Jun 5, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Our wonderful Kiwi class are learning to introduce themselves in Maori. We are learning a Pepeha to share a little information about who we are and the connection we feel to our local area. We have even painted and drawn our sea, mountain and self-portrait to...
May 23, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Our creative Year 4 teacher, Mr Wesbonk, inspired us to attempt to draw a character in Art on Friday. Firstly we watched Mr Wesbonk Wants To…..and then we followed Mr Wesbonk’s tips and hints to create our very own characters. The finished drawings were...
May 4, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Covid-19 has taken a lot away from us but it has also presented us with new opportunities. Distance Learning, for example, was something that I had experienced as a University student but I had NEVER considered Distance Teaching. On Wednesday March 25th 2020, Distance...
Mar 20, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
We have had the most interesting Shared News items lately and today’s example was not only interesting but tasty too! Thank you for bringing in your home grown green pepper/capsicum! We loved cutting it up and looking at the...
Mar 13, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Our Year 8 Wentworth College friends invited us to their Multicultural Day. The Year 8 Global Perspective students displayed posters and created food items to represent the culture of a specific country. We enjoyed our visit and we even tried some yummy (and new)...
Mar 13, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Today we had the absolute pleasure of hosting our Grandparents, as well as family and friends at school! Our visiting Wentworth whanau were invited to join in with tongue twisters, singing and even dancing. We then took our family and friends into our classroom to...
Mar 13, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Our Wentworth Beach Picnic is a fun day out for the entire whanau. We absolutely loved that our Wentworth community had the opportunity to get to know each other better and it was a delight to see our Year 7 and 8 College friends. Highlights of the day included:-...
Feb 26, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Shared News is the perfect opportunity for our students to share their world with us and improve their oral language skills. Through the sharing of News, we learn how to be a good audience, how to ask questions and we improve our listening skills. We had an...
Feb 21, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
On Thursday Year 1 and 2 were lucky enough to go to Mr D’s house to see a beehive. We learned about Worker Bees, the Queen Bee and even Guard Bees. We saw how Mr D calmed the bees by using a special ‘smoke’ machine and we even saw the busy, buzzy...
Feb 7, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Thursday 6th of February is Waitangi Day. Our Year 1 and 2 friends joined classes to discuss the significance of this special day for New Zealand. We discussed the signing of the Treaty and we even created our very own Te Tiriti o Wentworth. Our 5 and 6 year old...
Jan 31, 2020 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
It is essential that our youngest students develop an understanding of their mathematical world. As Mr D tells us, “Maths is everywhere!” Today, we solved story problems. We discussed the important words in our story. What are they? What do they tell...
Nov 21, 2019 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog, Piwakawaka - Year 1 Blog
You would be at Athletics Day! Our whole school Athletics Day is a highlight on our school calendar. We had so much fun taking part in events such as gumboot and dart throwing, long jump, bean bag shot put and our favourite event, the obstacle course. The Wentworth...
