Cross Country

It was the Fifth of June. Everyone a bit blue after the end of a long 4 day weekend, and here we are, starting the week off with cross country! Everyone came in their sports uniform. And from the morning up until lunch time, us students were running the Cross Country track.


We raced in year levels, so the year 1's raced with each other and so on. Those young bunches got to only run 1 lap. While us big kids had to run 2 and a half laps! Doesn't seem that much until you add the fact we had to jog all the way up Telford Ave and back twice! It was fun being competitive and racing your friends and other people. Everyone was bursting with positive energy.


Lining up before heading to the track is where the nervousness starts to kick in. We made our way to the netball court and stretched, a bit after that the year 6 girls started running. A few minutes later it was OUR turn to run the track. We all lined up and Mrs Mcleod told us where to go, then after that, we were off. Everyone seemed extremely exhausted at the end, but finishing the race was so relieving.


Congratulations to all the children who came in the top 3 and represented their houses well. And thanks to all the parents who helped motivate and keep us children on track.

Afio Mai to Samoan language Week.

The cultural leaders opened the week with their national costume and dance.

In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt.

Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and phrases in Samoan.

Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.

Selo-zero

Tasi-one

Lua-two

Tolu-three

Fa-four

Lima-five

Ono-six

Fitu-seven

Valu-eight

Iva-Nine

Sefulu-ten

The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle🐢

I am learning to inform my audience through an explanation.




Did you know there was an animal that was here since the dinosaurs and they have been living in the sea? You probably know what this is about, a sea turtle.There are seven types of sea turtles in the world. Six are endangered but people are trying to help them survive. Every sea turtle goes through the life cycle.There are three stages in this life cycle, the egg stage, the baby turtle stage and the adulthood stage.




When the female turtle comes onto the beach she digs a hole as long as her foot and she lays 100-110 leathery ping pong ball eggs in the hole, buries it and heads back to the water. After 45-80 days they hatch into baby turtles.




When the new turtles have dug out of the sand the baby sea turtles face many dangers. Such as crabs, birds, racoons and more but as they get to the water there is even more! The water dangers they face are sharks, water birds, fish and more including things from humans like plastic or oil. They eat things like jellyfish.




After a month it will grow into an adult, even though they are big, sharks can still eat them and human things like oil and plastic are killing them.Then the male turtle comes and mates with a female and the cycle happens again.




Sea turtles might be the oldest creatures on earth but things humans do and other animals are affecting the life cycle, so we should stop harming them to let the cycle continue.

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’s birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”




Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.




Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

Lights, Camera, Action - Assembly

, Camera, Lights, Action



Room 6 presented their learning about not being a bystander at their assembly on Friday week 3. In week 3 all school around New Zealand made a stand by wearing pink. PINK stood for Peaceful, Inclusive, Noble and Kind. Our assembly was a success and we all had fun.

Maori verbs

In room 6 we have been learning verbs in Maori.(action words)The question is "Kei te aha ia?" which means what is S/he doing. La is the pronoun for both she and he.

we have matched verbs up,filled in crosswords and played Simon says

To my Mother

My Hand Print

For my Mum

Here is my hand print 

5 fingers and all

Outside they are short

But the middle is tall

You will find them on the windows

You can find them on the wall

They will make a big mess

For something so small

One day I will grow

And leave them no more

My hand prints will be missed

Of that, I am sure

So there is 4 now

That you can't wipe away

My present to you 

this mother's day