Flax Weaving with Nany Rae

Today we had a special guest visit us and share her knowledge and skills on flax weaving.  

Sienna's Mum and Nany Rae helped us cut the flax correctly and then we weaved the flax into stunning flowers.  We will be writing some instructions on making flax flowers so watch out for these on our blogs.

Have Your Say on Election Day

For the past couple of weeks we have been learning at the importance of "Having You Say" and voting when it comes to Election Day.

We have been focusing on the importance of being involved in decision making and discussed different decisions that some of our room 19 children have been involved in eg. which intermediate they go to, whether they continue to do certain after school activities etc.

We talked about the important of having a voice and about rights and responsibilities (rules and laws).  We had some awesome discussions about who decides when we go to school, leave school, when we can vote, when we can drive or even when we can get married (that was fun ....)

Today it was our turn to vote and we used the Pakuranga Electorate voting forms.  It was fun using the orange pens choosing a party and candidate to vote for.  We even had our own voting box ...

Now we will be super prepared and ready to vote when we are old enough.

Parachute Madness with Youthtown

We focused on 4 different values this morning with Youthtown - can you remember what they were ... Hint - generosity, mastering, ....

We used different parachute activities to practise and demonstrate these values.  Can you see where we might have shown these values?

Warriors were in town ...

These guys Keanu Laumatia-Paki & Ata Hingano from the Warriors came and visited our whole school this afternoon. They had some really cool messages to get across to all the kids at Elm Park.

1. The importance of getting lots of sleep
2. Keep hydrated and drinking lots of water to keep our brains healthy
3. The feeling of belonging eg. sports teams, swimming groups, dancing groups, Elm Park, your family.

It was really really really noisy but we learnt lots and some of us received prizes ... Go the Warriors !!!!!

A visit from the Warriors would  not be complete without some physical exercise ... 

Go Kaea .... awesome reading !!!!

All lined up for signatures !!!!

Hot Dogs & Coleslaw

Our edible garden has been producing some amazing vegetables.  We recently harvested two cabbages and Sienna, Reuben, Ella and Nicolaas made tasty coleslaw for our class (recipe to follow in our Room 19 Cook Book - watch this space).

What better way to eat coleslaw than with a juicy hot dog with lashings of tomato sauce and mustard.  Congratulations to those children that "had a go" and ate coleslaw for the first time - Resilience !!!!