Black Day!

Rippa Rugby Tournament

It was a tough day out for our rippa rugby teams today, but it was still nice to be able to get outside and play some sport in the sun!

Robotics

Every Tuesday afternoon, Samuel, Hamish, Brooklyn, Shelby and Dylan visit Feilding High School to participate in their Robotics programme.  Each week, teams work to build robots to compete against other schools in challenges.  There is always something new to learn!

'Fog Bow'

This morning a 'fog bow' formed in the sky above our school.  A fog bow (or white or ghost rainbow) is caused by small droplets of moisture in fog, together with bright sunshine. Jack and William found out all about fog bows and shared this information with the other students at our school (with the helpful photo holders, Jessie and Gussie). Unfortunately, there was no pot of gold at the end of the fog bow....

Buddy Class!

Stick Challenge 2017

Wheels Day Videos!

Mu Torere Competition

While we were visiting Taumata O Te Ra recently, we learnt to play a traditional Maori game called Mu Torere.  It's a game of strategy (though no one could work it out), concentration and luck.  Over the past week, we've had an elimination-style tournament in Room 6.  

The Semi-Finals:  Olivia vs Ben and Tommy vs Emma

The Final:  Tommy vs Ben

The Winner:  Tommy

Koru Art Number 2

We have just finished another piece of art related to our learning about Tikanga Maori.  This time we had to design our own koru patterns, and then used pastel to colour our work.  Well done to those people who came up with original designs!

Wheels Day & Spider Day

What an awesome day we had yesterday, with Wheels Day AND Spider Day.  The wheeling was wet and muddy and fun, and we all enjoyed watching all the amazing tricks that some kids can do.  The spiders were delicious too - all 133 of them!  Congratulations to the Student Council - you did a fantastic job of organising the day - great work team!  

Wheels Day Preparation

After a bit of repair work by Ben and Fergus, we are pleased to report we will have three perfect jumps ready for Wheels Day tomorrow.  Great work boys!

National Young Leaders Day

Alyssa, Gussie, Willow and Olivia had an awesome day at the National Young Leaders Day in Palmerston North today.  There were many inspiring speakers and some wonderful entertainment.  Come along to assembly on Friday to hear more about their day!

Manawatu District Council Submission

Four of our students; Alyssa, Emma, Blake and Jack presented a submission to the Manawatu District Council today.  They talked about the intersection outside school, and how it needs an upgrade to make it safer and provide more car parks.  While talking to the Councilors was a bit daunting, they did REALLY well.  Great work team!

Civil Defence Radio Check

If there is a disaster in our area, our school is the Civil Defence centre.  This means people would come to the school for help.  If this happens, it will be important for us to have a working radio system to communicate.  Every Wednesday, Hamish and Fergus have to test the system by communicating with the Manawatu branch of Civil Defence.  Here they are in action today:

Taumata O Te Ra

What an awesome trip we have had to one of our local marae, Taumata O Te Ra!  A huge thank you to our hosts, the Kereama whanau, for teaching us so many things, helping us to understand tikanga Maori, and for providing the best morning tea ever!  We've all learnt a lot, and had a fantastic morning. Thank you very much to the parents who came along to support us today too.

THE POWHIRI:

OUR CLASS:

TRADITIONAL MAORI GAMES:

PLAY MU TORERE ONLINE - CLICK HERE!

MORNING TEA:

HELPING WITH THE CLEAN UP:

THANK YOU TIME:

THE SENIOR TEAM:

Water Colour Koru Art

We have been painting with water colours!  This was new for lots of us, so we just had a nice simple koru pattern to paint.  Check out these cool examples:

Student Council Fun Day - Coming Up!

Te Reo Kori - Poi

Today we had a turn at poi.  Some people picked up where they left off last year, and were awesome.  For others, it was the first time they had done poi - and it's hard!  Great work team.

Animations

We've been exploring two new apps - 'Brushes' and 'Explain Everything'.  Some students worked in partners to create these cool little animations about some Maori legends they had read.  Not bad for a first attempt at using these programmes!  We know we have mispronounced some of the Maori words, but we gave it a good shot.

Buddy Class

We are preparing a special rakau performance for assembly on Friday.  Today we had our first practice with our buddy class.  We're going to need a bit/lot more practice, but it's looking pretty good so far!