Reflecting on a busy term

 Here at the Autahi Blog HQ, we wanted to take a look back at lots of the amazing things we got up to over this term and highlight some cool things you might have missed. So sit back and let us take you through our third term of the year.....

The Arts Celebration

It all started with some Taniwha. Exploring the story that lives right on our doorstep was such a rich and powerful motivator for learning more about the performing arts.

We have covered many areas in the Arts including the giant visual art piece that currently resides on our back wall. 

Come and relive the journey from inception, to creating soundscapes, to blocking out movements and finally to our big performance for our school community. With an added bonus of a tour of some of our local ECE.

Taniwha in Autahi

Learn more about the story we used here: Ngake me Whātaitai

Relive the night of our big show

And check out the Taniwha on tour

Quite the fellowship we have going to visit our friends at Miramar North Kindergarten and Tuatara Kids!

Brain Science

Another theme this term was learning a little bit about our brains and how the Arts help us to spark our brains into action. 

We explored some of the science behind having a Jam (in the musical sense) and how it builds up our sense of teamwork.

Creativity and imagination played a big part in our learning this term. You can check out more about some of the many ways we can foster a sense of imagination in this blog.

Shared Writing

The Arts isn't all we have been up to. Come and check out a particularly noisy poem we created that was inspired by one of the amazing picture books we had been reading.

Wow! We had a lot going on and this barely covers all of it. We hope that you all have a great Term Break and we look forward to exploring more learning in Term 4!