Today we had an exciting visit from Point Chev Primary. They are learning about life in the Pacific! They came to the right place, as we have heaps of knowledge to share! We dressed in our cultural costume and had a nice assembly where we shared some songs. Pt Chev showed us some dances that they have been learning. Then we came back to the class and got digital. We created some drawings that showed off our culture. Check out our individual blogs to see our posters. We hope Pt Chev had a nice time visiting us today.
Check out this YouTube clip of our fabulous May Road and Hay Park students presenting their speeches at the Ako Hiko Launch event. They did a fantastic job and should be very proud of themselves! You guys rock!!
This week our PB4L lesson was playing safely and sensibly. We decided that one of the reasons why games at playtime and lunchtime sometimes cause problems is because some kids don't know the rules! We created this guide to safe and sensible games. We hope it is helpful!
Leave us a comment if you and your friends try one of these games at lunchtime or playtime :)
We were inspired to write by this video clip of a cute little squirrel and a hungry eagle! Watch to find out what happens ... but be prepared to grip the edge of your seat!
Ben wrote an excellent response to this video clip! He wrote from the perspective of the squirrel, recounting the tough day he had!
It began like any other day. The leaves were swaying down
The sunshine lit up the forest which is my home. I was looking around for a tasty
nut. Well lucky for me that I found one. That day
I was hanging on a tree eating my big tasty nut. Then
I sensed danger. I looked around, when I
saw it was the evil hideous eagle staring straight at me! I tried to hide
but he caught me. So the race was on. I ran as fast as
I could . I ran up a tree I jumped on branches , then when I
saw a big gap I was thinking in my head , “can I
make it?” I didn't know what to do so I just jumped.
I closed my eye’s then I opened them I said to my
self, “am I in heaven?” Then when I thought I saw an angel
with wings came flying down to me I said take me to heaven
and then when I looked properly with my little eye’s it was the evil
hideous eagle flying toward’s me again! So, I got up, ran
all the way to my my nest I was safe... but not for long . Then The ugly bird
was waiting outside for me to come out he got too tired
waiting for me so he came to my nest and started
shaking my nest he shook it until i came out! So I fell
out of my nest. I landed on the leaves on the ground. I got back up .
Then when I remembered what my dad said to me when I was little,
“Son, don't give up, don't let anything stop you”. So I persevered
and started running and running until I found a hole in a tree I ran all the way
up the tree and jumped in the hole the bird tried to get in but he was too fat
Bees! Ok so we know they make honey (yum!) and can give us the odd sting (ouch!) but bees are actually really really important! Did you know they are responsible for pollinating one third of the food we eat! So why are bees so important and what can we do to help? This week Room 14 are going to be bee detectives and get the word out about why bees are so important for us humans! It is going to be unBEEElievable!
We learnt how to use google story builder to create some dialogue between characters! Check out this video and then have a go at building your own. Click on the link above to read Redha's story from a scene in Little Red Riding Hood!
Wow! What an awesome morning we had!
The digital classes from Hay Park school came to visit us to begin work on some collaborative learning projects. The great thing about these projects is that we came up with what we wanted to learn more about! We found people who were interested in the same things and began thinking up questions. Watch this space for more about our projects ...
The theme for Tongan language week is: Fakakoloa ‘o Aotearoa ‘aki ‘etau Lea mo e Hiva Faka-tonga which means Enriching Aotearoa with Tongan Language and Music. What are you going to do to celebrate Tongan language week? I know that I am going to learn as much Tongan language as I can from the awesome Tongan students in Room 14! Who is up for the challenge to teach me?! Tongan language week also got me thinking about the trip that the teachers took to Tonga a few years ago! We were treated to lot's of singing and dancing when we visited schools. Here is a photo collage I made showing a few good memories from the trip. The little girl in the top right corners name was Fa. I helped her to write a story and she was really happy! I hope that she is still doing well with her learning :)
It's Peace Week and we decided to send these postcards to the United Nations. This was to show our support for peace in Gaza especially for the children. We are lucky to live in New Zealand which is a peaceful place where we can be free. We wish that children all around the world can be free and live in peace like we do. Here are some of the boys rugby team who played at the zones on Tuesday. It is hard to imagine that some children in the world do not have these freedoms.
Today we worked with our buddy class Room 1 to learn how to fold some origami! We learnt from our sensei (teacher) how to make a sailing boat and a cute little fox! Mrs Moore knows lot's of Japanese and she taught us some new words and a little bit about the culture. She looked beautiful in her kimono too.
This week we did some research about our favourite Commonwealth games sports stars. Here is an interview that the fabulous Emalata and Ivorn did about Maria Tutaia. She even came in to answer our questions! LOL just joking! We had fun pretending to be her as we acted out the interview!
Today we tackled this problem during Maths! It was not as easy as we first thought! We worked together in our problem solving teams, sharing our thinking and justifying our answers.
We got there in the end! Hooray! :)
What did you learn when you were solving this problem?
Look!.... It's Mrs Wishy Washy! Oh wait it's just out wonderful librarian Andrea! To celebrate book week, every day this week Andrea will come to school dressed as a book character. Yesterday it was Cat in the Hat but Miss Haydon was too slow to take a photo. We can't wait to see what she comes as tomorrow!
This week is book week! We are learning how to use thinglink to create interactive pictures about our favourite book. This is Miss Haydon's thinglink about the 13 Storey Treehouse.
“Taofi mau i au measina: Hold fast to your treasures”is the 2014 theme for Samoan Language Week. It’s a time to celebrate the rich texture of the Samoan language, Gagana Samoa, and culture through events and celebrations happening throughout the country. The Samoan language is one of the most commonly spoken languages in New Zealand.
A
restorative justice meeting was held in room 14 on Wednesday 8th May
2014
At
this conference it was agreed the people in room 14 want to make the learning
environment a safe and happy place where everyone enjoys working and learning
together.
We
have agreed to:
Be
friendly to each other
Say
nice things and be supportive
Include
others in our play and help people with their work
Respect
others and their property
It
was agreed that if anyone didn’t feel safe and happy or could see someone else
isn’t safe and happy that the follow actions could be taken:
When
things go wrong we agreed to:
·Send an email to the teacher to keep her up to date with concerns and
what is going well.
·Once a week a circle time will be held to discuss any incidents reported.
·Some people may like to keep a personal journal
·Use our class attitudes to remind us and practice positive skills.
·Our teacher can have RJ conversations when conflict happens.
We will practice using skills to help us by:
Using
our WITSWalk Away, Ignore, Tell an adult, Stay Calm.
Participating
and learning skills through the health programme.
At school this week we have been thinking about our blogs! We are so excited to get blogging but before we do there were a few things we needed to think about... Check out Emalata and Redha's tips for blogging! What do you think?
When I was in the open field I was excited and nervous at the same time about the climbing wall. When I got closer it was even BIGGER. When I got their I said to myself I need to GO TOILET. When it was my turn, I said to myself again, “I DID NOT EXPECT THIS!!!!!”. My heart was pounding like a plane was going to crash on top of me
When I started to climb I could hear my Dad shouting, “You can do it!” When I started climbing my hands were so tired. My team wasn’t pulling the belay thats why I was struggling. I had stop for a little bit to have a rest. There was this rock I was stuck on, it was so hard but I gave it a go so I told Akeli and the others to “PULL” then I went faster. I said to myself, “THIS IS WORST THAN RUNNING.” The others were cheering for me so I pushed myself up. I was almost to the top, 4 more rocks till the top, my legs were starting to get numb. Finally I made it to the the top I was happy that I made it to the top!
Climbing the Wall of Terror
By Redha
As I approached the climbing wall, the tall, massive monster! My heart started pounding! I was nervous! What might happen to me? I had no idea but I said to myself: "I CAN DO IT!" I knew I wanted to be last, To see how other people climbed the monster! As the instructor approached us he said,
"That wall is too big, It's too scary! Be aware!" He put the harness around us and told us the safety rules.
I was still scared, horrified and nervous, "will I ever make it!?" I said to myself. My friends told me:
"Be brave Redha!"
Luckily I was last so I can see how other people climbed the GIANT! The belay team pulled and pulled on the rope, I felt like my muscles were ripping! Pulling and pulling until it came to an end! Thent it was my turn to climb the MONSTER! I was nervous! I only managed to climb 3 rocks!
But I did try my best to climb the HUMUNGOUS, MASSIVE MONSTER! But it was so hard because it was the hardest rock climbing row to climb on! I had to give up! :(
It was actually my first time climbing a climbing wall, And I (maybe,) shall never go rock climbing AGAIN!
When I go rock climbing it gives me a fright because the wall was massive!
I did enjoy giving rock climbing a try, But I should say: TheWater slide is better!
THE MONSTER CLIMBING WALL
As I watched my friends climb the wall my heart started pounding furiously knowing that I was next. Ace's arm's were tired and Hamish's arms were still trying but slowly giving out. When it came to me I looked up and the only thing that I saw was a monster climbing wall that was taller than a house I felt I wanted to conquer this wall like everyone else.
It came to my turn and I was NERVE WRECKED my friends conquered it & I wanted to become like them so badly !!!. I started climbing foot by foot, hand by hand it was getting harder by the second & my muscles were shaking. so I couldn’t lift an arm or leg, I knew it would come down to this.
When I heard everyone shouting me to go farther I went a little more but that was it! My arms & legs gave out, I was losing my grip. The only thing that was going through my mind was that this was actually fun because I love a good challenge. Thats when I realized that it’s was why they called it the monster climbing wall.
I told them I was tired & if they could let me down so my muscles could rest. I didn’t make it to the top but I gave it my all. I started watching others as I walked to the belay team and started pulling the rope so that Reuben didn’t fall when his arms or legs gave out.
Kazuya fights people and stops bad guys from killing his family.
Kazuya has black spiky hair. He has a big strong muscles. He talks like an evil monster. He has red scary eyes and he has a lazer in his eyes. He has a brother called Jin.
He is strong,bad,nasty,scary and evil. Kazuya tells lies. He has good friends to help him and his family.He doesn’t eat food but he only drinks water.
When he walks he stamps his feet and he can jump high as a gate. Kazuya is good at fighting. He likes to run with his friends.Kazuya uses his power to fight people. He has sharp gloves to fight with. When he fights people he kicks and punches.
Kazuya destroys people that try to hurt his Friends and family.
We really like the TV show called Victorious, so we chose to create a character presentation on the characters that we really like! We hope you enjoy our presentations :)
This is the movie that Redha made about going digital. We think he has done an excellent job. We can't wait to see what movies Redha is going to make next!
Check out what Akshey has been up to this week. We really like his character description about Herobrine from Minecraft! Keep up the awesome learning Akshey.
