visual mihi

W.A.L.T: express who we are and where we come from using visual means - patterns, koru and pictures.
Here are a few examples of what we have done. Come into our classroom to see them all...

A mihi is used to introduce ourselves, and is usually spoken. We have made some wonderful visual representations of who we are!
Now we are going to learn how to present a traditional maori mihi. We hope we can blog that too!

Who are we?

This week Room 8 was asked to bring something in from home that gives the rest of the class a clue about who you are. It can be anything, as long as you can explain to the class why it is important to you.

What could you bring to show?

Fabulous faces!

This week in Room 8 we have been creating self portraits. We have been learning to create a Picasso style portrait using strips of paper.
First we practiced drawing eyes, noses and mouths by themselves. Then we drew a pencil outline of our portrait using a grid so we could put our features in the correct place.
We had to cut our portraits in 4 - 5 strips! We arranged them so that our face looked crazy!
Then we glued them into place and used pastel to make them fabulously bright.
We hope you like them....

Writing about what we know

This term for writing we are writing about Memories! Today we were learning to recall a memory. We created a class memory wall with some of our favourite memories we could write about. Some of our ideas were: My first friend, Gran's new house, My first school visit, A camping trip, My cat, my first tooth and many more!

Our first day!

Today we had our first day together in Room 8! We had a great day getting to know each other and organising ourselves for the school year.
We started the year with a special Powhiri to welcome new students and teachers to Muritai School. We have two new families joining our school in Room 8. We have Isla Armstrong who has come from San Antonio School and Lucy Blacker who has moved to Eastbourne from England. Welcome to Muritai School and Room 8 girls!
Check out the photos of the powhiri below..