Shapes and More Shapes

I used a cylinder to make my bee.

We learnt how to make Cootie catchers. When we were folding them we used square, rectangle and triangle shapes.

                
               To make them we had to follow some instructions. 

1. First we folded our paper to make a square. 
2. Next we had to fold in the corners, then turn it over.  
3. Then you fold the corners in to the middle again. 
4.  Fold it in half again.  
5. Push our thumbs and a finger into the corners to make them move. 
6. Write maths problems on the inside.

Some of us liked the folding and some of us liked it when we could open it with our fingers.

How the Earth Began - The Story of Papatuanuku and Ranginui

On Tuesday we were supposed to go on a mystery history trip to Cambridge but... it poured with rain.  So, we did some cool stuff at school.

We watched the Maori legend of how the earth began with Papatuanuku and Ranginui.

Papatuanuku and Ranginui loved each other so much that they hugged closely together.   Their children were sad because there was no space to play and the sunlight couldn't fit in.  Tane pushed Papatuanuku and Ranginui apart so that the sun could come to the earth.

We noticed koru shapes.  The were like spirals.

We had a go at drawing some koru shapes.  They were super swirly.  

Some of us tried making arrow shapes too.

  

Next we drew big, huge, mega, ginormous, humungous, tall and strong pictures of Tanemahuta. 

     

  

We used pencil and then sharpie.

  

Next we used dye to make Tane colourful.  Check out his strong muscles.

Our art was very wet so we put it in a safe place to dry.

  

Meanwhile, we worked collaboratively to create murals with pictures and words to retell the legend.

  

We shared our ideas and worked together.  Look at these awesome teams!

  

If you come to visit Ruma Piwakawaka, you will see our amazing work along with some super star simile writing about Tanemahuta.