STEAM Afternoons

This week at Pukemiro school we have started whole school afternoons working under the STEAM umbrella. This stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. The students have been working throughout all three Ako classrooms on many activities. We have been focusing on building persistence and the willingness to never give up during these activities. In Ako three the students were working on constructing a bridge out of popsicle sticks and seeing whose bridge could hold the most blocks. Students have been very successful in this activity and are showing persistence as they try and try again to make their bridges work.