'Culture Day' in Room 15

G'day, Sa-lam, Kohomada, Dodro utro, Mamaskar, Nei ho, Mabuhay, Bonjour, Kia ora! Haere mai to Culture Day. Today, the junior and middle syndicates celebrated 'Culture Day.' Everyone dressed up in different cultural uniform/attire. Later on in the day, we showed off our culture in a class by class parade. There are so many different cultures at our school and each is extremely special and unique. To cap the celebrations off, we had a shared lunch-YUM! Thanks to those parents who assisted during the day. Ka kite ano.

Maori Animal Myths

Animals were much more then a source of food for early Maori. They were considered part of a great family.In some cases animals worked with humans to educate or guide. Up above you will see the Maori art we have drawn and dyed. Some of the animals we drew were a whale, a dolphin, a shark, a stingray, a gecko,a dog, a Kaka (bird) and a wood pigeon. We hoped you enjoyed our slide show of our art because we enjoyed doing it. (Blog Reporters-Leah and Emma )

Saving Our Environment

On Thursday, Rosemary and I were chosen to go to the Parish hall where we met several ladies passionate about the environment. Their names were Christine Morrison, Julie Holt (from the 'Enviroschools Foundation'), Gillian Cutforth and Mrs Douglas. The enviro school teachers talked about our environmental learning and how it flows like a stream starting at the top and then traveling down to the ocean. We were put into small groups and discussed what words meant in the bronze and silver enviro awards. We also drew a river and put little tags on where we thought it would be in our journey of leaning about our environment. Then we made an actual river with cloth and put different material for the froth. During the morning, we really thought hard about how we can help save the earth at our school and in our community. We had an enjoyable time and learnt plenty!

By Rosemary and Sinead (Blog Reporters)

My Mansion

Above my mansion are marshmallowy clouds swiftly skipping through the warm wind, while the fern green trees swing side to side in the burning sun. SWOOSH!!!!!

Beside my mansion is a relaxing warm pool with a small garden in the circled swimming space.

Below my mansion are slimy black bugs trying to squirm out of the muddy surface of the yucky brown ground. GASP!!!!!

Around my mansion is a beautiful garden with a creaky old gate, swinging like a chimpanzee around some red attractive flowers, squashing them like a tiny ant under a humoungous boot.

Inside my mansion are my family, Alyssa getting ready for swimming, Mitchell playing on the nintendo and Mum and Dad sipping tea while reading, but there's someone missing. I wonder who that is???


P.S. = MEEEEE!!!!!

By Yvette

Hockey One, Hockey Two, Hockey Three

On Thursday, Room 15 walked over to the hockey turf to practice our hockey skills. Beven (from Northland Hockey) taught us how to pass the ball, how to dribble the ball, and how to push the ball. I think the best part was playing the game of hockey. Hockey is fun. You should try it! Our next session is next Thursday.

By Harna (Room 15 Reporter of the Week)

Ta Moko

Tā moko is the permanent body and face marking by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. It is distinct from tattoo and tatau in that the skin was carved by uhi (chisels) rather than punctured. This left the skin with grooves, rather than a smooth surface. Our 'green hat' challenge for this week was to design a moko using our knowledge of the Maori culture. The children had to describe to their peers its message, while acknowledging the importance that moko has within the maori culture. Their mokos are amazing!