Tongan Language Week 2014

Malo!

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 :) 

Peace like mine

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.

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa!

“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.

What are your treasures? 

Our Class Agreement

Room 14’s Classroom Agreement

May Road School

A restorative justice meeting was held in room 14 on Wednesday 8^th 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 WITS Walk Away, Ignore, Tell an adult, Stay Calm.

Participating and learning skills through the health programme.