Origami Challenge

We've been learning all about different cultures in LH1 this term.  Yesterday we watched one of these videos teaching us how to make an origami cat and today we had a go at working through the steps and making these paper kitties.

Here are the videos to show you how to make a cat and dog out of origami at home and the links to print the special origami paper.

Which is your favourite?

Dog Papers

Cat Papers

You might even like to try some of these other origami designs with the help of someone at home...

Click here to see what else is on the website.



Before we started we talked about which Learner Qualities we thought we'd need to use... we thought we'd have to be determined and do lots of thinking and reflecting as we went.

What did you most enjoy about making the origami?

What was challenging about making them?  What did you do when it got tricky?

Transport in Te Reo!

What Culture are you from?

Today in the afternoon we talked about culture.

We've included this map for you to explore with you children - we'd love it if you'd include some information on it - where was your child born?  You (as parents)?  Their grandparents?  What cultures do you associate with?

Let's learn more about each other!

How to leave a pin (with information):



Now that you know how to leave a pin, click here to get to the editable version of the map and add your family's pins (and type the password 'holhay85' to save at the end)

Remember to hit save and type in the password!

Cultural Day in LH1

We've had such a great time today in Learning Hub One - it's been Cultural Day!

Here we are in the morning.  We were really proud of ourselves as every single learner was able to talk on the microphone to say where they come from!

We paraded through the school showing off our cultural dress and recorded what we thought of our clothes...

Would you believe that Kyan (who was dressed as a New Zealand farmer) even arranged for some lambs to come and visit us?!  Here we are with Lily and Simba.  We asked lots of really good questions at the end of their visit.  Thank you Kyan and your Mum for organising this amazing surprise!

We sketched picture of each other in our cultural dress and had to pay close attention to the details.

Then in the afternoon, some of our big buddies from Learning Hub Three came to perform some of their Kapa Haka waiatas and hakas.  We were very lucky to get a private performance!

We had a fun day today celebrating all of our different cultures!!

Learners and parents, please share your comments and thoughts either in this box below or by leaving a comment...

Cultural Day in LH1... at AnswerGarden.ch.