Christmas Stories

Picture and story by Anne Marie

Picture and story by Maria

Picture and story by Fateh

Picture and story by Chevelle

Picture and story by Nate

2018 Prize Winners for Room 16

Room 16 had three prize winners.  They were Tupou for effort, Mariposa for citizenship and Nate for academic promise.  Well done to those three boys for their efforts over 2018.

Nate (Academic Promise), Mariposa (Citizenship), Tupou (Effort).

Getting ready for Prize Giving -  Tupou, Mariposa and Nate.

Nate's Duffy Certificate

 Nate has been working really hard with his reading and when he was tested recently he had gone up 4 levels.  Well done Nate your hard work has paid off and you earned yourself a great book to read.

Young Ocean Explorers at Pt England

Steve from the Young Ocean Explorers came to talk to the children and show some footage that he had shot of marine animals.  Steve is an underwater cameraman and he had some amazing photos of whales, sharks, turtles and other fish close up in their environment.  His talk was a great motivation for our writing as these stories and pictures show just how engaged the children were.

"At school I saw Steve and then we saw some little fish.  Steve went diving in the water."  By Alexandra

"I went to assembly and I saw Steve.  I like the sea animals and he talked about the animals and he took a photo of an octopus."  By Samson

"I went to see the sea.  I was looking at Marlin and turtles and I saw Steve.  Me and Steve went to see the animals."  By Nate

Steve is a camera man.  He goes under the water.  He took photos of a marlin.  It came up close.  Sharks, seals and turtles have sharp teeth."  By Tupou

A Rainy Day Activity

On a recent trip to the zoo the boys were interested in the tall towers and cranes we went passed.  With the wet weather over the last two lunchtimes Nate and Tupou decided to try and build a tall tower.  They practised and practised how to build a tower taller than themselves and today they finally made it! 

Finding a way to build higher.

The finished tower is taller than the two boys!

The tall towers and cranes we saw on the way to the zoo.

National ShakeOut Day

On National ShakeOut Day we practised what to do in the event of an earthquake.  When the school sounded the alarm the children promptly remembered to "Drop, Cover, Hold".  They dropped on to the floor and quickly moved under the nearest desk and held onto a desk leg to prevent it moving off them.  It was a drill that was carried out quickly and without fuss.  We then thought about the fact that an earthquake might happen when we were outside and Nate was able to demonstrate how we could keep safe outside.

Maggie practising "Drop, Cover, Hold".

Tupou and Nate under a table.

Practising a "Turtle" position outside.

Team Certificates

Joshua and Tupou received certificates for week 1 and Nate received his from last term.

While we were on our trip to the Zoo Tupou tried hard to be on his best behaviour, being kind to his friends and looking out for other Zoo visitors.  He also tried hard to be quiet around the animals so Tupou was awarded a Team Assembly certificate.  The other certificate was for Joshua.  At the Zoo Joshua was the map reader and he was able to tell us which animals we were about to see and how we were going to get to see them.  Thank you for you help Joshua.

Joshua in action at the Zoo

Using our iPads for Inquiry

This term in Inquiry we have been thinking about healthy eating and other ways we can keep our self fit and healthy.  At the end of the term the children had to do an activity on their iPad using the skills they have learnt such as copy, paste and duplicate to show what they had learnt.  Here are three of the children at work on the task.

Samson copying an object.

Logan thinking about a choice.

Nate completing the activity. 

Our New Duffy Books

The children were very lucky to receive a new Duffy Book each just in time for the holidays.  They enjoyed sharing them with each other and look forward to sharing them with their whanau.

Nate, Joshua, Alexandra and Maria enjoying their new Duffy books

Alexandra, Maria, Chevelle and Alazye busy reading

Samson, Nate, Feiloaki and Logan engrossed in their books

Friday Fiafia Re Run

Because the weather was so wet on the night of the Fiafia many of the groups did not see other groups performing.  The children were very excited to be able to do their performances again on Friday and watch the rest of the performances.  Here are some photos of the children performing.

Marioposa (centre ) performing with the Samoan group.

The Kapa Haka Group with Logan, Tupou, Samson and Pene.

The Niuean group with Alazye in the centre right.Niuean G

Tongan girls with Anne Marie on the left. 

 Tongan

Nate (in the blue shoes) and the Jump Jam crew

Cook Island Dancers and Alexandra (hidden on the left)

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Alexandra dancing in the Cook Island Group.

Fiafia 2018

For several weeks last term, the whole school was practising cultural and dance routines to preform on the stage for our whanau and community.  Every two years all the children in the school choose a cultural or dance group to join and everyone is expected to get up on the stage and share part of their culture.  The children were very excited to participating in their first Fiafia and even though the weather was against us they all had a wonderful experience.  Video clips can be seen on the link on the Pt England School web site.

Chevelle already in her Rock'n Roll costume.

Aliana getting her face paint on

Nate ready to dance with the Jump Jam group

Nuiean group

Alazye ready to participate with the Niuean group

Alazye with some of her Niuean dancing group

Alphabet Eggs

Nate, Mariposa and Feiloaki  had fun matching the upper and lower case alphabet letters on eggs.  They discovered that you had to look carefully to match the letters and the egg puzzle pieces.  "These eggs make me think of Easter eggs," said Nate.

Team Assembly Certificate Winners

The Room 16 winners of the Team Assembly certificates were Nate and Cyrus.  They were both awarded certificates for their writing.  Nate has had a more positive "I can" attitude towards his writing and has tried really hard to write his own stories.  Cyrus has been trying hard with his writing even though he finds it tricky.  Well done Nate and Cyrus.

Nate and Cyrus with their certificates.

Sausages For Lunch!

The seniors held a sausage sizzle to fundraise for their camp.  The children enjoyed having a yummy treat for lunch.

Tupou, Nate and Mariposa tucking into their sausages.

Anne Maire and Chevelle enjoying a sausage for lunch.

Friday Rotations

We continued our Friday rotations and the children are enjoying going to different teachers and learning different skills.

Nate used felt pens to add detail to his fish.

Fateh decorating his rainbow fish.

Art work by Siulua and Feiloaki.

Playing Games Together

Even though the school picnic had to be postponed we had a fun time on Friday afternoon after the rain cleared.  Team one went out for games and the children enjoyed playing "Rob the nest", Duck, duck, goose,  relays and playing on the playground.

Playing our favourite game - Duck, duck, goose

Room 16 enjoying the playground

Nate and Fateh wait for their turn to rob the nest