Rangoli Patterns

 Rangoli Pattern is the art of decoration on the floor
or entrances to homes during Diwali.  It is thought to bring 
good luck to the house and to welcome guests.

Here are our patterns.

The Tokelauan Flag

 Room 1 went to have a look at the
Tokelauan Flag.

We had to wait a long time for the wind to blow it
so we could see the design.

Lovely Lau and Adrian thought it looked like a sail?
What do you think?

Actually they were correct.

The image is a Tokelau vaka (canoe) sailing towards the 

4 stars of the Southern Cross.

Like all Pacific countries they also used the stars to navigate as a their way on the ocean.

CLICK HERE

pasifika.tki.org.nz/Media-gallery/Pacific-STEAM/STEAM-Technology

 

Kath Bee

 

We had a visit from Kath Bee an author and songwriter.

Kath read her book, "Dragons Under My Bed"

and we had a dance.

If you are interested in her music or books 

CLICK HERE 

Kath Bee

Thank you for coming

Go-karts

 

Last week our Shared Big Book was all about
Lion who wasn't very good at listening
and after he made his Go-kart he ended up crashing it
all because he didn't  

LISTEN and FOLLOW instructions.

We made Go-karts this week and we made sure that our 
Go-karts had ...
... 4 wheels
... steering wheel

Here is my steering wheel, the engine is underneath the wheels.

The black circle thing is the seats.

Here are the wheels, this is the steering wheel, this is the seat.

Koa asked, "Why is the seat a circle?" Because it is the back of the seat.

This is the steering wheel and these are the wheels and this is the seat where they sit.  

The steering wheel is the other way because they hold onto it like a scooter handle.

Alessandro asked, "Why does it not have an engine?" Because it can move it self.

So this is the steering wheel, this is the engine and these are the wheels. 

This is where the person sits.  This bit is so it doesn’t crash.

Alessandro asked, "Why does it need the crash pad?"   Because it is pretty fast.

Pippin asked, "Why does it have an engine?" So it can move.

Here is the steering wheel, here are some lights and here are the wheels and these are the seats.

Alessandro asked, "Why is the steering wheel straight?" So they can reach it.

This is the spoiler, these are the wheels and this is the steering wheel.

Koa - "Why doesn’t it have any wheels?" The wheels are on the side

Oakland - "Why does it have a spoiler?" Because it can go really fast.

These Go-karts had quite a few modifications:

Crash pad

Seats

Lights

Spoiler

Good thinking everyone 

👏👏👏

Music Concert

 

Happy Diwali

22nd - 25th October  

Tokelau Language Week

 Malo ni - Hello

Mystery building on the field

 Alessandro was wondering what the mystery building was
on the field.

We went to have a look.

There were thoughts that maybe Ōwairaka were going to keep animals?

But no, it is a Shade House for growing plants and keeping tools safe.

Our old Shade House is going to be demolished and here is our new one by the compost near the Play shed.

We had a look at our old one and this is what we saw.

Story written by: Koa

This morning Room 1 went to the Shade House.  

I like the wheelbarrow and tools.

Story written by:  Phoebe

Today Room 1 went to look at the shade house and we went to PMP.  

I liked the jumping.  I saw a clock in the Shade House.

PMP

 After PMP on Wednesday

Room 1 had a vote as to which activity they enjoyed best.

Have a look at the photos,

can guess what they liked?

The Body Rocker

It's a bit tricky, it is like a see-saw,

but Room 1 were brave, persistent and resilient.