What a very busy, hot start to our school year. We have been investigating Waitangi and the signing of the treaty. While we were reading a journal text on the first Waitangi Day in Opua we noticed kutai growing of the wharf.
Well that was the end of the Treaty for now. Kutai became our focus: how we harvest them, cooking them, taste, could we farm them in the Hokianga Harbour?
We had a feast of kutai cooked in garlic and butter, and boiled. We had none left for fritters. We are now investigating what early Maori did with the shells and how can we use them for art.
At the moment the shells have been cleaned washed and are drying in our summer sun.
Watch this space…….

We were reminded this week that others would be looking on our site for Umawera Students blogs. This inspired us to have a go.  The students and I discussed what we could post and away we went.  Many added their bitmoji and written work.

After many had posted feedback started comming in. This generated huge excitement and encouraged others to have a try. Wow what a busy morning.

We have learnt that a small piece daily and publishing on Fridays would be a good practice.

Our goal is to have a try at putting a little piece in our blog daily. A busy time fitting everything in ahead.

Today we were creating our own animal collages using google draw and only using screenshots. Screenshots is a great tool to use when working and can be used for a variety of purposes. Check out some of our drawings below.