Farewelling our lovely Whaea Kerry

Nga Papahu has had a wonderful year with Whaea Kerry who came to our class every week to teach us Cybersmart and clever digital technology skills. She shared an awesome lunch with us on our last day, and then it was very hard to say, 'farewell'. We would like to show our thanks by sharing these Christmas messages, which has brought together many of the skills she has taught us. 'Merry Chrsitmas, Whaea Kerry.' xxx

Meeting Ingrid Banwell

 18th November, 2020

Something very special happened today in Nga Papahu. We had a Google Meet session with artist Ingrid Banwell, whose work inspired our gorgeous paintings last term. We chatted with Ingrid for almost 45 minutes online, asked her lots of questions and showed her our digital art which was also inspired by her work. Thanks so much for your time, Ingrid - you gave us lots of tips and tricks for our future art projects, and positive feedback on our work. A BIG thank you must go to our Manaiakalani teacher, Whaea Kerry, for making all the connections happen. You rock, Kerry :)

Preparing for our Blogs

 Today with whaea Kerry we leaned how to do a screenshot, and preparing our new blogs by writing about ourselves for our introductions. 

Is it Real or Fake?

Today, with Whaea Kerry, we learned to decide whether something we see on the internet is real or fake. We watched a House Hippo video - the hippo was the size of a piece of bread and ate raisins and chips. We decided that that video was a fake.

Ingrid Banwell inspired Artwork

 We have been studying the art work of New Zealand artist, Ingrid Banwell. She was born in NZ but now lives in Australia. Ingrid loves to travel around the world, and has her artwork displayed in many countries.

We focused on three points of Ingrid's paintings; firstly, the main idea of her painting always crosses the borders somewhere. Secondly, the big outside border has smaller drawings there that are relevant to the picture, and thirdly, the inside thinner border is a plain, repetitive pattern in two colours. 

We presented our work at assembly, and some pieces are going to be displayed in the school vestibule

Google Drawing

We had an online Cybersmart session with Whaea Kerry today. We learned about Germ Bots fighting Covid-19. We created our own Germ Bots using Google Drawing; creating the bots using shapes, moving them around, grouping them together then adding a funky background. Here's some of our work :)

Keeping our Teeth Clean

 A quick inquiry into how to keep our smiles bright - sponsored by Colgate.  Each student got a Minion toothbrush to take home and red toothbrushes to keep in the classroom. We should brush our teeth twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste to keep our teeth and gums healthy, strong and clean.  Bonus brush after lunch each day!