Room 1 Technology - Treasure Boxes

Our technology challenge was to design a suitable package to protect our prayer stones. First we brainstormed our ideas. We talked about which packaging would be our best option and why. We decided that a cardboard box would be suitable to hold our precious taonga.

Our next step was to find a suitable template. We experimented with some templates found on the internet. Folding the boxes was a real challenge, but we worked together to get them done. When we found the right template, we had to take it home and our Mums and Dads helped us to scale it on to a piece of cardboard.

When our cardboard boxes were finished, we gave them two coats of paint and waited for them to dry before we could decorate them.

We had to draft our designs onto a piece of scrap paper and think about the colours that we could use to make our work stand out. We shared our ideas with a buddy and got some feedback about how we could improve our design.

We used pastels to transfer our ideas onto our treasure boxes. Then we put shredded paper inside our boxes to sit our prayer stones on. We were pretty pleased with our final result ...

PRAYER STONES - OUR TAONGA

As part of our learning about Taonga / Treasure, we made prayer stones in Room 1. Prayer stones help us to focus on being at peace with God during prayer time.

The object of this task was to create a taonga or treasure to give to somebody special, in the hope that our prayer stones will become a taonga to them.

We started with a plain stone. Then we had to choose a colour to paint our stone. Our next task was to think about what to put on our stone ... and we came up with many wonderful words that remind us of God and Jesus - love, peace, hope, trust, joy, care, manaaki, aroha.

Finally, we used stickers and craft bits and pieces to decorate our stones.

The results are amazing ...

Room 4 Treasures

We have been bringing treasures from home that are special to our family. We told the class all about them and why they are treasures to us.

Maths Websites

Here is a fun maths website that we enjoy in Room 9. Parents can use it at home as well. It will be suitable for all levels in the junior syndicate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/

Our Dads ... Our Taonga - Room 1

What Is A Dad?

A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again.

A dad is someone who wants to keep you from making mistakes but instead lets you find your own way, even though his heart breaks in silence when you get hurt.

A dad is someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines with pride when you succeed, and has faith in you even when you fail...

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Thank you God for all Dads everywhere

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

from Room 1

Our Church's Holy Objects and Taonga

For the first half of this Term we are learning about Holiness in Religious Education.

Recently our Junior classes have been visiting our Church to find out all about the Holy objects and Taonga that belong there.
This week Father John showed Rooms 1, 2, 5, and 6 all of these very special objects. We learnt some of their names and what they were used for.

Thank you Father John for giving up your time to show us these treasures.

Here is a slideshow of our visit and some of these precious objects.

Room 9 has been practicing hymns. Our favourite time of the day is prayer time when we sing loudly to God.

Room 2: Our Family Taonga / Treasures.

Recently in Room 2 we have been talking and writing about our Family Treasures or 'Taonga'.

A family treasure is anything that is special to our whole family. It will have a story about it and it may hold memories of people who we love. It can be something old that has been passed down to us from our parents or grandparents. Or it could be something special that has been given to our family recently, and that we may even pass on to our children and grandchildren.

The children have been bringing in these treasures on their News Day to share with the others in the class. It is so interesting seeing these Taonga and hearing the stories attached to them. Everyone brought something in to share and talk about.

Thank you so much families for entrusting your treasures to us, so that we can get an understanding of what treasures, or Taonga, are.

Here are slideshows showing each child, their treasure, and a short story about it.
Enjoy.