INQUIRY LEARNING

Water

This term we are learning about water.

Key Understanding: Water is important as it keeps everything alive.

Key Question: Why is water important?

We have begun our topic with a brainstorm of all of the things we know about water.

We have lots of great science experiments to do to discover more about water...

MAORI

This term we will be learning about Maori language and culture.

Room 1 goes to Maori lessons every Thursday where we learn songs and language.

We have already produced some beautiful artwork.

Maori Bread

We made Maori Bread. It was so delicious! We even shared some with Room 2 because it was so huge!

Here is the recipe we used:

Batter:
2 cups flour
2 Tbsp yeast
1 cup warm water

Dough:
8 cups flour
3 cups water
3 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt

Mix batter ingredients. Leave batter to rise 10-20mins.
For dough add flour and make a well. Pour in batter and water, sugar and salt.
Mix and knead until the dough is springy. Leave to rise in large a buttered bowl until it doubles in size. Heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Bake bread for about 1 hour or until hollow sounding when tapped.




MAUI AND THE SUN

We read Maui and the Sun and wrote about the story.

"Let me go. Let me go Maui." "I am sad" said the sun. "Then go slow Sun" said Maui. "Can't you see I'm almost dead" said the Sun. "Let him go" said Maui.   

TP

Maui caught the sun. The sun was angry. ES

"Slow down Sun" said Maui. EF

LEADERSHIP

We watched news footage from when Sir Edmund Hillary reached the top of Mt Everest and discussed why he was such a good leader. We had some great ideas about what leadership qualities Sir Edmund Hillary had and why he was used to name Hillary House at our school.

We discussed Kate Sheppard and  her contribution to equal rights in New Zealand.
We found out why she was a great leader and used as the name for Sheppard House at Botany Downs School. 

We looked at film footage of Sir Peter Blake from the America's Cup, and of his journey down the Amazon River.
We found out why Sir Peter Blake was used to name Blake House. We discovered why he was such a great leader,

We looked at old news footage of Jean Batten and her amazing solo flights.
We found out why Jean Batten was an excellent leader.
We discovered why she was used to name Batten House at our school.