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.

Stand Up to Bullying - Pink Shirt Day

 At Paparore School we support Pink Shirt Day and say NO to bullying! We know that this day is an important reminder of integrity and treating people how we would like to be treated. We also know that we don't have to wear pink to be against bullying. Speak Up, Stand Together and Stop Bullying!

Anzac Day Writing

On ANZAC Day we celebrate to honor the soldiers that fought for us in the war. Some celebrate by having a dawn parade . We call it a dawn parade because that is when the soldiers landed on Gallipoli on the 25th of April 1915. We wear poppies and some people might wear their whanau's medals that they won when they were fighting. Poppies are special because they were the first flowers to grow on Gallipoli after the war. We go to memorials and sing , say prayers, say the ode and listen to the last post. At the memorials we lay wreaths on the stones and everybody lays their poppies on them. Veterans are old soldiers that fought in the war and survived. Veterans wear their medals proudly. They celebrate by marching at dawn parades. Some people might cry because of all the soldiers that died for us. There might even be whanau who died. Lest We Forget.

Elena

 ANZAC Day makes us remember about the soldiers that died in war. Poppies mean a lot because it was the first plant to grow on the land that they had war on we should remember them. My great great grandfather served in World War 1. He was 15 and when we go to ANZAC Day we wear a poppy and wear his medals.

Cooper

 ANZAC Day is when we commemorate soldiers and people that have died in the World War 1 and World Wand and other wars and we wear poppies every ANZAC day on the 25th of April. We march, we commemorate and sing the National anthem. We also say the ode. Lest we Forget.

Levi

Look out our lovely poppies we made with Mrs Radich.

We LOVE Duffy Books

We are very lucky to receive Duffy Books each term for our holiday reading. You can see how excited the class are to get started on their books. 

Thank you to the Hefford Family Trust for sponsoring Duffy Books at Paparore School!