New Zealand Sign Language Week (NZSL Week)

It is NZSL week and the ākonga have been learning how to sign their names and a few simple words and greetings. Check out the resources on our class site.

We are aiming to be able to sign our names by the end of next week. Whaea Anahera showed us how she can sign her name and gave us a lesson on the vowels and alphabet.

Whaea Anahera has given us all a challenge to come up with our own ‘Sign Name’ by her next visit next Wednesday.

Leah, Isla, Nikki and Aria demonstrated how to sign their names too.

 

Music with Whaea Jen – Dance Monkey

Music with Whaea Jen is like magic. Every student takes part in the overall musical piece whether they are playing an instrument or using their beautiful vocals. The class have been working on the music Dance Monkey. Some of the students are on keyboards and drums, others are on violins, cello’s and there is even a bass guitar. We even have vocalists. Each students has been working hard to perform their part in time with the group. It has been very impressive to view the students getting the most out of their 45 minute music time with Whaea Jen. We have a very talented class indeed.

Ākonga Sharing – Fishing, Chickens, WWII Treasures and Mortar Shells

We love hearing about life outside of kura so when ākonga want to share, it is always encouraged.

Jackson loves fishing and talks to us about his fishing adventures. It was fabulous to hear about his latest adventures and see some pictures of his wonderful fish.

Isla has been telling us about her chickens and especially Chuckles, the clever hen who has just started laying. What a gorgeous pair they make!

Billie Jean, Leah and Mila have shared treasures from home that are related to our ANZAC day learning though are quite different.

Billie Jean shared stories from her whānau and a copper pot and an antique pocket watch that dated back to World War II.

Leah shared treasures from her whānau who took part in World War I and II. It was lovely to listen to Leah share her granny’s stories shared. We felt so lucky to have seen these special items.

Mila shared the mortar shells from WW2 that were found on her farm as it was the Waipapakauri Air Field during World War II. Her big brother Jamie found them when they were cleaning out a shed just before Easter. They rang the police and the army EOD specialists went out to their place where they xrayed the bombs and then exploded them. How exciting! Mila brought the pieces that were left into school to show us. It was very exciting to hear all about it and to see the explosion on a video.

 

Term 2 Week 2 Assembly

Another week has flown by. At this weeks assembly our students received the following certificates:

Congrats to Mila and Harmony for receiving their 50 nights reading certificates (Maringi and Leah will receive theirs on Monday). Congratulations to Alani for receiving her 75 nights of reading.

Billie-Jean, Alex and Sylvie are our first 100 Nights Readers – WOW! Haramai ngā kōtiro.

Aali and Mila received our class certs and Anahera was awarded our Excellence values certificate.

Congratulations to Kyrie and Ngawai for receiving a values chocolate 🙌 💯! Second week in a row for lucky Ngawai!

Term 2 Week 1 Assembly

Our first week has whizzed by and today we had our first assembly of the term 😁.

Congrats to Alani, Aali, Tairua, Sophie and Lykan for receiving their 50 nights reading certificates. Congratulations to Isla, Jackson B, Alex and Layla for receiving their 75 nights of reading. Tairua and Lykan received our class certs and Harmony was awarded our Excellence values certificate. Congratulations to Jackson B for receiving our Caught Being Good Award for all the effort and care he is putting into his learning. Also well done to Ngawai, Aali and Austen for getting a values chocolate 🙌 💯

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Te Whare Kuaka’s Taupo Bay Camp

We had a fabulous time out at Taupo Bay with 72 keen and enthusiastic students supported by a wonderful crew of whānau and staff. The focus of the camp was Whakawhānaungatanga and it was clear to see that the students and whānau enjoyed spending time together outside of the classroom. It was an excellent opportunity for the tamariki to spend time with students from other classes and for whānau to meet each other. The students were absolutely wonderful and their enthusiasm for giving things a go was impressive. Tau ana!

Scroll down to check out some of our camp photos and read our camp writing.

Our Camp Writing

I had a terrific time at Taupo Bay.  The greatest activity was surfing. I was surprised I could surf across the waves. Kayaking was hard but I gave it a shot, when a wave came right towards me! I tipped the kayak over in the gigantic wave, then I saw stingrays!! After all the fun we had lunch, then had more fun. 

G Jack

Our whole group liked our camp. I was surprised about kayaking because I went with Sophia and we had a race on the kayak. We raced Aaraitangaand Layla. We fell off then they fell off, it was funny! We went surfing too, it was amazing because I almost fell off but then I stood up!

Aria

I had a  terrific time at Taupo Bay. I loved surfing because it was my first time. I was surprised because I stood up. I got splashed in the face with waves because when we were kayaking me and Billie-Jean got in a kayak together and I was at the front. 

Alani

Last week I had a great time at Taupo Bay. I felt scared to go surfing but my mum was helping me so I didn’t feel so scared. I was so impressed that I could stand up on the surfboard. 

Mila

Camp was fantastic. I liked kayaking because we could catch the waves. We even flipped the kayak. I wasn’t scared because there were 2 people in the kayak. I was surprised I stood up on the surfboard because I have never stood up on a surfboard before. Nana hopped in the water with me when we were surfing. 

Austen

We had a terrific time at Taupo Bay camp. I loved surfing because I almost stood up  and the waves pushed me all the way to the shore. 

Nikki

Last week I had a brilliant time at Taupo Bay. I  was really surprised that I was able to kayak with stingrays. I enjoyed kayaking the most because I didn’t flip over and you were taking care of me and Alani, so I wasn’t scared.

Billie-Jean

Last week I had a fantastic time at camp.  I enjoyed surfing the mostI was surprised I could stand upon my first try surfing. Liked Nachos for dinner and they were delicious. I was worried about the kayaks because they flipped over 3 times. I picked up some rubbish on the creek walk where there was heaps.

Alex

I had a terrific time at Taupo Bay. You were very helpful.  I was surprised that I could stand up on my surf board which has beautiful stripes. I felt very nervous when I got my surfboard. I really liked kayaking because I got pushed into the deep and then the waves hit me over and over and it overflowed!! I also got to catch a wave in my kayak. 

Jackson B 

Last week I had a lovely time at Taupo Bay. I enjoyed surfing. It was my favorite. I was scared that I would fall when I was standing up! Our whole group was brave enough to go kayaking. We flipped in the salt water. A big wave came and our kayak flipped over again. The kayak was full of water! Our kayak was heavy.

Maringinoa

I enjoyed surfing, Narchos, ice cream sandwiches and playing in the park and then the creek walk. I was really scared at night because I thought there was thunder and rain and it was really cold. I was ok though because I had my friends surrounding me. I  was surprised that I walked up Te Pu o Te Wheke! 

Leah

Thankyou for taking the kayaks to Taupo Bay. I liked the big walk up Te Pu o Te Wheke. When I got to Taupo Bay my eyes were happy! I loved the camp ground and we were so hot. But my most favorite part was surfing because I got to stand up.

Aali

Our whole group  loved Taupo Bay camp. I  enjoyed kayaking because the waves were small so the waves did not flip me. I also enjoyed surfing in the big waves but I was a bit bad at it. I was surprised that Ngawais’ kayak sank and she tried to get into my kayak. This camp made me feel braver at surfing.

Anahera

I had a terrific time at Taupo Bay. I was worried about kayaking. I thought I would get tipped into the sea. So I didn’t go on them.I enjoyed the creekwalk because I love to build dams like a beaver. I felt fantastic at camp.

Sophie

I had a brilliant time at Taupo Bay. I enjoyed surfing so much. I was so surprised that I could go on my feet for the first time. I was so happy and the waves were big.  I was so scared that I would fall off and get hurt.  I was closing my eyes.

Harmony

Last week I had an amazing time at Taupo Bay. I enjoyed kayaking and surfing! I felt terrific. It was a fantastic time. My favorite thing was the walk. I was surprised I could stand up on the surfboard and that I knew how to surf.  When I was kayaking I thought I would fall out because I always fall out when I go kayaking, I freaked out because of the stingrays in there!

Shelby

I enjoyed it when I flipped over on the kayak lots of times. I was surprised when Whaea Deb said to me that the cookie pie was amazing! ( I was so happy when she said that to me) she pleaded with me for the recipe for the cookie pie and I told her! I was surprised when Shelby said to me that there was stingrays in the water by her kayak.

Layla

Last week we had a brilliant time at Taupo Bay. Nothing was boring or not fun. The funniest thing was surfing and the creek walk. Surfing was fun because I stood up 1 time.I could most likely stand up but the surfboard was too big and the waves were too small. Also the reason why I liked the creek walk was because I made a fishing rod Lloyd and Xavier found a big thick long log which is how we made the rod. 

Lykan

Last week I had a terrific time at camp. I enjoyed the creek walk and I loved surfing. It was difficult to kayak because the waves were hitting my face and my nose and I did not like it at all! I did not know that I liked surfing. I did not know how it got so dark so quickly.

Isla

Last week I had a terrific time at Taupo Bay camp. First when we got there we took our bags and then we went into our tent. I felt so excited! Then we went to the beach. Whenwe got there it was pretty rough. We weren’t allowed to go kayaking but we were allowed to go swimming! I was surprised that I could go kayaking in the sea!

Kyrie

My favorite food at camp was spaghetti because that’s my favorite food. And the breakfast I loved the milo I was sad on the last day because I had so much fun.

Tairua

 

All About Me Posters

Our class had a lot of creative fun making posters about themselves using google drawing. The students have been learning how to create on google drawings and google slides. Their All About Me posters started off on a piece of paper. They wrote information about themselves, then typed it on a google doc. They then pasted the writing onto a google drawing. Then they got creative whilst learning how to customise the background, font and add pictures. Didn’t they do well!

Rippa Rugby

Today we took part in Rippa Rugby sessions with Bodean and Tamara from Northland Rugby. Te Tinana joined us and we had a fantastic time. The students played some fun warm up games then took part in lots of fun skill based activities to learn more rugby skills. There was running, dodging, spinning, laughing, the students had so much energy! We can hardly wait to do it all again and we are definately taking the rips out to our camp next week. Ngā mihi Bodean and Tamara!

Jackson vs Bodean

 

100 Nights Reading

Reading 15 minutes a day can become a habit for life. 15 minutes a day reading or being read to, can make an enormous difference to your child’s reading development and attitude to reading. This equates to 50 hours of extra reading every year! At Paparore School we encourage our students to enjoy reading to become life long readers and learners.

We have had two groups of students receive their 100 nights reading certificates over the past 2 weeks.

Our first 25 nights readers receiving their certificates in Week 4 – CONGRATULATIONS
We have 7 readers in this big group who received their 25 Nights Reading Certificates in Week 5.

Sharing with the Class

Sharing with the class helps to build confidence in front of an audience and it is always lovely to hear what our students are doing in their own time. Tairua shared a fishing story, Alex was sharing the gigantic tomatoes that they have been growing at home and Jackson told us about the fun Blues game he went to in Whangarei. Ngā mihi ngā tamariki.