500 pieces puzzle

A group of students in Room 12 were very persistent and took up the challenge to complete  ' Children's Map of the World'. It took them over a week to finish this. 

Proud of your persistence and commitment  Ioela, Darren, Tyson, Oscar, Stella, Huw, Matteo, Finlay Nora and Sophie.

Litter Blitz

We had an awesome day picking up rubbish and making sure our community area looked clean and tidy. The whole school was given different areas. 

Thank you Simon ( Stella's dad) who volunteered to help us.

We walked down Hendon Ave to Owairaka park and from Owairaka Ave we came back to school.  
We are tidy Kiwis. Room 12 in action. 

The school picked up 200 kgs of rubbish

Class play

A group of students in Room 12 have decided to write a play and present it to the class.
The play was called 'Antarctica'  presented by Oscar, Tyson, Nora, Matteo, Sophie.

Green week focus

This term for Green week we were learning about storm water drain and the importance of keeping it litter free. Our class made some posters.

Our mountain walk

We had fun walking to  Owairaka mountain. When we reached the trig we read our school pepeha.

Term 4 Week 1

Welcome back , we had a busy 1st week of learning and fun. We also welcome Miss Austin who is a 'student teacher'  in Room 12. She will be with us for 5 weeks.
On Monday we had a on off 'Kiwi Tag' session. It was fun and students were 100% engaged.

We had a lovely visitor to our class, Thank you Jane for bringing Ankie the Labrador puppy. She is training to be a 'Guide dog'.

We had a shake out drill on Thursday

• DROP down on your hands and knees. This protects you from falling but lets you move if you need to, protects your vital organs and makes you a smaller target for falling and flying objects.
• COVER your head and neck (or your entire body if possible) under a sturdy table or desk (if it is within a few steps of you).
• HOLD on to your shelter (or your position to protect your head and neck) until the shaking stops. If the shaking shifts your shelter around, move with it.
  
  
  
  
  
  

Duffy's 25th Birthday

This week we also celebrated  Duff'y's 25th Birthday. We had a special assembly by Room 1 and 18. Our role model was Debbie Aitken. 

Debbie joined the Air Force in 2001 as a Logistics Specialist, later changing trades to Physical Training Instructor in 2006. 

Art Exhibition and 90 years of growing great learners

2019 Art Exhibition & 90 Years Of Growing Great Learners

On Tuesday 17 September 2019, we combined the opening of our Art Exhibition with acknowledging the school’s 90th Birthday. The exhibition opened at 9.00 am with a guest speaker, singing our school song and cutting a birthday cake! Family, friends and former students were encouraged to look at the art and stay for a cup of tea and some birthday cake.

Owairaka's Canvas Art. Thank you parent's for you support .

Room 12's Sunflower Art inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's  painting.

Rocket's in space inspired by Colin McNaughton's  illustrations from the picture 'Here Come the Aliens!'

Room 12 thought that the exhibition was amazing and the best part was every child got to have a piece of cake.

Tongan and Maori Language week celebration

Week  7 and 8 we celebrated Tongan and Maori Language week.

In Week 7 we had some students from Y4 come to visit us, They wore their traditional costumes and did a performance. Room 12 were impressed with their confidence and Manaakitanga skills.



Whaea Hamida helped us to learn some Tongan words and showed Rooms 11 and 12 some special items that Tongans use.

Writing 

This week we celebrated Tongan language week. I know that there are many islands in Tonga. We got to watch a video. Whaea Hamida chose Mattias from Room 11 to be Mr Tonga and she wrapped the Tongan flag around him.

Muhammad

We went to Nga Ringa Awhina with Room 11 and learnt some Tongan words. We got to look at some of the special items used by Tongans . Some students chose to stay and do Tapa art  with Whaea Hamida. Mr Tonga had  a special bag that had the magic of kindness.

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 Maori Language Week 

During Maori Language week , we have been singing Te Reo songs like 'Tutira mai nga iwi' and 

 He honore.

We were getting better playing the 'Buzz game' by counting numbers to 10 in Te Reo. We had to remember say the word  'BUZZ' for the numbers 'Rima' and Tekau.

Rooms 24 and 6 's Assembly was really good.