Hamilton Gardens

On a warm Thursday morning Room 16 took the bus to the Hamilton Gardens. While we were at the gardens we walked around the trail from the book "The Garden's Secrets". We sketched in our books and did a scavenger hunt. We had morning tea at the amphitheatre in the Italian Garden. To finish our trip we played on the playground. We were hot, sweaty and tired coming back to school on the bus.  

The Italian garden was very colourful and smelled like beautiful flowers. Sophie and Sophie

I saw a spider and it was scary and it looked poisonous. Kelly-May and Flynn

The Chinese garden was nice because it smelt like peaches. Winter and Elias

The opening and closing door was bright yellow and very unique. Isabel and Kanishka

Our favourite thing on our trip was doing the scavenger hunt. Safwan and Jaden

Our favourite place was the Chinese Garden because it was very calm. Andie and Amelia

Our favourite place was the Italian Garden because we liked the fountain. Cooper and Eden

The spider in the Italian Garden was our favourite. Cooper and Lexus

We went to the Gardens. Our favourite part was the giant hands. Moss and Zach

The place we like the most in the garden is the waterfall in the Italian Garden. Naomi and Samantha

The best thing in the Hamilton Gardens is the Egyptian Statues. Spartak and Akshay

Hikoi ki a Hukanui Marae

On a bright sunny Monday morning, Hamilton East school took a trip to Hukanui Marae. 

Learners, teachers and whānau were welcomed in to the marae with a traditional powhiri. 

We then got a chance to sit in the wharenui (Tuturuapapa) and hear some of the history of the marae. 

Following that we sketched some of the sights of the marae that we found interesting. 

The Cool Bean.

This week for Play, Make, Create our book was “The Cool Bean” by Jory John. Learners decided the moral of the story was its cool to be yourself and that it’s cool to be kind. They had a fantastic time making and creating and exploring the dress ups that were part of the book provocation. 

Kahuku

Amelia bought in two chrysalis and a butterfly for Akomanga 16 to observe. We have watched them hatch and we ever able to hold them before they were ready to fly. The class have learned about how long it takes for a caterpillar to weave its cocoon, how long they stay in the chrysalis for and what butterflies need to survive.