Term 3 Assembly - The Great Te Manga and Te Tinana Reading Adventure

Today Te Whare Tui performed a Duffy Assembly called 'The Great Reading Adventure' to celebrate Book Week. Our main character Duffy (aka Arahia) loves reading but her sister Scruffy (aka Kaydee) thinks reading is soooooooo boring. To encourage Scruffy to read, Duffy and her friends take Scruffy on the 'Great Reading Adventure' through stories such as The Cat in the Hat, Maui and the Sun, comic book heroes, non-fiction books and the Harry Potter series. Each of the students performed with enthusiasm and had a lot of fun during the performance. You can check out the script by clicking this link: The Great Reading Adventure Script

Here is our assembly video. We hope you enjoy watching it as much as the students enjoyed performing it.

Central Zone Cross Country

All our students took part in the Central Zone Cross Country today with a positive attitude. The students took part and gave it their best effort. Each of the students completed their run and were well supported by all our Paparore students.

Congratulations to the following students who made the top 10 in their age group:

6 Year Old Girls - Koda 

7 Year Old Girls - Lara and Arahia

7 Year Old Boys - Mason T, Kevin, Kiarn, Riley

Our canteen for camp was a huge success. Thank you to all the whanau who contributed to and helped on our Te Tinana and Te Manga canteen at Cross Country today. With your combined efforts we raised $1650 towards our end of year camp to Coopers Beach! Outstanding!!!!!!!

Film Making with Harley - Session 2

Today we recapped our learning from our last session with Harley and definitely stepped it up. When we discussed our learning as a group, we realised we have already learnt so much about film making! 

These are some of the things that we now know.

• The different roles in a film crew
• Director
• Camera Person
• Sound Operator
• Clipper Clapper Person
• Actors

• Things that each person says
• Director - Turn Over, Action, Cut
• Camera Person - Camera Speed
• Sound Operator - Sound Speed
• Clipper Clapper Person - Shot __, Take ___

• Different types of shots that are filmed
• Establishing shot
• Wide Shot
• Medium Shot
• Close Up Shot
• Extreme close up shot 

• Equipment that a film crew needs
• boom pole - sound pole
• Camera - Ipad - use the grid lines
• tripod
• clipper clapper
• clip board
• megaphone (huge film set)
• script

Our school has purchased tripods and boom poles with small smart phones so we actually can really start making movies!!! We can hardly wait until Harley comes back! Check out the students blogging about their experience!

Ka Pai Kai - Group 2 - Pizza

Today our second group had the opportunity to cook with Whaea Anna as part of our Ka Pai Kai learning.

The students made delicious and nutritious pizza filled with ingredients like pineapple, pepperoni, cheese and tomatoes. Group 2 did a great job and were very pleased with their efforts. The students were so excited about eating their healthy kai, we didn't manage to get photos but we will make sure a camera is to hand in having pizza for lunch! Well done Charlie, Anahera, Jai, Zana and Koda!

Book Week - Character Dress Up

Today our class took part in the Book Character Dress Up Day which was super fun. We had a whole school assembly and parade in the whare. There were all sorts of book characters heroes, villains, kids, animals, legends and wizards too. 

We have been reading a different book each day to celebrate a variety of books that we all love!

Book Week 2019

Today we all had the opportunity to check out a huge selection of books on display in the whare as part of National Book Week. The students were in awe of the selections and were very excited to add them to their 'wish lists'. There were quite a few common titles which interested the students so I hope to order some of these books for our school library so everyone can enjoy them.

We are all looking forward to the 'Book Character Dress Up Day' tomorrow!

Ka Pai Kai - Group 1 - Spaghetti Bolognaise

Today our first group had the opportunity to cook with Whaea Anna as part of our Ka Pai Kai learning.

The students made delicious and nutritious spaghetti bolognaise filled with healthy ingredients like carrots, onions and tomatoes. Group 1 did a great job and were very pleased with their efforts. The students were so excited about eating their healthy kai, we didn't manage to get photos but we will make sure a camera is to hand in the kitchen from now on. Well done Edward, Lara and Riley!

Black Out Day in Te Manga

It was a great day to wear BLACK to show our support for the the All Blacks. The class looked great as did the rest of the school. Check out our photos and our waiata too!

Movie Making with Harley Alexander

Our school is lucky to have local film maker Harley Alexander taking movie making sessions with the middle - senior school classes. Harley came in today and 'WOWED' us with his short film, 'Incoming Call' which engaged the students from the get-go! He introduced the basics of film making to our students and gave the class an opportunity to be part of a film crew. He also shared a video made by kids at the Kerikeri Summer Playhouse Camp which was all about 'How to Tell a Good Story.' The kids and I loved this!

They learnt what is actually said on a film set by each of the key roles in the crew:
Director - turn over
Camera - camera speed
Sound - sound speed
Clipper Clapper - "_____ shot" Take 1

The students then had an opportunity to act out their own scenes in smaller groups and this where the excitement really came through! The students thoroughly enjoyed their experience and we can hardly wait until our next session with him.

Ka Pai Kai with Whaea Anna

Today Whaea Anna from Te Hiku Hauora visited our classroom to introduce the students to a healthy eating program that we will be taking part in called Ka Pai Kai!

This is a program aimed at enabling students to plan, prepare and cook healthy meals for their families. 

Each week a group will take their turn to prepare and cook a healthy meal for the class which we are ALL looking forward to. Our groups will be making spaghetti bolognaise, berry smoothies, nachos, pizza and pancakes. The kids were very surprised that these dishes could be healthy which was an excellent light bulb moment for them.

We are really looking forward to getting started next week!