Afio mai to Samoan language

Afio mai to Samoan language Week. 

The cultural leaders opened the week with their national costume and dance.


In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt.


Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and phrases in Samoan.


Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.









Selo-zero

Tasi-one

Lua-two

Tolu-three

Fa-four

Lima-five

Ono-six

Fitu-seven

Valu-eight

Iva-Nine

Sefulu-ten

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’s birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”
Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.
Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

🐢🐢🐢 The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle 🐢🐢🐢 

Sea turtles are amazing animals. There are eight different species of sea turtle. The Leatherback, Green, Kemp's Ridley, Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley and Flatback are endangered. The Galapagos Green is not endangered. A male sea turtle will stay underwater its whole life, but a female sea turtle will come out of the water to lay its eggs. But now we have to start with the egg stage.

Eggs

A sea turtle’s eggs are very small, about the size of a ping pong ball. The egg feels leathery. Approximately 1000 eggs get laid. The eggs are buried as deep as the sea turtle's flipper can go. A Leatherback would make a bigger hole for the eggs then the Kemp's Ridley.

Baby Sea Turtle

Once the eggs hatch the baby sea turtles come across their first challenge. Each species of sea turtle have different survival strategies. About 80% get to the water. More Leatherbacks survive then Kemp’s Ridleys. But still 40% that make it to the water perish. Once they get deep they come across more challenges such as sharks, sea birds and killer whales.

Growing up

After a couple of years a sea turtle has many less challenges but there are still dangers for them such as some of the bigger sharks called greats tigers and bulls. Once a sea turtle makes it to adult age they mostly die from pollution such as oil.

Breeding Age

Once a sea turtle gets to breeding age they start the life cycle once again.

Sea turtles have three main life stages. It is the last stage that we humans can help by stopping pollution. We need to do something to help these endangered animals.

Lights Camera Action

Lights, Camera, Action

Room 6 presented their learning about not being a bystander at their assembly on Friday week 3. In week 3 all school around New Zealand made a stand by wearing pink. PINK stood for Peaceful, Inclusive, Noble and Kind. Our assembly was a success and we all had fun.

To my mum

My handprint

 Here is my handprint,

Five fingers in all,

Outside they are short,

But the middle is tall,

You will find them on the windows,

You can find them on the walls,

They will make a big mess,

For something so small

One day I will grow,

And leave them no more,

My hand prints will be missed,

Of that I am sure

So here is one now

That you can't wipe away

My present to you,

This Mother's day

Religious Education

In RE we learnt about the Ascension of Jesus. At Galilee Jesus told his disciples to take his Gospel to the whole world. He promised to send the Holy Spirit to be with us always and then he returned, in Glory ti his father in Heaven. 

We used crafts to show how Jesus went body and soul to Heaven