Good evening from Room 6.

Last week started our Social Studies unit on Celebrating Children's Day around the world and our first country was Japan. We made Koinobri (Flying Carp Fish kites). For our presentation at our 'taumata' week, we presented the legend of how the Koi (Carp fish) was transformed into a Koinobori (Flying Carp Fish kites)

Below is a simple process of how we made our Koinobori: Using the medium of 'crayon & dye'.

1. Colouring the edges of the fishes scales with white crayon.
2. Colouring the rest of the fish with other coloured crayons.
3. Used rollers to apply the dye.
4. Let the dye dry
5. Folded in the dried coloured fish and glued coloured crepe paper to make the tails.
6. Assembled the Koi poles with five Koi in order of;
1. Family Banner colours
2. Father
3. Mother
4. Son
5. Daughter

Attached are photos and a video of our Koinobori legend, and the skit of "I'm The King of the Mountain" Enjoy whanau.

This week we are in India celebrating Diwali, (the Festival of Light) this is all so exciting to show and do for our class.

Room 6 out!

Hi Blogland,
Room 6 here. Last week we looked at celebrations around the world as part of our Social Studies Unit.
The country we studied last week was Japan and the celebrations of Children's Day and the part we did was making Koinobori (Carp fish kites). Below are photos of the process we did:

1. Crayon coloured the template, first with the white around the scales 

1. Koi template ready to colour the white edge scales.

3. Here is the dye tray ready to use sponged rollers

4. Coloured dyed drying out in the sun.

2. Fully coloured Koi ready for coloured dye.

5. Finished Koinobori hanging.

Video of the legend of the Koi fish and how it turned into a Flying Koinobori

Story of the"I'm The King Of The Mountain"

Koinobori

Term 2 week 2 2019

Last Friday 17th May, our class Room 6 - Year 0-1 presented to the school our Koinobori (Japanese Carp fish) art as part of World Celebrations and last week we did choose Japan.

We coloured a template of a Koinobori; first with white around the scales and then the rest of the fish. The next step we dyed our coloured Koi and when it dried, we attached them to poles in the order of:

• Family Banner
• Father
• Mother
• Boy
• Girl

1. From blank template
2. Highlighted white tipped scales
3. Colourful scales
4. Wet coloured dyed Koi (Japanese Carp fishes)
5. Dry coloured dyed Koi (Japanese Carp fishes)
6. Our story-writing of the coloured dyed Koi (Japanese Carp fishes)

Here are 4 photos and 2 videos.

Tena tatou katoa.
Welcome to Term 2, and our first day we welcomed 6 new students and whaea Rachel Kopa as our teacher aide for student Kaira.

1. Jayden
2. Te Aumihi
3. Te Ahua
4. Te Rehutai
5. Ernest
6. Kaira

and so our class has a sudden increase of eager minds and bodies ready to learn. So this group are called our Transition Group and are route trained on our class practises and discipline.

We have an amazing term ahead of us, where we have introduced:

•  The Season of Autumn by
• changing of clothing
• leaf rubbing
• Kapa haka team with Room 5
• Studying a snippet of Japanese culture through:
• some simple words and phrase
• Koi Nobori drawing, colouring and hanging
• Matariki
• Manu Aute
• Food
• Setting up a Priority Learners group to assist students reach their full potential.

Our class is managed by whaea Shiralee, assisted by Matua Hemara and Mrs Simeon.