Free Writing Friday Feedback

Today we tried out a google app called jam board. We used this platform to give feedback about 'Free Writing Friday'. We think that this is going to be a great way for us to all share our ideas in a fun and creative way.

Lake Ngatu - Arbor Day Planting

Lake Ngatu is a taonga in our community and we are kaitiaki of this roto. Today our whole school helped to plant a varierty of trees and plants at Lake Ngatu, 1600 in total. We were supported by lots of our whanau; parents, older siblings and grandparents too and were rewarded with a yummy sausage sizzle before we headed back to school. Thank you so much to everybody who helped out today, we had a fantastic day!

Term 2 Class Assembly - Legends

This term for our literacy focus, we have been learning to re-tell legends in our own words.

The students read the legends in our reading sessions and then re-told them in their own words. From here we decided as a class which legends we would use for our assembly and we decided on Rona and the Moon and The Legend of Te Houtaewa.

To try something new, one group re-told their legend using digital technology. The students had to learn their parts and were filmed in Te Kauru's green room. I used the green screen app to create a mini-movie of Rona and the Moon. I am going to teach the class how to do this next term in preperation for the Te Hiku Film Festival. 

The class decided it would be fun to do a waiata as well so we learnt Rona's Waiata incorporating poi for the girls and drums for the boys. The class had a lot of fun with this.  

Our second legend was about Te Houtaewa, a Far North legend! The students who presented this part of our assembly worked hard to learn their parts and practiced presenting their parts with expression. Our actors tried very hard to create a great story for our audience. 

I think each of the students did a marvelous job and everyone should feel very proud of themselves!

Whaea Deb

Mahuika Show - Te Rangi Aniwaniwa

Last Wednesday afternoon, 5 classes went to Te Rangi Aniwaniwa to watch the Auckland Theatre company perform Mahuika. 

Ryan - First Draft 

In the beginning there were two sisters called Kahu and Sissy. They were out in the   garden doing  jobs with Nan kahu was complaining that sissy  wasn't doing  jobs. Kahu and sissy found a magic kete and the last buring finger nail of mahuika came out of the kete. Nan turned to coal and kahu and sissy had to save Nan. They fold potiki to the under world to Mahuika on the way pukeko kidnapped potiki and took potiki  to Mahuika because Mahuika put curse on pukeko's beak.

Jackson R - First Draft

Nan froze and potki appeared out of no were and potki said you have 1 day until Nan turns in to coal.  potki said you can save Nan if you go to my Mather and she will not turn in to coal saw sissy pilled a kite out of the magic kete  it tolled them were to go saw sissy and kahu walked to the swamp and they thread to run ucrose the swamp but they got poached back and then a prsine  came out of the swamp and sissy got the quiz but kahu had to stay be hind and sissy got to go to Mahuika to save Nan and Potiki.

Kylan - First Draft

Once upon a time kahu was chasing sissy and trying to get her to do her jobs. Nan said stop doing that and come help me with this job. Nan kahu said why dose sissy always run away when its time to do jobs? well we all do our parts to help, I guess said kahu. Then sissy whizzed past and Nan caught sissy and said you to stay here. Out of the corner of there eyes the saw a kete and when they opened it Nan tuned to coal. hello said Potiki I am the last flaming finger nail of mahuika.

Then he realised what he had done to Nan. He said oh no I will have to go to the underground to get my mum to take the curse off of her. when they got  close pukeko saw them.