Earlier this term, we explored some of the history of Te Whetūkairangi Pā, where our school now stands. We learnt about how Tara founded the first permanent settlement in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Welllington on this site. More recently, we've been focussing on building our awareness of our Character Strength of Teamwork: what we each bring to our collective and how we can play and work together.
This week, we brought together these two threads of of learning with a trip down to Worser Bay Beach. Working in small teams, our goal was to show our learning about pā by building one on the beach - a 'sand pā'. The pā had to include whare, māra kai, fences and defences. We also talking about shaping the sand into hills and mountains so that our pā could be built in safe places.
We thought about the kinds of jobs we would need to do in our teams. The children decided who would be builders and diggers, and who would be 'finders' and decorators, adding other materials such as shells, sticks and seaweed to complete the picture.
Here are our pā engineers at work and sharing their creations with each other. We're sure you'll agree that great Teamwork leads to some beautiful creations!
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