LEAF VARIATIONS- COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY

 While some of the students were at the Inter School Athletics, the remaining Room 5 and 6 combined to engage in a collaborative learning activity matching leaf pictures and using their key features to label them.
Those who had just been away at Camp Rangiwood were able to make the connections with this activity and the variety of trees and shrubs etc the saw in the bush.
Great discussions were had distinguishing between the terms native, endemic and exotic.
 What great akonga these kids are!!! 

Shake Out Drill

Drop -Cover- Hold in Room 5 @ 9.15am.

Poroporoaki

Poroporoaki for Mr Gunn

E te Atua,
As we say farewell to Mr Gunn we entrust him into your care. We pray for happiness and joy to be ahead of him, for wisdom and guidance to be beside him, and for grace and truth to be behind him, pushing thim onwards into your goodness.

We know that you will always love and protect him, wherever he goes. 

Amen.

… "What lies behind you and what lies before you are tiny matters compared to what lies within you."

Commemoration - Our Wellongton Trip.

Today we went to the war museum and there was a tank trying to cross a trench.
(Kasey,Tyla)

At this time I was happy the war had ended but sorry for  those who died.(Noah and Matthew)

Great War Memorial here we come. (Cameron, Carlos)

When we saw this big structure we were amazed by how  realistic
they looked
(Riwai And Tessa)

Outside Te Papa eating our morning tea Yum-Yum.
(Paddy,Tristan) 

Reflecting on our Learning.

We used our Yellow Hat to consider our learning in Religious Education. 
We are all growing in our knowledge and understanding of who God Intends us to be .

Hakarameta- Sacrament- seeing God on all Things

Science Investigations.

This week we were learning to use scientific thinking to explain how substances can be affected by acids and alkaline.  Wow!! It's exciting learning about science concepts!!!

Maori Traditional Games

Troy and Jaimee were here again this week to teach us some new Traditional Maori Games.
This week we learned Maui Matou, takahea and Manu  matea.
Great competition and working together in teams. Tu meke Room 5.

Speech Time.

Congratulations to all our students on their preparation and presentations of their Speeches. New challenges this year with options for power points included.
Great Oral Presentation skills developing.
These are our 5  Room 5 representatives in Te Whare today.

Te Wiki o te reo Maori

We have celebrated te wiki o te maori this week in so many ways.
Thursday we attended the Expo hosted by Rangitane o Tamaki nui a rua at The Hub and today with a sausage sizzle and waiata at the Ngati Kahungunu Office in Tamaki nui a rua.
A big thank you to both these groups for the maanaki they showed us

Together at The Hub at the Expo hosted by Rangitane

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Catholic Cultural Festival

On Friday 7th August, we joined 7 other Catholic Schools from the Palmerston North Diocese to celebrate our Cultural Diversity and come together as a Community to perform various brackets of Kapa Haka.
What an awesome night!!!!

All dressed and ready to go!!!! Thank Pun for the tamoko. Tu meke!!!
Can you spot how many of Room 5 are in this pic?

Pirihera, Breia, Tessa and Kasey in this shot.

Mia,  Kylah, Tyla and Molly in this photo.

Responding to the Word of God.

We have been sharing our thinking around ways we can respond to God's Word by showing Maanaki- care and concern for others.
Room 5 has a fantastic understanding around this.

Proportions and Decimals

We have been learning g about improper fractions. We used frame to on pieces to help us rename them. (Tyla and Kasey)

Tough Guy- Tough Girl Challenge.

Last Friday, Charlie and I went to Clifton to did a 3 km run though mud, water, overr a gigantic hill and across the sand by the beach.-we are tough guys!!!-(By Paddy Dillon)

Te wiki o te reo maori

Waiata with Darryl

We have celebrated te wiki o te maori this week in so many ways.
Thursday we attended the
Expo hosted by Rangitane o Tamaki nui a rua at The Hub and today with a sausage sizzle and waiata at the Ngati Kahungunu Office in Tamaki nui a rua.

Kai time!!

A big thank you to both these groups for the maanaki they showed us.

Our farewell

Receiving The Sacrament of Eucharist.

Today Dylan Bowles came and shared his experience of Receiving First Eucharist with our class.

We had lots of questions for him about his feelings and the positives for him.

we presented him with a special card to show our appreciation for his visit to us.

Taylor said, "I liked seeing the things he bought to show us that he received on this special day for him."

Maths Rotations

This week we are working in groups. We are doing maths rotations around different stations. We are practicing our Key Competency of Participating and Contributing. we are leaning to collaborate with each other to successfully learn and practice concepts in maths.





We worked hard doing the Unfix Tower Challenge.We were practicing using our knowledge in Algebra.
[Tessa and Carlos] 

Pattern Block Fraction Puzzles-Understanding Fraction Concepts.
 Today we used as many pattern blocks as you need to
build each shape.
(Kylah and  Riwai)  

Algebraic Expression Matching- Algebraic Thinking
We think we showed justice-tika when we solved these maths problems ( Pirihera and Breia )

Geometry Concentration -Lines and Angle Terminology

Multiplication War- Basic Multiplication Facts
This was a fun way to learn our basic multiplication facts.(Kaleb and Cameron)