After school fun for tamariki

Tamariki enjoyed the after school programme at Whare Manaaki on Thursday afternoon We started the new kaupapa for the new term: Marama (the moon). We used torches to explore shadows, and then made Papatūānuku, Marama and Tamanui-te-Rā from modelling clay. We used these models to explore orbits and the length of days, months and years, as well as how the moon appears different shapes on different nights. We also learned a waiata about the moon. 

- Kaiako Naomi Smith