Our Identity

This week we started our Te Reo Māori classes with Whaea Francis. During our session this week we talked about identity and who we are. We talked about our cultures and how each of us is unique and different. Each of us has different things that are important to us and our whanau. During our session we had to opportunity to draw things that show our identity and who we are. We discovered that our identity can change and that our identity is special and unique to us. Check out some of our photos. 



When we went back to class in the afternoon we continued on with this activity using our chromebooks. We had a cyber smart lesson on how to find free to use images that link to our identity. We will share some of these once we have finished them. 

100 Numbers

During one of our maths lessons we had to work in groups of 4 to solve this problem. We were given one sheet of paper with the numbers 1-100 on it. We then each had a different coloured pen and had to circle our numbers. 

The catch was that we only have 3 minutes and we had to circle the numbers in order. Each person had a number 1, 2, 3, and 4 then we had to keep using the same pattern of people to keep the numbers going up to 100. We were interested to find out there was a pattern we found at the end. Here are some photos from us trying to figure out the quickest way to do it. We had so much fun completing this activity. 

Move Ya' Body

Welcome back to term 3! This term our theme is called "Move Ya' Body." Team four is going to be focusing on sports game and by the end of the term we will aim to have created our own sports games that we will be sharing across our team. 

We are currently creating a recount with a twist in our learning time and will share these ideas with you as soon as they are ready to be published so watch this space!

Buddy Reading with Room 26

This year room 8 maths has had a great opportunity called buddy reading. We have teamed up with room 26 and Miss Moran and try and meet once a week. Our year 6 class can read to their buddies or our year 2 buddies can read to us. 

We all really enjoy this and it is a great chance for us to show our leadership and helping the younger students at Pt England. We will share some writing about this soon! 

Duffy Assembly

Yesterday we had a Duffy Assembly at school it was so fun and entertaining. We had three young ladies come and talk to us about Duffy and his adventures. We sang the Duffy song which we also learnt in sign language this year. Then we watched a play about how to be kind to others at school and to make sure that we are including everyone at school. It made us all think about choosing our words and actions carefully before we use and show them to others. Here are some photos from the show.



During class today we have started our recounts about the assembly so we look forward to sharing these on our class blog soon. Watch this space!

PES Survivor

Have you ever seen the show survivor? 

Well room 8 at Pt England this year hosted the best survivor yet. The students of Room 8 had a great time competing against each other to find the first ever Pt England survivor. No students were harmed in the making of this film....well almost no one! Hope you enjoy our movie.

Musical Madness

Welcome to term 4! 

This term our topic is Musical Madness. On Monday we had an immersion assembly where we all found out what each team at Pt England will be doing this term. Team 4 and Room 8 are going to be creating our own instruments as well as our own music. We are all really excited to see what we will be learning this term and can't wait to share all of our learning with you. Please check out some of our recounts of our assembly and what we hope to learn this term. 

Kiwisport Tennis

This term Room 8 were lucky enough to learn how to play tennis. We learnt how to hold the tennis racket and also how to serve properly. We also learnt how to do a forehand and a backhand. We got so good at what we were doing that we were able to have small games against each other. 



We would like to take this time to say a BIG thank-you to our tennis coach Peter and Miss Va'afusuaga for organising our kiwisport lessons. Here is a video of us in action playing tennis, we hope you enjoy it!

Animation Voiceover by Leilani

Kia ora,talofa lava,ola and greetings to you  all my name is Leilani and this is my animation for term 2 2017.We are learning about fishing  and sailing and how it  has changed over the years. When Maori people first arrived in New Zealand they used boats called waka’s. Waka’s were made out of wood and they had Maori carvings around them. Later on when the pakeha arrived they made boats that are called sailing boats and they had sails. Then a few more years later they add  lights, anchors, hotels,engines  and more! Once I saw a boat with a pool and a huge slide. This sailing boat is super cool they use it in the America's cup.The sailing boats go super fast and you have to pedal so that the boat moves.

Term 2 in Room 8

This term room 8 has been very busy with being able to have swimming lessons and kiwisport which was orienteering this term! We have learnt how to be safe in, on and around the water by being taught water safety skills. During kwiwsport we have learnt how to read maps and find clues around the school. Take a look at our video and see all the fun we have been up to in room 8.

Can He Save Her by Tehillah

One night a girl named Belle decided to go for a walk. Belle went walking through the streets towards her favourite cafe. As she was walking she could hear someone creeping up behind her. Before she knew what it was it was too late. This person behind her grabbed at her. This person wanted all of her money. So he took her to his lair. Belle tried to call the police but the guy had a gun in his hand so she dropped her phone on the ground. The attacker yelled “leave the phone or you die!” Belle cried “HELP ME! HELP ME!” Spiderman heard her cries for help. Spiderman burst through the window Bom! Bang! Spiderman took out the bad guy with on big kick. Spiderman took the bad guy to jail. Spider man turned to Belle and said “ there are dangerous people out there so be careful.” Spiderman and Belle became best friends. THE END

Now thats thinking!

This term as a school we are going to be exploring and learning about technology and how it has changed over time. Mr Burt started us off for the term by showing us how technology has changed over time at Pt England School. We got to see the first lot of technology that was used at our school and then what we have now it was pretty amazing how far we have come! Team 4 and Room 8 will be learning about what kinds of technology that Maori had before Pakeha arrived in New Zealand. That is our big question that we will be focusing on and there will be many exciting topics that we will cover. This week our writing task was to think about what our topic could look like this term. Please read our blogs and leave us some comments.

Tupuia

Tha Zin

Leilani

Kruz

Christina