Room 6/7 are Moviestars!

Room 6 and Room 7 have created an exciting movie for our Manaiakalani film festival. We are a team of year 3/4 and 7/8 students who usually buddy up for reading and thought this would be another great way to continue our learning together.

We had so much fun, learning how to hold a camera, take sequenced shots as well as looking forward and sideways towards the camera. We had a few challenges around sound and props, but loved making it anyway.

Its called "Breaking News Covid Level 3"

Home learning

 Coronavirus is a virus that through rampant spreading has created a pandemic for our world. We are all in this together. We need to do what we need to do to keep those vulnerable in our society safe from the effects of this virus. So when they asked us to stay home, we stayed home and the humans adapted to living and continuing to learn through the internet. We were online doing our writing, reading, inquiry and connecting with our classmates through google meets. Not ideal, but a new way to do things. Here are some of room 7 students learning online.

Last day of term 2

We had an interrupted term 1 and term 2 and to end it off, we decided, because of our love of Food we would have a shared lunch. There was pizza and chips, lollies and cupcakes and someone brought in some delicious chop suey and a traditional potato salad. Oh boy it was all good and delicious.

Matariki Kites

 Room 7 had a lovely time finishing their kites to be ready to fly it on the last day of Term 2. Their designs were creative and some structures were successful yet others not so much. 

Have a look at their creations.

Cybersmart- Tracking our Digital footprint

 Mrs Collins our Manaiakalani Support teacher took the students on a Digital journey. They were to track their footprints over a space of 24 hours. All the websites they visited and how often they went to those site. It was very interesting for the students to see exactly how much time they spend on a particular website and perhaps some of them thought about if those sites were worth spending that much time on. This year in particular where home learning was a new phrase to get used to, working from home and connecting with others in a digital world is the norm it is important to track where you are going, how often and if it is safe to be there. 

Y7 and 8 Volleyball

Term 2 the year 7 and 8 students are doing Volleyball. They are learning their ball skills which include setting, serving, spiking, digging and passing. They have really enjoyed learning these new skills and practicing with their peers. Some students did get a little competitive but whats wrong with a little competition, as long as we can be gracious losers when we need to. Because the students were doing so well in their lessons, the faculty decided to have a teachers vs student match!!!

Despite a fantastic game the teachers' skills proved too seasoned and they won the match. 

Samoan Language week

A big thank you to Mrs Folu who came to our class to speak about the Samoan culture. The students really enjoyed listening to the story of how the tapa came about and were even more excited to have a go at making one themselves.
Sonny, Sebastian and Frank made a presentation to talk about their culture as well. They did such an awesome job!

For our writing we posed a controversial question; should we continue to do language weeks at school? More about that to come.

2nd week of Tech by Frank

On the 2nd week back at tech we were taught about the different types of plastic. We learnt the different types of plastic that are Reusable plastic and One use of plastic.

We were also learnt that having Biodegradable plastic is actually pretty good to use. There is also so many different types of plastic out there. One of them being  high density polyethylene, which is just milk containers and any other type of bottle.  This type of plastic is called HDPE.

Road Safety by Alamoni

We might be in lockdown but once this pandemic has been solved we will be allowed to go out again but still with the same conditions and hope everyone will stick to it but on thing we must remember is the rules on the road so here are some rules on the rad the you need to keep.

1. One thing you should know and remember is to keep to the speed limit and always stop at STOP signs.

2.Another one is to always slow down to observe recommended speeds around bends and to keep on your left-hand side

3. A simple one that everyone should know is to always put on their seat belt and to know that it is on is to wait till you a click then you are already to go.

4. Do not Drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs it is a crime in New Zealand and strictly enforced by police.

5. Remember to give way to cyclists using the bus lanes, and vehicles using bus lanes.

these are all the things you need to remember while on the road I hope everyone keeps safe and looks both ways on the crossing.

Earth Day by Alamoni

 Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to establish support for environmental protection. it was First celebrated in 1970 and has continued on till this day and now over one billion people in 192 countries celebrate this.
Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson came up with the idea for a national day to focus on the environment.

Lastly to celebrate this you could do some garden in your backyard and try planting some flowers or if you want you could plant things that can be used in you life like potatoes, lettuce, blueberries, and more, so when doing this you can make the world a little more brighter for the next generation.

"The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind"
- Gaylord Nelson

Positive relationships

Positive relationships has been the theme of our Kiwi can sessions.  Room 7 has participated enthusiastically in all the sessions and they've especially enjoyed competing against each other in the general knowledge quiz. Room 7 has been excelling in their team work as can be seen in these pictures.

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 General knowledge quiz. Last two standing.

Make a house.

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 Make an aeroplane.

Make a table.

Make a table.

Term 1 Kiwisport

The sport Room 7 did during term one was Ki-O-rahi. A high energy sport with a cool origin story. When I first heard about it I thought the rules sounded rather intricate anot worried that the students would get confused.  Boy Oh boy, I was pleasantly surprised. Room7 was pros. They knew what go do and follow the instructions really well. I think I am still confused about the rules.

A tribute to a hero

After the tragic passing of the American professional basketball player Kobe Bean Bryant, his daughter Gianna Bryant and the others on the helicopter flight, Room 7 made a tribute in their memory as the feelings in the class were still raw.

Basketball is a much loved sport in Room 7, as they spend most of their time on the courts during lunch time.  A sport that fosters team work and physical fitness.

The new era of learning

Well that was a weird end to Term 1, and an unexpected start to Term 2.
As we know tomorrow Term 2 begins, but because we are still in lockdown it will be done through digital home learning.
How will it look? Well, the possibilities are endless.
We will have tv programs to watch, online videos and video conferencing with the teacher and class, just to name a few.
The important thing will be to make sure we have routines. Just like we have at school, so that we remain focused on our tasks.
It will be different but we can make it fun! You can do it!

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Technicraft 2020 Foodtech by Frank

On the 26th of February all the year seven and eights went to tech. At food tech we made a  noodle salad.

Ingredients:

Noodles

Lettuce

Cucumber

Carrots
Balsamic Dressing

Partner: Agueer 

How we made it was, we put the noodles into the pot and filled it with water. We then boiled it until soft. After that we had to get the chicken and shred the chicken up. We also had to cut the carrots into finger size and slice the cucumbers thinly.

Technicraft 2020 Woodwork by Madisyn

On Wednesday we started tech. I was in Mr Grundy's class, woodwork. We are making necklaces.

First we had to pick four people to make the necklace for. We had to pick four silhouette pictures for each person about, what they do, what they like to do, or what will suit them as a person.

The four people I picked to do the necklace for is my brother, sister, my mum, and me. I've finished the silhouette pictures for each person and all I have to do now is pick a person to do it for.

I picked my brother. He loves basketball so I chose this one.

Kiwi Kids News - We Are Different but The Same by Limiteti

It's been one year since the Mosque Christchurch shooting. As many of you know a lot of people tragicly passed away including younger kids and families. We must make an effort to remember the lesson it taught us; meaning that we should celebrate diversity and our differences.

Some day we should all appreciate diversity as it allows you to understand new perspectives. It would be a boring world if we were all the same. We might be different in some ways, we are the same in the ways that count.

Fli Fla Flo

One afternoon, very spontaneously, Room 7 started to sing together. The harmonies they produced were beautiful. It was so unexpected I had to take a video of them, apologies for the poor video quality. When I asked the students what the words meant, they had no idea. It turns out it is an echoing song of nonsense words that has been around for many many years. The point of the song is to strengthen listening skills of the children. 

Buddy Time

On Fridays we buddy up with a Year 0-2 class so that the seniors can interact and build meaningful relationships with the juniors. On this occasion the seniors were reading stories to the juniors and all the students enjoyed this very much. The juniors feel that they have all the seniors as their big brothers and sisters. It was heartwarming to watch.