On Friday Q Bear and his friends and came to my house for the weekend. As soon as we got home we had some noodles and watched Sponge Bob. Later that night we had mince for tea. Later on we watched the Simpsons, it was funny. Q Bear and I went to Bulls to go to my Dads work. Q Bear's friends came too. At eight thirty we watched the All Blacks verses France. The All Blacks lost 22-27. It finished at eleven fifteen but I didn't go to bed until one o clock in the morning. On Sunday Q Bear his friends and I got up for breakfast. We had Weet-Bix. I had five of them.
For the rest of the Term we will be doing the Unit Kia Kaha.
The aim of the unit is to create an environment where all members of the school community feel safe, respected and valued, and where we show positive actions toward each other.
The General Objective is so that students, parents, caregivers, and teachers work together to create a safe learning environment that is based on mutual respect, tolerances and a respect for diversity.
Our ultimate goal is that we can work with each other in harmony and collaboratively. We recognise that while our class is large we nevertheless work in a small space, and so we need to be kind with our words and actions to each other. We will be using this song as a theme song so that it will remind us about our goals.
If you watch this clip closely. You will see that there are a large number of people who work collaboratively to make this song so great. The first person sets the platform and all the other artists listen to his recording and add their own piece to it. In the end it makes quite an ensemble. Have a listen!
Well here is another dose of You Tube for you. I get these videos off Tony Ryan's blog. Tony Ryan is an inspiration to me as an educator and he is an all round decent bloke.
If this doesn’t cheer you up, nothing will!
Antwerp Central Railway Station in Belgium on March 23 2009. A recording of Do Re Me, sung by Julie Andrews, suddenly began playing over the public address system, and 200 people streamed out of the crowd and began dancing. They had practised twice. Pretty good effort for two rehearsals.
There has been some suggestion that schools should try to catch this craze since schools are a reservoir of talent. How about all the middle school children who are learning "Thriller" with Mrs Whittaker take this into the K-Mart Plaza in Palmy? What do you say Mrs Whittaker?
I know that many of you enjoyed Karl Lowe's visit the other week, and so I just want to update you about his baby that he told you about. His son is Kalani and he was born on Wednesday morning, cool aye? So that makes me an uncle again.
Hawkes Bay Today (newspaper) wrote a story on the event so click here if you want to read it.
For our buddy time. We had a look at the inside of a generator. This was very important because it would help us understand what goes on inside of a wind turbine and how it harnesses the wind to make electricity.
Every Saturday we play a game of netball. We all play against other schools. We have six players on the court from each team. Then the whistle blows and the game begins. It takes a lot of passes to get the ball to the shooter. The shooter shoots the ball with the defenders trying to distract her. That is how you play netball.
We started well because we had the ball first. We scored lots of goals because we made a lot of intercepts. At the end we celebrated because we won 13 to 5.
Last week Kaelib and Calvin went to the Nursery. In the Nursery we helped Ruth pull out weeds and carrots. We put the weeds in the wheelbarrow and we put the carrots in the bucket. Then we washed them under the tap. After that we dug up the compost and put the compost in the compost bin.
At the start of the game I was very nervous and so was Matt . I was not on at first but Matthew was. He played goal keep. We were facing Hiwinui school and we played at Hiwinui school. Angus and George played defence. In the mid-field was Bryceen Mitchell and Luca. Max was the striker and Matthew was in the goal. As soon as the whistle blew the game was on. They kicked off. Hiwinui got past Max and then nearly scored a goal. It was close game the score was 2 - 1 but a goal was disallowed, so it was a draw.
We had the special privilege of having Karl Lowe as a guest speaker for the day. Karl Lowe is a rugby player who has played for the Hawkes Bay Magpies, and the famous Wellington Hurricanes. His highest achievement in rugby is making the Junior All Blacks.
Room L welcomed Karl and his younger brother Jacob with a hearty Haka 'Ka Mate'. Then we sang 'I believe I can fly' by R. Kelly. He said it was "awesome!!"
Some of the things that I liked about Karl's talk was that his mum brought him up byhaving goals, working hard, having dreams [his dream was to be an All Black] and although he hasn't made it yet he hopes to one day.
If you want to see the full interview then you can press play below. ps. sorry about the heater banging in the background.
Yummy! Remember there is a sausage sizzle on Wednesday. So if you would like to have one for your lunch you have to order it by Tuesday 9:00. The cost is $1.00.
On Saturday Q-Bear watched Jamie play rugby.Then Layton came to stay the night.We had fish,in,chips for tea.On Sunday we watched Haydon play under eleven reps rugby.They lost twenty to seventeen, but he played really well. In the afternoon we all went riding under the bridge in Bulls.That was cool! Our dog Jake had fun as well. Q-Bear went for a ride on Jamie's motorbike. I think he had fun. Then we had to go home. It was a cool day.
We had the best time on Enviro Day. Our biggest project for the day was our class garden. Here is a poem that shows some of our feelings of the day.
We hacked and pulled, stacked and filled, wheelbarrows, buckets and holes. We dug and squealed, cut and wheeled more new plants into our garden. When it was done we admitted it was fun, working to care for our "Mother Earth" so dear.
Yes! Karl Lowe has made it into the Junior All Blacks! He was named in the Squad at 2pm on the rugby channel. He has had an outstanding season for the Hurricanes and has made the most of all his opportunities. On a personal note I love that he has been selected and I look forward to watching him play in the Pacific Cup. This is the squad that has been named:
Junior All Blacks squad:
Backs: Israel Dagg (Hawke's Bay), Lelia Masaga (Counties Manukau), Rene Ranger (Northland), Hosea Gear (Wellington), Robert Fruean (Wellington), Anthony Tuitavake (North Harbour), Tamati Ellison (Wellington), Ryan Crotty (Canterbury), Luke McAlister (North Harbour), Colin Slade (Canterbury), Alby Mathewson (Wellington), Chris Smylie (North Harbour)
Forwards: Sione Lauaki (Waikato), George Whitelock (Canterbury), Karl Lowe (Hawke's Bay), Victor Vito (Wellington), Bryn Evans (Hawke's Bay), Jason Eaton (Taranaki), Jeremy Thrush (Wellington), Tom Donnelly (Otago), Owen Franks (Canterbury), Ben Franks (Tasman), Jacob Ellison (Wellington), Jamie Mackintosh (Southland), Aled de Malmanche (Waikato), Hikawera Elliot (Hawke's Bay)
Wow we finally have the winners of Britain's got Talent. Congratulations Diversity what an inspiration to all young people around the world who are desirous of following their dreams and realizing them. If you think that someone else should have won then leave a comment and tell me who.
On Thursday afternoon we got the opportunity to listen to the Story Teller. He had incredible stories to share and he made amazing music to listen to. What a joy to have this traveler share his treasures with us.
It was a muddy wet day but rugby was the winner. Every Saturday at Victoria park we play rugby from 9 o'clock until 10 o'clock. Jamie's team, which is Taranaki had a good win. Their score was 20-3. Layton's team, which is Counties won 19-6. What a day I love playing rugby and we get to do it all again this weekend.
In Room L we are working hard to learn the Haka "Ka Mate". We practise in the mornings with Mr Lowe. If you would like to learn how to do the Haka "Ka Mate" then click here.
YES!! The videos for the Haka are finished and are uploaded. Click on here and practice the actions. Anyone who leaves a comment under any of the videos gets a Q Bear mark and 50 house points. The very first person will get 100 points and 2 Q Bear marks.
If you know how to use Google Earth then put this address in the search bar "manchester street school, new zealand" and find what is sitting in the Room L garden.
If you find it then leave a message below in the comments.
We have a new an exciting endeavour that we are embarking on. This week Room L's cross grouped maths class are beginning the trial of Mathletics. This is an interactive maths site that motivates children to learn, practise and reinforce their mathematical learning. This website is very child friendly and best of all it can be accessed from any terminal that has an internet connection. The trial will be for 14 days and we will evaluate the children's learning thereafter. So parents it would be good if you can jump onto the site with your child and check out what they are doing. Just a note, all the children that are registered for the trial have their own username and password. Have fun!
