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Saturday, February 27, 2021

Te Manga's Mini Pet Morning

Today we were so lucky to have some very special visitors. Daniel, Jesse, Jackson and their mum brought in two of their pet silkie bantams. They were so cute and fluffy with very funny names to match; Jackson Rogers and Chooky. The boys encouraged others to hold them and students from the other classes came to see them too.

The real Jackson Rogers arrived at school with his puppy Bruce. Everyone was so excited to meet Bruce and Bruce was very happy to be at school. 

We think pets should come to school everyday!

Friday, February 26, 2021

Promethean Screen Share

 Our class has discovered Promethean Screen Share. After our Free Writing Session the students all wanted to share their writing on our screen. It was fabulous to see the students being so enthusiastic to share their writing. We are looking forward to sharing more of our learning with each other!





Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Our Special Visitor

Today we had a special visit from Mrs Neki! It was so great to see her. She told us all about her new role working in lots of different schools with lucky students. She even taught us some of her new learning; sign language! We can hardly wait until she comes back to visit us again!

Friday, February 19, 2021

Big Feelings Tractor Trek

 A trail of tractors arrived at Paparore School last Friday with a woman named Cat Levine. This was the Big Feelings Tractor Trek! Cat talked to the students about BIG FEELINGS using her own childhood experiences. She talked to the students about different sorts of feelings and they each received a mood cube. Cat said giving young people the tools, as early as possible, to name their feelings and talk about them with a trusted adult made the issues smaller and less overwhelming. 

Our class loved having Cat and the tractors at school. 

Jesse

Last Friday lots of big tractors came to Paparore school and the tractors had people inside and they let as play in the tractors and then they were going to have a  talk about why they  brought the tractors to school.


Jordyn

Last Friday some people came to Paparore School with gigantic tractors and an army truck. There was an awesome lime green tractor that was big as an elephant, that was my favorite one. We could climb on the wheels and people took photos of us. All of the tamariki loved it. I thought it was amazing. I heard a lot of yelling and people screaming this is so cool I thought it was definitely. There were about six of them! After that we slowly walked into the hall while we were walking we were watching the tractors leave. They started the tractors and didn’t leave while we were watching them. It was spectacular.


Kylan

Last Friday the big feelings tour came to Paparore school. Lots of tractors came to. There was a lady called Cat who did the awesome big feelings show. She explained her past in a great show.  She showed us the lonely sadness Cat had back then and how it grew and grew. She got Tame, Carlie, and Millan up on stage. The teachers picked them. Tame got into a skeleton suit, Charlie had a mask and Millan had girl glasses.They were the three brains thinking brain, emotions brain and reflex brain. Cat though a hammer at us but it turned out to be fake. At the end she gave us a great thing called a mood cube. It shows our emotions which are Sadness, madness, happiness and nervousness.


Thursday, February 4, 2021

Te Manga Class Treaty

 

In Te Manga we follow our school values of Excellence (Hiranga), Diversity (Rereketanga), Integrity (Ngakau), Community and Partnership (Porihanga) and Kaitiakitanga (Caring for the Environment). Our school values and our class treaty are important  to all of us. They help us to be the best that we can be everyday for ourselves and each other.





Welcome to Te Manga 2021

2021 is going to be an exciting year in Te Manga. 
We have 23 keen, enthusiastic and positive students, ready to embark on their next learning journey. Check out these lovely learners getting stuck into their writing!