Family Picnic

On Thursday we had a family picnic and children were able to show their classroom to their parents and meet the teacher. It was a lovely relaxing afternoon for all. Thank you for coming.

Shrove Tuesday

The day before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) is called Shrove Tuesday. Traditionally people would clean out their cupboards of fat, butter and eggs. They would make pancakes, pies or pastries.
We decided to make pancakes. Yum!

Kia ora! Nau mai, Haere mai. Welcome to our new blog for Room 20 2013.
We are part of Karaka whanau who are Mrs Cash- Room 18, Mrs Nicholls- Room 19 Mrs Alison- Room 21 and ourselves (Mrs Wendt- Room 20). We look forward to working closely together this year and building a sense of belonging and community within our whanau. No reira keep checking our blog where we will share some of the wonderful work we do with you all.

Snorkelling

Photos of our day at snorkelling. Enjoy!

-The highlights for me this year have been... Outdoor Education.
My best days this year were Outdoor Ed because it teaches us more about outdoor culture.
Disappointments I experienced were cross country.
Some important decisions I made.... trying to get Kaiah and Jade back together.
People who are important to me are Jade, Ariana, Kaiah and Mrs Wendt.
Achievements I am proud of are getting faster at my work.
Special memories of times with my friends.... Seeing them at school and playing with them.
Something I hope I won't have to experience again is cross country.
New interests I have developed this year are playing the guitar.
Issues I am concerned about ...not being fast enough at my work.
My hopes for the future...I hope I can see my friends.
Summing up...
This has been the best year of my life.
Jessica
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Adventure forest

Hooray the time has come.Today we are going to Adventure Forest.
It is going to be so AWESOME! We will learn so much we are so excited I think our favourite bit will be the flying foxes.
When we got there Francois told us the rules. He took us to get our harnesses on.
We did the practise levels.Then we were on to the real courses they were so much fun but they were scary too. It was a long and challenging day. The worst part was when we had to go on a very high courses.It was so scary.
On that course there was a very wobbly and scary part. It took a lot of confidence to complete these courses


By Sophie & Tiffany

Ki-o-rahi

Ki-o-rahi is a traditional Maori game based on a Maori legend. The legend is about a husband and a wife named Rahi and Ti Ara and how Rahi saved Ti Ara from the evil fairies.The balls name is Ki the pou in the middle is the rock that is called the tupu which Rahi hid under when the evil fairies cast a spell that made Rahi very hot. Just before Rahi died of heat a bird called hokoioi spurted fresh water into Rahi's mouth.Then a tuatara came and walked so fast around the rock and it made a moat.The pou in the game is the rock that saved Rahi from the tuatara. He was finally saved by walking down a pathway called an ara and into the world of the living Te Ao. In the game there are 2 teams one of them is called taniwha and the other is ki-o-ma.The team taniwha is trying to throw the Ki at the Tupu and if they hit it they score a point. If you get 5 points in a row you win automatically and if you get 10 points you also win.The other team ki-o-ma tries to score a try in the middle of the circle around the tupu. Each person has 2 rips. If a person has the ball and gets ripped they have to pass it over in less than 3 seconds and if you get your 2 rips ripped it is a handover. A try is worth more if you touch the outside pou with the ball before you run into the middle. Each pou you touch is worth one point.

By Ben Campbell and Jordan

Adventure Forest Photos

Enjoy photos of our Adventure Forest Experience

DJ's Reflection

The highlights for me this year have been... Getting a trophy at prize giving.
My best days this year were Outdoor Education because I learnt a lot.
A disappointment I experienced was getting disqualified in karate.
An important decision I made was moving to Auckland.
People who are important to me are my family and friends.
My achievement I am proud of was seeing my test results.
A special memory of a time with my friend was... Going on a huge bike ride.
Something I hope I won't have to experience again is breaking my wrist.
A new interest I have developed this year is starting a new school.
An issue I became concerned about is if I move to Auckland will I see my friends again?
My hope for the future is that I become very good at karate.
Summing up..... This year has been very interesting and I'd love to have it again.
By D'Artagnan

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Snorkelling Outdoor Education

Hooray today's the day what day is it? Monday, this is when rooms 13,14 and 15 come together and go snorkelling at Reotahi Bay. Nearly every single parent offered to help with the transport. So when we got there everybody was zooming faster then the speed of light onto the wavy grass.
Then the lady in charge came over to tell us the rules. 1 of the rules was don't
Litter on the Marine Reserve, the second rule was do not wave at a person because in sign language it is danger or help, the third rule is always listen to
The instructors because you might miss out something important. Before we left school we all got split into five groups then the 1st group got into their
wetsuits and the snorkelling gear Then they walked down a steep hill and onto the boiling hot sand. Splash splash splash in they went with their supervisors tagging along with them. We both saw Grey Mullet,seahorse and a big snapper. When we were not in the water we did a little work sheet and a scavenger hunt. The importance of Marine Reserves are that you cannot fish there so that fish are sustained for future generations. Also everyone can see sea life in their natural environment and learn about them.
Ella and Jade

Surfing

One of our outdoor education activities was surfing. First of all we got sorted into three groups. The first group were in the water first, of course, which meant that they had to get ready first. So we all got into our wetsuits, and yellow shirts that everyone had to wear so that we didn't get lost. Then we all went down to the beach to get shown what to do in the water. The rules are don't go out of your depth, jump off your board before you reach the shore, and don't surf too close to the rocks. Then Simon and Jo taught us how to catch and ride waves. They said first you lie down on your tummy with your toes near the end of the board, do chicken wings on the rail, then you slide your legs up between your arms and stand up and turn around.
We all got to stand up on our boards, but most importantly, we all had lots of fun!

By Ben M and callum.

Maria's Reflection

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The highlights for me this year have been Outdoor Education and lucky book orders. My best day this year was Wheels Day because you can ride your bike at school. Disappointments I experienced were cross country.Some important decisions I made are I need to clean up after myself. People who are important to me are my cousins and mum and dad. Achievements I am proud of are getting good reports. Special memories of times with my friends are when me and all my friends threw water balloons at my brother. Something I hope I won't have to experience again was when I broke my elbow. A new interest I have developed is snorkelling. Issues I became concerned about were cross country.My hope for the future is to move house and get a dog.Summing up this year has been awesome.
Maria

Location:Percy St,Whangarei,New Zealand

'Going Bush'

Yesterday Ben Murray and 8 other chosen people from our school went to the 2012 Enviro schools Expos and the theme was, as mentioned in the title, 'Going Bush'. It was at the Kiwi Museum. We all gathered in the meeting room and got our name/group tags. The leaders of our groups each got a clip board with our group name and the time table on/in it. Our group name was Tawa. 'Going bush' was all about pests to our native environment in New Zealand like weeds and stoats and rabbits, etc. We learnt that African Club Moss ( a type of weed,) is taking over our native moss. And for anybody who is curious, it looks like a lot of tiny, thin ferns. There were also some other action stations, and there we learnt about insects, lots of ways of catching insects and trees, types of trees, and what people used them for before packaged food came along. (Such as what fruits you can eat, what Cabbage trees are used for, etc.) It was all very interesting, and we all had a good time.

By Ben Murray.

Maori Movement

We used an ipad app to make a sock puppet animation to teach some of the Maori words for movement. Here is an example of one.

A PhotoCard from Tyson

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Wheels day

Yay today's the day...Wheels Day!! Every body was at school on their wheels rushing to class.There were also sorts of things with wheels like roller blades,skate boards,inline skates,scooters and bikes too. Then all of a sudden the bell rang every sprinted to class.When every body was inside they were talking about their things with wheels. Meanwhile the other whanau group was getting ready to have there turn on the course's. They were rapidly racing round the field and the court. During the other whanau groups time on the Courts we heard a bid gigantic humungous CRASH!!! Every body blazed over to the window like lightning bolts. There it was a little girl crying outside our class window. After that accident happened another whanau Group went to the courts and field but we heard no more crashes.Finally it was our turn. Every body put on their helmets excitedly then the rest of our whanau group ran out like a herd of cats and we were the mice. So while we were getting
chased we went to the courts to find out the rules and other things we needed to know about. There was one more thing the teachers said No helmet no ride! So we went off to ride our bikes and the other things we brought. We were having so much fun until ring ring ring the bell rang but our legs and feet needed a rest. It was time to have lunch. The fun was over!
By Jade and Ella

Location:St Francis Xavier

E-waste

Today we went to the ICT suite. Why? To learn about E-waste. The person taking it was called Anna. We learnt that E-waste is electronic waste. Electronic devices have either a power cord or a battery. We learnt the reasons that people throw away their electronics. What are they? Well either they break down, or are out of fashion. We learnt how electronic devices change over time. Which, of course, which, of course, is why people get rid of their old stuff, to get the cool, new stuff. Which of course, is why people keep on making E-waste. We learnt lots of interesting
facts, but one of the most interesting things that we learnt was that 426,000 phones get discarded daily. We made booklets about everything we have learnt.

By Ben M and Callum.

Movement

Today we had an immersion activity for our concept this term "Movement."
We had many different forms of Transport to view- police car, ambulance, fire truck, milk tanker, motor bikes and our favourites some vintage cars. Mr Vesey (Erin's dad) brought along a pedal car that was a replica of an old sports car. It took him one and a half years to build it.

Our Challenges

As a reflective task we thought about the challenges that we have faced and what skills we used to help us face or overcome them.

Famous New Zealanders

Here is a slide show with some more of the children's presentations on famous New Zealanders.
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