End of Year Class Party/ Fun Day/ Shared Lunch

It was our second to last day at school and we decided to have some fun. Our first game was the chocolate game. There were two plates with a cake of chocolate and forks and knives on each. Children had to roll a six and put on three items: one on their head, one of their face and one on their bodies. If there were already two children changing and another person rolled a six then they had to tap one out and start putting on their costumes.

The second game we played was the Balloon Stomp game. Each child was given a balloon and had to blow it up. They were given a piece of string and tied one end to the balloon and the other end to around their ankle. When the teacher said go, each child could run around and stomp on another person's balloon. Once your balloon is popped, you were out. The last person with their balloon still inflated and around their ankle was the winner. We had two winners yesterday: Kurtas and Simon but they were so good to include Noah as well.

Kiwisport: Softball

Over the last six weeks we have been learning about softball. We've had two coaches come and teach us skills of how to play. Thank you Miss Va'afusuaga and Kiwisport Auckland for teaching us. We love softball.

Pt England PIcnic 2016

Today we had our annual school picnic at the Pt England reserve. We had to postpone it twice earlier in term one because of the weather. We weren't too sure today about the weather because it was overcast. But from 12pm today, the sun came out. It was a great day and we all had a great time. Here is a short clip of some of the things we did.

Picnic 2016 from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Pt England School Bike Track

Our school is in the process of having a brand new bike track made for us. The track is set around the outside of our school field and also goes around the junior and senior playground. It has been so much fun watching the men making it, hard at work. Our children have loved running over the dirt piles too. We can't wait till it's finished so we can ride our bikes on it.

Kiwisport Softball

For the next four weeks, we are going to be learning about Softball. So far, we have learned about the different bases. A reminder for us is to make sure we touch the bases with our foot when we run around them. We also practiced our aim by throwing the softball and trying to hit the bat. Here's a short snippet of what we have done so far.

Year 5s at MOTAT

Do you know what MOTAT stands for? MOTAT in Auckland, is the Museum of Transport and Technology. Our inquiry is called "Ch-ch-ch-ch changes" and it is all around Science and the Material World. We went to learn more from their programme called "Bust that Myth". Some of the myths included: You can turn a cup over without spilling water and Electricity cannot flow through people like wires and many others. Throughout the day, we got to explore and look at other exhibitions like: telecommunications, the Village, the Big Machine and the Get Smart space. It was a lot of fun even when the weather wasn't great and we learned a lot too. Thank you to Abby and her team from MOTAT who looked after us while we were there.

Year 6s are off to Camp!

Every year our year 6 children go off to camp at Kawau Island. They travel north, by bus to Sandspit and catch the ferry to Camp Kawau. We're very blessed to have parent helpers go along to help keep everyone safe. 

The children will take part in different activities like: kayaking, sailing, swimming, hiking, building bivouac's, a burma trail and more. We hope that they are safe and that the weather is sunny and warm for all of them. All campers will return on Friday afternoon.

Kiwisport: Touch Rugby 2016

We have been very blessed this term to have coach Lewis come and teach us skills and how to play the game of touch rugby. Children got to practice how to play the ball, run over it and then move to the side and back. They also got to play attacking and defensive games as well working with others.
We'd like to thank coach Lewis and his dad who came and took us during these sessions and Miss Va'afusuaga for organising this for us.

Athletics 2016

Today was our annual school athletics. The weather forecast was to rain but we were very blessed that it didn't. Thank you Miss Va'afusuaga for organising yet another successful school event. Thank you to all Spark helpers that volunteered and all parents and ex students of Pt England who came and helped out today too. Here is a small snippet of the year 6 boys at Tug of War.

Manaiakalani Kids got Talent

This year for the Manaiakalani Film Festival, our class looked at New Zealand artists and their songs. We looked at the lyrics and the music videos. Thank you to Justus and Skye for hosting this movie and David and Bryana for presenting our movie today. Please leave us a comment.

PES Lavakula Manaiakalani Kids got Talent from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Gratitude: Being thankful!

Team 4 have an important value for children to learn alongside respect. We have been talking about 'Gratitude' and what this means to us and what it would look like to others. Here is a short movie about what some of our children think gratitude is and what they are grateful/ thankful for. Thank you to all the children that helped make this movie.


Gratitude from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Celebrating Niuean Language Week 2016

To finish off the week, our Niuean group performed an item for the whole school during assembly. Mrs Lagitupu quizzed the children on some words that we had shared on PENN News through the week. We had visitors from the Manaiakalani Trust come and speak to us as well as our new police constables for the Glen Innes area.

What a wonderful way to finish the week. Fakaaue lahi and thank you everyone for supporting us. We would especially like to acknowledge the Tusini-Rex family for their song Koe tau Tau Loga kua mole ki Tua. We love our culture! To find more resources, click here.
Niue Group item for Niue Language week 2016 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Niuean Langue Week: Days of the Week

Fakaalofa lahi atu kia mutolu oti. Greeting everyone! It's Niuean language week. Here is a movie of some of our children teaching you how to say the days of the week in Niuean.

2016 Niue days of the week from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Our Winners this week

The last couple of weeks we have been very busy with sports. We've had so many children represent out school. At the Eastern Zone tournament for rugby our Year 5 and 6 over 50kg's team came first. Our Year 5 and 6A girls team came first in Ripper Rugby. Our Year 7 and 8 boys rugby team played Dilworth and St Kentigerns College and won both games. We've also had Year 5 and 6 boys and girls play basketball on Wednesday nights. Our children are amazing athletes and we'd like to thank all our coaches, managers but especially Miss Sally Va'afusuaga who organises and co-ordinates sports for our school. Here's a picture of all the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from Cross Country a few weeks ago.

Hiwi the Kiwi visits Pt England

Our school were very fortunate to have the Minstrel and his lovely wife come and talk to our school today about Fishing for our future, Boat safety and Seabird handling. We got to sing songs, listen to stories and some of our children won posters, stickers and other prizes.
Thank you Hiwi the Kiwi for visiting our school today!

School Cross Country 2016

Last week on Friday, our whole school took part in Cross Country. Our children ran in their year and gender groups. First up were the Year 1s right up to our Year 8s. All children tried their best and it was a beautiful sunny day for it too. Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to Spark helpers who came along as well.

Harold and the Life Ed Van visits Pt England

For the first three weeks of the term, Lynn and the Life Education Caravan including Harold came to visit us. Each team learned different aspects and themes. Team 4 focused on relationships with others and values that make us good citizens. Our class also learned about empathy. During our assembly Harold came out to say goodbye to us all.

Art Process: As I See It

As part of this term's inquiry's focus: As I See It. Our whole school had to create a piece of art to share in the exhibition. We practiced a lot of drawing and noticed what we needed to improve in our drawings, which was using the space of our paper wisely. Check out the process. We used pencil, paper, crayons, pastels and paints. We will post another movie of our finished art pieces.
Room 8 Art Process from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Fiafia 2016

Fiafia Highlights 2016 from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

FiaFia 2016 Night snippets from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Every two years our school has a Fiafia. It is a chance for all the children to share an item to do with their cultures and their talents. There were 18 groups altogether and everyone takes part. Children could choose up to three groups of what they wanted to be part of. Here are some highlights from this evening.

Year 5s applying for Ambassadors in 2016

Each year the year 5 children are given an opportunity to apply to be a Year 6 Ambassador. This year our year 5's were lucky enough to listen to our Year 6 Ambassadors give their presentation.
Here is Kaharau's application and you can find some examples here too. Good luck to all year 5 applicants for this year. To leave a comment on Kaharau's application click here.

Kaharau Ambassador from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.