Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Piki Pod! Kim and I would just like to say thank you to all the wonderful whanau for your support in 2016.

We hope you have a safe and Merry Christmas. Enjoy your tamariki for the next few weeks, relax and have fun!

Arohanui Kim and Penny

Maths

Today we did matchstick name writing. We counted out 50 matchsticks by making 5 groups of 10 or tally marks and making 10 groups of 5. Our challenge was to write our name using  all 50 sticks! It wasn't as easy as we thought! Check out our efforts

Whiteboard Writing

This morning we practised writing all our high frequency words.

Kaval practising his Learning Priority

At Maths today Kaval was practising his before numbers to 10.

Lily challenged herself to write her numbers to 100!

Londyn, Frankie and Maia are practising to make bundles of 10.

Congratulations Kaval

Kaval has learnt all his Teddy Bear Words! Way to go Kaval!

Piki Pod Fun at Lunchtime

Team 1 Arts Afternoon

Here is a sneak peak at the printmaking and musical instrument workshops.

Printmaking

Spin drum in the making

Maths is Fun

Today Isla used the alphabet letter stamps to write the number words! Great learning Isla!

Making patterns

Using the iPad to practise writing our numbers.

Cover the car

Daffodil Day in the Piki Pod

We are learning to improve our handwriting

We are focussing on improving the formation of our letters. 

Team 1 Art

This week Team 1 created art with Raewyn Harris and the Piki Pos also did some 'Hei Tiki' art. Here is a little snapshot of some of the art created and will be on display at our art afternoon.