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Weka’s Queen’s Birthday Art

Our Weka children were very excited to celebrate Her Majesty, The Queen's birthday by honouring her with a royal portrait.  Mrs Leal said that a lot of love went into creating their artwork and the pride they displayed was heartwarming.

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Jeremy
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Ian
John
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Japeth
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Makerspace Balloon Challenge

The Library runs different challenges during lunchtimes in it's 'Makerspace' area.  These have included Leprechaun Traps, Pots of Gold, various Lego and Duplo Challenges.  They are voluntary STEM activities to enhance children's science based learning and creative thinking.

A recent one was our Balloon Lego Car Challenge where children designed their fastest possible Lego car, powered by a balloon.

Coming up are Space Challenges, Unicorn Challenges, Ocean Challenges and many more.

 

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Kea Art – The ‘Mt Carmel Kid’

To start our new school year we decided to have a look at being a 'Mt Carmel kid'.  The Kea children went outside to have a look at the Mt Carmel Kid mural on the wall and discuss ways in which we can become Mt Carmel kids by setting goals, seeking challenges and solving problems. This sparked our interest in self-portraits and puppet creating, by declaring and displaying  the children's unique and own identity showing how strong, imaginative and self-confident they all are.

Bee Art

All the children have been learning about bees and the importance of them. Everyone has really enjoyed drawing, painting and describing bees and their habitats.

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Kakapo Class Volcanoes

Kakapo class have been busy learning about Volcanoes. In groups they researched, constructed and painted their own paper mache volcano. They then presented this to other classes in the school and demonstrated an eruption using baking soda and vinegar.

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Kakariki Class – STEM Car Making

During Term 3, Kakariki have been learning all about forces and simple machines.  This week, they put their learning into action as part of our technology unit (toy making).  They used their knowledge of friction and wheels and axles to design and make peg cars.  They did a fantastic job!   It was great to see them working together collaboratively and continually evaluating their designs to improve and perfect their cars!

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Kakapo Class STEM Lesson

This term we have learnt about simple machines.  We enjoyed exploring and discovering the term, “levers”. Using our prior knowledge on levers we built our very own Popsicle Sticks Catapults during our weekly STEM lesson. We used technology and engineering skills to build our catapults; we used Maths to determine the supplies we needed, and we used science to test how far the catapults flung the marbles.  The children really enjoyed this activity which further developed their critical thinking, problem solving and collaborative skills.

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Lockdown Learning

We asked for your 'Lockdown Learning' photos .. and you sent us some really great pics.  Here's a gallery of those received  so far.  Keep them coming!!

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Pukeko – Chinese New Year

As part of our topic on Festivals and Celebrations, Pukeko Class had their own Chinese New Year celebration on Friday. The children practised cutting skills by making lanterns to decorate the classroom. They had a go at using chopsticks to eat noodles and they even made a dragon so they could do some dragon dancing. We had great fun!

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Pukeko – Clay Modelling with Natalie Stamilla

Last term our students enjoyed  some clay modelling sessions under the expert eye of artist and Mt Carmel parent, Natalie Stamilla.  Take a look at their fantastic creations in the gallery below.

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6 Mt Carmel Place, Meadowbank, Auckland
Principal: Liz Hennessy
Phone: (09) 521 5161