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Celebrating Being Us

Walt: Identity, sensitivity, and respect ! Recognise instances of discrimination and act responsibly to support their own rights and feelings and those of other people.

Number Cruncher's

This week in maths we have been making number cruncher's.

We will have met the success criteria when we can show our understanding

of how a rule can be applied to create a sequence of numbers.

The Mana Show Review

The Mana Show Review

On Friday the 10th of May. We had a guy called Bernard Mangakahia come to our school
to perform a show called Mana.  It was about the history of cultures like Maori, Hawaiian and
American Indian Bernard has been doing this show for over 20 years. Bernard travels all around
the world showing kids like us his show.

Bernard has three sons. They all grew up in Australia. One of them loves to dance and is now in
New York dancing. His son that loved dancing came home from school one day and decided that
he wanted to make some money so they Bernard and his son went down to the street across
the road from where they lived and started dancing and once he had finished he had earned
$100. His son decided to dance on the street every Friday and Saturday for five years.

Bernard showed us lots of different cultures. Bernard showed us a haka he learnt when he
was a kid because his dad was in the New Zealand air force  but all he was saying was humpty
dumpty. He also told us that when he was growing up he would watch his mum use the poi.
When he had showed us the haka he called up 10 volunteers to use the poi. He also showed
us a dance with hula hoops about the American Indian culture. He made a Eagle, flower,
cactus, snake and butterfly.

At the end of the show he told us that his sons told him that he should do a hip hop dance.
So he put on a pair of baggy track pants, a funky hat, a hawaiian top and a pair of basketball
shoes. I really enjoyed the show and thought that it taught us a lot about different cultures.

Persuasive writing

WALT: write within the persuasive writing structure


Kea Patrol

I strongly believe that we must have kea patrol in the afternoon because at the end of the day
nobody is focusing on crossing the road. At 3 p.m. State Highway 6 gets very busy with parents
and adults driving past to pick up kids.  Kea patrol gives older kids a chance to help the school.

Everyone would agree that we should have kea patrol after school because every day at 3 p.m. lots
of kids cross State Highway 6 to get home. Kea patrol helps lots of kids cross the roads safely to
get to their parents that are waiting on the other side of the road. Having kea patrol  is very
important because lots of kids are talking to their friends and aren't focusing and paying
attention about crossing the road.

Kea Patrol is very vital to have kea patrol  because State Highway 6 gets very busy at 3 p.m.
because lots of people are going to pick up kids from schools and they are going 70 km then
they slam on the brakes to slow down to 40 km. Without Kea Patrol kids would just run out in
front of cars and they might not see the little kids. There have  been serious car crashes on
State Highway 6 outside our school. Kea patrol makes it a whole lot safer for kids to cross
the very busy road.

Kea patrol  gives seniors a chance to give back and be helpful to the school and prove that they
can be responsible. Without the kids that volunteer for kea patrol it would take a lot longer and
be more dangerous. The teachers would also have to do everything. Volunteering for kea patrol
is a big help to our school because the kids that volunteer make sure everyone gets across the
active road safely.

In conclusion kea patrol should remain in the afternoon because it helps kids cross the dangerous
road safely when they aren’t paying any attention, State Highway 6 gets very busy at 3 p.m. and
kea patrol stops traffic so everybody can cross safely and the last reason why we should keep
kea patrol is that kea patrol gives seniors a chance to be helpful and give back to our school.
Therefore keeping kea patrol in the afternoon is very important.

Comic Strip

Learning Intention

We are learning to represent a te reo message through visual language.

Success criteria:

Create a comic strip character who will be used to carry your understanding of each phrase of the week.

Our phrase this week is haere ra which means goodbye.  

Here is a picture of my comic strip.

Comic Strip

Learning Intention

We are learning to represent a te reo message through visual language.

Success criteria:

Create a comic strip character who will be used to carry your understanding of each phrase of the week.

Draw the comic strip.  

Here is a picture of my comic strip.