Samoan Language Week

 This week it is Samoan Language Week!

We are going to be learning some common words and phrases, numbers and colours in Samoan.
Here are a few videos from You tube that we can watch to help us learn Samoan.

Greetings in Samoan

Numbers in Samoan

Colours in Samoan

Play-based Learning

Today we had fun at Play-based learning.  Here are a few photos of Room 4 and Room 5 sharing and taking turns.

ka pai tamariki.

Pink Shirt Day

Today is Pink Shirt Day.  

Our theme for the day is Speak Kindly and Speak Up (if you hear someone being unkind)

This week we talked about Manaakitanga-being caring, respectful and responsible.  

Below is a read aloud story on kindness.

Cultural Unity Day

Cultural Unity Day is always a very special day at Owairaka School.

Children and staff came to school dressed in clothing from their own culture(s) or another culture of their choosing. We have many different cultures in Room 5.  Look at all the different flags from around the world.

Today we got to dress in special clothes from our culture.  

We had an assembly in the morning. We heard children speaking in different languages and everyone went on stage - the special clothing was amazing.

  

 It was great for children to share stories and pictures from their culture.

We also had shared kai from all over the world. It was fun to try different food. 

A big thank you to all of our parents for sending along food to share.

Kia ora, Ms Mitchell 

 

This week we had a song of the week instead of a poem.  Here is a video to help sing it at home.

 

 

Road Safety Week

This week is Road Safety Week.  

We encourage students and families to be safe on their way to and from school.  

Please comment on our blog with your safety message.  Thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

Owairaka Mountain Walk

Today we had our walk up Owairaka mountain. We lined up with our buddies and got ready to go.

We used the zebra crossing to cross the road safely.

We walked up Grande Avenue.

We made it to Owairaka mountain.

We saw people walking lots of dogs, They were very cute.

The view was beautiful of the city.  We saw the Sky Tower.

We saw lots of other mountains too.

We could see Rangitoto in the distance.

We saw roads and lots of houses.

We saw parks and sports fields.

We walked up to the stairs to the trig station.

We all said our school pepeha together.

We had a little rest at the top.

Then we walked down the ridge and through the trees to the bottom of the mountain.

We had to watch out for the tree roots that were poking out of on the ground.

Then we walked back to school.  A big thank you to Meimuna (Eliza's Mum) for being our parent helper on the trip.

New Zealand Sign Language Week

 

This week it is New Zealand Sign Language Week.  In Room 5 we are learning the alphabet in sign language so we can sign our own names.  Below is a good video to help you learn this at home too.

Here is another video to help us revise the alphabet and to learn the numbers 1 to 10.

Here are a couple of songs that you can learn to sign with your family.

Sign along to Baby Shark in NZSL

Sign along to Tiki Taane: No Place Like Home in NZSL

Enjoy learning NZSL with your whanau.

Reading Fun

We love reading in Room 5! 

Here is a great video to help with sounding out. 

Remember that phonics helps you to work out words.  Watch the video below and sing along.

Here are a few photos of us reading our books.

A big thank you to all the parents who are reading and signing the reading log.