Tangi te pere! (Jingle Bells)

Tangi te pere

Tangi te pere

Tangi te pere aue - AUE!

Nau mai haere mai

a Hanakōkō ki Mātairangi e

Literacy Time

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I wanted to share with you some of the reading and writing we have been doing this week.

We had an assignment to find a poem that made us feel something and bring it in to share on Friday. Some wonderful poetry was read, and in some cases written by the students. Elena filmed people who wanted to read in front of the camera.

ARGUMENT WRITING:

We have been learning to write arguments. We have learned to make an introductory statement about our point of view, several reasons why we think what we think and then conclude by restating our point.

For this example the students had to repond to the statement:
Children should be allowed to watch as much TV as they like.

 

 

Week 7 Term 4

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So Delicious - We Want to Eat You Alive!

That's what we said as we munched on the salad greens the Junior Enviro Team planted from seed a few weeks ago.

The greens included rocket, beet leaves, lettuce varieties, mesculin, parsley and the like! Mmmm

Star Student:

This week we collaborated with our table groups to nominate a student we'd noticed displaying the qualities of a "Star Student". Each table put forward a person and justified their opinions. They were all so good, we had to let "The Power of the Ponky" decide - i.e. the inky-pinky-ponky method of decision making!

Mira is a deserving recipient. She has shown improvement at Kapa Haka in the run up to Fa'anu'u's farewell. She is making good decisions about managing distractions and you can see below some more things we've noticed about Mira!

Mira dons her heritage hairdo (Go Germany!) and takes out Star Sudent!

Fa'anu'u's Farewell

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In honour of Fa'anu'u's Retirement assembly (today at 2:00 pm) many children chose to come in clothes that celebrate the diverse cultures of CQS. Looking good, people :)

Looking great there, Team!

Make way for the QUEEN!

Fa'anu'u sings a lovely song that proves she really is the best.

Michael gives a funny and touching speech. Fa'afetai!

Mel & Janessa ready to rock and/or roll!

Kapa Haka Practice

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I just had to share our last Kapa Haka session with Hemi. The children are sounding marvelous!

Week 6 Term 4

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We have been busy this week practising for Fa'anu'u's farewell assembly next week.
Here are the kupu (words) to one of the waiata (song) we will be leading:

Ka pīoioi

(Ka pīoioi e tohu  aroha hau kaīnga)

E hoki mai ra

kia kite atu I tō iwi e

(E rotarota ana)

E rotarota ana

e katakata ana mai rā

(Pūkana whētero)

Pūkana whētero mā

te iwi o matua

(Kia kite ata anō)

Kia kite ata anō

I tō ataahua

e kanapa ra

(Pupuhi ai e te hau)

Pupuhi ai e te hau

Kapohia aku roimata

Ka pīoioi e tohu aroha haukāinga

Visual Art

We have been learning about printing and creating our own printing blocks. What great fun!

Star of the Week

This week's star is Rashmi. It has been so wonderful to see Rashmi grow in confidence, as you can see in this photo. I appreciate Rashmi's positive attitude. She often sets the tone for the day when we call the roll by proclaiming that today will be the best day ever. 

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Week 5 Term 4

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Maths Learning - Statistics

This week we have been looking at the Schoolgen website that was set up to monitor how much power we generate with the solar panels above Mānuka and Pōhutukawa. We have been learning to understand bar graphs, notice trends and make predictions using the data on the website.

There is a definite dip in the winter months

Dennis and Tom come up with some predictions for November

We have saved 900kg of CO2 - that's the same weight as 2 polar bears..

...or 10 Dan Carters!

Arty Smarties

We got to work on making a printing block today. This involved cardboard, string and a whole mess of glue! Watch this space to see these art works evolve..

Cultural Festival @ Mt Cook School

It was good fun to be involved in the annual Cultural Festival for the town schools. The middle group Kapa Haka did their best performance to date. Thanks so much to Hemi and Whaea Liz for their support and encouragement.

Ka mau te wehi!

Star Student

Our Star this week is the very deserving Ted! Ted is a compassionate and caring member of Nīkau. Sporty, friendly, helpful and someone who doesn't give up easily - Ted was nominated by many of his peers.