More Patterns...

We have been making patterns with special stamps and also on gingerbread men this week.  Spot our great concentration as we find the right colours to put on our gingerbread men!  

Ka pai Te Waka o Matariki group!  What great learning you are doing.

Discovery Time

Check out a new way to view our Discovery Time photos from the cafe this week!

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Discovery time

This morning we were treated to Mohamed's mum, Habiba, sharing her skills in henna painting. Some of us were lucky enough to get a design on our hands. Miss Browne then dried them with the hair dryer. It took a long time and it got a bit hot too sometimes! We love our designs and look forward to Haniba coming back again another day.

Thanks for sharing your skills with us Habiba!

Welcome Maya!

This week we welcomed Maya to our class and school! Her big sister, Irie, and big brother, Ryan, introduced her to our school at assembly.

Artists at work

We have been busy at interchange over the last three weeks learning some painting skills. We used shaving foam and PVA glue to make puffy paint for our snowmen. Last week we painted our background by mixing the secondary colours - purple, orange and green. This week we cut out all the details and put them together. 

Patterns, patterns, patterns

We have a great bunch of new children who are part of our Te Waka o Matariki group.  These children are new to school and are learning about the different things that we do at school and we work on some goals to make sure we are ready for learning.
This week, the Te Waka o Matariki group are focusing on making patterns.  Some of us find this tricky but we have had a practice and tried again today and we had some great results.  We are all very proud of the patterns we made.
Tomorrow some of us are going to have a challenge to see if we can make an even more tricky pattern.

Waitresses at Work

Our waitresses this week at the Discovery Time Cafe were amazing!  First they got our onion dip ready.  Spot how collaborative they are, helping each other to solve problems and then make sure that everyone has a turn.

Then they looked after their customers so well.  They showed them to a seat, explained about the onion dip and the hummus and then checked to see that the customers were enjoying their food and time in the cafe.  After all of that, they even did the dishes!  And with big smiles on their faces.  

Congratulations girls on being such wonderful waitresses.

We had some great chatty customers too that gave great feedback on the dips.  It was a split about which one was the best this week.

Come back next week to see what the new menu contains.