That Flying Feeling.

Adrianna, Jeyda and Khyani felt as if they were flying in their lovely Loud Shirt Day tops.  You do look like elegant dancers.

Adrianna, Jeyda and Khyani.

Loud Shirt Day

In support of the hearing impaired people we had a loud shirt mufti day.  Room 16 supporters had some beautiful "loud" clothes on right down to matching "loud" shoes.

Adrianna, Jeyda, Khyani, Temalisi, Savanah in the front with Jin standing and Tevita kneeling at the back.

Adrianna is her beautifully matched "loud" outfit.

Wheels at School

On the last day of term we had a "Wheels Day" when the children were able to bring their "wheels" to school.  Bikes, scooters and skate boards were brought to school and the children had great fun whizzing around the school on their wheels.

Khyani and Jeyda on their scooters.

Marius and Jin get set for some scootering.

Disco Dancing

It was too wet to hold our Olympic Fun Day so a lunchtime disco was held.  Room 16 all went along to the hall and showed off their best dance moves.

Savanah getting into the swing of the music

Hamza enjoying the music

Temalisi enjoying the dancing.

Khyani showing her moves.

BN2 da GG + W

BE NICE TO THE GRASS AND GARDENS PLUS THE WALLS

With all the rain we have had there is a lot of mud around the school grounds so the Friday message at assembly was "BN2daGG+ W".  This motivated some of the students to write and draw about their experiences.

By Jeyda

"We have lots of muddy puddles at school.  Watch out and keep dry and keep your shoes clean."  By Jeyda

"BN2daGG+W There is too much mud on our field.  We don't want mud on the walls or people."  By Hinemoa

"We need to be careful where we play and where we walk."  By Khyani

"I was running to the park.  I fell on the ground and I went to the office because I got so muddy."  By Jin

Supporting our Athletes in Rio

To celebrate the Olympics we had a Mufti Day dressing up as competitors and supporters.  We looked like we are ready to help our althletes be champions.  Khyani dressed up as supporter complete with her t shirt, cap and flag.  You looked like a very enthusiastic supporter Khyani.

Room 16 Olympic supporters.

Khyani gets help from Adrianna to fly the supporters flag

Training to be Champions

Training for our cross country means we need to warm up our muscles, follow the leader jogging around the school three times and then warm down.  We are getting better at pacing ourselves so we are not so puffed.

                                            Gabriella, Jarra, Khyani and Savanah

Our Friend Harold

"We liked visiting Harold.  He told us how to eat good food." By Savanah

"Harold did not eat good food.  He was tired.  We made a healthy picnic for him."  By Khyani

A Scary Purple Spider

Khyani's purple spider made a stir on Wigs and Mufti day.  "My Mum made me a purple scary spider.  She put it in my hair."

Two Friends

Two friends had something new to show us and write about.

 Jeyda (left)  and Khyani

Khyani wrote a story about her necklace. "My Dad gave me a necklace from Fiji.  It has a dolphin on it."

Jeyda had a new headband.  "My new head band is like a tiarra that a princess wears.  It is shiny and makes me look like a princess."

Junior Kapa Haka

Khyani and Hinemoa belong to the Junior Kapa Haka group.

"We are ready to go on stage after all our practises," said Khyani

Khyani, Hinemoa and a friend Faith from Room 17.

Junior Kapa Haka Fiafia Video

Junior Kapa Haka from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.
The Junior Kapa Haka Group on Fiafia night performed some waiatas.  Hinemoa, Khyani and Jeyda learned their waiatas and the actions.  They enjoyed singing and dancing for their whanau

Making the Sun Shine

"We made the sunshine inside our class,"said Charlotte on a wet day.  "We drew around our hands and cut the handprints out.  Then we made a round circle and cut it out.  Gluing the hand prints around the edge of the circle made it look like the sun was shinning."

Your sunny smiles show how much you enjoyed making the lovely sunshine to brighten up the class when it was too wet to go outside.

Khyani, Charlotte and Jeyda with the sunshine they made

Camping in a Tent

On Tuesday morning a tent town suddenly appeared on the field.  There was one marque tent and lots of smaller tents that were occupied by the very excited Year 5 and 6's who are having their camp at school.  Unfortunately it has turned rather windy.  The children talked about what it is like to be in a tent when the wind blows and wrote some great stories.  This is Khyani's one.

"The walls of the tent wobbled like a jelly in the wind." By Khyani

What an interesting comparison Khyani as the tent walls would certainly be wobbling and shaking with the wind.

Practising on the Pavement

Hamza and Khyani have been busy practising their letters on the pavement outside our classroom.

"It was fun writing with chalk outside.  We made big letters."  By Khyani

Munching Melon under a Tree

On a hot day there is nothing better than a nice juicy piece of melon.  Today we were lucky to get some melon for fruit so we sat outside under the tree and munched the healthy rock melon.

Jeyda and Charlotte enjoying their rock melon.

Khyanis smile shows how much she is enjoying her slice of melon.

iPad Excitment !

Today we used our iPads for the first time.  We watched the safety video so we would know how to look after them and then we opened our iPad.  Everyone was very excited and listened carefully.

Charlotte, Khyani and Vika demonstrated the iPad hug.

Listening carefully to the instructions.

Well done Class 16 for a great start to your iPad learning.

The First Day of 2016 School Year

It is the start of a new school year for eighteen children in Room 16.  For some new entrants it is the beginning of their school journey and for others who started at the end of last year it was a time to meet friends and be excited to continue their learning.

Eating lunch with your friends is always fun.

Khyani and Charlotte with their healthy lunches