TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI

A nice way to end Te wiki o Te Reo Maori with a steamed cooked hangi prepared by the students of Room 8.

Room 8 and 9 with the police

On Friday my class, room 8 and I went over to room 9 to talk to the police about stealing. The first thing we did was making a list about the bad things that people could do to get arrested, fined or even getting sent to court and prison. After we did that the police officers explained to us what the word ‘law’ meant. Next, we did an activity and had to match the paragraphs to the correct sign. The paragraph wasn’t hard it was easy for some students but the other students thought it was hard. When it was all done we asked some final questions, my question was “if a child killed somebody do they go to a kid jail or get a HUGE punishment?” Everyone was laughing but I was quite serious. When it was over the officers went to their next destination room 21. After that we went back to our classes and carried on with our learning.

By Alistair           

TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI

Whangaihia te reo Māori ki ngā Mātua - Nurture the language in Parents so that it may grow

Day 1- Teachers learning a new game

Room 8 giving the game a go

23rd June 2015

NETBALL TOURNAMENT

On Tuesday, 23rd of June 2015, Room 8 went to a Netball Cluster at Papakura Netball Courts.

First we lined up and waited until the time ticked 8.55am. Then we got in the bus and drove all the way to Papakura. On the way we got confused and had to search our location.

When we got to the Netball Courts at 9.45am our teacher, Miss Tuapawa had to go and check if we were in the right place and we waited for her.

After that we went to the courts excitedly and did some warm-up shuttle runs. Then we got into two teams, one team was called the Golden Comets and the other team was called the Stars.

Golden Comets game was first and they versed Clayton Park School. It was a draw 3-3.

Stars game was next and they versed Red Hill School and they lost against them. 

After that we ate lunch and practised our shooting, then Golden Comets played again. They versed Red Hill School and they won.

At prizegiving, the year 5/6 Stars came first and for the year 7/8 category Clayton Park School came first. 

At the end we stopped at McDonalds and had an soft-serve cone. It was yum. 

I enjoyed the Netball Cluster tournament as we got to play other teams.

By Lydia-Rose.

Bubble Gum Dance Group

On Tuesday 2^nd June 2015 Teesha and her Bubble Gum dance crew came to our school and performed a dance. They were so amazing, I was impressed with their dance moves. After that they got 5 teachers and 5 kids, to dance to the nae nae song. Then they were dancing to it, at the end they said their names my favourite was Teesha, Quan and Brianna. This is one of the statements from Brianna “I am skinny, I am tall, I am a blondie and I am rich”.

By Devyn.

Week 6

Samoa Independence Day

On Friday 29^th May 2015 the whole school performed there dances in the hall. Room 8 & 7 performed together, we did a dance and a song that we had to sing. I reckon that we did a cool song because some people were singing it in the hall with us. Then when we got up we felt like we were going to have a heart attack because we were so nervous. My lips were shaking when I was singing. Finally we had finished, we were so happy when we got outside. Then we watched a few more performances. Then it was Room 9’s turn to do their performances. I think they were doing the sasa. I thought that they were the best today.

By Hazel.

Art work

Week 5, Term 2

Today Miss Tuapawa, Whaea Maxine and my class were painting. It was incredible. We did a volcano and some koru patterns that represented the lava and smoke that comes out when the volcano erupts. First of all, we dyed our paper with dark blue, light blue and purple dye. Then we painted the volcano with acrylic paints. We all had fun today.

By Angela.