Interview with Tupou Neiufi

 Today the students from Team 4 were so privileged to be able to join Team 5 in their online interview with Tupou Neiufi. Tupou Neiufi is a Paralympic Gold medalist who competed in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Team 4 first knew about Tupou when we started researching who some of the NZ Paralympic athletes were for the Tokyo Games. 

We knew that Tupou Neiufi was a paralympic swimmer and had participated in the Rio Paralympic Games in 2016. Today Mr Moran from Team 5 began the interview with Tupou. Many students in Team 4 were given the opportunity to ask questions. Tupou is a wonderful, talented and articulate athlete. She was happy to answer any questions that the students and teachers had. It was an absolute blessing and privilege to hear about her and her messages for our students. Thank you Tupou! Thank you Team 5!

Welcome to Term 2! Watch This Space!

 This term our school wide theme is called 'Watch This Space' with a focus on Planet Earth and Beyond. At the start of each term we have an immersion assembly in the hall to introduce a new topic. To inspire our students, our teachers participate in an immersion item or performance. This term the teachers from Team 4 decided to create a movie to share what our focus will be in Team 4. If you have enjoyed watching the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, then hopefully you will find some humour in our creative attempt to engage and inspire our students with their learning. 

Lockdown Special 2: Get ready for Google Meets with Mr Goodwin

 During this week (Term 1 Week 5) we have continued with our online learning programme. Our students from Team 4 have been able to access their learning from our Team 4 Site. The teachers from rooms 6, 7 and 8 decided to combine the classes to run the Google Meets together. Luckily we have some clever people like Mr Goodwin who have created resources like the one below to help us to run our Google Meets more effectively. Check it out. 

Plus if you're interested, you can check out the Cybersmart Challenges here on this link. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits our school!

Today our school was very lucky to be treated by a visit from our very own Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She came in response to a movie and letters sent by students from Room 21 and Mrs Moala. Their movie and letters were about our new school lunch programme. Our school has been enjoying the free lunches and we are so grateful to be receiving a healthy lunch for all of our students. Aye and Nadia from Team 5 were also lucky to interview the Prime Minister. Well done to the videographers and photographers: Finau, Kristopher and Maddison too!

Welcome to Room 7!

 Room 7 is an amazing class in Team 4 made up of Year 5 and Year 6 students. For the past week the students have been getting to know each other better and many have made new friends. Like in most   classes, the students have been getting used to the new routines and expectations. This week the Extension class and Creative/MakerSpace classes have also begun which is quite exciting! 

We'll keep posting student learning on this blog throughout the year. Please feel free to leave a positive comment on our class blog.