The incredible Room 19

This years theme for Maori Language Week was "Kia Ora Te Reo". This translates to "Let the language live". As part of the tuakana/teina challenge for te wiki o Te Reo Maori room 11 and 19 learnt how to sing the maori waiata "E papa". The students were even clever enough to sing the waiata and do the actions correctly with the rakau sticks. Here are some pictures of the kids in actions. Ka pai to mahi tamariki!

This year Room 19 and our buddy class Room 11 were in charge of welcoming Tongan Language Week. We practised hard to learn a Tongan action song called Malimali mai as well as singing a well known Tongan song called 'E' Otua tataki au. Thank you to our proud Tongan speakers as well as Miss Peters for helping to organise such a great assembly to celebrate Tongan culture!

This week Room 19 were very fortunate to have two seperate visits from MIT students who were completing a degree in teaching. They prepared fun lessons to complete with the class to do with literacy. Look at all the amazing learning that took place!

We really enjoyed making our 'Ei Katu with Room 11 our buddy class. We took up the challenge to make it with recyclable materials. We ended up using plastic wrappers, straws and newspaper. Look at our colourful creations!

For the past two weeks the children in Room 19 have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes in maths. Today they built their own 3D shapes out of toothpick sticks and marshmallows. Look at the concentration on all their faces. It sure was hard work trying to figure out how to make it all work!

On the 25th June Matariki- the Maori new year started. We celebrated it by learning about why it is important to the Maori people and how it is celebrated. Room 19 made some Manu tukutuku (kites) and we decorated some whet u (stars) to signify the importance of the stars and the seven sisters. The class have also learnt a Matariki song that also helps them remember the names of the seven sisters and it is sung to the tune of "Twinkle, twinkle little star" Here is some photos of their hard work.

This year we have the delightful students in Room 11 as our buddy class. We are very lucky to have a senior class that can help us with our learning. During buddy class time we can read to each other, share our writing and work together. Here is some pictures of our buddy class reinforcing our learning about tally marks for maths. Don't we all look so clever!