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!