What's new ?

Miss Kelly was here for two weeks.  She did Printing, taught us to make Rakau Sticks for Technology, some Maths, some Reading, learn a Maori waiata and read us stories.  We thought she was a great and fantastic College Teacher.  Tomorrow we are getting a new College teacher called Mrs Hannah-Brennan.
We are having milk everyday at Healthy Food Time, if we like it.  Some of us are still just having our own food.  We all had to go to the Hall last week to see the DVD's about it and to learn how to fold the empty boxes.  The Teacher's helper will be the milk monitor each day then teach the next helper what to do.
We are going to Maori class with Mrs Yeoman each Friday morning.  We were the first class to learn a new song that Mrs Yeoman wrote.  We had to help her teach it to Room 17.
Also on Friday mornings we go to small Elective groups where we have lots and lots of fun making and doing things.
Last week Room 8 had a Bake Sale in the Hall and we bought and ate lots of goodies.  They were raising money for a family who needed help.
Cultural Swap is now in Room 11with Miss Barnett where we use the COW - computer on wheels, with its laptops.
Remember the Winter weather and Winter clothes.  Have you seen our "Shut-The-Daurus"?

Term 2 Begins!

Everyone had a fun, awesome, fantastic, brilliant, cool, ultimate, epic, beautiful, super and the best holiday.  Our two great College Teachers gave our class a great story book and a certificate for each of us when they left on the last day of the term.  They helped us with our Assembly item.  Did you see it?  We were very proud of ourselves and we did very well.
We will have a new College Teacher next week, just for two weeks, then we get another one for the rest of the term.  Our new topic is about The Maori Marae - Te Marae.
Today we went to the "Mana" show.  We learnt about: Polynesian countries, an American Indian hoop dance, Hawaiian dancing,  haka and  poi from New Zealand and were set a challenge to find out about our parents and family by asking them to tell us some of their stories.  We are going to "soar like an eagle" by doing all our challenges and getting them right.
We will need to have a waterproof jacket and a long-sleeved top to wear outside for this term and next term.  If we wear our gumboots to school we leave them by the sink and wear other shoes or thick socks in the classroom.