Diwali 2016

Thank you to Neil and his family for providing Room 1 with a gorgeous Rangoli pattern for our back table for all of Room 1 to enjoy. Today Neil taught Room 1 how to make the patterns and made a few for our buddy class Room 11 on the steps of their classroom and on black paper to enjoy in their classroom. Thank you to the kind parents for my special treats of food over the last few days and sharing their knowledge to us about Diwali.

Bianca's Holiday

Koanga Festival

On Saturday Shayden and Emily performed at the Koanga Festival.
I was so proud watching them sing and do their actions, they were awesome!
Ahakoa he iti he pounamu.

Mandarin Speech Competition

Today the Mandarin Speech Competition was held. Well done to Cathy, David, Zaina, Doreen and Emma for entering. Congratulations to Zaina who was placed third and to Doreen who was placed second! Room 1 are very proud of you all.

Toku Mihimihi - My Self Introduction

A mihimihi is a short greeting to introduce our self to other people in te reo Maori.
It is an important part of the process of meeting people for the first time.

Room 1 have been learning to write, read and present our own mihimihi in te reo Maori.
Our mihi includes where we come from, our nationality (iwi), mountain (maunga) and river (awa), school, age and name. We have worked collaboratively to help each other with our pronunciation and understanding.

To know who we are, we have to know where we come from.

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) or Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese)

Today we meet with our buddy class to make Chinese lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year. We all had lots of fun helping each other and learning how to say Happy New Year in Mandarin and Cantonese!

Buddies on PhotoPeach