Te Reo Maori Formal and Informal Greetings

Today we are learning to identify formal and informal greetings.

Informal:

Kia ora  (Hello)               Haere ra   (Goodbye)              Morena  (Morning)

Formal:

Tena koe  (hello to one person)     Tena korua  (Hello to two people)     Tena koutou (Hello to many)

Ata Marie  (Good Morning)         Ahiahi  Marie  (Good Afternoon)

 No reira tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa  (therefore greetings, greetings, greetings) Rebecca and Shyann

Haere mai (Welcome) Shyann

Do you want to be a Word Whizz?

Kapa Haka Ropu Polyfest

 

It was truly amazing - He Kakano o te Awa Hou.  Last Friday at Polyfest The seedlings of New River Primary for the first time preformed as a ropu.  Junior and Senior students were outstanding with the support of Simon Kairau, Mrs Brown, Mrs Harden and Mrs Rolton.  Also a big thank you to the parents and grandparents that came back stage to help with our kakahu.  Homai to paki paki koutou :-)

Discovery Time - Dance Around the World - Rugby World Cup

Last Monday at Discovery Time our theme was Dance Around the World - Rugby World Cup.  Because the Rugby World Cup is in New Zealand this year we have themed all our Discovery Time Activities around The Rugby World Cup.  This will help us to understand about the Rugby World Cup, it's participants and countries they come from.
Discovery Time - Dance Around the World - Rugby World Cup on PhotoPeach

Duffy Books - Role Model Assembly

We had two Senior Students from Aurora College share with us their experiences with reading at our recent assembly.  We are grateful for the Duffy Books we get each year and love to hear older students and authors talk to us about reading throughout the year.

THANKS - Duffy Books :-)

Duffy Book - Role Models on PhotoPeach

Junior Master Chef - Queen Elizabeth I

Junior Master Chef - Queen Elizabeth I on PhotoPeach


Last Thursday Queen Elizabeth put their culinary skills to the test.  They were the first group of five to prepare a meal for judges.  The winning group will be given a cook off opportunity where they will prepare a meal for their judges from a mystery box at the end of the term.

Te Reo Maori Alphabet and Vowel Sounds

We are learning to...
Read and say the Maori alphabet, vowels and letter sounds.

Check out the Youtube clip to help you learn.

Utaina

He Honere

Rm 12 Junior Master Chef

Junior Master Chef has inspired our oral language oppotunities this term.  This week is the 1st week of Room 12's Junior Master Chef Competition.  Each week our oral language groups will work with Mrs McKee who is a whiz in the kitchen. 

The 1st week the team plans and the 2nd week is cook off time.

Team Queen Elizabeth I is the first team to take to the chopping boards and whip up a scrummy creation.

Each team will keep thier viewers up todate with their plan, cooking and judging results.

All the best to the Rm 12 Junior Master Chef Competitors!

In the Weekend

In the weekend on Saturday my Nana came to watch my rugby game out at standpoint rugby grounds.  It was the day  to beat Marist.  Most of as thought that we could not beat them in the first half of the game because the score was 31 to 10 we had 10 but after a team talk we said we can beat them.  Then in the second half we didn't miss  any of our tackles.

By Motai

Kapa Haka Ropu Polyfest Practice

The Kapa Haka Ropu have been practicing their items, which they will perform at Polyfest next week.  The audio recording has a lot of sound interference.  When listening to the audio make sure you are close by to your volume button.  Enjoy what you can and Mrs Rolton will investigate the technical side of using Audioboo before sharing more items with you all.

In the Weekend

 In the weekend my Dad came over to see Ariana and I because he loves me and I made him a description on space.  I went to see Dad yesterday, Dad has a sore leg I miss my Dad, my Dad is amazing.  I have fun with my Dad, at my Dads house we watch television, play games and we go to the park and we run to the dogs and last but not least we go places to see some amazing things.  What I like to do at my Dads sometimes is go out for tea and go swimming for fun.


By Anakie

Brodie's Acrostic Poem

Brave all the time 
Red is my favourite colour
Oranges are yummy to eat
Drawing is my favourite pass time
 I love Ice-cream
Easter is a great time of year

Elisara's Acrostic Poem

Eating fat is bad.
Lion's eat meat.
Insect small and big.
Snake's are dangerous.
Awesome people are awesome.
Rugby is good for boy's and girl's.
Animals are very interesting.

In the Weekend

In the Weekend (Saturday), My Uncle and my cousin from Samoa arrived at Dunedin Airport. So we went to Dunedin Airport, It was big. We waited for maybe 3 minutes and then they arrived we were so happy and joyful because we haven't seen them since 2002. My Uncle Feagaiga gave me $3 to play games with my cousin, we played shot gun. Then we brought cookies it was yummy. We made our trip back and my cousin was kind.  Finally we were at home and my Aunty and Grandma were waiting for us to eat lunch because it was 12:11. We ate toast with bacon and egg it was yummy.  We went to the bedroom and talked because we don't really know each other, because when were in Samoa my cousin wasn't born and shes only 7 years old. I felt really whakahirihiri (excited) because they were really kind and I had to share my room with my cousin, all we did was sing songs (church songs). Then on Sunday we got shocking news.  Do you want to know what the SHOCKING news was? Well my cousin got married and we didn't even know because when we rang to talk to my Grandma in Samoa they said that they were busy because of my cousins wedding. That's my Amazing Weekend.


By Rebecca 

Art with Mrs Priscott - Term 3

   This term in art with Mrs Priscott we are learning...

Advertising on a poster about our school fair such as

* Rides, activities / games, prizes, food and make overs etc

* Planning / making borders before cutting out like a teddy bear or a ferris wheel.

This is the criteria for our posters:

* Colour,bold bright,borders and beautiful

* Making borders for our advertising posters.

* Colouring in borders.

Term 3 Art on PhotoPeach


By Bronwyn and Dezia

Welcome to Quad Blogging

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This term we are quad blogging at New River Primary.  We are very excited about quad blogging because our class will have an audience for the work we put on our blog this week.  Have fun looking around our blog, voting on our polls and commenting on our work.

Quad Tahi: (Support Teacher Jazz)
Room 12  http://room12nrp.blogspot.com/
                 http://superreadersroom12nrp.blogspot.com/
Room 13  http://room13nrp.blogspot.com/
Room 7    http://room7nrp.blogspot.com/
Room 3    http://room3nrp.blogspot.com/
Room 4    http://room4nrp.blogspot.com/

Week Beginning:             Focus Class

Mon 8th August        Week 2        12
Mon 15th August      Week 3        3
Mon 22nd August     Week 4        13
Mon 29th August       Week 5       4
Mon 5th September    Week 6       7

Term 3 Inquiry - Tuning In

Kapa Haka Practice - Term 3 2011