A message from the Otakaro Hui Committee

Hi Parents our Hui are great .We do hui so your kids  

can be proud of their work,

and the work is not just writing and school work  it’s also

dancing  and skipping and other

stuff

Members

Maggie,Briana,Sophie,Amy,Sophie,Lily,Lillie,Kate,Lucie

and Eliza

Anya's Writing

Room 15 had a new teacher called Rachael in our class room and we did an acrostic poem and it says my name - look closely...


A pples are a healthy fruit

N etball is my favourite sport

Y oung and fun

A lways cleaning at home

S alads are a yummy snack

A lways talking and laughing

L oves lollipops and ice -cream

E motional at all times

V ery kind and thoughtful

A wesome is my favourite adjective

O n the computer at my nana house all the time

BY ANYA SALEVAO

  

Otakaro Scavenger Hunt

Our teachers made a scavenger hunt for us, so that we could learn more about the school and some of the stories from the past.  The purpose of this was to realise and take notice of the things that we walk past every day and don't pay any attention to.

To do the scavenger hunt we were put into groups and then we were given a map with a set of clues.  The clues matched up to numbers on the map and this showed where we had to look for things.  

We had two different scavenger hunts to do because there were so many things to notice and also this gave us a chance to reflect on our first attempt to work in this group, and to come up with different strategies of doing it.

By Ollie, Tom, Corbin, Casper, Mason, Jacob, Oliver, Charlie and Kiri

Term 3: A Blast from the Past!

Our driving question is:

How can uncovering and showcasing stories help to connect generations?

Otakaro (Rooms 14, 15 and 22) started the term by taking a closer look at the school.  We wanted to notice the things that we walk past every day, but don't pay any attention to.  We have used this as a springboard to start thinking about our place and people, and the stories behind them.

How has Physical Literacy changed over the last 100 years?

The beginnings of a timeline to uncover and showcase our stories!

Brainstorming what we have found out just in the last week about our people and our place!

If you have a backstory that you would like to share with us, we would love to hear from you!  We are very keen to find out more about our place and our people so that we can develop a better understanding of what happened in the past.  If you have a story that is a

Blast from the Past

send it along to Room 14, 15 or 22, or reply to our blog.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Room 15 - Meet the Team!