Being Determined, Aiming High

We are learning about the importance of setting goals, and how these help you to focus on what you need to do. Goal setting teaches us to be resilient, it teaches us to dream, and to inspire others with our courage to keep trying our best.

I am encouraged to try my best with whatever we do and as we say, “Teamwork makes the dreams work.” Attendance is important for my goal setting as we need to be at school to be able to socialise and work on our activities together – after all Whaea Lorraine says “Whaea te Matauranga, hei āpōpō te angitu.”

What are some of the goals you have set for yourselves? This is an example for our students to learn from. – Whaea Lorraine

STOP, Let’s Think

We learned about how words can hurt even online. This means we talked about what we should do when someone says something mean online and how we don’t respond to them. We ignore their mean words and their mean behaviour.

Sometimes we get carried away with our emotions and we might say something mean too. So I have to think about my behaviour. Matua Aina shared some key sentences to remind us of what we can do in this situation eg. step away, tell a trusted adult, ok sites first and to pause and think online. We then had the task of making a poster so we could share some of our messages.

I enjoyed learning about how I should behave online and how I should make sure that my words are positive, thoughtful and helpful. I also think my learning about posters will also help in my other work.

Slides by Maddison

Whaia te Matauranga, Hei Āpōpō te Angitu

We believe that if we attend school everyday, we will achieve our goals and our dreams. so we are creating posters to show what we want to learn.

Poster by Demitrius

If I come to school everyday and I work hard I will not only get better at learning, but we will also get rewards and get closer to our dreams and goals. My goal is to get better at Reading. I want to read higher and faster. In the future, I want to be able to read my NRL contracts so I know people are not going to rip me off.

We figured out that for us to be successful, we will need the help of some of our whānau, friends and our school. If we had some tasks or events at our school, I would definitely come, but it is not me that this work is for, it is for my friends who don’t come to school everyday. So come on! Get fit, get clever and join me here at school.

I believe I can achieve my goals – attendance everyday, a good sleep, good food, lots of whānau support and a positive attitude with opportunities to learn will help me achieve.

Edmund Hillary are we ready, ready!! Yes, we are ready, ready!! Edmund Hillary are we ready, ready!! Yes, we are ready, ready!!  Attend today, Success tomorrow!

Baking – A New Experience

One of the fascinating things I learned was the fact that not everyone had baked before. We learned some tasty words which made us so hungry. It was the most interesting experience in our school day.

Drooling at the smells which drifted across the hall as we walked in, made our bellies grumble. What were we thinking?

Maddison said, “this is going to be so nice!” “mmm, scrumptious!” exclaimed Demitrius.

ANZAC cookie cook off

 

We learned how to measure accurately when converting grams to teaspoons and tablespoons. We learned how to find halves, quarters and thirds with fractions. We also learned how to read recipes. What a lot of learning especially when we then got to eat our learning! Yummy!

What are some of your favourite biscuits to make? Have a go at making this one and let us know how you got on. Happy baking!

ANZAC? What is it?

We learned important facts about ANZAC Day and how we commemorate this day as a country.  We feel grateful to all the soldiers who died to make our country free from war and peaceful for us to live in. We learned how the ‘Returned’ soldiers pull out their uniforms and their medals every year to commemorate their achievements alongside their comrades.

ANZAC biscuits were made by the soldiers wives and women’s group. They were made from preserved wheat and rolled oats so they would be kept well during the Naval transportation.

I enjoyed learning about the ANZACs because it made me realise what they sacrificed for me to live in New Zealand with freedom. I think we could have learned more with more time.

What did you do this ANZAC day to commemorate our ANZACs?  How would you show your learning digitally?

ANZAC ART

Today we made a piece of ANZAC art with google drawing and polylines. We used the fill button to make our shapes black so it looked like a silhouette.

I liked the part where we made our background to make it look like it was dusk at night. Next time, I will design my own background to show another part of ANZAC I learned about.

Next time, I would like to learn to use the polylines to make it less pointy and add more details. I would also like to describe my picture more and add a story to it.

Moody Walk

I was not in the mood for anything but my tiger gave me a little comfort. I sat happily with my tiger and I felt playful again. I got up and went outside to realise the colour was gone in the sky. I thought the world was ending but suddenly I know I had to find somewhere safe to hide. We climbed up and up until I rested at the top of the mountain and I saw a cave so me and my tiger went in the cave. Me and Tom wondered when we would ever see the world again.

  • Ephraim

 

Cultural Celebrations Term 3, 2023

After lots of practice and hard work from Room 1 and 2, our celebration day finally arrived. All the effort put in by the tamariki paid off. Congratulations to our kapa haka group and a huge thanks to our helpers and your support. A fantastic display of our school values whanaungatanga, mannakitanga, and, Rangatiratanga. A very proud moment and, a beautiful performance, ka rawe!