Folk Dancing Photos

Thank you to everyone who came to our Folk Dance Display last Term

Middle Team Samoan Arts Group

We have learning about Samoan stories, Samoan art and dance.  Here is the Sasa Mrs Ali helped us learn.

Crazy Maths Hats for Maths Week

Botanic Gardens Trip

NZ Maths Challenge 2016

This week for maths week we are participating in the NZ Maths Challenge! Here's the link, just use your mathletics login details

NZ MATHS CHALLENGE

Rhythm Interactive Drum Show

We had a fun time today learning how to drum and about how drums were used as cellphones before there were phones to send messages.

Maths

This week we have been learning about symmetry and tessellation. Today we put some of our learning into a picture of a garden. Our maths links with Religious Education where we are learning about God being present in creation and our concept of conservation and creation.
Here are some pictures of our work - in progress

Welcome back to Term Three.  Here is our focus for the next 9 weeks.

Term Three 2016

To be in right relationship with God, Others and the Environment

Conservation, Creation and Culture

I understand that I need to respect all of God’s creation.

‘God saw everything that He had made and indeed, it was very good.’ Genesis 1:31

Principals	Values
Environment: I care for the Earth Trinity: Matua, Tamaiti, Wairua Tapu	To Lead… For Life! Excellence, Community and participation Ecological sustainability

Ka mau tonu nga taonga tapu o nga matua tupuna Koinei nga taonga i tuku iho, na te atua’

‘Hold fast to the treasures of the ancestors for they are the treasures that have been handed down to us by God

Welcome back to Term Three.  Here is our focus for the next 9 weeks.

Term Three 2016

To be in right relationship with God, Others and the Environment

Conservation, Creation and Culture

I understand that I need to respect all of God’s creation.

‘God saw everything that He had made and indeed, it was very good.’ Genesis 1:31

Principals	Values
Environment: I care for the Earth Trinity: Matua, Tamaiti, Wairua Tapu	To Lead… For Life! Excellence, Community and participation Ecological sustainability

Ka mau tonu nga taonga tapu o nga matua tupuna Koinei nga taonga i tuku iho, na te atua’

‘Hold fast to the treasures of the ancestors for they are the treasures that have been handed down to us by God

Mathletics Progress Reports

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Our first Watercare Lessons all about the Water Cycle

Access to water

Today we compared the population of areas of the world to how much fresh water they had.  We found out it wasn't always fair.  Many people don't have enough We broke into groups to use our thinking hats to discuss the issue. You can find out more about the Thinking Hats Tool at the bottom of this post.

 

Holy Spirit

Today we presented our first Religious Inquiries about the Holy Spirit and Pentecost.
Here is some of our work.

   

 

Water Cycle Stories

We have been learning about the water cycle this week. Some people in Room One wrote a story about the adventures of Little Drop as he travelled around the water cycle.

The Adventure of Little  Drop

Once there was a little drop. He was in a lake. Little drop got warm in the sun. He started to rise up into the air. Little Drop went into a cloud and got blown into Australia.  The cloud got heavy and cold.  Little Drop felt himself turning into water.  He rained down over a mountain.  He felt himself flowing into a stream.  “What’s happening to me?” he wondered.

After a while Little Drop’s river flowed into a dam.  The warm sun heated up the surface of the water.  Little drop got lighter and started rise up again. “ Here I go again,” he thought and he was off on another adventure.

By Toby

Adventures of Little Drop

Once there was a little drop and he lived in the New Zealand ocean. All of a sudden he started getting lighter and lighter, he was evaporating!

“Yay ! wahoo! this is the best,” he said.

“I’m going into a rain cloud, I’m c-condensing, I’m freezing.”

before he knew it he was falling into Australia's ocean. 

“ I precipitated,” thought Little Drop. “What are these things?” he wondered, as suddenly  they started sucking him in.

“Aahh they’re pipes! he said. Little drop felt like he was on a water slide.  Then he ended up in someone's kitchen sink.  Just as quickly he was washed back down into the drain, that had started sucking him in. Finally he ended up in the in the exact same place he started, the New Zealand Ocean, where he felt himself getting warmer and lighter again...

By Sophia

Catholic Schools Day

St Mary's from Papakura came to visit and help us celebrate National Catholic Schools Day.

St Mary’s Visit.

On Monday 16th May, St Mary’s School Papakura came to St Joseph’s school Pukekohe.  

First my classroom got ready. As soon as we were all ready, we all started walking to church. We crossed two roads and a carpark.  I could see there were five buses there.

We walked into church and took our seats. Next Keziah welcomed St Mary’s school into the church. The big girls did a ballet dance. The dancers were beautiful.

Then my classroom left the church and went back to the classroom. After about ten minutes waiting, room 9 from St Mary's came into my class. After that we had lunch and a sausage sizzle. I got to meet three people from St Mary’s.  They were kind children.

Finally we went to the hall and we made an origami dove with Mr Surrey.  At the end of the day we all met again and said our end of the day prayer. The Principal of St Mary’s School said a prayer for us too. Then the school went back to their classroom and grabbed their bags and went home.

It was an outrageously great day, because I got to make new friends and share fun activities with them.

By Emily

Here are some photos of our day.

Welcome Back to Term Two

I hope you all have had a fun and relaxing holiday.
Our theme this term is

Water, Water Everywhere

I understand that water is essential for life.

 

Matthew 3:11 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.  He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit."

Ko te wai te ora nga mea katoa .Water is the life giver of all things.

More photos from our Library Trip

We had so much fun learning the history of Hunua and Waitakere. We got to learn how to use a patu and rakau. We learnt the Maori names for kai moana. Thanks to our parents and Auckland Museum and Pukekohe Library for an engaging learning experience.

Library trip

Here we are at Pukekohe Library waiting for the presentation from Auckland Museum.

The Middle Team and Room one's Classroom Today.

The perfect classroom today for our rocky shore study.

Laudato Si Watch this to hear what Pope Francis wants us to do for the Earth.

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Welcome to Room One for 2016

Here is our swimming timetable for the term.
  Room One Swimming Timetable 2016
 Thursday 11th February 9am
 Friday 12th February 9am
Tuesday 16th February 9.30 am
 Monday 22nd February 9am
 Tuesday 23rd February 9am
 Wednesday 24th February 11.30
 Monday 29th February 10.30
 Thursday 3rd March 11.30