Te Ao Maori in Room 5

Te Ao Maori Week!

Room 5 loved our amazing week of learning and we had so much fun! We had Maori stations where we learnt different Maori skills - Rakau, Maori dance/drama, poi and some language too.

Amelia and De’Jon wanted to share their writing from our wonderful experiences…

On Friday, we had lots of fun! Room 5 played catch with the poi in a special Maori game. Room 5 did balancing with rakau which were very long and thin sticks. We danced and I was so exhausted. We went outside for Maori activities. Our learning was amazing!

By De’Jon.

On Friday we did rakau, poi, a ‘wha’ Maori counting game and hand activity. The poi was so wonderful! It was so exciting doing all of these things and so.. So…much FUN!!!!!

After that we welcomed the seniors back from their Noho Marae. I felt elated because we had fun and it was very cool welcoming the seniors back with our song ‘Haere Mai’ that we learnt. Some of the Junior children even did a pukana! I heard our voices booming around the school. We were all happy from our exciting day.

By Amelia.

Te Ao Maori Week in Room 4!

TE AO MAORI WEEK IN ROOM 4!

Room 4 have been learning all about Te Reo Maori myths and legends. We have been looking at ‘How Maui slowed the sun.’

We re-created the story in both art masterpieces and performed by reinterpreting the story through drama.

A long time ago, Maui and his brothers slowed down the sun. With his brothers, Maui said “you are to use flax to catch the sun.” The sun heard him and said “I will slow down.” The sun slowed down and Maui ate.

-     Shiloh

A long time ago, the sun was going too fast.

Maranatha

We had a great week with lots of amazing learning all about Maui and his legends. We can’t wait to continue our learning and learn more.

Room 9 Koru Art

Room 9 Koru Art

In Room 9 we have been practising using scissors to cut curved shapes. We had to learn to cut very carefully using small ‘bites’ with the scissors.

We cut out a small, a medium and a large white koru. Then we cut out a small, a medium and a large black koru.

 After that we arranged our koru onto coloured paper and glued them on. We have enjoyed learning about different Maori symbols and think our koru artwork looks tino ataahua!

Ruma Waru Artists

We love reading

We love listening to stories

We love to celebrate

We love to create art

Ruma waru would like to share…...

OUR MATISSE ART 😎

ROOM 8’S LINK TO GEOMETRY

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We used 3 different sized shapes

Rahiti said,” I like the colours”.

We used large, medium then small shapes.

Sarai said, “This is my Matisse art. I used different shapes to make it."

I put large shapes on my black card first then I placed medium sized shapes and last I put small shapes on.

Ta da!!!!! I’ve created my own Matisse art!

Look at our koru art!😊

Some of us wanted to draw our own koru shape.

Some of us chose to use stencils to trace koru shapes.

Malo e lelei from the Kingdom of Tonga!

Here are Tongan students dressed in their Tongan attire.

It was Tongan Language Week (4-10 September) and we celebrated it through singing, dancing, and dressing up in our Tongan attire.

Stay tuned for next year’s Tongan Language week, we might look at making our own

otai (Tongan fruit drink). Yummy!!!!!!😋

Room 4 Adventurer's

ROOM 4 ARE ADVENTURER’S!

Room 4 have been learning all about using our experiences and adventures to create some awesome writing.

Read our amazing stories below about our kite flying experiences.

“When I flew the kite, I was having fun and when I was flying the kite I heard a whooshing noise. I liked when I was flying the kite and I heard the bird chirping for us.”

-        Neriah 

“When I flew the kite, I heard a zoom and bag when the kite fell down. The wind was whooshing through me.”

-        JJ

“When I flew the kite, I heard a boom and woooooo from the wind. I felt butterflies in my tummy and I felt happy”

-        Izrayl

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE OUT DOOR ACTIVITY?

We love road safety in Room 3

Road Safety in Room 3!

Keeping safe out on the road is so very important and Room 3 have loved learning with Constable Matt Green about how to stay safe!

“First we stop and you look for cars. Make sure you listen. Look left and right and then walk. Don’t run!”

-Mercedez

“First you need to stop then look and listen for cars. You need to look left and right four times.”

-Amalani

“First you have to stop. Second you need to look and listen for cars. Then you cross at the zebra crossing.”

-Fakalelu

“Make sure you always look left and right. Look and listen for traffic on the roads.”

-Ngatokorima

Make sure you are crossing our roads safely, Whanau!

Always use the zebra crossing!

Road Safety in Room 1

Come and read some amazing writing from Room 1 learners about Constable Green's road safety visit!

Ka Rawe!

When Constable Green walked into Room 1 on Tuesday morning my jaw dropped!He was here because he was teaching us to be safe on the road.Constable Green showed us his huge map of a town.The map had some building's and some roads.Constable Green said “look left and right to cross the road.” Can’t wait to see him next time!- Manaia

In the morning Constable Green came in class. He told us about how to cross the road, because we want to be safe when crossing the road. Constable Green showed us a map and talked about where the safest place to cross road is, a pedestrian crossing. Next week we are going outside of school to practice.

- Zaidore.