Action Stations

More pictures of some of the awesome things we do at Action Stations!

Perceptual Motor Programme (PMP)

We have started a new programme in Puriri team called PMP. It develops confidence, co-ordination and memory.  It is also a good way for us to get to know other children and teachers in Puriri team.  We would love to have extra adult helpers!

Mrs Azim

This term we have Mrs Azim as our student teacher.  She is already taking us for lots of things including Reading, Maths and Art.  It will be exciting having another teacher in the classroom!

Life Education

This week had a visit from Harold the Giraffe and his friend Carlene.  They talked to us about how to be a good friend and we practised filling people's buckets if they were sad, hurt or lonely.

Stardome

On Tuesday our whole school got to visit the Stardome observatory.  After an awesome time learning about the stars and Matariki, we visited the playground in Cornwall Park.  Here are some of the things the children remember about the visit:

Zakaria: The blue stars are more hot than the red ones.
Pheyton: Stars are hot.
Avah: There was a big telescope.
Benhur: The golden one is the sun.
Raagavi: I saw a candle and it was blue and orange and yellow.
Pauline: We saw Maui's fish hook.
Sophia: The sun is a star. Our sun is smaller than Matariki. The earth moves around the sun slowly.
Lefine: Some people think the Scorpion is Maui's fish hook.
Shyloh: There's a story about seven little girls.
Seralia: Some children were holding the stars.
Adnah: Te Ra is the sun.
Rosa: I saw a rocket.
Tevita: There was a space rocket.

 

Dance

This term, our physical education is Dance!  In this lesson we are learning about percussion, timing and using space.

Taste of Samoa

This week as part of Samoan Language Week, the lovely Samoan bilingual team ran "Taste of Samoa" in the hall for the whole school.    We got to experience a whole range of things from learning action songs and haka, looking at jewellery and mats, scraping taro and grating koko. Fa'afetai lava, Lumana'i Manuia Mo A Taeao!

In Room 8, we tried to sing along to the Samoan National Anthem, count to ten in Samoan and learn the song "Savilvali means go for a walk".


Looking at Samoan jewellery, wooden bowls and products made from coconut.



 
Grating some koko.


Trying on some items for a performance.


Looking at pictures from Polyfest.


Trying some tapa patterns.

 
Scraping the skin off taro.


Learning Samoan songs.


Examining tapa cloths and fine woven mats.


Our singing teacher!

Book Character Day

What an exciting end to our Book Week!  Read some of the children's writing below about their costumes.





I am a fairy.  I am wearing a dress and wings.

I like my rainbow and princesses.



I am a police man.

I am a witch.  I am wearing a dress and hat.

I am a ballerina.  I am wearing a ballerina dress and shoes.

I am Little Mermaid.

I am Spiderman.

ANZAC Day

This week we have been learning about ANZAC Day - what it means and why it is important.

We had a special school assembly on Monday to create a field of remembrance, where crosses with the names of people from Mt Roskill who died in World War 1 were placed in the ground along with poppies.  All classes visited the crosses, looked at the names and talked about the men and women who died.

The crosses were removed at another assembly on Friday where special guests joined us to again remember our ANZACs.

Bike Track

Pheyton: Two men were digging the field.  They were on their diggers. I was watching a cartoon with diggers.

Sophia: There are diggers and the drivers are men.  They are going to put concrete on the path so we can ride our bikes on there.  I already have a bike. It's my brother's but he can't ride it so I've got it and he's got a little bike.

Zakaria: They cut a tree to get the diggers in.  They're digging up the grass. It's for riding your bike. I have a blue, shiny bike.  I ride with Aadil.

Pauline: Ms Mey took a photo of us at the field.  We were looking at the trucks and diggers.

Sonny: There's yellow stuff so nobody can go in.  The diggers are making a track.  It looks messy.

Luqman: I saw two diggers digging.  They were picking up the dirt and making little hills.  They will take the hills away and put it on the field to make it flat.  At the other side we saw a gate broken and a tree cut down.  There were some tall trees and shady trees.  They are going to get cement on top of the path so it will sink. It's pretty curvy like a zigzag.

Shyloh: There were diggers.  We saw another girl.  She had boots. It was fun.  We saw the dental clinic. I like the trucks.

Raagavi: I saw a white butterfly.  I was looking at it.  It was so pretty.  It was on the grass.

Leonzay: The diggers are orange.  There are two diggers.