Remarkable Writers!

Congratulations to Makanesi, Kayani and Blaze for their remarkable writing!  They were sent to Mrs Dawson to receive a golden principal sticker for their great stories.  Blaze and Kayani wrote about their taonga and Makanesi described what he saw in the picture of the park.

Making our Taonga

Here are some photos of each group making their Taonga, we were given the same amount of clay - some people made one and others made many.  Each design started with a sausage shape and then we twisted, curled and decorated them with our hands and a kebab stick.  We also had a little bit of water to keep the clay smooth.  We were excited to see them after the weekend, they had hardened and were ready to paint.

Our Taonga

We made our very own taonga (treasure)  We looked online to see what taonga looked like and what they meant.  Whaea Donna also explained what her taonga means and how special it is to her.  Traditionally these pendants are made from bone, pounamu or wood - we made ours from air dry clay.  When they were dry we painted them and after they were photographed we wrapped them up and took them home.  Some people gifted theirs to family and some wore them to school.  The look really awesome! 

Totara Park

We had our annual term one CPS trip to Totara Park and for most of our class it was the first time going with the school.  We had a busy day going on the bus, running relays, walking up the hill to the big playground, walking back over the bridge and through the bush, having a swim, having a sausage sizzle picnic, going to the other playground and coming back to school for some nice cold iceblocks.  It was great to see so many families there to enjoy the day with us.  Here is a slide show of our adventures.

100% Attendance

Week 2, Term 1 and we are have our first day of 100% attendance.  Let's keep it up room 14!  We'd like to introduce everyone in our class and the names of our groups.  We also used these photos for our farewell cards to Miss Breen and Whaea Simone.

Welcome Room 14, 2016!

First day back at school and we are looking forward to lots of learning!  Here is our formal and funny first day photos.

Farewell 2015!

We have had a fantastic year in room 14 and to celebrate we have made a special highlights show to enjoy!

Our Noho

We have been so excited counting down the days until our Noho - we get to do fun activities and sleep at school!!  Room 12 and Room 19 are joining us, so we are going to have such a great time!

First of all TWA gave us an amazing powhiri and Ma Ngamamaerua taught us the tikanga of te Whare Awhina.

Finally it was the day of our Noho.  We came back to school in the afternoon with our PJs and blankets.  We had a cool disco, yummy dinner, fun activities, kapahaka and a movie before settling down to sleep.

The next week we had a special celebration and each of us got a photo and certificate for attending our awesome Noho!  Thank you all the staff, students and whanau who helped us - we can't wait until our next one!!

Jump Rope for Heart

We had been practising our skipping skills all term so we were really looking forward to our JRFH day!  Room 14 went out in the first block and we were especially lucky because people from the Heart Foundation and Maori TV were there too!

Welcome Honey-Gurl and Kepu!

Honey-Gurl and Kepu are the latest members of Room 14 - welcome to Clendon Park School!