What can you do to be kind to Planet Earth?

 Demonstrating Kaitiakitanga -

 Guardianship and Protection

How can we preserve, protect and nurture our planet? This is a question we are reflecting upon with the tamariki. With lots of korero on what our planet looks like and is made up of - land and water -  we have used visuals to explore some of the bad effects that these areas are being negatively impacted by us - the human race. The visuals have been a good way for the tamariki to see what is going wrong and therefore think, question and problem solve their own ideas as to how they can be a guardian of the planet. 

Check out these beautiful water colour paintings below where the tamariki have added their ideas! Tino pai to mahi! 

Mr Stoat

 

The tiger who came to tea

 

Olympics at Uxbridge

The 2021 Tokyo Olympic games have just taken place and we decided to have a mini version at Uxbridge.  Our Olympics consisted of three events, the sack race, the egg and spoon race and the equestrian hurdles. 

The sack race took lots of energy and balance to keep upright and jumping forward in our sacks. Not being able to run was tricky when we wanted to go fast and win the race. We also practiced lining up in a straight line and waiting for the signal to start so that our race was fair for all competitors. 

 For the equestrian hurdles the competitors entered the "ring" one at a time. Just like a proper equestrian show jumping competition they had to wait for the start bell to ring before they began their round. The aim of the event was to steer their pony around in a circle jumping all the hurdles without knocking them over. 

The third event was the egg and spoon race this event took concentration and coordination to keep the egg on the spoon. Our competitors had to decide whether to go fast and risk dropping their egg or whether to play it safe and go slow and steady.  Once again we practiced  lining up together and waiting for the signal to start the race

 

We also made our own Olympic rings with crayon and dye. We talked about how each ring represents a different part of the world Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Oceania. 

Te Taiao - The natural World!