Kia ora! In Term One Mrs Fiona Brown and the Pohutukawa children worked hard at their environmental responsibility, refreshing the ‘Butterfly Garden’ after heat and weed problems in the summer holiday. Pohutukawa made posters and books for the next group of children and teacher, Ms Jill Holmstead, to show how to keep the garden flourishing.
In Term 2 Pohutukawa children went on a ‘shape hunt’ around the school and used shape equipment in the classroom. We explored the use of shape in art work and created abstract work with partners and by ourselves. We thought about the interesting shapes, then created and told stories about them. Some of the art was motivated by Caroline and we made a seascape of unusual sea creatures. Now we are exploring the work of artists and creating more art for our exhibition.
Each week we make a newspaper from our news stories to read in class and for home reading. Mrs Brown sent a postcard from England so we will write back to her. It’s interesting finding out things that are happening locally, in New Zealand and the wider world. We can even see wonderful things from windows in our room!
In Pohutukawa our motto is ‘Together Everyone Achieves More’ and we are enjoying cooperative challenges in maths, letter of the week, reading and PE along with helping each other with class roles. We have goldfish named ‘Marlin’ and ‘Nemo’ and a class mascot ‘Brown Bear Barney’ to look after. We are also enjoying helping new children who visit us before they join our class.
Ka kite Pohutukawa tamariki and Jill Holmstead
