Hub Whenua's Manaiakalani Film Festival Entry

This year we explored our passion for handball as more learners explore how to play the game during break times.

Our movie is about two boys who want to play handball and two girls who wanted to join in. But the four of them didn’t know how to play so they collaborate to research and practice.

We chose the song ‘Thunder’ by Imagine Dragons as we felt the lyrics helped explain our journey.  See if you can make a connection!

When Nobody Is Watching

Congratulations to both casts for performing in this year's production - we are so proud of each of you for taking a risk and performing in front of an audience.

Please find photos from this week in this file.

CAST A:

CAST B:

KAPA HAKA:

Cross Country

What a fun day we all had at cross country.  Look at us all excited to get it underway!

The teachers tried to take photos of everyone participating so please look in this file to see if you can find yourself!

Congratulations everyone, you did so well!!

School Production Show

Here is one of the songs that we are using for our part of the school production:

In the forest, the mighty forest

The tui sings today

In the forest, the quiet forest

The tui sings today

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

In the forest the mighty forest

The fantail flies today

In the forest the quiet forest

The fantail flies today

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

Near the awa the flowing awa

The kiwi hunts tonight

Near the awa the flowing awa

The kiwi hunts tonight

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

Hush my friends don't rush my friends

The weta creeps tonight

Hush my friends don't rush my friends

The weta creeps tonight 

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

Here is a video of the original song to help you remember the tune:

Term Three Is Here!

We have started our concept learning this week and noticed something taking root in Home Base!  I wonder what this could mean for our learning this term!  Stay tuned for more updates!

Our Assembly Item - Learner Qualities in Te Reo

Well done to all the Hub Whenua learners who hosted our Junior Assembly today!  Here is a video of our item that we performed:

Assembly Item - Learning Our Learner Qualities in Te Reo

For our assembly item in Week 9, we will be teaching the junior school how to say some of our learner qualities in Te Reo.

Here is the song that will help us remember these, please ask us to show you the actions to go along with the song!

Dualthlon

What a great day we all had at Dualthlon!  Congratulations to our winners, but what an amazing support we had from everyone in the hub.

The teachers tried to take lots of photos so please take a look in the folder here if you can see any learners in particular!

Assembly Item - Tēnā Koe

We are practising this song for our item assembly next week.  We thought this would be a great opportunity to share our Te Reo knowledge with the rest of the Junior School!

Pink Shirt Day in Hub Whenua

What a great turn out for Pink Shirt Day in Hub Whenua!  Here is some more information about Pink Shirt Day.

Learner Led Conferences

Here is the information that we will be using to help us to understand how to discuss our learning at Learner Led Conferences this week.

Oobleck

Last Friday Whenua Hub made Oobleck as part of our break through learning. We added cornflour to water and then had to mix, mix, mix. Next we added food colouring. When we touched it with our hands it felt ooie and gooie. It was such great fun.
This week we will use some of the words we used to describe it in our writing.

Collaborative Challenges

We have been learning about how to collaborate with different learners in Hub Whenua.  Our teachers have been giving us challenges to help us recognise how to collaborate.  Check out our photos from our challenge on Monday where we had to build a tower with only THREE pieces of newspaper!

Games Afternoon with Hub Ahika (Hub 6)

Today we had our first collaboration games afternoon with Hub Ahika.  We had so much fun learning the new games that they had created for us.

Hub Akiha is going to reflect on their games and refine them so we can try some new games in a few weeks time.

Trip to the Wetlands

Yesterday we went to the Wetlands as part of the trip we were planning as we investigated different elements of Break Through learning.

We were able to split into groups who were responsible for different parts of our trip.  These groups were:

• Map makers - responsible for creating maps to help us get to and from the Wetlands
• Food and water - responsible for educating us about how to keep hydrated while we were on the trip
• Sun Safety - responsible for educating us for being safe in the sun
• Tour guides/explorers - these groups helps us build our knowledge of the different parts of the Wetlands
• Gamesmasters - these groups were responsible for creating activities to keep us entertained and engaged while down at the Wetlands.

We had an excellent time exploring the Wetlands and are keen to go back to explore further parts of the space - it is so close!

Presentation from Meet The Teachers Night

It was great to see so many families come last week to learn more about Hub Whenua.  Please find the presentation below to refer to for any questions.

Filling Other People's Buckets

This week is International Kindness Week and we have been learning about how we can fill each other's buckets by doing nice things for others.

We have been learning to add more detail into our sentences by using connecting words like "because" to help other people understand why we are filling their bucket.

For this week's assembly, we created a video to show the rest of the school how we were filling our buckets in the hub.  Please check it out and let us know what you think!

Welcome to Whenua (Hub 1) 2017

We have already been at school for a week and we are having so much fun in our new hub.

We are focusing on "Getting To Know Each Other" with everyone in the hub.  We also are getting to know our teachers: Miss Lunken, Miss Wang and Mr Lewzey.

We have started some numeracy learning and are learning about statistics.  Look at how we are using our bodies to make a graph about our pets.

We are looking forward to displaying our learning through the hub blog, please come back to see other parts of our learning throughout the next year.