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 Hi All

Just a few notes before you start the weekend.

1. Car seat checking clinic 21 June @ Pak n Save Glen Innes 11am to 1pm - free just turn up.

2. The Emerging Leaders group had a fantastic day at the Warriors Stadium where their topic was about placing the right mantra in your thoughts. 

3. Following on from your recent feedback requesting more competitive sport, we are requesting assistance from parents to manage the 3-on-3 basketball Thursday afternoon play at Tamaki Recreation Centre during term 3.  

We are looking to enter groups in the year 3&4, year 5&6 and year 7&8 groups.  If you are able to assist, please let me know and we'll share the final details.

4. THURSDAY 24 June school CLOSES at 1pm to allow staff to attend their NZEI union meeting. Please ensure that your child is collect promptly at 1pm.

                                                 

Pinocchio's Sister - A Manaiakalani Film Festival entry

The untold story of Pinocchio's sister.  How she wished to be a human child and this was granted by her fairy godfather.  All she had to do was to complete 3 tasks.  Our movie takes you through the tasks she had to perform and how she became a human.

Week 9- Blog post by Sosaia

3D Shapes

This term we are focusing on Geometry. Yesterday we created 3D shapes using nets. I created a cone. When I was going to cut mine out, It looked liked that minion with the sirens on his head and ears.  I found it difficult because I couldn't make the cone stick together. A cone has 1 edge, 1 corner and 2 faces.

Week 8 - Kite-making

Blog post by La'Shae

 

MANU TARATAHI

This blog is going to be about how to make a Manu Taratahi.  A Manu Taratahi is a kite. So let's get started.  

To make a Manu Taratahi you need sticks, flax, string and if you want you can use feathers for decoration.  

Start by putting three sticks on the ground like this.(In the photo)

Once you do that take one of your long sticks and put it 30 cm away from the bottom.  Now take your flax and wrap it around the long stick and one of the three sticks on the ground. It should look like a x when you have finished wrapping it around.  Do it again to one of the other two sticks on the ground just as you did to the first stick.  Do it again to the third stick and keep on repeating it but just make the stick smaller to look like a triangle.  

Now that you are done, your Manu Taratahi should look like this.

 

 

 

Week 7: Showcasing student blog posts

Blog post by Jasmine

Today we are learning how to use dialogue. In dialogue we use speech marks. Speech marks are used to show that someone is talking. Basically how to use speech marks is pretty simple. All you do is, write down 66 and 99 at the beginning and end of your sentences, but always remember after your 66, comes a capital letter, and before a 99 comes a full stop or a question mark. It's good to test yourself to see how much of it you know, so, my teacher set a quiz about quotation marks, and my results were:

Week 6 - Geometry continues...

Blog post by Fredrick:

3D Shapes

This whole term we are learning about geometry Yesterday my whole class made some 3D shapes using nets.I created a tetrahedron. A tetrahedron is a pyramid with a triangular base.I found it fun to create. My shape has 4 faces 6 edges and 4 corners.

Term 2 - Week 4 - Geometry

For the past four weeks we have been busy with Geometry. This is the area of Mathematics that focuses on shape, size and the position of figures.
This branch of Mathematics is rich with new vocabulary. Have a chat with your tamariki-you might be pleasantly surprised with their expanding vocabulary and their rapidly increasing knowledge of Geometry!

Term 2 - Week 2

After much thought and some great persuasive discussions, we have finally decided on a song to use for our skipping routine. Please encourage your child to practice at home. each student should be able to skip non-stop for three minutes! (This is actually a lot harder than it sounds- I'm speaking from experience lol!) This is the song we've decided on:

Lice are not Nice. A 2016 Manaiakalani Film Festival Entry.