Afio mai to Samoan language week

The cultural leaders open

ed the week with their national costume and dance.




In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt.




Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and

phrases in Samoan.









Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.
Selo-zero

Tasi-one

Lua-two

Tolu-three

Fa-four

Lima-five

Ono-six

Fitu-seven

Valu-eight

Iva-Nine

Sefulu-ten

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’s birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”

Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.

Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

I am learning to inform my audience through a explanation 

Did you know that a sea turtles can not put there head and legs inside their shell. There are many wonderful facts about sea turtles. Sea turtles are miraculous they have been around since the dinosaur which was 150 million years ago. Sea turtles go through three challenging stages the egg stage the young sea turtle stage and the adulthood stage. It all starts when the mother lays her eggs

First the mother sea turtle squirms to high surface and digs a hole to lays her eggs. She usually lays her egg on the same beach that she was born on. After the mum is finished laying her eggs she leaves the beach. The eggs are leathery and about the size of a ping pong ball. The sea turtle are in the their egg for roughly about 40-60 days. Approximately only 80% of the eggs actually hatch. Then the baby sea turtles squirm to the water surface

When the turtles squirm to the water they come across many challenges. Like crabs, birds, dogs and dips. After they face the dangers approximately only 50% of the sea turtles make it to the water. Once the sea turtles make it to the ocean they find a piece of seaweed to keep them warm and safe. From things like big fish and sharks. These predators don’t eat the adult sea turtle.

When the sea turtles grow into a adult there shell gets stronger and it keeps them safe for the occasional killer whale. Sea turtles live for approximately 50 to 80 years.

Approximately only 80% of of the eggs hatch. 50% make it to the water 20% make it to breading age without human interference and 2% make it to breeding age with human interference. That is why we should take care of sea turtles.

Lights, Camera, Action

Room 6 presented their learning about not being a bystander at their assembly on Friday week 3. In week 3 all school around New Zealand made a stand by wearing pink. PINK stood for Peaceful, Inclusive, Noble and Kind. Our assembly was a success and we all had fun. 

Maori Verbs

In Room 6 we have been learning verbs in Maori (action words.)  The question is 'Kei te aha ia ?' which means what is S/he doing.  la is the pronoun for both he and she.

We have matched verbs up, filled in crosswords are and played Simon Says. 

To my mother

My Handprint

Here is my handprint, 

Five fingers in all,

Outside they are short,

But in the middle is tall,

You will find them on windows, 

You can find them on the wall,

They will make a big mess,

For something so small.

One day I will grow,

And leave them no more,

My hand prints will be missed,

Of that I am sure

So here is one now 

That you can't wipe away

My present to you,

This Mother' Day 

The Ascension of the Lord

In RE we learnt about the Ascension of Jesus . At Galilee Jesus told his disciples to take his Gospel to the whole world . He promised  to send the Holy Spirit to be with us always and then he returned , in glory to his father in heaven.
we used crafts to show how Jesus went body and soul to Heaven.