Diversity Celebrations

Challenge # 11

As part of our diversity unit, we had a look at all the different celebrations our class members have. 

Our task was to draw a picture of our favourite celebration and label it.

Take a look at our creations: 

In our class we have children that belong to the following cultural groups:

Samoan

New Zealander

Philippino

Tongan 

Indian 

Afghanistan 

Fijian 

Ethiopian 

Russian 

Rohingya

What cultural group do you belong to?

What is your favourite celebration in your culture? 

Favourite toy explanation

Challenge #12

Following on from our Funday Friday crazy hair day we had a bring along your favourite toy day. 

Everyone brought their favourite toy to our Google Meet video call. We all had the opportunity to share something about our favourite toy. Then we had some questions Miss Mangabhai gave us to guide our writing. 

The questions here:
Where did you get it from? Who gave it to you? What is the name of your toy? Why is this your favourite toy?

We had to make sure we used full sentences when answering the questions.

Check out our responses:

Have you got a favourite toy? Share in the comments telling us about your favourite toy. You can use the questions to help you.

Shared Book: Bread

Challenge #10

During lockdown, many families did some home baking. 

We read a book called Bread and then answered the following question:  How do you like to eat your bread?

Check out our challenge on our class site. 

Check out our writing we crafted:

So tell us: How do you like to eat your bread?

Crazy hair/hat day!

On Thursday 26th March New Zealand went into lockdown. It had been 4 weeks and we still weren't allowed to go to school and play with our friends. We all missed having fun with our classmates. 

So Miss Mangabhai decided for our first Funday Friday during lockdown we would do a crazy hair/hat day via our Google Meet video calls. 

It was super fun. Our only criteria was to get creative with the things we could find around our house. 

Check out our crazy creations! 

“If it’s not fun, you’re not doing it right.” – Bob Basso

Step by step animal drawings

Challenge # 2

Drawing animals can be tricky at times. 

Miss Mangabhai found a range of step by step instructions on how to draw different animals. 

We followed the step by step instructions to draw an animal of our choice and then wrote a story about our animals. 

Check them out: 




You can find the step by step drawings here on our Class Site.

Why don't you give it a go? We would love to see what you come up with. 

What's your name fitness routine

Challenge # 1

Staying fit during lockdown was very important. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to use any playground equipment or go play with a friend. So we got a bit creative. 

Our challenge was to use our name to create a personalised fitness routine.
The different exercises for each letter of the alphabet were on our class site. 

Here are a few of our routines: 

Check out our class site if you would like to give it a go. 

Term 2 2020

Term 2 started in a very different way. Due to the country being in lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic our learning for term 2 started online. 

So what is Covid-19? (Coronavirus) 

How are we learning in term 2? 
This term all our leaning is starting off online. The best way to access your learning is through our class site.
Each day there will be 2 challenges which need to complete. There will be several ways to complete these activities and share your learning. Check the class site to stay up to date with all the challenges. 

Happy distance learning. 

Stay safe in your bubble! 

The year so far...

Term 1 2020 

Summer term 1 was off to a rocking start! 
This term we have:

• We had our first class assembly

•  Cricket training with room 1

• Cleaning up rubbish at Taumanu Reserve/Onehunga Beach

• And of course wheels day!  

What was your highlight of term 1?

Our class artist

Danny Rae

Our class artist Danny Rae is a self-taught artist who grew up in Whangarei Heads, New Zealand. She is currently living in London, UK. 

We found her on the Whangarei Heads arts trail.

Rae creates her art pieces using polymer clay, which is an unusual medium. She creates entirely unique and detailed pieces that are textured and have a subtle 3D effect.

Here are the steps Danny Rae takes to create her design pieces: 

Rae finds inspiration in native flora and fauna, with most of her pieces featuring New Zealand birds. Now that she is living in the UK she expects to create work inspired locally as well as from her travels in Central and South America. Her pieces are held in private collections around New Zealand, Australia and the UK.

You can find more of her work on her Whangarei Heads page. 

We chose Danny Rae as our class artist as she uses bright colours, New Zealand birds as her inspiration and clay which is an unusual medium. We look forward to being inspired by her work and creating great pieces of art. 

Watch this space to see our creations!