Rata Tahi: September 2016

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

We all belong to Rata Tahi -

one of our school groups

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Congratulations Tessa....

Today I am going to ballet.
I am going to have fun.
It is going to be an exam.
I am going to get a pink ribbon....

I DID GET A PINK RIBBON.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Congratulations Kathryn

I went to the Jazz exam.
I got a trophy

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Friday Art...

This week we did some

observational drawings of the Kowhai flower..
The Kowhai flower is special to us.
Papakowhai, a suburb of Porirua City, (and the name of our school) lies approximately 22 km north of Wellington in New Zealand. The name "Papakowhai" (Māori pronunciation: [papaˈkɔfai]) in the Māori language means "land covered by kowhai trees".

We LOOKED and we TALKED....

Then we DREW....

Friday, September 16, 2016

Little Barking Dog Theatre

Little Barking Dog Theatre

The theatre came to Rata

with an amazing production

"The Little Kowhai Tree"

Little Kowhai Tree is a magical story

of how things grow.

Seeds are planted,

green shoots begin to appear

and Little Kowhai Tree

begins her journey of growing up.

The Little Kowhai Tree

The Little Kowhai Tree on PhotoPeach

Monday, September 12, 2016

Monday Hui

Today three Rata Tahi

children were welcomed

to our school.

Max with Eleanor

Milah with Emma

Zac with Oliver

Mr Smith presented

Zac, Milah and Max

with a certificate.

Social Skill - Thinking

Sorcha with Summer

Jacob with Phoebe

Well done to all

these great Thinkers!

Congratulations to

Rata Tahi certificate holders.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Hail!

On Thursday we could

hear the hail

pelting on the roof at school.

It was very loud so
we went outside
to see what hail
looked and felt like.
Hail is.....icy, cold, hard,
small, round, wet,
freezing, crunchy,
white and clear,
stinging, wintery,
frozen chunks of ice.