Who are we?

Te Ara Angitu is a group of Year 5 and 6 students at Ara Tū Whakatā Gilberthorpe School in Hei Hei, Ōtautahi, Aotearoa. Welcome to our blog where we share our learning throughout 2022.
You can also see sharing from Rimu and Whakamanawa students from previous years.

Sunday 30 July 2017

Week Two Values- Care for Others



Caring for Others


For week two, we are looking closely at caring for others, how we can show this and how we can aim to make someone's day by showing this caring.




Play Day at Timbernook

Terrific Times at Timbernook

At the end of each term we have a Play day.  In term one we ventured out to Timbernook and explored a variety of creative play activities.  Check out a few of our pictures:

Values-Friendliness

Friendliness


For week one, we have been learning about and reflecting on friendliness.  Being friendly helps us show our FISH! Philosophy value of making someone's day.  

Friday 7 July 2017

Writing

Writing Using Imagery

In Writing, we have been learning about the purpose of writing, how to create imagery and writing so we help our audience to remain interested.  Here are some examples of our writing so far:

Dancing Like the Stars 2017

Dancing Like the Stars 2017

The Argentine Tango

This term has ended with a fantastic night of dance at the Isaac Theatre Royal in the annual Dancing Like the Stars show.
Rimu Class worked with dance teachers Gloria and Graham throughout term 2 and have learned the Argentine Tango.  For many of us, it was the first time experiencing this form of dance and performing to such a large audience.