The One and Only Ivan Ponder 9

 

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 8

 

Student Success Week 7

Congratulations to this week's Principal's Award winners for working hard to create writing full of dialogue and description.

Congratulations also to our Caught Being Good Certificate winner, you have shown kindness to others and are always willing to help.

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 7

 

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 6

 

Student success this week

Who can believe we are already halfway through Term 4! 

This week we are celebrating students who have pushed themselves to move out of their comfort zones. You are great role models, showing us we can all keep growing as learners in so many different ways.

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 5

 

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 4

 

School Camp a huge success!

 

 A huge thank you to the parents who shared their time and energy during school camp. We could not have had such a successful and happy time without you!  

Students overwhelmingly agreed, camp was AMAZING!

Athletics Day 2022

 A huge thank you to all the families who came along to watch and help out during our Athletics Day this Tuesday. 

Thankfully, the rain held off and our students ran, threw and jumped their hearts out.

Congratulations to those students who have been selected to participate in the Eden/Albert Athletics Day on 22 November. We wish you all the best!

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 3

 

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 2

 

Caught Being Good Term 4, Week 1

Congratulations to this week's Caught Being Good certificate winner. You have challenged yourself to keep thinking and learning. Ka pai!

 

Would You Rather? Ponder 1

 

The One and Only Ivan Ponder 1

 

Our Film Festival Entry 2022 - Escape From Class!

Room 23's fabulous finished Film Festival films

Here are some of the fabulous films Room 23 created for the Ako Hiko Film Festival.

Students put a lot work into making these including:

forming groups, writing screenplays, drawing cartoons, creating animations, filming, acting, recording voice overs and finally editing all this raw material into the final versions you see here.

A couple of the films take a bit of time to load, but if you click on the arrow to open in a new window they will play straight away. 

Take a look, we hope you enjoy!

Niuean Language Week 2022

 Welcome back to Term 4!

Buddy Class Fruit Kebabs

 Thanks to Room 14 for hosting us today, we had a great time making fruit kebabs!

Caught Being Good W10, Term 3

Congratulations to this week's Caught Being Good winner. Her writing had plenty of amazing dialogue and used lots of different ways to describe how people spoke.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 10

 

О̄wairaka Primary School Art Exhibition open to view!

 

Our Art Exhibition starts tomorrow!

 We hope to see you there!

Caught Being Good Week 9, Term 3

This week we held our first full school assembly, it was great to finally come back together and celebrate student success.

Congratulations to our Principal's certificate winners this week. You have both worked hard to be wonderful role models for our class and our school.

We also celebrated the huge effort the Kauri Runners put in at The Mud Run event held last term. Kia kaha!

...and finally, our Caught Being Good Certificate winner for this week.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 9

 

Te Tuhi Art Gallery visit

A HUGE thank you to the parents who came with us to Te Tuhi Art Gallery. It was so good to have whanau back, sharing learning with our tamariki. 

Check out the amazing art Room 23 created!  You can also come into our classroom next time you are around school, to see them in person.

Do you remember which artists we looked at to get inspiration before we made our art pieces?

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 8

 

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

 

Caught Being Good Week 7 ...and a special Tongan Language Week suprise visit

Congratulations to this week's Caught Being Good winner. You certainly are showing great focus and drive towards your learning.

Room 23 was also really lucky to receive a visit from a group of Kauri students proudly celebrating Tongan Language Week. 

Thanks for bringing your beautiful taonga into our classroom and telling us about them. 

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 7

 

Don't forget the art exhibition is coming soon! Mark the date: 28 - 29th September

Room 23 is working hard on their artworks, in anticipation for our school exhibition.  We hope you will come and see what we have been creating....

Please remember to put it in your diary..... 

28 - 29th September

Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga - Tonga Language Week

 Take a look at these slides and learn how to say a new phrase in Tongan...

Caught Being Good Week 6

 Congratulations to this week's Caught Being Good winner. Thanks for sharing your amazing ideas with the rest of the class!

 

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 6

 

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 5

 

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 4

 

Caught Being Good Week 4, Term 3 and Eden Albert Ripper Rugby Tournament success

Congratulations to this week's Caught Being Good winner. You wrote a wonderfully descriptive story and created a play from the legend of How the Kiwi Lost his Wings!

Also, a big cheer for our Ripper Rugby girls team who came second overall in the Eden/Albert tournament! What an amazing achievement.

Caught Being Good Term 3, Week 3

Congratulations to this week's Caught Being Good winner. Your writing used interesting sentence starters and lots of descriptive words from your brainstorming. Ka pai!

 

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 3

 

Tivaevae visit during Cook Island Language Week

Mei taki to McKenzye's mum Haley for bringing her family heirloom tivaevae in to show us. It was amazing to see the beautiful stitching and to learn about why and how the tivaevae are made.  

We noticed how the patterns used lots of natural shapes and that they were also symmetrical. Can you see where the symmetry lines are in the design?

Thank you for also sharing a traditional dance with us. The movements were so graceful to watch.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 2

 

Cook Island Language Week

 

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Ponder 1

 

Cosmic Matariki Art

 Take a look at the cosmic art Room 23 created ....

You can see how these were made by checking individual student blogs by clicking on the names down the side.

What did you and your whanau do to celebrate Matariki this year?

Mars Patel Ponder 9

 

Caught Being Good Week 8, Term 2

We have been focusing on getting back to learning quickly and carefully after morning tea and lunch breaks. 

Congratulations on this week's Caught Being Good certificate winner, who consistently lines up quickly and quietly, takes responsibility for sports equipment used in breaktime and shows Manaakitanga towards other class members. 

Thanks for being such a great role model!

 

Olympian Visit!

Kauri Team was super lucky to receive a visit from Anna Wilcox this week. She competed at the Winter Olympics in Russia in 2014. Anna told us that she tried many different sports before she found the sport that truely suited her; she encouraged us all to do the same. Anna also talked about the attitudes that help make an Olympian great. 

Anna asked us to guess what was in her ski bag... check out the answer below.

Do you think Anna has learnt to face challenges with resilience and persistence?

Cross Country ...better late than never!

Despite being completed under grey skies, we were lucky the rain held off during the Cross Country event held yesterday! 

Take a look at the amazing energy and persistence shown by Room 23 students. 

Did you think the Cross Country was going to be cancelled?

Cross Country - Thursday 2nd June

 

Samoan Language Week

Caught Being Good Week 4

We have been focusing on our two school rules over the last few weeks. They are: 

1. Be Safe

2. Be Kind

So congratulations to our Caught Being Good Winner who showed kindness towards his fellow students. Ka pai!

We were really lucky to have another 'superhero without a cape' visit our school this week. This time we heard all about the New Zealand Fire Service and how their team help keep us safe.