Treaty of Waitangi - What we Know Now!

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Day 1

Prior Knowledge:
What we already know about the history of NZ and the Treaty of Waitangi.

At the end of our inquiry we will ask these questions again and see the shift in the children's understanding!

Day 1  

We can learn history through story telling.  Through role play we learnt about Europeans coming to NZ on boats and beginning to build a life here.  Children playing the roles of the Europeans got to experience history through their perspective, and children playing the roles of Maori got to experience history through another perspective.  Now we have lots of wonderings and questions to inquire into!

The children are in role building their huts and with the new arrivals negotiating space and resources. 

Highlights of week 4 and 5 in Koru.

Do you have...?

Our construction table is looking very bleak at the moment.  If you have any of the following that you can find and donate to koru hub we would love it very much.

• Old hammers or safe tools
• Off cuts of wood
• Old nails etc
• Bottle tops
• Bits and pieces that can be hammered onto things
• Interesting things we can be creative with

Thanks!

Shout Out to All Camp Helpers!

We want to say a huge...

THANK YOU!!!

to everyone who has helped in any way for our koru camp!

Thanks to those who:

• Stayed the night
• Helped put up or take down tents
• Lent equipment
• Helped with cooking
• Supervised children
• Visited your child for part of the camp
• Got woken up by children
• Wished for good weather
• Thanked the teachers 
• and of course anything else I have missed out!

It all counts and we appreciate your help and support!

Koru camp!!!

Treaty of Waitangi trip

Exploring the National Library and Tepapa

Chilled Fruit Juice Available

Kia ora koutou, 
We still have a number of small juice packs left over from our wonderful Summer Day Out at the weekend. 
They are Charlie's fresh orange or apple juice (not made from concentrate). We are storing them in the fridge in the team space in Koru hub, and we are selling them for $2. All proceeds will go to the fundraising for our senior playground. 
If you would like your child/ren to have a chilled juice at morning tea or lunch simply send them along with $2. Available while stocks last!

Camping Equipment List and Timetable

Only 6 sleeps to go until our camp! The children have been busy with maths problem solving to help plan our camp. They have now completed our menu, activities and equipment requirements.

Equipment List
Change of clothes for Friday (mufti)
Warm jacket
Sun hat and drink bottle
Suitable outdoor footwear
Togs and towel
Toiletries: Toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, face cloth etc
Sleeping bag and pillow
Sleeping roll or airbed or stretcher
Torch
Pyjamas
Dinner plate, cereal bowl, knife, fork, spoon
Any necessary medication
Optional: Nightlight, teddy bear, book

ALL THINGS TO BE NAMED PLEASE

Other important notes:
* Please drop tents off on Thursday morning to kakariki
* Wear uniform to school on Thursday
* Tents are being put up at 1:40pm - any parents are welcome to come to school at this time to
   help us
* Children go home at 3pm
* Come back to school at 5pm in mufti and with your equipment
* An adult will be in each tent with the children overnight
* All children will be fed Thursday dinner, supper, Friday breakfast, morning tea and lunch
* Vegetarian and gluten free have been planned for
* Those not staying the night are welcome to join us for breakfast at 8am, or just come to school in
   mufti at 9am
* All equipment can be picked up at 3pm on Friday
* Teachers have their work cell phones on them so feel free to call if you need to 

Camp Timetable
Thursday (in uniform)
9:00am            A group of children grocery shopping
                      Creating Camp treaty
11:30              Preparing/Cooking our camp snacks
1:40pm           Putting up the tents
3:00                Children go home to get changed and get their equipment
5:00                Come to school
                      Start BBQ
                      Set beds up
                      Soccer and volleyball games
                      Dinner Marshmellows / Night Walk
                      Supper, brush teeth, story
                      Bed
                      ZZZzzzzzzzz

Friday (in mufti)
7:00am           Get up and dressed
                      Tidy tents
                      Play
8:00                Breakfast
                      Brush teeth, clean
                      Tidy tent
                      Play
9:00                Camp games led by children
11:00              Morning Tea
11:30              Tents down
                      Water slide and pool
1:00                Lunch
1:50                Movie
3:00                Camp finishes - home time

Happy camping everyone :-)