SPS Pounamu 2018

Last week during Exploring time we were challenged to build landmarks from around the world out of our construction materials. The results were fantastic.

Miss Freya's and Miss Tetli's maths groups joined forces to solve a tricky skiing maths problem. Here is a quick look.

During Maths last week the Ninjago / Ninja Nerds made jam sandwiches. Lots of excitement and Joy as we learnt what a half is and then a quarter and then an eighth and finally a sixteenth! Then they got gobbled up!

With the opening of 2 new spaces Pounamu were very curious to see what it looked like. Here's what we discovered;

Exploring time in Pounamu Habitat is LOVED by all students. It is a time to grow our curiosity, explore new things and interact and have fun with people. The students are always talking, problem solving and using their amazing imaginations! Here are a few snap shots of students thinking "outside the box" and taking their creativity to the next level. In the Maker Space this week we are creating patterns form paper and pastels and putting them in our very own design book! The look amazing, come on in and see your child's! Jorja made a fantastic Koru out of pattern dots. Really creative and individual art Jorja! This group of awesome kids took cup stacking to the next level and made a giant shape for them to all fit in. Their first attempt fell down so they had to use their growth mindset to make it all again...and they did super fast! Good job team! 

I n Pounamau Habitat we have reading everyday between 10.30-12.30. Your child will get a book or activity to bring home in their book bag to practise. Take a look at some of the reading groups in action!  Word games are a great way to learn new words and recall them quickly. It's also fun!  Miss Tetli with some great readers doing a poem! Miss Freya taking a reading group. They sounded great!