Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Inter School Cross Country
Congratulations to Chantelle, Benjamin, Nelson and Joseph for you super efforts at the Inter School Cross Country Champs today. Excellent results!!!! Chooo hooo!
Matariki
Matariki – Maori New Year
Matariki is the Māori name for the constellation of stars that are often known in other cultures as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. Matariki may be translated as mata riki – tiny eyes, or as mata Ariki – eyes of God. These eyes are thought to watch over the land and it’s people.
The yearly reappearance of Matariki signifies a time to prepare, to share ideas, to remember the past and celebrate the future. Matariki can be a time of change, and growth. During Matariki we acknowledge what we have and what we have to give.
Matariki celebrates the diversity of life. It's a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people, of our past, present and looking to the future.
Matariki Challenge - Have a go at some of these Activities
- Kite Making - Build a kite and fly it on the first day of the New Year. Ancient Māori kite-flying traditions have a highly symbolic connection to Matariki - the two were historically inseparable. Kites were seen as connectors between the heavens and earth.
- Art - Create a piece of artwork celebrating Matariki
- Gardening - Use Matariki as a time to clear the winter vegetables, and prepare your vegetable garden for the new planting. It could become a family tradition to do the gardening altogether – at least for one day of the year.
- Kai - Prepare a Matariki feast for family and friends - it's a Matariki tradition. Make it a meal to farewell the old year and see in the new one.
- A new beginning - Start something new today. Use this day to set new goals for the New Year.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Samoan Language Week
On Wednesday in Akomanga Wha we celebrated Samoan Language week.
In the morning we had a mhi whakatau and welcomed Nayland Kindy to our room.
Then we taught a the Nayland kindy children a sasa and a new waiata call 'Savlivali'. It was so fun!
Then Miss Mason read a story from Samoa how the crab got his hard shell. Kirsten came and told us a Matariki story with puppets which was tu meke!
After morning tea some of our VIP's made lollie lei's and we did activities learning about the language and culture of Samoan. Kayla was also busy making a corned beef and cabbage dish.
Margie and Tala made us an amazing Samoan lunch which was enjoyed by all. Talofa!
Frank Bunce Comes to Nayland
Today Akomanaga Wha welcomed Frank Bunce to school with a mihi whakatau. He was here to talk about the Westpac Trust Rescue helicopter.
Talofa Joseph for organising everyone to do a Samoan sasa. Tu meke!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Home Schoool Partnership Evening - ESOL Night
The Home school Partnership - ESOL evening was a night full of good food and great discussion and about meeting the needs of families where English is a second language. Thank you everyone who helped cook dinner and prepare for the evening. Mr Power you are the greatest baby sitter ever and Miss Borkin.... the sprinkles were perfect!
Yay! I have found my password!!!!
Sorry for not posting any up dates over the last 2 weeks. A small technical hitch, but we are back on track now!!!! Talofa!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Scrambled Eggs!!!
Oh dear guess what happened to Natalia's, Paris's and Puna's eggs?
Scrambled!!!!
They had a lot of explaining to do today and I think they must have had their creative hats on because the stories I heard!
Egg reminders and hints:
Never leave your egg alone unless you have a safety plan for being a lone.
Before you leave your egg with an egg sitter... think do I trust this person?
Have you made your egg comfortable?
Does it have all the things that a egg needs to survive?
Keeping Ourselves Safe - The Great Egg Challenge
On Monday Miss Mason handed out eggs to everyone. We are learning to keep ourselves safe and this week we are going to look after our eggs. By looking after our eggs we will learn about responsibility and how to care for something special. I hope we don't end up with too many scrambled eggs!!!!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Tuatara Trip(At The Beach).
The teacher gave An and James an unexpected shot with the camera when An was about to hit James with his eyes closed.
Tuatara Tuesday
Today we celebrated the end of our kiwiana unit and went down to Tahunanui for a walk on the beach, a play in the playground, lunch in the sun and then to see a real life kiwi icon, the tuatara. It was a fantastic day out and I look forward to all the stories Room 4 are going to share with you about it.
Nayland Celebrates it's 50th Birthday
Happy Birthday Nayland Primary and kia ora to all the tamariki for a fantastic day. Tino pai Kayla and Puna who did the karanga at the mihi whakatau and to Jackson who lead an awesome haka.
Kiwiana Spiders
Dana and Puna made spider drinks for all to enjoy.
Ingredients
L&P
Hokey Pokey Ice cream
Pineapple Lumps
Method
Add all together in a cup and enjoy.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Welcome to our new Classroom
Horray! Finally some photo's for you of our new classroom. There is more space, more light and a deck outside. We are feeling very lucky and love our new space.
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