Kia ora, haere mai and welcome to the Pukeko NEST blog. This blog has been created to enable you to connect with your child's learning as they begin their important journey at school. There is a literacy and maths page for you to better understand our programme, and continue the learning at home. We will post blogs regularly, so please check back often to see what your child has been learning. Nga mihi, Ann and Matt.
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Monday, 21 November 2016
What is 12?
Today the children were asked to discuss and show the number 12. They decided that it is definitely a number. That you can count out items to 12. It can be written as the word twelve. That you can add different numbers to make 12. Also, the number 1 in 12 represents the number 10. Here's some of ways they have chosen to represent the number 12.
Sunday, 20 November 2016
Fun Run
It was lovely to see such a great turn out of parents and grandparents to watch our tamariki give their best in the Fun Run. They all looked so cute in their house colours.Click Fun Run to view photos.
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Diwali
Come read our recounts of our Diwali Day on Thursday.
A big THANK-YOU for all your donations. We were very excited to assemble our vegetable pod today. We are hoping to get the soil tomorrow and begin planting out!!
Monday, 14 November 2016
Rangoli pattern
I hope everyone is okay. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.
I love what Emily got up to on her day off today.
Friday, 11 November 2016
Diwali
Friday was very exciting in the Pukeko Nest. We loved coming to school in our bright clothes to celebrate Diwali. We were very lucky to have Kushal's Mum and Dad (Moana and Sandeep) share some Diwali experiences with us. We watched a video clip explaining the story of Diwali, then had fun dressing in traditional Indian clothing. Trying some special food and drawing the rangoli pattern with chalk outside kept us busy all afternoon. We would like to say a big thankyou to Moana and Sandeep, we had such a great time and have learnt so much.
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Happy
This week we discussed what makes us happy, what we look like when we are happy and what we might do when we are happy. Have fun reading our stories. Click on picture below.
Monday, 7 November 2016
Welcome to Sylvie and Freya
We are lucky to have two lovely wee ladies join us to day. wish to extend a warm welcome to Sylvie and Freya and their family.
Scared Stories
Last week we wrote about what makes us scared and what we feel like. We then discussed what we do when we are scared to make us feel better.
Sunday, 6 November 2016
Diwali
On Friday we were very lucky to have Kushal and his Mum, Moana share their celebrations of Diwali also known as the Festival of Lights with us.
Many Indians celebrate Diwali with gifts, lights, fireworks and special meals. We had lots of fun painting a clay pot each. We used bright acrylic colours and glitter. The pot is called diva and is used as a receptacle for a candle or fire.
We made fireworks uing cellophane and tin foil.
We practiced colouring in rangoli patterns. A rangoli is a colourful design made on the floor near the entrance to a house to welcome guests. At Diwali, Hindus draw bright Rangoli patterns to encourage the goddess Lakshmi to enter their homes.
Friday, 4 November 2016
Wonderful creations
We loved seeing Charlie and Scarlett's news today. They have both been busy making. I love their imaginations! What a great robot Charlie and Scarlett what a scary dinosaur! Kai pai
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Run,Jump,Throw
What a fun afternoon we had using the skills we have been learning to compete in our running, jumping and throwing events. It was great to have such a fantastic turnout of parents.
Shot Put (using bean bags!!)
Relays
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