Kahurangi Writing:WALT Entertain

Over the past two weeks, a group of students in Kahurangi have been learning about alliteration and using alliteration to entertain an audience! Here are some "quirky" student examples... Let the creative poetry entertain you!

Hall of Fame Inquiry: Engage Taster Session

Last Friday all Year 5 and 6 students participated in the Engage Stage of our first inquiry for 2016.  We had four taster sessions exploring different disciplines of art and how we can imitate the talented ideas and skills or others in order to develop our own abilities.  Here's some examples of a quick 10 minute digital portrait that we did based on Pablo Picasso.

Kahurangi Writing: WALT Socialise

Some of us in Kahurangi have been learning how to socialise through writing.  We have been working on creating concise and effective invitations.  Take a look at these examples below...

(Please note - the open day is a fictional event)

Kahurangi Tier 2 Homework Projects: Weeks 3-5

Here are some examples of our homework projects that students produced and shared digitally.  We ha some other fantastic projects handed it in at school too!  Well done to all those that completed the project.

WALT use number lines to solve problems

Some of us in Kahurangi pod have been learning to use number lines to solve maths problems...  It helps us add in parts visually.  Take a look at this great example from Darren.

WALT Describe

Some of us in Kahurangi have spent the last three weeks learning to be descriptive.

Here are some great examples of our descriptive writing, where we have used our five senses to describe colour...

Week 6 Value of the Week Certificates

Excellence Certificates

Congratulations to these people who have been showing excellence in Kahurangi last week.  Ka mau te wehi - that's fantastic!

WALT Persuade: Too Much TV

Some of us in Kahurangi have spent the last three weeks learning to persuade in our writing.  Here is a great example from Finn, who has done a fantastic job of explaining his reasons and thinking about how to convince people to agree with him.

VALUE OF THE WEEK: RESPECT

Congratulations to our values certificate winners for Week 5.  Well done for showing respect in Kahurangi this week.

Homeroom 18: Aleisha Cheetham 

Homeroom 19: Lucy Cavanagh

Homeroom 20: Ella Field

Excellence is our new value of the week. Check out the posters the students have made below.