The Sentry - by Wilfred Owen (Shared Reading)

 Our class is looking into the World Wars with ANZAC day coming up in the school holidays. This is being incorporated across the curriculum. In literacy students were able to connect more to the words by being able to get into character and unpack them further. Children are adding more “helmets” to our wall as we learn new kupu associated with our topic. Students have been using this language in their own writing which is amazing!

The Sentry by Wilfred Owen

Shared Reading Plan

We used this image to influence our writing. Students were able to use the new language they had learned through our shared reading task to add more WOW Vocabulary to their writing. This has carried on into their other literacy tasks over the weeks. 

Example of a students writing. 

Students completed the when have/ might you...? task to unpack the vocabulary from the text further. 

Class WOW WORDS: these words were pulled from our shared reading and added to the wall. There are spare helmets available that students can add any other vocabulary to that they learn as we develop a deeper understanding of the World Wars and the ANZACs. 

Student interest has continued to grow in Te Kahu Class, they have had the great opportunity to try on a Royal New Zealand Navy uniform, look at an ammunition box and medals from the second world war. A space next to our WOW Word Wall has been set up with these items as well as images. Students are regularly heading to this space to find inspiration. We are very lucky to have some great support in our community and have an Air Force, Army and Navy visit planned for our kura. 

Te Kahu I am looking forward to seeing more mahi that you produce! Well done 😊

Integrated Mahi

 

Religious Education Mahi- Week Four

 Check out the following slides to find out what tasks you need to be completing. Aim to finish one task each day.

Mc Auley Day 2021

 This Friday we will be celebrating McAuley Day. We cannot wait to be back at school after being in lockdown for what will be the past 9 days dressed in blue. 
Catherine McAuley is a phenomenal woman who founded the Sisters of Mercy. As a mercy school the way she lived her life inspires us daily to care for others and help those in need. Keep an eye on our blog to see what we got up to!

TERM FOUR

 Hey team, here is the link to our term 4 learning site. It is super important you know where to access this link so that you can stay connected to our learning and to each other. 
TERM FOUR CLASS SITE

Wairua Tapu

 This year for sign language week we decided to learn the waiata Wairua Tapu together as a senior school. We will be sharing this with our whanau this sunday at Mass. 

First Mass of 2021!

 

Today we celebrated our first Mass together as a school for 2021. It was awesome to be back in church and to hear the lovely singing from all of our amazing students and to hear the gospel shared from Father Larry about being welcoming to one another. 

A highlight for me was seeing our fantastic Te Kahu seniors leading our Mass whether it was as altar servers (or Knights of the Altar), singers, powerpoint managers, readers, leading prayers of the faithful or just setting a great example on how to reverent during church from their seats. 

Well done Te Kahu!