Today we buddied up in our whanau groups to create spectacular chalk art for peace. Alyssa beavered away with her Miro buddy to make beautiful letters for the word Peace. Other children created symbols of their own or modified well known designs. Most importantly the children worked happily and peacefully on their project to launch Peace Week.

My Special Happy Place

Collaging and colouring - finishing off during Friday contract time

The children's work are now displayed on our walls. You are most welcome to pop in and have a look at their fantastic work!

Girls enjoying creative collage making during Friday Golden time! Reward for getting all their tasks complete for the week. Yay!

We have written a descriptive piece on My Special Happy Place. They are now published and displayed for all to admire and enjoy. See the work in progress!

We have written a descriptive piece on My Special Happy Place. They are now published and displayed for all to admire and enjoy. See the work in progress!

We love reading in Nikau!

Maths Problem Solving Thursdays

This term every Thursday we have whole class maths problem solving sessions.

Integrating our inquiry topic 'Flight' with maths, the students each created their own paper planes.

Students busy making and decorating their paper planes

Afterwards the Nikau children took turns trialling their paper planes.  We were fascinated at the different ways and lengths each plane flew.

At the end we used a trundle wheel to measure how far our top 5 planes flew: