Congratulations Orla & Shanya

Well done to these two monkeys for receiving certificates at this week's assembly.

Well done Shanya for being a self motivated and committed learner.
Mauria te pono - believe in yourself.

Great work Orla for being a diligent and focused learner. for being self managing and organised and always encouraging to others! Tino Pai!

Matariki Celebrations

Tomorrow morning we will be celebrating Matariki with the school and whanau. The kapa haka group will be preforing along with our School Counsellors and Communication Team, followed by waiata, milo and marshmallows!
Hope to see you there.

Here are some photos of the art we have created that will be on display in the hall.

We were inspired by the Southern Lights - Aurora Australis

      

Te Marae Topic

In preparation for our visit to Omaka Marae in Week 9 we have been spending our afternoons with Room 13 for our topic session.

We have made rākau sticks and learning waitata, learning about te powhiri - the welcome we will be a part of when we enter the marae.  

We have had a special visitor, Rita, teaching us about all the parts of a marae.  She even told us stories of the process of building wharenuis.  All of the craving and painting that goes into them!  Amazing.

   

We'll be very excited by the time our visit comes along!

Can you pick it?

We were invited to Room 19 to visit our little buddies where they read to us a description of their favourite toy.  We then had to see if we could find then on the table full of everyones toys!

What fantastic writing Room 19, your description were well written, we really loved your smilies too!

Wananai - Awesome! Can't wait til next time...

 

 

 

 

A week of birthdays!

We celebrated Laylani's birthday on Wednesday and today was Jasmines!  Lucky us to have double the celebrations.
Thanks to Jasmine's mum for bringing in a HUGE chocolate cake for us to share!  Little did she know that we have been learning about fractions this week!  We had fun working out how to make equal sized parts out of our whole cake.  A decision maths lesson.

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Congratulations Jah'bree & Archer

Well done for receiving a Excellence award for the hard work and great attitude you are both displaying in class!

  

Collaborative Poster

Today we completed our collaborative whakataukī poster. We each completed a square but had no idea how amazing the final product would look!

This poster is of two Manaia.
The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the tail of a fish and the body of a man, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile.
It is thought to be a protector from evil. Some say it is a messenger from the spirit world.
These two Manaia link together to signify working together.
By completing this poster we worked collaboratively and exemplify the whakataukī message of “Mahitahi” working together.