ANZAC Celebrations

Today we had the pleasure of listening to Paul (Veronica's Dad), and Rosie (our teacher), share their stories about family members who went to war.

Veronica's Great Grandfather 'Neville' fought in World II, while Rosie's Great Great Great uncle 'Jam' fought in World War I.

Paul had many historic documents and war medals to share with our curious tamariki and staff.

Rosie and her son Nathaniel shared their story with a display of maps, stories, and photographs.

We are also grateful to Jessie and Zion's mum Crystal, for sharing their family ANZAC stories about their Great, Great, Great, Great Uncle Albert, and Great, Great, Great Uncle Eric.

After thanking our guest speakers, everyone took a moment to show respect to our fallen soldiers by having a minute of silence.

Our day of remembrance was ongoing with families and staff contributing lots of yummy food for our shared Kai lunch.

What a fantastic day we've all had! We are thankful to those who proudly shared historic family moments, and grateful to everyone for taking the time to bring food to share, and spend the afternoon just enjoying each other's company. 

Well done to everyone who helped to make today a fun learning experience for our tamariki.

We wish all our families, friends and staff of Apii Potiki a very safe and happy long weekend...lest we forget 🙏🏽

Poppy Shaped Biscuits & ANZAC Medals

Following on from the last few days where we created our window poppy garden, we decided we would try baking some poppy shaped cookies.

Many of our tamariki chose to participate, especially when they saw that there was chocolate involved:)

During this experience tamariki demonstrated curiosities toward colour, texture, taste, and smell.

'Tamariki develop strategies for actively exploring and making sense of the world by using all the senses' - Exploration Te Whariki - Goal 2.

ANZAC Medals 

Our teachers May and Terri implemented the idea of ANZAC into children's outdoor play today when they discussed how soilders were presented medals as a sign of recognition and bravery. From here, tamariki were presented with an opportunity to create their own medals using glue and collage pieces.

'Children develop awareness of connections between events and experiences within and beyond their Apii'

Belonging-Goal 2.

Some of our Learning Moments this Week

This week has been another busy one. 

It has consisted of developing an understanding of ANZAC, and learning ways of how to look after ourselves if an earthquake should ever strike.

We welcome all our families to come and check out our ANZAC poppy gardens.

EARTHQUAKE DRILL

Our Earthquake Drill was based on information gathered from the Ministry of Education website.

We prepared for our drill by watching 'Stan' the dog on our iPad. Stan showed us how to keep safe through the 'Drop, Cover and Hold' procedure. We also practiced keeping 'Turtle Safe' i.e. rolling ourselves up like turtles.

ANZAC Commemoration

We discovered this tribute to our fallen soldiers during a short walk through our local community. Meitaki maata Glen Innes School. Lest We Forget.

ANZAC Biscuits