Discovering Out Past - Ahaura Now and Then

 This term the students at Awahono have been 'Discovering Our Past'.  This has been a topic where the students did an inquiry around Ahaura and how the town came to be.  We learn many different things and the students were able to focus on half a decade per group.  They had 3 major challenges, 1 was to build a 3D model of Ahaura during the timeframe they were researching, 2 was to create a slideshow with information to support their 3D model and 3 was to build Ahaura on Minecraft.

We had a sharing afternoon today where all the other classes at Awahono came in to see our displays. I am really proud of all the children and the work they presented.

Fraction Kababs

 Today we combined Matariki and our learning.  We are having a whole school shared Matariki breakfast so we made some kababs and had to write the fraction of each fruit or marshmallow on each kabab.  

Here are some photos of us making the kababs:

After making the kababs we then had to put together a slideshow that showed the fractions that we had made.  Here is Aroha's slideshow:

Just before morning tea the whole school got together and had a shared Matariki Breakfast (it was a late breakfast), while we read the story 'Matariki Breakfast'.  Here are some photos of this awesome experience.