Our Kite Poems

Our kite poems are modeled on a page of a book called 
'The Adventures of a Kite', written by the late

 Margaret Mahy.

We noticed Margaret Mahy used some features such as alliteration and onomatopoeia.
Can you spot those language features in our poems?

Our good friend Mr Salsich, from Connecticut, USA 
has sent us the link to his 
Global Kite wiki. 
Check out the amazing kite projects from around the world!

Have you written a poem you could share with us?

Putting the Effort In - 100 Medals 1908-2012!

An exciting aspect of these Olympic games for New Zealand is that our 100th Olympic medal has been earned in the Olympics games.

We are a small country and our Olympic athletes become household names and role-models to many. 

Here is a video showing the New Zealand Olympians from 1908-2012 who have earned the 100 medals.

(Thank you to our friends in Room 24, TIS for the link to the video.)

Do you have a sportsperson that you admire? 

What are the qualities that person has that you find admirable?
What lessons can we learn from our Olympians?

Flying High

We've been playing around with kites as part of our 

Social Studies topic 'Flying High in Asia'.

This week we brought our own kites from home and worked together to put them together and to fly them.

As part of our topic we're going to be exploring 

kite festivals in Asia.

Louisa has written about flying her kite:

Have you ever been to a kite festival?

Have you flown a kite?

What shape was it?

Follow the Olympic Medal Map

Are you following the Olympic games?

Google have put out this handy medal map, so you can see where the medals are going to. 

Best wishes to all of our New Zealand athletes.

What are your favourite sports to watch?

Do you have a message for our athletes?

Changes, Changes

Some changes have happened in B4 this term.

All of the Year 3 students have moved into B3 and some more Year 2 students have moved into B4.

At the start of the year we made a post showing how we sorted and classified ourselves into a variety of groupings.


Let's see how our groupings look now:

12 kids from last term and 5 new kids

8 in Kawatiri and 9 in Mawhera

 

Four 7 year-olds and thirteen 6 year-olds

7 boys and 10 girls

0 Year 3s and 17 Year 2s

How many students are in B4?

What are the all number pairs (number bonds) that equal that number?

Are there other ways we could group ourselves?

A Te Reo Challenge!

Cherish the Language

Photo courtesy of Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori

We hope you learned some new phrases in Te Reo from 
our first video for Maori Language Week.

We have a second video with some more phrases:

Maori Language Week 2 from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.

Here is a little test for you. Can you translate these phrases?

(You can find the answers by watching the videos!)

1. Ka mau te wehi!

2. Aroha mai.    

3. Hoki atu, hoki atu!

4. Kia kaha!

5. Turituri

Leave us a comment with your answers.

Learning A Little Te Reo

Photo courtesy of Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori


Haere mai, nau mai ki te Reefton Area School.

(Welcome to Reefton Area School)

July 23 to July 29 2012 marks Maori Language Week in 

New Zealand.

In our school we have a 'Phrase of the Fortnight' 

which we display in our rooms and practice saying and using.

We'd like to share some of our phrases with you.

Maori Language week from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.

Watch our second video.

Do you have a phrase to share with us, in Maori or in another language?