Cook Island Language Week

Kia Orana! In Week 3 the Mighty Ducks celebrated Cook Island Language Week.

The Mighty Ducks had been working hard during the week learning about the Cook Island culture!

We first looked at the Cook Island Flag and learned that there are 15 stars on it and the colours of the flag are blue and red.  

We learned about the Cook Island Tivaevae.  It is a quilt with beautiful patterns on it.  We coloured some patterns using bright colours like the ones we saw.

Adeliya brought in a Cook Island pareu.  We really liked the bright colours.

At the end of the week the school celebrated with a special assembly.

Maori Language Week

Maori Language Week Day 2

Today's challenge had us asking one another "How are you?" (Kei te pehea koe?) and replying with "Good!" (Kei te pai!).

Maori Language Week

Maori Language Week

This is Maori Language Week.  Room 6 worked on greetings today.  

Madison and Abby demonstrate how to say hello to one person in Te Reo.  

Abby, Madison and Caysha show us how to say hello to two people in Te Reo.

Recycling and Refuse Centre Trip

On Tuesday we went to the Recycling and Refuse Centre in Henderson. It was amazing. We learnt lots about the 3 Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Check out the photos...

First we went on a walking tour of the centre. We had to wear helmets and high-vis jackets to stay safe.

We saw where people bring their wood, garden waste and hazardous waste like paint.

The next part of the tour was too dangerous to walk so we hopped on the bus. We saw where all the rubbish gets tipped and where all the recycling gets sorted.

After the tour we went back to the education centre. We looked at the worms in the worm farm and helped to look after the garden.

Finally we went to the classroom to learn about how to sort our rubbish. We learnt what we could recycle, what we could reuse and what could go in the worm farm.

We topped an awesome day out with a stop at Western Springs Park on the way home. We fed the ducks, saw some eels and played on the best park ever.

Samoan Language Week - Challenge 3

Wednesday's challenge was to say my name is ________ in Samoan - O lo'u igoa o______
Check out our video...

Samoan Language Week - Challenge 2

This week is Samoan Language Week and even the puppets in Room 6 are getting into the spirit of it! Check out today's challenge!

Madison 's Video on Wednesday, 6 May 2015