Whangarei and Mid & Far North learners travelled to Moerewa School to join up for Northland Language Days!

2021 has been disruptive but also an exciting and busy year. Our learners were engaged in a wide range of language day themes and activities. In Term 1 we focused on native birds and bees, (the native bird focus led us nicely to our KIT Day visit at The Parrot Place), producing information booklets, 3D birds and bees labelling their body parts, bird feeders, native bird cookies, NZSL story telling - Te Waka Waka and weaving flax Piwakawaka.

We also looked at physical & chemical changes in solids and liquids. We encouraged learners to use ‘future tense’ when describing their predictions and to record these down on their science experiment sheets. After writing this down they carried out experiments to confirm or disprove their predictions.

Learners also had an opportunity to develop their financial literacy. We studied New Zealand Currency and practiced buying and selling items which prepared our learners for their Market KIT Day.