Embracing culture

Kia ora!

In room 16 we have been doing Kapa Haka and learning many waiatas not only in class but also for Te Puawai. Today room 16 performed the waiata " E Minaka Ana" and " Te Po". Watch our video below to hear our beautiful singing voices. Please feel free to leave comments as we love reading them.

'Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I'll miss you until we meet again"

What a privilege it has been to teach and be a part of the whanau at Clendon Park School. I have absoulutly loved building great relationships with the students that I have taught as well as with the parents and teachers. But goodbyes are surely not forever, but simply mean I'll miss you until we meet again. I will surely miss the students from Room 16. I was surprised by the children's kindness and generosity. Such beautiful children to teach with such loving hearts. They had all saved money to get Whaea Kaveeta a beautiful goodbye basket of goodies as well as wrote speeches and done beautiful performances to bid me goodbye. So thankful so them.  I will surely miss them, and they will forever be etched in my heart.

Wheae Kaveeta,. Sieni and Brooklyn all looking beautiful. 

Beautiful girls Kodi and Brooklyn gifting me the gift that all of Room 16 children put towards. Just shows how selfless you all are saving your money for juices and putting it aside to buy me a gift. I have surely embedded wonderful values in you all.  

 My beautiful and wonderful class-Room 16 which I will miss with all my heart. Thank you so much for putting a lot of love, kindness into buying me a beautiful gift.

Beautiful goodbye card made by children from WRhaea Irma's class. 

The middle syndicate all singing me a song to farewell me. I will miss you all very much and your Aroha and hugs towards me.

Students from my class presenting their preformance and goodbye letters to me (Brooklyn, Kodi and Sieni with Whaea Ana)

My beautiful team leader Leanna and her beautiful children (Will surely miss you a lot)

Learning about Contractions

CONTRACTIONS

In Room 16 we have been learning about different language features. One of those language features has been contractions. This helps the children with not only their reading skills but also their writing. I found that the children are starting to use more contractions in their writing since we had begun learning about them. This is wonderful to see. As a learning activity, the children were given an opportunity to choose a contraction of their choice and then create visual flowers to present their contractions. The children really enjoyed this activity and this activity helped them to be able to visually retain all the new contraction words that they had learnt during our teaching session. 

Cross Country Term 2 2018

 This term at Clendon Park School we had our cross country. It was great watching all the students participate and contribute in cross country. The students were all dressed in their house colours to support their houses.  Also, it was great watching the students motivating and cheering on other students and showing such positive attitudes. In room 16 we talked about that it is not always about winning but rather giving it a go and participating till the end. All the children in Room 16 gave it their 100% which was wonderful to watch. So proud of them all.

Students getting ready at the start line for their race.

YAY!! You are just about there! Great work-Keep going. 

YAY!! reaching the finish line. Well done!!! 

Star Dome Visit -Noho Marae

 This Term in Room 16 as part of Te Puawai the children had a chance to have a Noho Marae at Clendon Park School. What a great experience this was. The Tamariki learnt a lot from this experience. The year 3's and 4's from Room 16, 12 and 26 took part in this Noho Marae experience. The Tamariki learnt about Whanaungatanga and marae tikanga and kawa. The Tamariki had also been learning about Matariki in their classes so, as part of their Noho Marae and with the help of parent helpers, we had the great privilege to go to the Auckland Star Dome. It was so much fun!. The Tamariki enjoyed their bus trip on a double-decker bus and learnt a lot about Matariki from the Star Dome Educator.

In class, as part of learning about Matariki the children in Room 16 learnt how to make a Matariki Star out of paper. It was such a  great experience and the children were so proud of their stars when they had completed them. This was integrated into our maths lessons about patterns and rotations and tessellations.

Tamariki in the Whare after our trip to Star Dome. 

Tamariki in the Movie Theatre at Star Dome ready to watch a movie called "Matariki Dawn" and "Rona and the Moon". 

 Tamariki in the Classroom at the Star Dome learning about our Planets.

The Educator teaching us about the Sun. 

Tamariki displaying our planets in the order they are in our Solar System. 

The beautiful Matariki Stars displayed in our classroom that the Tamariki created. What beautiful artwork. Well done Room 16! You make Whaea Kaveeta proud every day!

MOTAT Visit-New Zealand History

 This Term in the Junior Syndicate we have been learning about New Zealand History. As part of our Inquiry Topic, we had the great opportunity to go on a field trip to MOTAT to learn more about New Zealand History. I class we have learned about a range of different aspects of history such as housing, technology, costumes, automobiles and how they have changed in regards to past, present, and future.

Room 16 students enjoyed being able to dress up as pioneers. Don't they look dashing?

The Tamariki really enjoyed exploring and looking at the different equipment used in the olden days such as the way that they washed clothes, had a bath. They were very fascinated by how they used to conserve water when having a bath.

The Tamariki listening attentively to the educator, Melissa as she talked to the children about past.

Zephaniah sitting in the Bathtub that they used in the olden days. WOW! look how small it used to be!

Smiley Kepu modelling to us how they used to carry water from the river in the olden days to their homes. Took a lot of hard work didn't it?

Beautiful Brooklyn modelling to us how they used to wash their clothes in the olden days. They used to use a washing board to scrub their clothes vigorously to get them clean.  

Room 16 children standing in front of the #MOTAT sign for a photo.

The Tamariki also enjoyed going on a Tram ride. They really enjoyed listening to the conductor talk about the history of Trams. Overall, it was a really enjoyable day for the children and they learned heaps about New Zealand History. They even got to enjoy an Ice Cream, shouted by their teacher for fantastic behaviour.

Samoan Independence day celebration.

 

Talofa Lava! This Term at School we celebrated Samoan Independence day. What a beautiful and proud day this was not only for the teachers and tamariki but also for the Whanau's as well. The children took part in Samoan items. Room 16 took part in singing an Samoan song called "va'ai i le pepe". The children came dressed in beautiful traditional attire which was so lovely to see. It was a beautiful day that was enjoyed by everyone that took part.

 A student dressed in traditional Samoan Clothes with such a beautiful smile and pride.

School Parade with the Samoan Students from Tupulanga.

Boys from Tewhanau Awhinga doing a traditional Samoan Sasa.

 Whaea Kaveeta and few students from Room 16 all dressed up in their traditional attire. Looking beautiful and handsome.

Students doing a traditional Samoan Dance. 

Students doing a traditional story and performing a dance. 

It is always so nice celebrating all these different cultures at our School and having parents being involved in teaching children dances as well as helping with costumes. What a great day this was. 

Road Safety -Travel Wise

 Room 16 has been able to take part in the Travel Wise program this term. We had our local constable come and teach our class about how to stay safe around roads. The children really engaged well and really enjoyed the session. The purpose of  the Travel Wise program in Schools is to make travel to schools safer, healthier and more fun for our tamariki.