Super, Duper Quick Writes!

This morning Team Tekau used a photograph to inspire them to write a quick story. They had to have a beginning, middle and end and use great descriptive words. Check out these fantastic stories...

One beautiful, brilliant morning the incredible divers went to a shop and found some wet suits. They bought them and went on a white, shiny boat. "Come on boys! We've got a job to do," they said. When they got to a deep surface they jumped out of the boat. When they got into the sea they saw something. It was a shark! I swam as fast as possible until I noticed it wanted to play. When I played with him he gave me a high five. He did not have a name so I gave him a name. I called him Sharkboy. Then I lived with him.
By Cortez

Autumn Adventure

One sunny morning Team Tekau went for a walk around the school looking at the differences the Autumn season brings to our environment. When we got to the playground we had a leaf fight with the huge piles of Autumn leaves. It was great fun! We came back to the classroom and planned our Autumn writing. We even brought bunches of leaves into the classroom to inspire our ideas! After brainstorming and going through our writing process, we published our beautiful work with a border of Autumn leaf rubbings. They look awesome! Great work Team Tekau, you should all be proud of your fantastic writing!

Lachie Learns

Check out this boy who has a growth mindset!

Lachie's Growth Mindset - the Key to Success!

Growth Mindset - Train Your Brain!

Your brain is like a muscle. You can train your brain to work harder and learn more. It's important not to give up when learning new things. When things get a bit tricky that is when you learn! Your brain will make new connections and that's when learning happens. It's pretty exciting stuff. Watch this video clip to find out more...

Water, Water Everywhere!

We love to drink water in Team Tekau. Today 10 bottles came our way when we had Friday PTA Pizza. Water really is the best drink! Check out the water facts to find out more about the most valuable liquid in the world...

• Water is made up of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen. Its chemical formula is H₂O.
• Each molecule of water is made up of two hydrogen atoms bonded to a single oxygen atom.
• The existence of water is essential for life on Earth.

• Water has three different states, liquid, solid and gas.

• The word water usually refers to water in its liquid state. The solid state of water is known as ice while the gas state of water is known as steam or water vapor.

• Water covers around 70% of the Earth’s surface.

• The three largest oceans on Earth are the Pacific Ocean (largest), the Atlantic Ocean (second largest) and the Indian Ocean (third largest). More ocean facts. 

• Found in the Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Trench is the deepest known point in the world’s oceans.

• Ocean tides are caused by the rotation of the Earth and the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun acting on ocean water.

• Water from a sea or ocean is known as seawater. On average, every kilogram (2.2lb) of seawater contains around 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salt.

• The freezing point of water lowers as the amount of salt dissolved in at increases. With average levels of salt, seawater freezes at -2 °C (28.4 °F).

• The longest river in the world is the Nile River, it reaches 6650 kilometers in length (4132 miles).
• The second longest river in the world is the Amazon River, it reaches 6400 kilometres (4000 miles) in length.

The Mixed Up Teacher By Ella

One day I went to school and said, "Good morning Mrs Perry!" But she answered, "Go home!" but I said, "School's just started and I've got nothing to do!"

Then the bell went and Mrs Perry said, "Lunch time!". When we came in we went to our desks and she said,"Bike time!" I said it wasn't bike time, it was maths time, but we still went biking.

Mrs Perry said "It's raining!" but I said, "The sun is shining!" Then she saw a mouse but I said, "Mrs Perry, it's a rat!" Now she said "It's home time!" and it was home time.

When I got home I told my mum my teacher was CRAZY!!!

A Rain Poem by Emily

Rain is fresh, cold and icy,

and not even a bit hard and spicy,

Rain  smells clean, not like a bean,

It feels like a little tickle on my hand,

Not like a little prickle on my hand,

Rain looks like heaps of tears,

It doesn't look like heaps of pears,

it tastes like ice falling on my tongue,

Rain smells like flowers,

But doesn't smell like showers.

Written By Emily :)

Alex's Visual Presentation - My Snowball

Wow Alex! What a fabulous presentation of a delightful poem. We all enjoyed you sharing it.

Ka mau te wehi - You are awesome :)

Rain by Rapaira

One night I woke up and heard a big BANG, BANG!
I looked out my window and there was very powerful rain. It looked like the world was crying.
It smelt fresh and clean and it sounded like tin cans raining down.

It felt like little bullets were landing on me or tiny ants were crawling all over me.
It was annoying.
The rain got heavier and heavier and then it started to look like it had skinny blue swords.
The sounds started to sound like dinosaurs were clashing on to the ground and the taste started to grab more flavour.
Then it started to hail so I went outside and it started to rain again.
I went back inside but it was boring.
Then the sun appeared, the rain disappeared and I felt thrilled.

Written by Rapaira
Edited by Rapaira and Mrs Perry

Giggle Poem - Published by Elise

Elise shared this poem she learned 'off by heart' as one of Team Tekau's Homework challenges. We loved it and asked her to publish and illustrate it. Ka mau te wehi Elise :)

My Daddy snores and sucks his toes.

My brother likes to lick his nose.

My doggy meows, my kitten barks.

My goldfish likes to chase sticks in parks

My sister walks while upside down.

My mum hops all over town.

Her skin is purple don't you know,

And I am green from head to toe.

My dad is red, my sisters blue

My brothers yellow, yes it's true.

We all wear rain coats in the sun

And gobble lima beans for fun.

We're very special, can't you see?

We're just a normal family!

Enjoying Art Deco

Thanks to the wonderful people who bring along their beautiful vintage cars we experienced amoment in time - art deco style.

Art Deco Vintage Car Rides on PhotoPeach

Comment and share...

What do you know about art deco?

How and why did this style of vehicle, architecture and clothing come about?

Why is it an important part of our Hawkes Bay history?

Wow! Beach Education Slideshow!

Beach Education on PhotoPeach

Butterfly Ballet in Team Tekau

What a beautiful sight this afternoon! 3 new butterflies performed this wing dance. Well actually two did the one in the middle just posed. Tomorrow we will let them go. Check out both video clips. The second one shows one of the chrysalis doing a wiggle dance and getting ready to push its way out.
We also learned an amazing word today - metamorphosis - which is a word to describe how some animals change after they are born into something completely different. Comment and share any animals you can think of that go through the process of metamorphosis. I wonder how many we can list?

Butterfly Number Rua Caught on Camera!

We were the most excited classroom in the school to actually see butterfly number 2 emerge from the chrysalis yesterday afternoon. We actually saw the whole thing happen and it only took about 50 seconds!! Mrs Perry even videoed it and is going to put it on our blog so we can watch it again and again. It happened soooo quickly.

We have been writing some amazing stories about our monarchs - caterpillars and butterflies. Team Tekau kids are showing they are awesome writers. Here are just a few little snippets for you to enjoy...

Once upon a time I hatched out of a tiny, winy egg. I started to feast on my egg. After that I went to hunt for my real breakfast. I found a nice lush, green leaf and I started nibbling away.
By Martyn

Clinging to the edge of the pot was a monarch butterfly. Ouch! It fell a little. It's wings were a bit heavy for it. Then it dropped and walked.
By Elijah

CRACK! Out came a little teeny, weeny little Miss Caterpillar. Then I crawled all around my new home. I nibbled on my new home after my birth. A few weeks later I got fatter and fatter and fatter until...
By Emily

Once upon a time I hatched out of my egg. The colour of my egg is pink. When I came out of my egg I started munching away. A few days later I was fat and then I turned into a chrysalis.
By Kimberly-Ann

CRACK! A tinsy, winsy little caterpillar emerged from its egg. The little caterpillar felt a bit hungry. Rumble! Her tummy rumbled. She found a nice green leaf.
By Alex

At lunch I was watching the monarch butterfly emerge out of its chrysalis. After a while the monarch butterfly slipped out!
By Fletcher

She was so beautiful. She was as beautiful as a rose. Also her wings looked as delicate as silk. I felt like she was the most beautiful creature in the world!
By Elise

On Wednesday 11th another chrysalis hatched. I got to see it hatch! It is so cool how they hatch. I love butterflies.
By Chanelle

At lunchtime our butterfly broke out. We rushed to the class. We all stared at the butterfly and after school we took it outside.
By Sam

I went up to the blue pot because there were people around it. There was a monarch butterfly! The butterfly fell off the pot and landed on the green table.
By Taiaha

Once upon a time there was a little chrysalis hanging off a big blue pot plant. I ate my way out. My wings were small at first but when I pumped fluid into my wings they got bigger and bigger!
By Campbell

Molly just hatched at lunchtime today at Mahora School in Team Tekau. We were so excited that we crowded around it. It has already started to pump fluid through its wings.
By Keira

The caterpillars eat green leaves and then it turns into a chrysalis. In 2 weeks it hatches and a butterfly comes out of the chrysalis.
By John-Paul

Halfway through Homework Reminders another butterfly hatched. We saw it slip out and stick to the chrysalis. It started pumping fluid. Mrs Perry got pictures and a video of it.
By Tihei

It has beautiful wings like orange and black with white spots. First it stayed there for 1 hour and then it started to fly.
By Ella

The butterfly dropped off the chrysalis and then off the pot but it was ok. It has a little look around. It was very wobbly and couldn't walk properly. After a while we let it go in the lavender bush. Bye little butterfly - you really made me happy!
By Milly

At lunchtime the new butterfly hatched. First it has small wings then they were big.
By Kyla

The chrysalis is very, very black! Now it has just come out of the chrysalis. The butterflies wings are very colourful.
By Lockie

Then it started to come out!!! It was fun seeing his colourful wings. It was so wonderful seeing it.
By Iziah

While we were doing our reminders something happened. Another monarch butterfly hatched and we saw it emerge from its shell!
By Rapaira

A Monarch Emerges...

It was super exciting when a monarch butterfly emerged from its chrysalis in Team Tekau. We even wrote about it!

He, or she (we don't know if it was a male or a female butterfly) spent a while hanging out on the edge of the pot before it was ready to try out it's new long legs. We all thought the butterfly was waiting for its wings to dry but we watched a you tube clip that told us it was pumping fluid into its wings to get ready to fly!

The butterfly was a bit wobbly at first. Check out its gorgeous colours!

After school we took it out to the lavender by the office and set it free. I bet that butterfly is busy eating nectar and laying some new eggs. What do you think?

Here is the link to the you tube clip we watched. We learned a lot of new things, so check it out.

Monarch Butterfly Time Lapse Video

Piki Haere Books Home Today!

It's time to share and celebrate a year of wonderful learning. How exciting! Please share your Piki Haere Books with your whanau this week. Find a time when Mum, Dad, Gran, Grandad, aunties, uncles or whoever you are sharing with is not too busy so you can sit down together. It's so valuable to look back and see the progress that has been made over the year and to share where you are at with your learning journey. Remember to ask them to record some feedback on the 'two stars' sheet. You can all be so proud of your achievements this year! Remember to bring your book back to school by next Monday.

Learning Journals coming home tonight!

Winners!!

Grace, Sharnika and Evangelina

Lucky Grace, Sharnika and Evangelina who all came out of Monday Meet Up smiling yesterday. (Actually, we all came out smiling because we were set for a fabulous learning day, but they were even smilier because they had won something!) Evangelina won some chocolate goodies for being a responsible person in the playground and returning playground equipment. Grace and Sharnika have been busy 'Moving It' and received i-way prizes in the weekly draw. Sharnika is going to be looking good cruising around in her vest and Grace will no doubt have lots of goodies packed in her special lunchbox. Way to go! Woo-hoo!!!!

Cardboard Creativity & an Amazing Entrepreneur!

Caine created his entire arcade out of cardboard. Plus a huge dose of imagination!

Today we watched a kidschatnz twitter feed - our first time! We knew a bit about twitter and were inspired by the subject this week - Caine's Arcade.
When he was 9 years old, Caine created an elaborate cardboard arcade - it blew us away! A filmmaker discovered and made a film about it so the world could see what a kid with determination and imagination can achieve.  We thought Caine was amazing because he had a dream, he believed in himself and had the courage and determination to stick with his goals.
We learned that an entrepreneur is someone who takes a risk and starts their own business. Everyone had some ideas about how they could become entrepreneurs, just like Caine.
Here is a link to the clip...
Caines Arcade

Room 14 Kids Lead the Way

It was wonderful to have 4 fabulous teachers come and share their writing and publishing skills with us. New learning for Mrs Perry too! Thanks Breeanna, Kade, Blake and Celine (from Room 14) - ka mau te wehi! We had checked out their blog and seen some great writing and loved the way it was presented using google slides. They showed us how to do it, despite some challenges with using the iPads which differ from the Chromebooks used in the senior school. Tomorrow some will be completed and posted so check back and see how they look. What a great way to learn and share. Thanks Miss B-T for sharing your experts with us!

Celine shows Grace and Bostyn what to do

Kade talks Mathias, Sharnika, Cole and Rama through the process

Blake works with Bianca, Bona, Wyatt and Divaan

Breeanna helps Destiny-Paige, Jordan and Tyler get the hang of it

Congratulations Cole!

We were thrilled last week when Cole was chosen to pick an iWay prize for 'Moving it'. He looks pretty flash in his fluoro vest too! Why is it this colour I wonder? Have you 'moved it' today??? Some 'exercisive' (thanks for the word Shekinah)  kids are already onto their 3rd iWay card. Wow!
The photographer was Nina.

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