a of of extra responsibilities to do around the school. So far, we are learning to be in charge of the PE shed, have to set up for assemblies and some of us are training to be road patrollers. We are definitely looking forward to all our learning and opportunities we will face this year.

There is no better way to enjoy a sunny day than to have a... WATER FIGHT!       --> Check out our individual blogs for more photos!

We had an absolute blast! Check out our photos.

   .       Over the past 4 weeks, He Puna Pumanawa have been practicing for our school athletics day. We have had a go at... long jump, high jump, shot put, quoits, vortex, long distance running and sprints! Have a look at some of our action shots!

Working together to collect our ideas. We have been focusing on using our senses to add details to our writing. .

Already term 4! This year is flying by!  First day back at school we went on the playground to play 4 step tag! This was the hook for our writing cycle. In the second week, we made huts in the hall for writing! Can't wait to see what is next...               

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