Chipmunks with Junior Cluster

We had a great time at Chipmunks on Tuesday to celebrate our success this year at school. We have been working very hard at school and have been looking forward to our end of year outing.

T R I C K OR T R E A T ? ?

BOO! Tamaki Primary went to Sommerville School today for Halloween celebrations. We had face painting, art activities, pin the face on the jack o lantern, spooky sensory play, the haunted sensory room and trick or treating around the base classes. We had so much fun. Look at our scary costumes!

Rangoli Designs for Diwali

This term is all about celebrations! We are celebrating the Diwali festival - the festival of lights. We made Rangoli designs using crayon and dye.
This year we have all also been working on our keyboard skills.We typed up a sentence about our Rangoli deisgns on the computer.  We can now make spaces in between our words and we all use a full stop at the end of our sentence.

Dance with Sarah

We have been working hard this term on our dance moves with Sarah. We have made our own dance with different sports from the Olympics.
On our last dance session for the year we got to dance with ribbons. We really enjoy making circles, zig zags and patterns. Look at us go!

OLYMPICS DAY

Tamaki Primary took part in Sommerville School's Olympic Ceremony. We dressed up in Jamaica's flag colours and marched through the atrium where we sang the national anthem, passed the torch and opened the games. We played heaps of fun games like javelin, discus, soccer, shot put and Hockey. 

Don't we look fantastic! 

Swimming Sucess

Today we went swimming with Helen our swimming instructor. She has begun taking each student for 1:1 sessions in the big swimming pool. Haylen has been reluctant to put his head in the water and is now confident enough to submerge his head under the water. Today he went under the water , floated with a pool noodle and explored the water sprinklers for the first time. We are so proud of your success Haylen!

Cook Island Language Week

Last week was Cook Island Language Week which Tamaki Primary celebrated by making costumes at Te Oro. The helpers at Te Oro showed us how to make head pieces using feathers and plastic flowers. We really liked the live music that was playing too. Dont we look good in our special hats we made?

Run, Jump and Throw!

Every Wednesday we go to Kiwisport. This week we  enjoyed a circuit of hurdles, dodging, jumping and balancing. 

Playing Together

Conrad and Haylen have been enjoying throwing a ball to each other during lunchtime. We are learning how to play nicely with our peers, take turns and initiate a game with a friend.

Writing at Tamaki Primary

Our writing sessions at Tamaki Primary are fun and purposeful. We use multiple tools for learning how to share our ideas including the iPad, alternative pencils and the computer. Amy (our Occupational therapist) is teaching us how to type on the keyboard and access the computer.

Shadow Art

This term we have been learning about shadows and how they are made. We made shadow art by cutting out a photo in black paper as our shadow. We decorated our picture with collage coloured paper. Our shadows can do funny things!

Exploring Shadows with Room 2

Our Topic for this term is Shadows. We love exploring our shadow and watching what our shadow can do. Each friday we go over to Sommerville to work with Room 2. We explore our shadows in the sensory room and then do some work in Room 2 on the Smart-board. Look at us exploring shadows in the dark room!

Autumn leaf printing

We went for a walk outside to find some leaves to use for our artwork, there were lots of leaves on the ground. We found big leaves, small leaves and lots of dry and crunchy leaves. We came back to class and chose some we wanted to use. We cello-taped them to the table, put paper over the top and rolled a crayon over the leaves. Then we added dye.

My Shadow

Tamaki Primary 2 are learning about shadows this term. We went outside on a sunny day and found our shadow. The sun went behind the clouds and our shadows were gone! The sun came back out again and we drew around our shadows. We made our shadows do funny things like jump, clap and dance.

Science show comes to Sommerville!

Tamaki Primary Satellite joined the junior classes for a science show about the Three Billy Goats Gruff for our topic on Science for this term. We had a great time and enjoyed the show.

School Athletics day

Tamaki Primary 2 had so much fun at Athletics day. We played some rugby, cricket, tug of war, hurdles, soccer and throwing games. We even saw a guide dog at the field and enjoyed patting the dog.
We enjoyed having a running race with room 2 and cheering each other on. Look at us go!

Music with Hilz!

This term we have been enjoying our music sessions with Hilz. We are learning to wait for our turn, play music to the beat and learn how to play different instruments. Look at how much fun we are having!

Easter Art

We made some marbled Easter eggs using runny paint and straws to blow the paint around the paper. It was hard to spread all the paint around using a straw but we loved the patterns the paint made when the colours ran together.

Swimming at Lagoon Pools

We have been enjoying lessons with Emma at Lagoon pools. We are learning to float on our tummy and our back and kick with our feet in the water. We love being in the pool!