Category: Ako | Learn

Rugby, Rugby, Rugby – what we would ask our favourite players!

This week our class has been reading a shared text about the History of Rugby.

We are learning to think about questions we could ask a top rugby player if we got the opportunity to meet them.

First tamariki had to choose a top rugby player who they could ask three questions of.  We needed to think about what questions would be appropriate and that our questions did not need to be about rugby itself.

For some tamariki this was an easy task and for others this meant a little bit of online research into top rugby players.

As part of our learn, create, share kaupapa the tamariki needed to write three questions they would ask and then record these with a buddy on our class ipads.  We then use imovie to edit our recordings so we can share to our class site, class blog or individual blogs.  Below are some of our finished videos our tamariki were happy to share.

 

Tīmatanga o te rā

Kia ora e te whānau

Te Manga wanted to share with their whānau how we start our day, every day.

Tamariki take turns to begin with karakia followed by a himene then mihi followed by waiata tautoko.

We then share our Ngāi Takoto whakatauki and our Tātai Rangatira.

This term we have added to our karakia kete learning three new karakia, one to use for kai time and two others to use to start our day or a hui.  These are on our class site, we encourage you to learn alongside us.

Ma te wa,

Ngā taitamariki o Te Manga

 

Green Screen Fun

This week we have been learning all about our School Pou. We are sharing our learning in a short 3 min film using the new green screen in our classroom. We’ve filmed lots of different parts of our script and at the end of our filming we had some fun with the screen. Harley-James and Alex were away but they didn’t miss out as Whaea Deb added them in using the green screen app.

The students are all looking forward to learning more about how to use the green screen app to LEARN, CREATE and SHARE.

Our new (weedmat) green screen!

Check out our stylish walks!!!

We are Kaitiaki of our Lakes – Planting at Lake Gem

Today we went to Lake Gem to plant trees as part of the Dune Lake Restoration Project. This kaupapa aligns with our school values of Porihanga (Community and Partnership) and Kaitiakitanga (Caring for the Environment) as well as our local community curriculum focus.

It was a fabulous effort with 100 students and 20+ whanau helping. We managed to plant 1700 plants and go for a big hikoi around the lake, all before lunch! Our students were marvellous and represented Paparore School beautifully. We have been planting at the lake for years and it was lovely to have one of our former students there as part of the planting crew. We look forward to the next planting opportunity.

Karen Lucich (Summit Forests)

Dune Lakes are threatened habitats and Summit Forest has identified this site as having high conservation and recreation values. Summit aims to plant 1000 eco-source seedlings annually around Arbor Day. Seed is collected and grown by Bushland Trust at Kaitaia Intermediate School. Many schools including Pompallier, Awanui and Oruaiti have been involved over the 12 years this project has been running but Paparore School are kaitiakitanga of this area.

With everyone’s support, this wetland area has made a momentous transition from totally degraded to its now pristine state, providing habitat for threatened birds and plants and feeding clean water into Lake Ngatu. Last year Summit’s paddock to the south of Lake Gem was planted with 700 Pohutukawa seedlings expanding the project by 3 hectares.

Recently Summit Forest has installed new mountain bike access gates. Kaitaia College students are marking out a new recreational loop track to join the existing Lake Gem track through Te Hiku Forest to Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē and to the Lake Ngatu track. We were spoilt by a sunny day for planting on Friday when 1000 seedlings, mostly Kanuka (with some Karaka, Houpara, Manuka, Harakeke, Tī kōuka and Kohekohe) plus an additional 500 Pohutukawa seedlings were planted.

This is a great community effort we can all enjoy, including the birds and fish for many years to come. Thanks for your support to make this happen.

 

 

The Bug Man aka Ruud Kleinpaste Visits Paparore School

Ruud Kleinpaste is known as The Bugman. He is an expert in environmental education, championing biodiversity and biosecurity and citizen science. Ruud visited our school 10 years ago and wowed the students with all sorts of bug knowledge as well as introducing some very special creepy crawlies. He did exactly the same during our visit today.

We were enthralled to learn how every living thing is important and all living organisms have a job to do. Ruud talked to the students about the relationship between birds and dinosaurs, the fact that our everyday garden snails in NZ can be eaten (as in France) and being able to recognise when a weta is giving you a warning! An absolute highlight was meeting Dorothy the Auckland Weta. We all had the pleasure of allowing Dorothy to walk across our hands and what a wonderful feeling it was.

In the afternoon, our class was able to start work with Ruud on a bioblitz of Paparore School. We are looking at the biodiversity within our school grounds using an app called iNaturalist which is free and fun to learn with. Stay tuned to find out what we have and don’t have within our school boundary. We are already looking forward to learning more about biodiversity and the creepy crawlies that are our neighbours at school!

 

Matariki with Te Pihi

Today we celebrated Matariki with Te Pihi in the whare. We were the tuakana and Te Pihi, our teina. It was lovely for the students to meet new friends and learn in a different space. We learnt some new tītītōrea (stick games) and waiata as well as hearing stories about Matariki. We especially loved dancing to the Stars of Matariki song.

The students listened to the story of Rona and the Moon and created black and white artwork on paper plates. It was a fabulous day and we look forward to working with Mrs Brydon, Michelle and our Te Pihi teina sometime soon!

Click on this link to find out more about Matariki on our class site.

Girls Self Defense

Last week our Year 3-6 girls were given the opportunity to take part in a self defense programme run by Whaea Tisha and her lovely daughter Chloe.  The girls enjoyed the sessions. They learnt how to use their voices and their stances to show their strength. It was a fantastic experience for all involved.

Carter

Whaea Tisha and Chloe came to our school and we learnt self defence.When whaea tisha and Chloe taught us ballerina kicks and Whaea Tisha and Chloe will say nose, throat,  guts, bits and a ballerina kick. We had fun and we all got to color in and we got to play a game. It was a game like you have to clap, it was amazing. Now the boys might get to do it too.

Emma

We went to self defence in the whare. We had a mixed class with Te Putake and Year 3 and 4.We got to get a long session and a short session. Our teachers were Whaea Tesh and Chloe. We learnt to do a stunt. We had to get into 2 rows, one was brave and one was strong. I was brave so we had to hold the mitines first. My partner was Isla. She punched really hard.There were only girls allowed.

Te Reinga

At school one day all the girls in Te manga and Te putake all did self Defense day in the whare. The teachers were Whaea Tesh and her daughter Chloe. They both got us into a group in a line. I was brave and Tia was strong. She was very nice and kind. It was important because the lesson taught us how to stand up for ourselves. Tia was my buddy we had to arm wrestle and we could cheat. Then Whaea Tesh taught us our self defence pose it was cool. We also had a chant.Tesh and Chloe taught us how to kick and punch properly. Then it was finally lunch time. All the girls ate and played. When the bell rang for the end of lunch we all went back to the whare to do more self defense. When we got inside there were pens and paper on the floor to do some coloring in our safe hand. We had to put in all the safe adults we could think of. My safe hand had my mum,papa,bandad, nanny and the police. Then we could draw around the outside and color our drawings in.

How to grow seeds in a bag!

This term we are going to be gardening. To start with we are germinating seeds in a bag in our class.

We used:

Small plastic zipper storage bag
Dried, uncooked beans, peas, or seeds
Paper towels
Water

For this experiment we had to choose a window where the seeds will get plenty of light, but won’t be blasted by sun all day. Our seeds will take between 10-14 days to germinate. We are counting down the days!

Dried beans and peas are seed that contain dormant (sleeping) baby plants. These tiny plants need signals to make them “wake up” and emerge from the seed. Germination is the name for the processes the plant goes through in order to sprout from the seed and form leaves.

Plants need special signals to germinate, including light, air, and water. Temperature can also play a role, which is why you don’t want to put your seed against a freezing cold window.

When a plant first sprouts, it gets nutrients from the seed. You can see the seed shrinking as the plant grows. As a plant matures (gets older), it depends on roots and leaves to collect the energy it needs. Once it reaches a certain size and uses up the nutrients in the seed, your window sprout will have to be transplanted into soil to survive.

Pink Shirt Day

At Paparore School we follow our five School Values. They are our school rules

Our VALUES focus this week is INTEGRTY- NGAKAU – treating others how we would like to be treated. This is especcially important when we talk about stopping bullying type behaviour. We all need to do out part to be upstanders not bystanders if we see something that we know isn’t right.

Let’s all Speak Up and Stand Up to Stop Bullying!

Pink Shirt Day
Join us on Friday 20 May, 2022 as we Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!

Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against bullying, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In Aotearoa, Pink Shirt Day works to create schools, workplaces, communities and whānau where everyone feels safe, valued and respected.