Kia ora Ruma rua tekau ma rua whanau! I will miss you all very much!

 Today we had our most important Hui-a-kura, 2020 Prize giving ceremony. This is a wonderful way to celebrate the year we have had and the amazing mahi we have done.

Please enjoy this slideshow, a small and humble yearbook.

To all our our Owairaka whanau we would like to wish you...............

Meri kirihimete and Hararei koa!

Merry christmas and happy holidays.

Nāu anō i mahi! You did it!

 What a great way to finish our wiki! Super proud of Ruma rua tekau ma rua tamariki being miharo hosts, and our Puriri Team whanau for being amazing manuhiri (guests) at our Hui-a-kura (assembly) today.

We focused on our 3 school values, for this hui. 

Congratulations to Hibiscus and Sariya for receiving this weeks Caught being Good certificates.

Kaitiakitanga- being a guardian of our environment.

 This terms Green/Blue week focus is all about saving water. We have been learning about how to conserve water and use it wisely.

Here are some handy tips on how you can become a water hero.

Congratulations to Aaron for receiving our class certificate. 

Do you have any tips on how we could be a kaitiaki? If yes, please put them in a comment below.

He waka eke noa whanau!- We are all in this together!

Listening- a poem inspired by nature.

 For Tuhituhi (writing) we have been learning about Toikupu (Poetry). This poem was inspired by nature.

First we listened to the poem written by Peter Bland 

Then we went out in to nature and listened.............

Finally, after 5 minutes of listening we came back to class to compose our own poem. 

Here is a poem written by Kahvel.

Have you ever just listened to nature? 

What sounds have you heard? 

What sounds would you describe in your poem?

Road Safety Week

Road Safety Week is about encouraging families to think about how they can help everyone have safe and active journeys to and from school.  Parking away from the school and walking in helps keep the area outside the school safer for students.  Walking, biking and scootering is a great way to add exercise into your week!  Please remember to use the crossings, it may take an extra minute or two but it is another way we can help you to stay safe.

Kia noho haumaru whanau! Stay safe!

1st, 2nd or 3rd place = Athletics day certificates

 Congratulations to all of the students who participated in our School Athletics Day. 

Here are some photos of the Ruma 22 whanau who received certificates.

Ruma rua tekau ma rua came 2nd place in the Year 4 relay race.

Athletics Day

 On Tuesday,  Kauri and Puriri teams walked to Lovelock track and spent the day there doing high jump, discus, shot put, long jump and track events.

Here is a wonderful photo of our class relay team.

On behalf of our Ruma rua tekau ma rua whanau,  I would like to say a big KIA ORA to all of the whanau who came to support us on the day. Thank you to Maria and the other members of our school whanau for all of your hard work to make this day happen. 

What kindness means to us.

 This week we have been reading quotes and sayings about kindness. We created posters with some of our own sayings or we could find one that we thought was great and add some images. 

What's your favourite quote or saying about kindness? 

It would be very KIND of you to let us know in a comment.

Kia tūpore whanau! - Be kind!

Scooting safely!

 This week Puriri team were very lucky to have scooter safety lessons. Constable Holly shared with us some safety tips and taught us some skills.

First, we learnt about the importance of safety gear. Wearing a correctly fitted helmet is very important. Wearing shoes is also recommended in case you use your foot to stop. Finally, wearing brightly coloured clothes or reflective gear, helps you to be visible to traffic.

Next we practised stopping safely with our brake and also how to make an emergency stop. You can make an emergency stop by jumping off your scooter, landing on two feet on the same side of your scooter.

 

It is really important to look out for cars when crossing a driveway and we should always walk our scooter across a pedestrian crossing.

Celebrating success! A great way to finish our first week back!

 Ka pai to these to amazing members of the Ruma 22 whanau.

Kaynin showed great Manaakitanga and Manawanuitanga to prepare and perform in Owais Got Talent.

Aneesa confidently shares her fantastic ideas with her peers during discussions.

Kelly Sport session

 Ruma 22 would like to say 'Kia ora' Bart and his team from Kelly Sport for taking us for some awesome activities today.

Here is one photo. Please check out our comments to learn more about our other experiences.

NZSL week- New Zealand Sign language Week 2020

This week we have been learning how to use Sign language. English, Te reo and New Zealand Sign language are our 3 official languages. On Wednesday, Frank taught us how to sign the alphabet and ask each other how we are.

Cade created a slide with some fantastic videos and shared them with the class.  Some of the videos encourage us to use all 3 of our official languages. 

Māra ki te tēpu- Garden To Table

Today was our very last session in Garden To Table. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and learnt so much. Kia ora to all of the amazing volunteers for supporting us in our learning. It has been lovely to get to know you all and sit down to share kai with you. Thank you to Sarah and Richard for leading us and sharing all of your wonderful knowledge.

Kia Kaha te Reo Māori! Te wiki o Te Reo 2020 in Ruma rua tekau ma rua

 Kia ora whanau! This week we have been learning new Kupu (words), about Myths and Legends and practising all of the Te Reo we have learnt throughout the year. While we were learning at home, a slide was created and this has been adapted for this week.

Malo 'etau lava. Welcome to our special Tongan language week post.

This week we have been learning more about the Tongan culture. Hibiscus is very proud of her culture  and she has created some amazing learning slides etc to share with us.

 

Malo 'aupito Hibiscus for proudly sharing your beautiful culture with us!

Introducing ourselves- Te Reo with Whaea Carol

 Koia kei a koe Ruma Rua tekau ma rua! Good on you Room 22! 

Today we practised how to introduce ourselves using our mihi. Whaea Carol was so impressed with everyone that we received a certificate.

Kia ora Ruma 22 whanau- Google Meet

I would just like to say a very big THANK YOU to all of the students who managed to join us for our first ever Google Meet! It was very exciting and challenging at the same time. I really enjoyed seeing your faces and listening to what you had to share. If for whatever reason you couldn't make the meeting yesterday, I am sorry that we missed you. 

I am really excited to see you all when you return to school. 

Ka kite ā tērā wiki- See you next week!

Manaakitanga and Google Meet

 I am super excited to have a meeting with my Ruma 22 whanau tomorrow beginning at 11 am. Keeping in line with our class challenge, here are some expectations that we must all strive to follow.

Just like in class when we have a minute to talk about our weekend, tomorrow you will have 30 seconds to share a message with your Ruma 22 whanau. 

You could;

Share a joke

Talk about something you have done while learning at home.

A book you have read.

Share an encouraging message with your whanau.

Success depends on everyone sharing and showing Manaakitanga- 'We can do this whanau'

Learning at home Week 6

 Here are some more learning activities, remember you can pick and choose which ones you do.

Please send through photos so I can share your wonderful mahi.

Google Meet

 Kia ora Room 22 whanau,

On Wednesday at 11am, I am able to offer our class the opportunity to catch up with me via Google Meet (video conferencing). Please check your emails for more information. If you have not received an email please let me know the email address I can send the instructions and link to. My email address is kmills@owairaka.school.nz

I am looking forward to "seeing" you all on Wednesday. 

Kristie Mills

Learning at home activities for week 5

 Here are some learning activities for you to do. Do as many as you can, you have all of this week to do them.

Learning at home- Activities to do.

 Kia ora koutou, here are a few activities for you to do over the next couple of days. 

Remember to check out our Learn, Create & Share! page to see the wonderful work students have shared.

                 

 Stay safe and well in your bubbles whanau!

Mahi Toi- Art time

 Have you heard of Pointillism? It is a art technique invented by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.

We first decided what we would like to draw. The criteria was that the animal or insect had to be native to New Zealand. 

To learn more about this style watch this youtube video (just the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds)

Caught Being Good- Showing Manaakitanga and Manawanuitanga!

Congratulations to Zara and Hajir for receiving a Caught Being Good certificate and a Duffy Book of their choice.

Cook Island language Week 2020

"Kia pūāvai tō tātou Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani i Aotearoa"which in English means "That the Cook Islands Māori language may blossom throughout New Zealand." Ministry for Pacific Peoples

Check out the display of books in the library. 

Garden To Table

Yesterday we had our second session of Garden To Table. We really enjoyed ourselves and learnt a  lot about how our food grows and how we can create a meal from it.

Half of the class, spent time visiting our garden beds with Richard. We learnt about what is planted there and how those plants grow, we also did some weeding. We did notice a very big problem during our weeding time...... there was a lot of fruit stickers in our gardens. We discussed how they got there and how we can prevent this problem from happening again.

The stickers that are on the fruit are non-biodegradable. So the fruit that we put into our compost bins breaks down, but not the plastic stickers. A solution is to peel the stickers off of all our fruit and stick them on to a piece of paper near our bins. Lot's of classes also use this great idea.

The garden group also got to plant some seedlings in our our class seedling tray. 

As always, I would like to finish this post by saying a very BIG THANK YOU to all of the wonderful volunteers that come along and support our tamariki during this valuable learning experience.

Caught being Good- Manawanuitanga during learning time.

Congratulations to Demetrius and Deziyah for receiving our class Caught Being Good certificates this week. You are both wonderful role models of our Manawanuitanga value; showing persistence and resilience during learning time.  

Music lessons with Mr Lakatani

Today we had our first of five music lessons with Mr Lakatani. He told us about the instruments we will learn how to play and about notes today. The four stations that we will rotate around are; The Guitar,  Ukulele, Marimba and the African drums.

    

Keep checking our blog out regularly for more photos!

Garden To Table

Room 22 is having Garden to Table sessions this term. This is an amazing opportunity for our tamariki to learn about how; food grows, ways to harvest it, recipes and enjoy sharing a beautiful meal.

We need volunteers to come along and support 

us every week. 

If this sounds like you,  please join us on Wednesday's. Below is the timetable for our class.

Last day of term- Time to Kani kani (Disco time)

The theme for this disco is ...... Your favourite colour! It was a wonderfully colourful time, AWESOME dancing Puriri team!!!

 

Funky Feet Friday-Travelwise

Thank you for supporting our Funky Feet Friday!  Walking, scootering and biking to and from school is an excellent way to include daily physical activity into your child/ren’s life, and support us to be a Travelwise School. A bonus is that this also helps to reduce traffic chaos at the school gate, which is very important for student safety.

Frank and her violin.

This term we having been learning about sound and the science behind how sounds are made.
Two reading groups in our class are reading a Junior Journal story called The Ukulele Maker by Bronwen Wall. As we read, we are learning more about how Ukuleles are made and all of the names of the parts. A person who makes stringed instruments is called a Luthier.

Frank visits our class every Thursday, and she is a very talented musician who plays in a band. She brought in her beautiful violin and ukulele and we discussed the difference between them along with the similarities.

    

During this time, Frank also taught us some new signs. We now know how to say we have an idea and question in New Zealand Sign language. When Frank visits us, we always learn so much.

Desire is making a circle with one hand and using her other hand to make
the tail of the letter q. She is signing that she has a Question

Leo is using his dominant hand and pointing to his head-
he is signing that he has an idea.

Kelly Sport session

Today we had our Kelly Sport taster session. Bart from Kelly Sport, shared three games with us that made us huff and puff. Here are some photo's from today.....

Whanau, whanau game.  

You versed the person opposite you, then there were 4 different actions 

to do. If you both did the same action the first person to shout 'He' received a point.

We all started in a line, walking to begin with. When Bart shouted 'GO' the person on the end of the line had to run up to be the first person in the line.









The human train (Sorry I forgot the real name, so I just made this one up) The first person had to run to the line then run back and pick up a passenger. The first person ran 7 laps (depending on how many people in the group)

Tino pai Hajir!

Congratulations Hajir on completing your Reading Log-100 nights of reading.

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body" Sir Richard Steele

The science of hearing.

We have started learning about sound in our class and how we hear. Yesterday, Cade was our tuakana, sharing his knowledge of how he hears. Cade wears both a hearing aid and a Cochlea Implant (C.I).  This is his story........

I got my Cochlea Implant or C.I when I was 5 years old. My brain had to learn what digital sounds were. I have a hearing aid in my other ear because it amplifies my hearing. The amplifier makes the sound waves louder. In your ear is a Cochlea. In my ear with the hearing aid, my Cochlea works. In my ear with my C.I, the cochlea doesn't work. The hairs in my ear don't work.

Kia ora Cade and Frank for sharing your knowledge with us, we have all developed a much greater understanding of how you hear and how our ears work.

Caught Being Good- Congratulations to........

Everyone in Ruma rua tekau ma rua has settled back into school life and showing Manaakitanga for themselves and others.

This week two students stood out because of the way in which they show Manaakitanga for their learning. Congratulations to Jessianne and Wini for sharing your understanding with myself and your peers. Ka pai Kaynin! For being picked out of the values voucher draw.

          

Super problem solving korero with Miss Mills.

Fantastic presentation about Life in Samoa

                                         

                           Kaynin received a Manaakitanga ticket and was picked during our values vouchers draw.