KI MAUI, KI MATAU (Left and Right)

On Wednesday Erin from Project Energize came in and taught us a traditional Maori game 'Ki Maui, ki Matau' using the mau rakau. 

We stood in a circle and each person had to hold a mau rakau (long stick) on our fingertips.

Then Erin gave the instruction "ki maui" or "ki matau" and we had to move in that direction to get the person's rakau beside us before the mau rakau fell to the ground. 

We definitely had to take on the Taniwha challenge and 'participate and contribute' for the game to be successful. We also needed to know our left from our right, which meant we had to 'think' as well.

Here are some photos of the game in action.

          

          

     

 Then we had a little group competition...

 

 

               

 and then there were two

          

 

 VICTORY!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY 2016

As Mrs M is a Mum, she said that the best presents to receive are the ones we make, so here they are...

Happy Mothers Day to all our Mums 

     

     

     

          

     

     

          

          

     

     

     

From us all in Room 9!

MONSTER MEASURE

For mathematics we have being learning about how to use scale to measure lengths.

We used the following 'Figure it Out' activity to introduce and support our learning. 

Monster Measure

Here are our creations