We are a New Entrant class in a play based learning environment. Our teacher is Whaea Georgia. Please feel free to comment and follow our journey at Hamilton East School.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
Seeds
We have Whaea Nicky working in Ruma Toru at the moment. She is teaching us a lot about seeds (kākano). We are finding them on hīkoi around the school. We are drawing and writing about them. We are reading poems about seeds.
Our Seed poems:
Sunflower seeds
Pumpkin
Redwood seed
Flower
Coffee beans
By Henry.
Orange tree
Seedlings
Water, sun, dirt.
By Margot.
My flowers
Seedlings
Growing
Growing
Growing.
By Forest.
My tree,
Growing.
By David.
Seeds,
Orange,
Pineapple,
Apple.
By Lorenzo.
Sun,
Growing.
By Matthew.
Kakano
Growing.
By Emily-Rose.
Pumpkin seeds
Chestnuts
Black and orange.
By Selby.
Sunflower
Black eyes
By Azaan.
White seed
Black seed
By Rumeysa.
Orange
Bowl of black
Pumpkin
Corn
Seeds
By Susi.
A seed poem.
Brown seeds
So small, small.
By Aroosh.
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