Poetic Writing

Kia ora Whānau

This term we will be working on "Poetic Writing." To get us in to the mood, Whāea introduced lots of fun words in English and Māori and let us play with them. We replaced certain words with ones that were bold and colourful, and they made our sentences sound good enough to eat.

Mātakitaki tēnei wātea!!(Watch this space!!)
By Karama, Kayzian and David.

Pānui kotahi mō te wāhanga tuarua!

In case your pānui didn't make it home, here it is on our blog!
Mauri ora!

KIA ORA ANŌ WHĀNAU

Nāu mai, hoki mai ki te wāhanga tuarua mō te tau rua mano mā iwa..

Welcome back to Term 2, what a wet one at that!

First and foremost, I hope that all whānau had a safe holiday and a good rest. Towards the end of term there were quite a lot of tired tamariki, at the beginning of term they are always refreshed and ready to go!!

In the holidays Te Pouahi Kaiwhakaako were involved in workshops for ICT.
Whāea Jo worked with another teacher in a workshop called “Let’s get snappy.”
This was about digital cameras and how to have fun with these in the classrooms.
Whāea Carly and I facilitated a workshop called Reo rocks! We set up a wiki and the wiki enables teachers in other schools to source resources and key people in their areas. It also has a lot of information to strengthen teachers’ in their confidence to speak and share in Te Reo Māori.(this is handy for parents too!) Here is the wiki address: http://reorocks.pbwiki.com/Reo-Rocks
Feel free to join our wiki and have a look around!
A special thank you to the following people for catering on the day.
Teachers commented on how fantastic the kai was and the beautiful arrangement of the kai on the tables:
Whāea Sue, Mātua Chris, Mātua Paul, Mātua Larry, Whāea Christy, Whāea Mary( te whānau ō Ella-Cheyelle) Whāea Karen, Whāea Vron.
A big mihi too to Whāea Jane Evans for her donation of apples
Mātua Tom Francis for his donation of eggs
(check out our class blog,http://room15nelsoncentralschool.blogspot.com/

For the first 5 weeks of this term we will be looking at the following outline. In the 2nd part of term, we will be looking at conflict in NZ and the World- where we are in time and place. We will also be looking at Ghandi, Parihaka and Matariki.
Around Matariki we will be organising a Wearable Arts fashion show. The theme will be Papatuanuku- maybe a piece showing passive resistance, peaceful protest (using materials that Papatuanuku would be proud of). We will also be going to the Marae for a Matariki day, and going to Victory for Manu kōrero.
As these are dates ahead on our calendar, please don’t panic, I will let you know in advance of when these are taking place!
I am in Wellington next Friday at Te Papa for an NZCER conference, and will be back on Rāhina 11 ō Haratua (11th May). Whāea Renee will be taking the akomanga in my absence.
Please remember to keep checking our blog. Please leave comments for our tamariki!
Mauri ora whānau

Whāea T!
Unit Topic: An inquiry into Sharing the Planet

What’s mine is yours Kia kōtahi tātou
(Sharing the planet and bringing it together)

Curriculum focus:

Social Sciences: Understand how groups make and influence laws.

Key competencies:

Relating to others
Participating and contributing


School theme: Citizenship is Everyone’s business!
Key Idea: We can use our knowledge, rights and responsibilities to resolve conflict.

Lines of inquiry:

Inequality in resource sharing causes conflict.
Resources affect indigenous people.

Rich task:

Redesign the mediation process using rights and responsibilities.
(Kidspeak- look at how problems are solved).

Tools of learning:

Cool schools programme
Higher order thinking toolbox
Ongoing digital portfolios

Te Wāhanga Tuarua

Tēnā tātou katoa Whānau!

Kua mutu nga rā whakatā ō te Wāhanga Kōtahi...kua whakapiki ā mātou hinengaro ki ngā mahi kaha mō tēnei wā.
I ngā rā whakatā,i hāere ētahi ō ngā Kaiwhakaako ki he hui nui mō ngā rorohiko me ngā marautanga e pā ana ki tēnei kaupapa.
Ka tū māia ā Whāea Trina, Whāea Carly mē Whāea Jo i mua i ētahi atu Kaiwhakaako, ā, tino pai ā rātou mahi arahi! Ngā mihi nui ki ā rātou!

Nga mihi hoki ki ngā Mātua i takangīa ā mātou kai mō te poupoutanga ō te rā.... Whāea Sue, Mātua Chris, Mātua Paul,Mātua Larry, Whāea Christy, Whāea Mary (Ella's Whānau) Whāea Karen mē Whāea Vron.
Ngā mihi hoki ki te whānau ō Ella anō, Whāea Jane Evans mō ngā huarākau whero, Mātua Tom Francis mō ngā hēki!
He rawe te kai katoa! Tino kī atu ā mātou puku!
Mauri orā Whānau!

Whanau Day Workshops

Whanau Day Workshops

Kiaora Whanau

Today we ran workshops for other tamariki. We had a variety of workshops, for example; scoubie mania, string games, taniwha myths and legends, nature talk, sign language, how to draw cartoons, turtles, origami,kowhaiwhai.

Here are some of the thoughts that our workshop presenters have:
"It's a lot harder to teach than we thought it would be"- Miro
"It is definately not as easy as it looks- it is good when they listen"- Te Oi
"Most students were positive"- Abel
"a great mix of participants"-Kawhia
"It's a lot harder to teach smaller children then older children"- Analijia
"It was nerve wrecking"- Anne
"I loved how most participants listened and made the effort"- Rosa
"Our students were easy to instruct '-Karama
"It is great to see children participate in all workshops"- Kayzian
" It was fun teaching other students"-Tanisha
"It was lots of fun working with smaller children"-Neihana
"It was easy, and the best part was teaching smaller children'- Heidi
"Little nervous when people speak over me"- David

The best thing for us was that we were responsible for everyone's learning. Our rich task was to teach other students a project that they may not know.
We are proud that we are able to complete these tasks on our own. We are on our way to being effective, life long confident learners.
Mai nga tamariki o Te Pouahi Tekau ma Rima!