Our October Birthday Buddies

We have 5 birthdays to celebrate this month at school.  Marius, Tumanako, Vika, Jin and Temalisi got birthday certificates at Team Assembly today with Jin and Temalisi sharing a birthday today.

Jin, Temalisi, Marius and Tumanako with their birthday certificates. (Vika was absent)

What Hiwi the Kiwi taught us

"We went to the hall and we saw Hiwi the Kiwi.  He is cool and he taught us we have to look after the fish"  By Charlotte

"Hiwi the Kiwi came to school and he taught us how to be safe in a boat and to wear a life jacket.  We are not to kill the seagulls and birds by leaving plastic around the beach."  By Tumanako

"We have got to wear a life jacket when you go fishing.  If you do not wear a life jacket you will drown."  By Marius

Wearing a life jacket and keeping safe on a boat.  By Marius

Our Olympic Flag Ceremony

At assembly we had an Olympic flag raising ceremony with the olympic flag carried into the hall and raised on a flag pole up on the stage.  The New Zealand flag was also carried in by a proud flag bearer.  The children chose to write and draw about this ceremony.

"In the hall I saw the Olympic flag up on the stage because it is the opening ceremony tomorrow." By Jarra

"Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Brazil.  They are in Rio." By Tumanako

"Today I am excited because it is going to be the Olympics and I saw cool people holding fire sticks to light the Olympic flame."  By Marius

Touching The Clouds

Last week we had a foggy start to the day which provided us with a great motivation for our writing.

"I saw funny clouds.  They looked beautiful.  I liked them because they looked soft and fluffy and white.  They were so close I could touch them.  They were wet and cold."  By Charlotte

"The sun touched the clouds and made it all foggy." By Tevita

"The fog was all around.  It covered the slide and made it wet." By Hinemoa

Jin thought the fog "was like when you are cooking and there is a lot of steam."

Tumanako said he felt "the low cloud made things disappear.  When you are running around you feel as if you are touching the sky."

Fiafia 2016 Tongan Boys Group

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The Tongan boys group looked like fearsome warriors when they did their item on Fiafia night.  Maruis, Tumanako, Vaha, Tevita and Saimone were part of this group.

Rainbow Fish

This term we have had the theme to "Make Kindness go viral" - Wheoritia  te atawhai.  We read a story about Rainbow Fish and watched a video and we thought Rainbow Fish was so kind that he made kindness go viral.  This is what Jeyda and Tumanako thought.

"Rainbow Fish was very kind because he shared his beautiful sparkly scales.  Sharing is caring." by Jeyda and Tumanako

Temalisi draw a kidpix picture about Rainbow Fish and all his friends.

"What's that car doing?"

At lunchtime Temalisi went out into the bay outside Room 16 and said "What is that car doing in our bay?"  We all watched and found out that Little Tractor's battery had gone flat and it wouldn't start.  "Has it got a battery like our iPads?" asked Tumanako.  "We have to charge them when they go flat," said Marius.  The car battery helped Little Tractor start and off he went to do another job.

Easter Activities

Room 16 made some Easter decorations and cards for their families.

Tumanako was very busy decorating an egg with colourful paper.

Flag Preferences

While the adult population of New Zealand is voting for their preferred choice of flag, our 5 year olds have also had discussions on this topic.  Here are some of their stories they wrote.

"I like the new flag because it is kikorangi (blue) and mangu (black)." By Marius

"I like the old one because of the colours."  By Adrianna

"I like the new one.  It looks clean."  By Savanah

Jarra's choice of the old flag.

"I like the old flag because I like the red stars and the Union Jack."  By Tumanako

Colouring the flags of our choice.

"I like the new flag because the All Blacks wear the silver Fern."  By Tevita

"I like the old flag.  It is pretty."  By Jeyda

Sliding Fast

After playing at the park Jin and Tumanako wrote a story about sliding down the slide.

"I went down the bumpy blue slide as fast as a flash of lightning."  By Jin and Tumanako.

Vika enjoying a slide.

Hinemoa coming down the  bumpy blue slide. 

Helping Hands

Tumanako knows how to tie laces.  After gymnastics Temalisi needed a helping hand with her laces and Tumanako saw her problem and stepped up to help.  Well done Tumanako.  You know how to be a kind Pt Englander and have been helping lots of your class mates this week.  You are our Duffy Award person for week 3.

Tumanako giving a helping hand to Temalisi.