Science - An Amazing Substance - WATER

Today we joined with Te Tinana to re-start our Friday Fun Day learning. We have a science focus this term which means every Friday the students will be able to take part in fun science activities.

The focus of our first session was that wonderful, magical liquid that is everywhere - WATER! We used three fun water activities to get the students thinking about scientific concepts. 

The first was EVAPORATION. We were impressed with the knowledge the students already had. They were able to make scientific predictions about what they thought would happen to water when it is in the shade compared to direct sunlight. They had a lot of fun splashing their water about.

Next Mrs Davan showed us a magic trick. She filled up a cup of water and covered it with a piece of plastic. Then she turned it upside down and GUESS what, the water did not come out. The students discussed the idea of gravity to help them to understand what was happening. If air could not get in, the water did not come out. As soon as they shook their cups, air got in and gravity does it's thing!

We were running out of time but we tried one more experiement which turned out to be a little tricky so we may need to give it another go next week. We were looking at the different properties of cold water and warm water. We asked the students to think about which one might be 'heavier' and why? We used cups of cold water and warm water to see what would happen if we put them together with surprising results. The students found out that cold water is more dense so it sinks, warm water 'rises' or floats to the top.

Overall we had a great session and are already looking forward to next week! If you want to have a look at any of these experiments, please click onto the link to visit our Te Manga Class Science page. CLICK on LINK

Online Learning - Week 2

Today it was lovely to see so many smiling faces during our morning meet. We went through our learning expectations for the week. and where to find everything. Although we're all at home, it was great to hear that the class felt confident navigating their learning.

We had a few people who wanted to share which is fantastic. Jackson shared a wonderful lego creation that he had been working on. It is a very cool building site which also has a little portaloo. The class thought this was very funny!

Kaiora told us that he has been doing some more gardening. He has planted carrots which he is really looking forward to eating! 

Alaris found a box full of treasures from when she was younger. She showed us class photos from her old school in Auckland when she was only 5 and she had to wear a uniform and black shoes. 

Kylan has been working on a hut in the cowshed and has been making chocolate fudge. He loved it so much his face was covered with it! 

Elena and her family were working hard over the weekend to move a pile of dirt that was almost the size of Elena's room. Luckily there are 5 shovels so no one missed out on helping!

Donna has been super busy making movies with her mum and helping to build a new fence. Donna and her mum have brainstormed lots of ideas for making a movie and toegther they made an awesome video about our school values! Enjoy :-)

First Week of Online Learning!

Our first week of online learning is done and dusted. 

Thank you to all our Te Manga students who have been doing their best to be connected online and to self manage their learning at home. I thought everybody deserved the VALUES award this week!

Today it was really lovely to see so many of our class at our google meets and to also connect with Mrs Davan and Te Tinana as Te Whare Tui. Mrs Davan organised a Nearpod to play online and then we did another scavenger hunt which was a lot of fun! Here are some of our photo's from today.

We also had one more meet at 11am to do some 'Free Writing Friday'. It was great to have a few keen writers join in. Thank you to Jackson, Kieran and Kaiora for sharing to the group.

Term 3 Week 1 - It's going to be a busy term!

It was great to get back to school this week to catch up with everyone and hear all about the holiday fun! 

This week we welcomed Whaea Saroya into our class. Saroya is in her third year of her teaching degree through the University of Waikato and will be in class all term.

The class have enjoyed learning about the Olympics this week and following our kiwi athletes as they go for gold. We have enjoyed watching different events live on our smart board. The students are already thinking of how they could compete at the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane!

Today we joined with Te Tinana for our first 'Funday Friday'. We will be working with Te Tinana every Friday this term. Initially we will be learning about film making as Paparore School has the opportunity to enter two films into the Te Hiku film festival. The theme for the movies this year are 'VALUES'. We are going to have a Paparore Film Festival on 2nd September and will select two films to go through to the Te Hiku Film Festival on 16th September. 

Check out the 2020 Te Hiku Film Festival highlights! 

There is so much to look forward to this term!

Fun Day - Kaitaia Pools

Last Thursday we had a super awesome day at the Kaitaia Pools. The students enjoyed all seasons in one day finished off with bombing in the dive pool, a sausage sizzle, ice block and Easter Eggs back at school. What a lovely way to celebrate a fantastic 9 weeks of learning!

The Great Reading Adventure

Last Friday, we performed our class assembly, 'The Great Reading Adventure' as part of Te Whare Tui (Te Manga and Te Tinana). It was all about Duffy taking his sister Scruffy on a reading journey. He introduced her to all sorts of books to help her learn to love reading. He showed her 'The Wonkey Donkey', 'The BFG', a variety of non-fiction choices, 'Maui and the Sun' and lots of Fairy Tale stories. At the end of the assembly everyone sang the Duffy Song to encourage our audience to READ, READ, READ!!!! Check out our amazing actors and actresses. We still have a few photos to add!

Video from the RIGHT HAND SIDE

Video from the LEFT HAND SIDE

Xmas Week - Te Manga 2019

Our year in Te Manga has come to an end and what a pleasure it has been!

The Te Manga kids are keen, enthusiastic, motivated and learning to become wonderful self-managing role models. In our last week of term we have had a lot of fun!!! We have had shared lunches and morning teas with Te Tinana, made yummy xmas treats and beautiful Christmas decorations.

Thank you for a wonderful year Te Manga, have a very Merry Xmas and a well deserved fabulous holiday break.

Check out our cool end of year video and see you all in 2020!

Whaea Deb