Our Te Awa Hou Journey

Well it starts off in term 1 where The Te Awa Hou Kapa Haka Roopu became ONE.We started with Mia as a kaea Kotiro and Josh as a Kaea Tama.  We have a guitar player called Matua Simon Kairau.

Term 2 we started with this medly and we practiced as hard as we could untill...

Polyfest.  Our roopu came together as a very good kapahaka roopu.

We were all so excited :)

Term 3 we were so hyped because we had Polyfest it was the great roopu that became a group.
The items we did were: He Honore and Medly.  

We were so good!

Term 4, after our hard work and sweat we finally made it to Nga Putangitangi Festival where we came:

3rd for our haka and our kakahu placing was 2nd.

Our kapahaka ropu were all proud of each other.

So that is the end of our Kapa Haka Journey 2012.

By Michael, Sapphire and Lane :)

Breakfast with Santa

Last Friday we had "Breakfast with Santa" which we all thought was a catch phrase Mrs Rolton was using to spice up the name for having breakfast at school.   But would you believe Sanata actually arrived?!  It was amazing he knew all our names - he said "I work as the caretaker all year and then just before Christmas I am Santa".

We had toast and our favourite spread that people brought from home.  The most popular was strawberry/chocolate nutella - YUM.

We then skyped a school in the USA - can you believe that?! They came from Jerichoe, Vermont.  We had to come to school at 7.45am to skype them and at 8.15am they were packing up to go home, and we hadn't even started our school day!

We then skyped our buddy class Room 9 Darfield Primary - this was our last skype for the year which was a little sad!  They sung and danced a song called "Room 9 style" it was great.  We sung them a Christmas Carol.

Wow what an amazing day which ended in assembly, it was our turn to lead it with Room 4 and the kapa haka ropu sung the boys and girls haka which was awesome.

To end the day we got our school newsletter and our school report.  Next week will be the last week of the school year before Christmas.

Inspirational Quote...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

- Thomas Jefferson

In the weekends the santa parade was on. There was all tipes of flotes. Like bmx gimnastics marching and much much more i saw heaps of people from my school. I had a lot of fun the end by kylos brett

How crazy am I?

Talking teddys, imaginary friends ,thinking that every thing is evil?

aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh  !!!!!!!!!!!!! My mind is about to explode with all my imaginary friends screaming in my ears all at once! Jennie is screaming because a wolf has her leg, Jonnie is yelling for every one to just BE QUEIT !!!!!!!!Then at the top of my lungs I screamed "SHUT UP!!!"

Then my talking  teddies came in  and asked me "what the hell is going on?"    At once my friends fainted at my chicken and my bear "chickens " said my chicken.

after wards,my demon  doll came in and laughed is head off I'm not kidding! He really did laugh his head off, when he laughed faster his head jiggled faster , it happened over and over and over again!

 After a while, the lights  turned off and I needed a drink  really bad, my vision got weirder and weirder  the sink got further and further away then I saw a red dot in my drink bottle .....I crept  closer and closer....... then .....BAM!!! The lights turned on , a cow mooed out the window......

              To be continued ..........


By Gabrielle

Highlights from Day Four

Who turned on my wake up alarm? It was going to be a long day as I woke up like a box of fluffy ducks ready to meet the day ahead at 4am! After sharing a Greek breakfast (that consisted of mainly pastry style food) by the sea with Mr Rolton, we decided to head out and explore the town of Mykonos. On the bus we went and what a ride it was! Skinny roads to navigate, driving on the right side and dodging pedestrians as there were no footpaths in sight. This bus ride had some heart stopping moments more than once before we came to a screaming holt in the centre of town. Sales galore and lots of quirky wee things to bring home kept me busy most of the day. Lunch looking over the bay which had 2 cruise ships the size of apartment buildings docked at the wharf brought a pleasant lull in the events that had past. Before I knew it was 4pm and we headed for the beach and pool before a light snack for tea. An amazing sun set we watched bringing this super day on a Greek Island to an end with exciting thoughts of time well spent and what tomorrow may bring. No complaints from me I'm loving everything!
The time difference is too hard to Skype you today. So room 12 have a great last day of the term for the skiers and for those of you staying behind...Be kind to yourselves and each other! Also be the great NRP learners you all are and support teachers and adults helping out these next couple of days. Mrs McKee has homework to give you, remember to complete your daily journal and reading mileage and I will see you first day back of term 4 or if your in the Kapa Haka ropu I will see you Saturday 13th of October (last Saturday of the holidays) :) yay!

Highlights from Day Three

Well it's been another long day! We flew to Athens which took us 5 hours, waited at the airport and on the plane for Mykonos which took 35 minutes. Extreme difference in travel time I thought! For me to Skype you tomorrow I'd need to be up at 5.30am and with the long day I have had best we plan to Skype at 2.30 NZ time Thursday. The pictures I have added are taken at the airport (the man is a hologram- find out what a hologram is if you do not know) and at the Hotel I arrived at tonight in time for a very yummy tea that I thought was scrumptious Oh la la!

Highlights from Day Two

What a way to start the day but to run on the treadmill, have a weight training workout and to finish a few refreshing laps in the hotel pool! We were treated to an American breakfast and Arabian coffee which is extra bitter. Before I knew it we had organised a train ticket and we were off to the largest mall in Dubai; that sits at the bottom of the tallest building in the world (826m high, equivalent to 8.25 rugby fields). OMG as I entered the mall my eyes bulged with excitement about the thought of what I could see and prospects of buying a few bargains, "calm down" Mr Rolton suggested but this fell on my deaf ears. To end our evening we boarded a floating restaurant that cruised us up the Dubai Creek; it is far from what we in NZ would call a creek. The ambience of the boat and the buildings that past us made me feel grateful for the day that had past!

Highlights from Day One

21 hours later and here we are in Dubai, slightly exhausted but extremely excited about what experiences are ahead! Mr Rolton and I begin our day with a catch up sleep, a walk around a very large mall and our city tour. The temperature was a scorching 41 degrees so it was amazing going in doors during the tour! There were modern sky scrapers, museums, quaint original buildings made of sea choral, taxi boat ride to a spice and gold souke and many more to share. There is even more to share as the day comes to an end but my eyes too tired to say no to dread jet lag I must share with you another time :)

All About Us- Room12

Room12 has 20 year 5 and 6 students. We have the President- Brody and Vice President- Nesion of the student council.Our classroom dose Kapa Haka and shares it with other schools and classroom.We have three expectations witch are: Be Respectful,Be Responsible and Honest.

We have very good leaders like: Mia, Nesion ,Sapphire and Lane.

We set goals every term for our self's to improve on. We also have VIP's in our class witch are Mia and Lane.For inquiry  this term we learn about Reuse, Reduce and Recycle.