Kia ora

Thank you to the parents who helped out at the market day last term. The children really enjoyed their experience, especially selling to the general public. I have had many positive comments about the products they made and are still getting orders for the jam. It was great to see the children's enthusiasm and motivation as they worked through the stages of the Design Process and their ability to adapt to the challenges when things did not work out as well as they liked. We will be planning some more fundraising this term.

A quick insight into some of activities we are doing this term.

This term for topic we are looking at the legend of Poutini and Waitaiki. We are looking at the culture surrounding Pounami and it's significance to the Māori on the West Coast. The children will be creating stop motion animation films to re-tell the story of Poutini and Waitaiki. We are also learning Te Reo Māori so that students can pronounce the Māori place names in the legend.

For writing this term we will be working on persuasive writing. We will be studying advertisements, looking specifically at the language used to persuade the audience to want the product advertised. Then we will develop some ideas around how you form an opinion. This will enable them to write clearly expressing their own opinion on a matter that is important to them and persuade others to their way of thinking.

There are lots of other exciting things happening this term and I will share them along the way.


Kind Regards


Mr Davey