Azonto

Ukulele Group sing Haere Mai

Ukulele group practising Haere Mai.

Long Jump

We have been having lots of fun practising long jump.

My Aunty Courtney

Room news

Last week was the Middle School talent quest. It was AMAZING! There was singing and dancing, big group to small groups and then there was single people dancing like Ezira. She did a Miley Cyrus dance. Jess played piano. That was so fantastic. 

Then there was the juggling group, Brooklyn, Taylor and Donavon. Everyone loved them!

 In Room 16 we're doing a painting of a beautiful sky with 3 big hills and swirls. We did a dark blue with a dry brush under and over the swirls again but in mid blue. Now we're up to the yellow big dots for the stars. That’ll be fun. I can’t wait until we take our paintings home and show our families.

Looking for Earthlings

Native Tree Trail

After lunch we walked along the native tree trail. We looked at many fascinating and interesting native trees such as the Confusing Cousins called Kanuka and Manuka.  Kanuka is kind and soft to touch and Manuka  is mean and prickly to touch.  The Kiekie is a plant Maori used for weaving. It likes to be in a moist, shady place. Rats and birds eat its fruit. The Putaputaweta tree is called that because wetas live in holes in its bark. The Tarata tree used to be mixed with puha to make a type of chewing gum and is sometimes called Lemonwood because its leaves smell like citrus. The Kauri tree can grow 50 metres high. It has female cones which are round and male cones which are long.

We had a busy, interesting and tiring day. We all learnt lots about how nature recycles living things using the F.B.I.

Poem Recitals

Making a compost heap

After that we learnt how to make a compost heap. There was a green bin and a brown bin. In the green bin there were green leaves, old cabbage, lettuce, banana peels and apple cores which are all a little bit wet. Grass clippings are green waste too but not too much because it’s no good for the F.B.I. to breathe. In the brown bin there were dry twigs and leaves. We went on a twig hunt for the compost heap. We put some green materials and some brown materials on the compost heap. A compost heap needs to be on the ground so worms can get in. It can get so warm that sometimes cats sleep on it. Compost heaps also need to be moist.

Litter Poem

On my way to school I saw a can
It was a spray can
It was a red, spray can.
It was an old, red, spray can
It was a rusty, old, red, spray can
It was a muddy, rusty, old, red spray can
And it was lying on the side of the road
So I picked it up and put it in the recycling bin.

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