Welcome to the Arohanui Syndicate page, featuring Year 2 children from Rooms 1, 2 and 3.
We are studying Insects and we imagined what the life of an ant might be like. We wrote one story together and five more with some of our ideas for a day in the life of our friend, Antonia the ant.
Did you know that insects are also called bugs? Insects have a head, a thorax and an abdomen. We are studying insects and learning about where they live, what they eat and many more facts.
The senior students from the Rangimarie have been coming to help the Arohanui students with their reading. We are lucky to have the intermediate girls helping us here in Arohanui. We are playing literacy games, reading to our buddies, listening to our buddies read to us, playing blend bingo, working on rhyming words, word sounds and so on.
Mrs Deli brought in Mr Deli’s beekeeper suit, the gloves and some parts of the beehive. We all got to try on the suit to see what it feels like. It was pretty hot inside and cool to look through the netting. Bees definitely couldn’t get inside.
Today I went to the Vodafone Event Centre. First, we went on the bus. Next we had lunch. Last we learnt how to say hello in different languages. First we said, “Allllllllooooha” and then we said, “Talofa Lava Cheeeeo”. – Ariana
We hit the drum and then we said, “Aloha” a Hawaiian greeting. – Landen
Today our whole syndicate went to the Vodafone Event Centre. First, we went in the hall, the Mamas taught us all how to say hi in Samoan, Hawaiian, Fijian and Rarotongan. We went to eat morning tea. Then our class ent back into the hall. – Dylan
Today Room 2 and 3 went to the Experience Pasifica. First the taught us how to say hello. She said “Alllllllllooooha” Next the aunties played the drum then we played the drum. Then we had morning tea. After we made lei. It was easy. We used flowers and straws. Finally we went back to school. – Ezra
Today we went to Vodafone Event Centre. It was amazing. It felt like heaven. – Blake
Today we went to the Vodafone Event Centre. First we played the awesome drums. – Aryadne
Today we went to the amazing and cool Experience Pasifica at the Vodafone Event Centre. The aunty said, “Alooooooha” and “Talofa” – Charlie
First we went on the bus and went to Vodafone. When we went inside we played the drums. The name of the drum was log drum and the skin drum. Then we had a challenge. It was Dragons vs Lions. Next we got a string and put the flower on it and then we put a straw on the string. – Jason
Arohanui is taking part in Counties Manukau Fundamental Skills programme. Our first session was all about balance. We balanced on our right and then our left foot with our eyes open and then closed.
We hopped, walked, skipped and ran.
