Awhina's post - Taonga time

This year every Friday for an hour and a half the year 7 and 8 students have Taonga time with different teachers in different classes. Taonga means treasure in Maori. Why do we do this you may ask? We do this to learn about the different passions of our teachers. For instance one of  my teachers passions is kapa haka.

We have a number of groups that we split up for Taonga time and they are; kapa haka, sport, music, science, and team building. The group that I am in at the moment is kapa haka. We learn new songs and new actions. We are performing for a powhiri in a couple of weeks.

I feel very pleased to be in kapa haka.  We hope we do well at the powhiri and impress the teachers. I really liked kapa haka in the last session!

Vaha's Post - Netball

On Thursday the 5th of May, Room 22 had their very first netball session with one of the netball helpers called Emma. We have it every Thursday after lunch from 2 o'clock to 2.40 at our school netball court outside the stuff room.

Our first netball session, we did a whole lot of dynamic stretches. We did bum flicks, high knees and also the grapevine. After learning all these dynamic stretches I can now use them when I’m getting ready for my netball game or when I’m training.

To finsh of our session we had a good game of corner ball.  Corner ball is smiliar to netball but instead of 7 players we split into two teams of 16 players. Also to score a goal, a player from each team had to jump into the corner that was surrounded by small cones and catch the ball. The game was fun and it also went well.

Our session went well and I also enjoyed it.  I really can’t wait for our next session.

Term Two - Bigger, Better, Stronger and Faster

Kia ora koutou katoa.  It's great to be back and we are reared up ready to go!  This term we have a technology focus and are looking forward to learning about Innovation, Discovery, Creativity, Practicallity and Imagination.

All about me.. Teari

Hi my name is Teari Harris, I am 11 years of age. I am Maori, Cook Island. I am the youngest child of 6 in my family. I have 1 sister and 4 brothers.

I just started at Pt. England  Intermediate, I am in Room 22 and my wonderful teacher is Miss Tito.

My favourite subject is maths and my favourite sports are swimming and netball.

I hope I enjoy it at Pt.England and have heaps of friends.

Bar Graph

As a part of our research my class and i have been studying about statistics. Statistics is finding things out. As you can see i have made a graph from the foods that we voted for. Beetween Curry Kumara and Nachoes  there is 32 votes for Nachoes and least amount of votes for Curry kumara.

Week 3 already!

Wow, time sure does fly when you're having fun.  The students in Roon 22 have settled into our daily routines nicely.   We love our new senior building and bright, modern classrooms.  We are also in full swing of integrating the use of netbooks into our learning and are definitely experiencing highs and lows on a daily basis.  Check out this short movie showing our gorgeous new senior space and the nifty netbooks.

Ka kite to the old.... Kia ora to the new!

Our 'old' blog of 2010

Happy New Year everyone!  Welcome back to another fantastic year right here at Pt England School.  As you may know my new classroom is Room 22.  So, time for change.  If you're wondering about our class blogs' name... I did it on purpose to create a bit of mystery and I needed a bit of a challenge  for our blog community.  If anyone knows where the name came from then please leave a comment and i'll let you know if your on the right track :)

Anyway... I'm pretty excited about the year ahead and I look forward to working with my new whanau (Staff and students) in not only Room 22 and Team 5 but the whole of PES.  I will do my best to keep you in the loop with what's happening in our learning community.  So, watch this space and "Keep cool til after school!"