He Puna Tārei, Room 5; Year Four

Today the children had to read a recipe and follow the instructions to  make their own Play Dough https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Km_T-onaYO4BvdwFZTgnClSa-DnddJJl Click here for link to the rest of the photos in the album

The children of He Puna Kōtuitui worked hard to write passionate letters to Mr Stuart Nash, M.P. to plead with him to make a law change to help save New Zealand's Maui dolphin and look what has just appeared in the news... !!  Click here to follow a link to the full news article, published 17 June 2019 Here are some examples of the children's letters Mr Nash received from us:

Displayed in the classroom are samples of the children's writing to celebrate their work and identify next learning steps. 

'The Tortoise and the Hare' Read Part 1 (Danielle and Stella) Read Part 2 (Manasa and Nate) What this story means to me... (Laiken) Unpacking a new word from the text... (Laken B) Over the last couple of weeks the students have worked hard on a shared reading challenge. We have... Listened to the story for enjoyment of this classic tale. Unpacked the moral of the story as well as some of the tricky / new vocabulary in the story. Completed a Cloze reading activity (where the students have to replace words taken out of the story by choosing from the words in a box at the top of the page). Sequenced parts of the story (back) into the correct order. Illustrated the story- taking care to reread the sections of the story they were illustrating so as to match correct / detailed illustrations with the text. Created a GLOSSARY to unpack new / tricky vocabulary from the text. Answered questions about the text; e.g., What is a moral? What is the moral of