Afia 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.

The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

I am learning to: inform my audience through explanation writing

Sea turtles are amazing and these are just a couple facts about them. First they have been around since 150 million years ago. That is a long time compared to humans who have only been around for five to seven million years. Second, they were alive when the dinosaurs were alive and survived whatever killed the dinosaurs.

What is small white leathery and like a ping pong ball? A lot of people would say ping pong balls but in this case they are sea turtle’s eggs, which is what the first stage is. A female sea turtle slowly crawls onto the beach she was born on to lay her eggs. Once she is at a suitable spot she digs a hole with her flippers and lays the eggs in the hole. Once she is finished she pushes sand into the hole with her flippers. In about two months about 80% of the sea turtles make it to the young turtle stage.

The next stage is the young turtle stage. Once the turtles hatch they are about the size of your palm and start to make their desperate dash for the sea. On the way to the sea they have lots of challenges they have to face like holes, crabs, raccoons and sea birds. Sadly only about 50% out of the 80% of the sea turtles that hatch make it to the water. Once they make it to the water they have new predators like big fish, sharks, dolphins and birds. For the first few days the turtles look for seaweed to hide in. Now only about 20% of the turtles are alive for the adult stage.

You know how big a dinner table is right? Because that is how big they grow up to be Well the leatherback does anyway. When leatherback sea turtles, are growing up they are the size of a dinner plate at one year old, 24 years later they are the size of a dinner table. Now that they are adults their only predators are big sharks such as tigers, bowls and whites and the occasional killer whales. At this stage they mate with another turtle and the cycle starts again.

Sea turtles are amazing, precious creatures. Humans need to do more to help them otherwise they will be extinct.

Assembly

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 mother

My handprint

Here is my handprint,

Five fingers and all, 

Outside they are short,

but the middle is tall.

You'll find them on windows,

You can find them on the wall, 

They make a big mess,

For something so small.

One day I will grow,

and leave them no more.

My handprints 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.

The ascension of the Lord

In R.E 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 and then he returned ,In glory to his Father in heaven. We used crafts to show