Maze

 Room 16 had "The Gardener's Maze" for their shared book. The class enjoyed learning how the gardener think, planned and made his maze. 

This inspired the children to make their own mazes. 

On the last day of enjoying the book, we made a maze using the things we see in our classroom. We then learned some positional terms such as forward, backward, left and right turns. We also learned the term 'debug' to go back to the original position. The children had a lot of fun working in pairs and figured out ways on how to solve their own puzzles.

Maker Space Activity

Room 16's Maker Space activity for weeks 1 and 2 is to find some solution for the current problem of Hamilton City. With the move from old recycle bins to new ones, plastic bottle caps are not to be recycled anymore. This meant that plastic bottle caps will end up in the regular bins and add up to our rubbish. Room 16 tamarikis brainstormed together and thought about some ideas on how they can re-use bottle caps so they do not end up with general rubbish. Days of brainstorming and planning ended with a day to 'create' and put their ideas into reality. Some students made useful home display such as photo frames, coasters while some went to the extra ordinary like game boards, animal figures and transportation vehicles. It was indeed a very fruitful and fun day for the tamariki, this also created in them a love for the environment because we want to help reduce waste materials.

Planting in Room 16

 Yesterday, room 16 put little seeds in little pots. I got a cauliflower seed. I want my plant to grow.

by Oto

Yesterday, Ivy grabbed some oaoer pots. We designed it with pens. Some classmates designed theirs with flowers. We watered the soil and put them in pots. We dropped the seed in pots. I planted a leek.

by Spartak

Yesterday, Room 16 was delighted to plant a vegetable. I planted a lettuce seed. This is how we planted: First,mwe put a seed and then water on top of the soil. Ivy put the mixture in our pot. I'm going to say nice words to my plant at Takaro time so it can grow for me.

byKristi

Today, I planted a carrot in a small pot. Ivy smashed the soil with a fork, then put the dirt back. I sprayed it with water. I wonder if we could make a garden, that will be good. My grandad would be so happy but he is not here.

by Tumai

Yesterday, Room 16 planted a seed. We decorated the pot of plant. We also wrote our names on the pot. The next day, we looked at the plant and my one grew a bit.

by Winter