Term 3: We are the Champions

Term 3 has begun and our tumuaki Mr Burt and Mrs Burt have returned from their trip overseas. Our school wide inquiry is called: We are the Champions and we are focusing on the Olympics. Our team are looking at the Olympics "Exposed". Here was our team movie and a short snippet from today's assembly. Enjoy and watch this space for more work from our class.

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Team 5 in today's assembly

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.
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Paul Martin

Paul Martin is a New Zealand comic book artist, graphic artist and ex-rugby player for the Chiefs. He came to visit our team to teach us about comics and drawing. Paul Martin talked to us about what inspired him to do what he loves and encouraged us to keep persevering even when things seems hard. Some of us were lucky enough to buy his book and he signed them and gave them to the children personally.

Year 7 and 8 Boys Rugby

Yesterday, our year 7 and 8 boys played against Sylvia Park school. The final score was 17-12 with a final try from Te Mauri. We were all so proud of them and hope they continue to play hard for the rest of the season.

Polynesian Hall of Fame Stars visit us

Last week we were very lucky to have Jesse Sapolu and Ma'a Tanuvasa along with others came to visit our school. They spoke to students from Year 4-8 students about American Football and how it can give others a great education. They also shared about how important it is for children to stay in school and get an education. Here is a short clip of their visit.

Kiwsport Netball

 

This term our class has had netball sessions with coach Christina. She taught us many skills like: passing, catching, pivot, shooting and defending. We were very lucky to have Christina us and we'd like to thank her for helping us.

Celebrating Samoan Language Week

Our Senior Samoan group from Fiafia performed in school assembly this morning. We are celebrating Samoan Language Week. Ia Manuia le vaioso le gagana Samoa. Here's a short clip.

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Comic Art in our Space

Our team are focusing on comic art. We've been learning about comic art from reading different texts in literacy. We've also based our animations on superheroes and are going to turn our stacks into comic like animations.

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Auckland Blues visit Pt England School

Today our school were very fortunate to have six players from the Auckland Blues visit us. They came and took 50 children from year 5-7 for skills, drills and games. Thank you Auckland Blues. We wish you all the best for the rest of the Super Rugby season. Here are some photos and a short clip.

Tamaki College Band performs at Pt England

On Tuesday, our school were very lucky to have the Tamaki College Band perform for us. Their senior students performed different songs for our whole school. It was a privilege to have them and we hope they come again. It was so nice to see some ex- Pt England students too.
Here are some highlights.

Thank you Variety Club

Toni was very blessed to have a new uniform this week. Thanks to sponsorship from the The Children's Variety Club. Here is a photo of him in his brand new uniform and a video saying 'thank you'.

iluminate comes to Pt England

On Tuesday our whole school were very fortunate to have three members of iluminate come and perform for us. They are so amazing! Check out the highlights here.

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Term 2: As I see it

This term has begun. Our inquiry is called "As I see It". We are focusing on art. In team 4 we will be looking at comic art. Here is a movie that was made by Mr Goodwin to get our children hooked into the topic.

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Raven from Mai FM visits Pt England

For our Duffy hero this term, Raven from the radio station Mai FM came to talk to us. She told us lots of things but especially about how much she loves reading. All our classes were presented with a box of reading books as part of the Duffy books in homes programme. Thank you Raven, Duffy Books and our sponsors for giving us these books to read.

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.

More Camp Highlights

Here is a brief movie of our time on camp. The children have made presentations where you can check out here.

 

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Camp Highlights

Here's what we've been up to so far. We've had nachos for dinner and chocolate cake for dessert. We've also been practising our items for our camp concert tomorrow. The Year 5 and 6 campers are having so much fun!!

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Year 5 and 6 Camp

Team 4 are now on camp. Every year we camp on school grounds. The school field becomes our home also know as tent city for the next two days. We hope the weather remains warm and sunny so we can enjoy all our activities. Here is a picture of one of the camp teams called "Kind Krew". Watch this space for more movies and pictures from our amazing camp.

Maori Rock Science by Sheena and Kerstein

The Kiwifruits reading group read an article called Maori Rock Science by Alan Bagnall. This is found in Connected 2 2003. Listen and watch as Sheena and Kerstein share interesting facts about rocks in New Zealand.

Keratin and Sheena's Maori rock science from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Be Kind

At school, our main focus is "Wheoritia te Atawhai". This means, "make kindness go viral". Check our movie that we've made to show what people do to show they are kind and what being kind means.

Room 8 Be Kind from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.