Kia ora koutou

It has been a fantastic start back to school with two successful weeks in Term 3.

There is excitement in the school with the Olympic Games starting.  Classes are enjoying learning about the Olympics through collaborative research, fun activities, and lots of interesting discussions.  Celebrating the Olympics and all the resilient athletes is sure to inspire our tamariki, especially during our lunchtime sporting activities, the upcoming Moana camp, and winter sport tournaments during the term.  

Our current schoolwide writing focus is persuasive writing, with the Senior Team working towards speeches this term.  Our tamariki are amazing at sharing their opinions and listening to others.  If you would like to help at home, a great way to support this is to continue to ask tamariki lots of questions (like their favourite interests, what they like and dislike) and remember to ask them why.  These discussions help our tamariki organise their ideas and have the courage to share them, which are skills that they can bring into their writing!  

Why Students Should Learn Whatever They Want To Learn In School.

Have you ever thought about, if students got to learn whatever they want to in schools, it could be a disaster? Too bad! If people could learn whatever they wanted to learn in schools, nothing could stop them from even trying the Olympics! People should learn whatever they want. Why? You may ask. It’s because a school like that just has to exist!

Firstly… What if someone was bad at cooking? They could probably ask a teacher and be like: “*clears throat* Uh, hey, I can’t cook so teach me please.” And then the teacher would be like BOOM done and the student would LEARN HOW TO COOK! Some people might have an idea, but then no one can teach them, so, they could research and do tutorials! And plus… Kids would be very happy with that idea!

Next; People wouldn’t think school is a curse, except for that you would have to go to school 6 hours a day 5 days of the week. And now, people would actually willingly go to school. It’s a new future awakened! How could you live without that opportunity? Some kids would still think school is a curse, but there’s literally nothing you can do about it. Here’s another reason…

Did you know that students can get a job they enjoy if they do something they enjoy in school? No? It’s a better life! Right? If you get a job about…Art… you could make art and sell it for a living!

Now, I hope you learned something, and now… We should do another major update to the school-

So, I personally think that I would like to go to a school like that. And I hope I’ve convinced everyone.

By Maisie

Welcome to my homeland Samoa

Talofa everyone my name is Victoria and iḿ here to tell about my beautiful home Samoa.

Although iḿ Kiwi born and have been raised in NZ my roots takes me all the way back to the island of Samoa.

Firstly:

Well Samoa is in the Pacific Islands alongside Tonga,Fiji,Tuvalu and Amercian Samoa. My grandparents are from Upolu which is the biggest Island out of the 4 main Islands of Samoa,which are Upolu,Savali,Apolima and Manono.

Secondly:

If you take the air plane to Samoa it takes about 4 hours to get there. Does anyone here know the capital of Samoa? (Apia) Apia is located in Upolu where my Dad is from! My Mum is from Manono which is one of the small Islands of Samoa.

Thirdly:

The total population in Samoa in 2024 (This year) is currenty 227.3 thousand people. Before Samoa was called Samoa,it used to be called the Navigator Island around the 18th century. After world war 1 Samoa was of course under the NZ government or controlled by NZ until 1962. Samoa became the first Pacific nation to achieve independence. It has been just over 60 years now since Samoa is owned by itś own people.

Lastly:

Overall Samoa  is a amazing place to go and iḿ really proud to be Samoan and iḿ proud about sharing my history with you. At Christmas time iḿ going to Samoa and i can't wait to see where my parents were raised. I also can't wait to eat some local food. If you feel like having a beautiful relaxing vacation,you could go to Samoa and go swimming in the fresh blue ocean. Well that is the end of our time from you hearing about my amazing home Samoa.

By Victoria

In Maths this term we have been focusing on multiplication. It has been great to see the children challenging themselves and working together to tackle hard equations, by using strategies and skills that they have learnt over the past two weeks. Observing the children offering words of encouragement and celebrating each other's successes is Outstanding and shows a sense of Connectedness in the classroom. Seeing the tamariki eagerness to learn and complete the mild, medium and spicy equations is also amazing. 

On Wednesday some of our Moana classes worked with students from Wairere and Waipuna. It was great to see tuakana-teina between the older and younger students and all working together to achieve success.

We’re excited about the learning activities planned for the rest of the term

• Camp for Year 6 Students

• Relationships & Sexuality

• Food for thought (including a trip to the local supermarket)

• Sport Tournaments

• Gymnastics

Ngā mihi

Moana Kaiako

Grace Allen, Vicky Taggart, Dawn Baker, Heather Baker, Jamie Carr, Dallas Vaevae, Camryn Mabey, Alice Shanks, Beverly Blee and Michael Davidson.