Making slippery squishy delicious fruit kebabs

We are learning about healthy eating at school - 5+ a day and counting how many pieces of fruit or vegetables we eat every day. Fruit and vegetables helps us stay healthy and give us vitamins to grow strong.

Fruit we tried for the first time - mango and rock melon.

Fruit we like - apple, banana, pear, grapes, and pineapple.



Step 1 - cut the fruit into small pieces.

Step 2 - push the fruit onto the kebab stick in a pattern.

Step 3 - count how many pieces of fruit are there on your stick?

Step 4 - enjoy eating your delicious juicy fruit kebab.

Cross Country Race on Wednesday

The Cross Country Race

On your marks

Get set…...GO!!!!

Wind blowing in my hair.

Racers running everywhere.

I huff and puff and puff and huff.

But I keep running, because I’m tough!

Getting tired and getting puffed.

And at the end you’ve had enough!

Now there’s a smile on my face.

I’m so glad I finished the race.

Welcome back to Term 3 in Kowhai

It was great to see everyone after the school holidays!!! We were all happy to be back together in Kowhai class. We welcomed Mason and Junya to our class this week. Mason is Reid's cousin and from Bucklands Beach school. Junya's family is from Japan and they come back to New Zealand every year and will be at Kio Kio school for 5 more weeks.  We were also very excited to visit Mr Jones, the new "boss of the teachers", and asked him the important questions....

Q: What colour is your car? A.White and I drive from Hamilton at the moment until we move into our new house.

Q. Do you have any friends?  A. Yes I have good friends I like to spend time with watching rugby, talking farming and going on adventures. 

Q. Do you have any animals? A. Yes I have a dog called Ted who likes to chase balls and catch frisbees.

Q: What do you do? A. I do lots of thinking and making decisions with the teachers. I like to talk to children and visit them in their classes to see their learning. I love sport and I love seeing children happy and smiley at school.

We also learnt that Mr Jones used to be a Sheep and Beef farmer and had a 3 legged dog who rode on the motorbike. Mr Jones is a Dad and a Poppa. He is moving to Te Awamutu.

Matariki fun!!!

Every afternoon we get together in our houses and try fun activities for Matariki.

There are 8 different activities - flax weaving, rakau sticks, waiata, myths and legends with Mr T, games, kite making, art and biscuit making.

 

Space Centre visit

Space Dave shared his Matariki and space knowledge with us today. Here we are in our astronaut clothes and exploring the Space Centre in Kihikihi. Traditionally Matariki is a time when you can see the stars and prepare for winter by harvesting and storing food.

We are learning about celebrating Matariki.

Next week Kio Kio is celebrating Matariki - we have special activities every afternoon and on Friday we are welcoming our new Principal Mr Jones with a powhiri and shared kai (cooking food in a hangi). 





         


Today we learnt about harakeke flax and how in the olden days Māori people made kete/baskets to keep the food in when it goes into the ground to cook. 

We were role playing making fires for the hangi pit - we used scrunched up newspaper, twigs and blocks. Mrs Case had 2 woven baskets/kete to pretend to put food in. 

We also learned that a hangi is different from a hongi - a hongi is when you gently press noses to say hello and a hangi is when you cook food in the ground.

What are questions?

During inquiry time we have been learning about the difference between statements and questions. We already know some facts about dinosaurs - they are called statements. If we wonder something...we ask a question. Questions start with special W words and end with a squiggly question mark? (an exclamation mark is straight and means you talk LOUDER!!).