Experiencing a traditional Hangi

 

This year at Kelvin Road School during Term 4 we had the great opportunity to have a Hangi.  A Hangi is known as a Maori earth oven. The children learned about the protocols of a how a Hangi is prepared traditionally. The tamariki really enjoyed preparing the stuffing as well as the vegetables for the Hangi. The children also gained knowledge on why we have Hangi's and why it is important as part of our cultural identity. It was a very exciting and enjoyable learning experience for the children. 

Maria shredding bread for the stuffing. 

Jazlyn  shredding bread for the stuffing. 

Veyron shredding bread for the stuffing. 

Pounamu shredding bread for the stuffing. 

Destony shredding bread for the stuffing. 

Devarn and Javahni washing the pumpkin for the hangi. 

Nevaeha washing the pumpkin for the hangi. 

Preparing the herbs for the seasoning of the stuffing. 

Kaihautu preparing the stuffing. 

Room 16 children preparing the stuffing for Hangi. 

Creating diamante poems on Matariki

 

In room 16 during Matariki we learnt how to create diamante poems. We gathered all the things we had learnt about Matariki and included them into our poems. We included lots of adjectives, verbs and nouns. We hope you enjoy reading them. Aren't they creative?. Please feel free to leave a comment on our blog post. 

Believe you are born to achieve great things

What a great day it has been. We had Mathex as a whole school and guess what? Room Sixteen came second which was such a blessing. Vivaan, Ayesha, Riley and Veryon had so much fun and participated and collaborated well with each other. Whaea Kaveeta is so proud of you!! Its such an amazing feeling to watch the children in your class succeed and accomplish great things. 

"They told me I would never get that far, they were right, I got even further".

In Room 16 the children have a box of blocks that they are allowed to be creative with and let their imagination run wild. The children come into class in the morning and do their duties and then they get their creative juices running and start creating. Some of the children in Room 16 created their own creative and awesome looking spinning tops. They started off small and then added pieces to it to make them more creative and better looking. Look at their wonderful creations.


Te Aroha, Bentley, Riley and Vivaan having a go with their spinning tops to see which one is the fastest and spins the best.


Te Aroha, Riley, Vivaan


Vivaan's mega creation-Spinning top.



I was so pleased as their teacher with the amount of creativity, critical thinking that went into creating their spinning tops. Well done Tamariki.