Home School Partnership - Matariki / Active Schools

Matariki and Active Schools was celebrated on Wednesday 24th June at Nayland Primary School and what an awesome night it was.
We had over 150 people attend our Home School Partnership evening and everyone enjoyed the night.
Naylands Active Schools plan was presented and children from Room 4 presented their Matariki power point and showed off the amazing art work made by students.
We had an expert astronomer called Robert talk to us about the stars in the sky and he brought the biggest telescope ever to look at the stars and Saturn.
Armed with torches and glow sticks we then walked up to the Reserve where our Sports captains had organized games for us to play in the dark like, Battleships, Dark Dodge Ball and a giant tug of war rope for us to all test our strength.
After a big walk we headed back to school for the whanau prize draw and a kai karakia to bless the food we were about to eat. The hot soup and sausage sizzle went down a treat.
It was a great night and thankyou to all those that attended the night and helped to make it happen.

Museum Trip - Fossils

The Nelson Museum is an amazing place and we were lucky to have a back up plan when the weather came in really wet and our trip to Natureland was cancelled.
We have been learning about living creatures that are endangered, so this was quite exciting to look at the fossils of animals and creatures of the past.

Akomanga Wha - 2009

Kia ora koutou and welcome to Akomanga Wha's Blog.

Our goal this year is to be the best that we can be and to give all things ago! We are a dedicated crew who are working towards being life long independent learners.

To date we have 27 students in our classroom with a recent new addition this week all the way from South Africa called Brendan. Nau mai haere mai!

This is the first time that my self and some of the children of Akomanga Wha have used a Blog site and a goal for us all is to be confident 21st century learners and use our Blog daily.

The term is nearly coming to an end and we all cant wait for the variety show coming up in two weeks time. The tamariki have all been very busy dancing, creating costumes, learning lines and being very patient with each other as have worked through the process of putting together a show that reflects our learning. Kei te pai to mahi!!

Term Two Events:

• Mihi Whakatau for Marty Grant - NZ Black Sox Softball Player
• Tree planting in Monaco
• Matariki art competition
• Home School Partnership - Matariki / Active Schools
• Rippa Rugby Tournament
• Winter School Tournament
• Museum trip - Nga Iwi
• Museum trip - Fossils
• Natureland Trip - Postponed until Term 3

Nicky Mason - Classroom Teacher

Mihi Whakatau

On Friday the 29th May the Maori Culture Group welcomed Marty Grant to our school with a special ceremony called a mihi whakatau.
A mihi whakatau is a welcoming ceremony.