Our world in our words. Term 1, 2022
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Robert and Naomi
To manage Covid-19 we have rolling break times for Tuakana (Kea and Kākāpō) and Teina (Kererū and Tūī). Now the mandates have been removed, the big question is should they stay or should they go?
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Naomi and Harshu
Stretchy mouths and funny faces are all part of Literacy learning in Tūī.
Naomi and Robert
Matt always brings the fun. So for the last day of Term One, we decided to bring the fun to Matt.
Eden M and Isla M
Kākāpō are drawing split portraits. One side of the portrait resembles thems as closely as it can. The other side aims to be fun and creative, filled with all their hobbies and interests.
Alma & George
On Monday 28 March 2022, the Thorndon Hurricanes were pumped up and ready for their final game against the legendary Baby Giz.
Robert and Karthik
Wednesday, 2nd March 2022. The world may remember this day for the clash between the New Zealand Police and the anti-mandate protesters. However, we will always remember it as our school’s first Wacky Wednesday. It was a total blast!
Robert N
Post protests is the time to now work as a community to acknowledge and uplift the mōuri of Parliament grounds.
Robert and Ariana
Here is a letter two students wrote in response to the anti-mandate protests at Parliament in February 2022. It was intended for the papers, however the protests stopped before we could send this in.
Statistics - maths that records data as graphs - is a real focus for Tūī.
Large motor skills, sportsmanship, fair play and team work. Football, an opportunity to develop social skills as well as sporting prowess.
Alma, George & Kan Fung
While workshops for Math and Literacy may sound boring, we appreciated the opportunity to improve our knowledge and skills in Kea. We had lots of fun and found some of the activities would engage us more in these smaller groups.
Art. Maths. Symmetry. It's all connected.
Tess M
Masks, love them or hate them, have been a big part of our lives at Thorndon School this Term.
Recently, the new entrant kaiako, Leah, told us mokopuna are building their knowledge of numbers through Minion Maths.
As scientists, Kākāpō are exploring the interesting life of worms.
Rube Goldberg Machines - complex machines that complete a simple task- have been created by Kea mokopuna.
Ari K
Portraits -drawing of a face- have been created by Kererū mokopuna.
Respect. Play. We all belong.
Hannah C
Proudly, our Te Kākano mokopuna are writing about their families. They love telling everyone what they do on weekends through their stories.
Alma and Kan Fung
At the very beginning of this year our new Principal, Whaea Aroha, walked into our classroom and invited us to help lead and run the school. The challenge was laid down.
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