Senior Prizegiving - 2020

Tonight was an evening of celebration at our Senior Prizegiving.  Manaia ki te Rangi led the way with a another awesome performance. Throughout the night, awards were given to students from Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 for academic and sporting achievements and each group to take the stage to show off their dance moves!

Check out some of the award winners from our Room 2 whanau:

Year 8s

Teu le vā Award - Sione and John

Best Effort Award- Jarreka

Citizenship Award- Nesi

Team 5 Spirit Award- Madison

Looking forward to 2021, we found out that FOUR students from Room 2 had been chosen to be school prefects -  a big pakipaki for Nina, Bradley, Kauri and Simon - we know you will each be amazing leaders next year!

Our night ended with a closing speech from our principal, Mr Burt and a karakia from Toby. 

Matariki Celebrations 2020

Today our whole school celebrated Matariki, the Maori New Year. We started with a school assembly. Students from Room 2 were part of the performances - John and Sione on guitar and Nevaeh and Nina as part of the choir singing the Matariki song from Rahera Davies.

From L to R: Pisirina, John, Nevaeh, Kitione, Nina, John, Eternity and Sione

After assembly we split into different groups across the school - in Room 2 with the help of Miss Vili, our group used paper, glue, wool and cardboard to make star cards to represent Matariki and her six daughters, Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipunarangi, Waitī and Waitā, and Ururangi.

Check out the artwork that Valessa and Kauri made using pastels in their workshop session with Mr Goodwin.

VALESSA

Today on Friday 26 of June it was matariki fun day and we were about to see which activities we were about to do for the whole 6 hours of school! There was Cooking , arts and crafts , Sports , Movie making and I was put in arts and craft , My class I was in was room 7 and the teacher was Mr Goodwin For art we had to create a galaxy kind of art , Here is my art I made it didn't take long took maybe a hour or less to make this . 

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KAURI

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What did/will you and your class/school do to celebrate Matariki this year?

3-D Lettering using isometric paper!

This week we brought maths and art together to create  3-D projections using isometric paper. 

Using specially marked paper, it is possible to use vertical lines and horizontal lines (at a 30 degree angle) to add height, width and depth to a shape. 

This week, Rm 2 students used their new skills to use an isometric alphabet to create their own name tags.

Check out the work of Jarreka, Nina, Sione, Isaiah, Kauri, Nevaeh,  Caleb and Valeli!

TAHA TINANA - Healthy Body - Healthy Snacks - NINA

Nina's new TAHA Challenge to start our week is to help build our TAHA TINANA for a healthy body.

Challenge: 

Share a recipe for a healthy snack or meal and

show how to make it.

Check out Nina's blog and leave a comment about her delicious AND nutritious fruity snack!

Building Taha Powers - TAHA HINENGARO - Meditation - Ms. Tapuke

Today, Nina's challenge was for Taha Hinengaro to build a healthy mind through meditating. Visit her blog to see her meditation styles - make sure to leave a comment for her.

Ms. Tapuke took on Nina's challenge! First, she set the timer on her phone for 5 minutes and then she practised square breathing.

"The neighbour was doing his lawns so it was hard to block out the noise at first! After a while, I just focussed on my breath and counting to 4 seconds. The five minutes flew by. I think I will try and to this in the mornings. It reminded me a lot of Tai Chi and Qi Gong, where you are moving in time to your breathing."

Need some tips on how to meditate? Check out this video, then try this TAHA HINENGARO challenge. Don't forget to share your experience on your blog.

Meditate with NINA - TAHA HINENGARO - Build a Healthy Mind!

Nina has a new TAHA Challenge for us today. This time we get to focus on TAHA HINENGARO to build a healthy mind 

by meditating.

Visit her blog to see her meditation styles - make sure to leave a comment for her!