"Kiwi Kids".

Room 16 children enjoy the song "Kiwi Kids" so we decided to use this song for our 2017 Manaiakalani Film Festival Movie.  The children thought about all the things that they could do and some of the things that they dreamed of doing.  They had great fun doing some of these things in front of a camera and decided that kiwi kids really can do anything!

Credit for using pictures from Creative Commons or Wikimedia Commons include - Spotlight (Guo Guiyan),  Pohutukawa Tree Metrosideros excelsa Wikipedia,  Rugby Stadium Australia ( File:AUS-URU Nov 05 ET Wikimedia Commons), Fire engine (File Hamilton 411 Wikimedia Commons), Auckland Hospital (File:Auckland City Hospital 02 Wikimedia Commons) Maori Meeting House exterior (File 2001-01 Rotorua Wikimedia Commons), Maori Meeting House interior (Waitangi Meeting House Wikimedia). Thanks for the technological help for Ms King and Ms Davis.

Talaloa's Picture

Talanoa proudly shows his picture he drew of himself in his school uniform in hyperstudio.

"Harry the Dirty Dog" Story and Picture

"Harry the Dirty Dog" is a favourite story in Room 16.  The children think that Harry would make a great pet as he likes to do the sort of things they would like to do  - to have so much fun getting dirty.  Alfonzo did a drawing of Harry with his friends while Odyn wrote a story about him.

Harry the Dirty Dog playing tag with his dog friends By Alfonzo

"In the beginning Harry took the scrubbing brush and buried it.  Then Harry went to get dirty.  In the end Harry went home and had a bath."  By Odyn

"Harry ran away.  He got dirty.  Then he had a bath."  By Flynn

Flounder Stories

"We went to sing a waiata to the boys to catch the fish with a net. We went down to the river to see the boys."  By Marzuli

"I saw a flounder."  By Seini

A Duffy Award for Jadakiss

Jadakiss has been working hard at his writing and was rewarded with  this weeks Duffy Certificate.  He chose the book "My Aunt Mary went Shopping" and he has enjoyed sharing it with his family.

Earning Golden Time

When Room 16 earn 10 golden points they are allowed 10 minutes doing some of the activities they like.  This week it was 10 minutes catching up on what was new on our blog.  They were excited to catch up on some of blogs about themselves.

Ahasi, Abbey, Jerome and Heilala catching up on blogs.

Playing Duck, Duck, Goose

It was such a lovely fine day when the Mt Hobson Middle School students came to visit so we all went outside to play Duck, Duck, Goose.The younger children thought it was great that the older students were prepared to join in the game too and had as much fun as them running and chasing each other.  Thank you Mt Hobson students for being such great sports joining in the games.