Over the last two weeks, we have been busy establishing routines, building relationships, showing the school values and working toward our goals. This has been evident in our classroom activities, interactions with our new buddies for Weka and during our visit to the Kaiapoi Library and Museum.

Korimako Library Trip.

On the 16th of March, both classes from Korimako visited Kaiapoi library. As we walked through the front door we got welcomed by one of the kind librarians. Then Jason another librarian came over told us that one of the classes were going to do a scavenger hunt and the other class would be learning about the history of Kaiapoi and the Waimakariri district. We met Sally who taught us about the history of Waimakariri district  while the other class went on a scavenger hunt using QR codes, learning about the early days in Kaiapoi. We learnt about the Waimakariri River and looked at photos of the Rangiora main street in the early 1900's - it has changed dramatically. After the half hour we swapped over and searched for QR codes throughout the library and museum. We all had a good time and look forward to our next visit. 

By Greta Taylor and Amelia Barclay

Tēna koutu, tēna koutu, tēna koutou katoa.

Ko Maukatere te Maunga.

Ko Waimakariri te awa.

Ko Simion tōku matua.

Ko Aleasha toku whaea.

Ko Sophia toku teina.

Ko Ohoka toku kura.

Kei Ohoka toku kainga.

Ko Dearsley toku ingoa whanau.

Ko Grace toku ingoa.

Tēna koutu, tēna koutu, tēna koutou katoa.

A pepeha is a way to introduce yourself in Māoria. It tells people who you are by sharing your connections with the people and places that are important to you.In korimako 2 we have been doing pepeha art. We each got seven pieces of paper to draw patterns on and leaving space in the middle to write parts of our pepeha. After all of our patterns were drawn and all words were written we used different colours of watercolour to make them stand out. After the paper was all coloured we set them out to dry and continued on with the background, we used brightly coloured dye and now most of us are completely done! They will be shared at this week's assembly.  

Written by Grace Dearsley