Hastings Boys' High School performing Arts

Today C2 and the other classes from Hastings Central attended this amazing performance from Kapa Haka and Pasifika groups from Hastings Boys' High School students. It was inspiring to watch such talented young men perform with such passion and skill. It is wonderful for our Maori and Pasifika students to see their culture valued and expressed. A big thank you to Hastings Boys' for performing for our students!

Topic Science - Mini Beasts

Barry made a beautiful Spider out of salt dough for our mural.  

The students enjoys creating spiders this week.  They made savoury spiders using noodles and cheerios.  Then they made sweet spiders ensuring that they had two body parts, eight legs and between zero and 12 eyes.  The students are very motivated and really enjoy this way of learning.    

Topic - Minibeasts

Room 2 are learning through art and food this term about our topic.  We have two focus questions that we are asking about each minibeast we study each week.  They are where do they live?  And What do they eat?  The children are really enjoying this topic especially when it comes to Friday and we do our cooking.

Enviro day at Hastings Central School this week

The Central Satellite took part in beautifying the school.  We planted lots of native trees near our satellite.  Students from C1, C2 and C14 got involved.  Great work boys!

Room 2 went to the Aquarium.

This week we went to the aquarium and the students were really engaged interacting and looking at the different animals that were there.  We learned lots of interesting facts. It was really good to see the animals close up instead of just seeing them on a screen.  

Central Room 2 students are learning to share and have fun through play

The students in Room 2 are learning to participate in small group work or play with minimum support

The boys enjoyed playing with play dough.  This was not a set activity.  One student was playing with the play dough and the others gravitated towards the table.  Connor was a delight he searched for something to give Cody to put into his play dough.  It is lovely watching the boys gel as a group.