Rugby World Cup 2019

In Te Manga, we have been learning about the Rugby World Cup. Each of the students have a team to follow and support. The students have been learning all sorts of interesting information and facts about the history of the RWC and about their adopted country.

Yesterday we had a RWC dress up at school and our class were definitely the most colourful class. Some of the students dressed up in their countries colours and others dressed up in support of the All Blacks. Whaea Deb and Riley dressed up as the host nations Japan. 

Check out our colourful photos!

Ka Pai Kai - Smoothies

Today our fourth group had the opportunity to cook with Whaea Anna as part of our Ka Pai Kai learning.The students made delicious and nutritious berry smoothies, crammed full of goodness! We were all licking our lips for more, thank you Arahia, Awhi, Zaviah and Cleo!

Football Fun with James Coleman (Northern Football Federation)

James Coleman from the Northern Football Association visited school last week to take the students through a range of football skills and activities. The students were so engaged throughout the whole session as they negotiated their way around the pitch, whilst dribbling the ball and trying to avoid tripping over others. There was certainly a lot of skills on display from the students and James too! We look forward to James visiting Paparore School again next term!!!

Seaside Village Art with Glorious Gloria aka Mrs Seddon!

Mrs Seddon is a fabulous art teacher who loved teaching in Te Manga when Whaea Deb was at her Digital Fluency Professional Development Course. She introduced the concept of hot and cold colours to the class using a seaside village concept.

Seaside Village
Starting with a freehand drawing of the water using cold colours and patterns, the students developed their artwork by adding simple buildings with patterns if they chose to. Textured sand was added next using light and dark brown pastel and finally everything was outline in black except for the sea.

The students did a marvellous job and their art work is currently being admired on our Te Manga walls.

Water Theme Art with Glorious Gloria aka Mrs Seddon!

Mrs Seddon is a fabulous art teacher who loved teaching in Te Manga when Whaea Deb was at her Digital Fluency Professional Development Course. She introduced the concept of hot and cold colours to the class using a water theme.

Water Theme
The students had to choose cold colours to represent water and also had to think about light and dark to show depth. Then they had to design their own water pattern. Next they chose hot colour for their koi fish, starting with a simple S the students developed their artwork by adding features and details. They had to focus on light and dark hot colours and patterns.

The students did a fabulous job and their art work is currently being admired on our staff room and admin area walls.