Prize-giving 2014

Congratulations to everyone on their achievements this year!   Year 5 Academic Excellence: Athens
Year 4-6 Principal's Trophy: Meana
Year 4-6 Most Helpful Student: Suliasi
Year 4-6 Sports Award (1): Sione
Room 10 Best All Round Student: Athens
Room 10 Most Improved Student: Jack Daniel
Room 10 Best Work Presentation: Athens

Five things

Today was our final day in 2014 for Chromebook training
with Mrs Grant.  Here are some examples of what we're
able to create.

A festival of film

Such excitement attending our first ever Manaiakalani Film Festival at Sylvia Park this morning!  Sitting in our luxurious "Extreme" seats, we watched films about the last apple, learning at school, a lonely dragon, battling penguins and GoPro sporting action.  Check out all of the movies at: https://sites.google.com/a/ptengland.school.nz/film-festival-2011/view-films/2014.

Our Pasifika Images

Check out our slideshow of Pixlr images about Pasifika culture.  We have learnt about the different drawing tools in Pixlr and how to save and share our images.

Digital Art

Today we were learning how to create some digital art using Pixlr on the Chromebooks.

Talking the talk!

Some pictures sharing the achievements of all the speakers at yesterday's speech finals.  You can all be very proud of yourselves!

Azonto, Azonto

Skipping, stepping, slapping, clapping ... we danced our way very quickly around the Commonwealth showing our moves and skills to family and whanau visitors this afternoon. If you'd like to see the video, please come and watch in our classroom ... Now watch me do my Azonto, Azonto, Azonto ...

Cross-country 2014

Thank you, Nelly, for creating our audio.

Everything is awesome!

Yesterday we hosted senior syndicate assembly, sharing some of the things we have learnt and created that relate to the XX Commonwealth Games.  As well as sharing our medal artwork and mascot designs, we all performed a mime of some of the Commonwealth sports ... lawn bowls, boxing, rugby, badminton, swimming, cycling, running ...  We all looked like champions and everything was awesome!  Thank you, Isabell, for taking our photographs.

Mates Way!

Thank you, Mr Calver, for spending time talking with some Room 10 students about friendship and role models.  They really enjoyed their sessions with you and are proud of their certificates. 

Our eventful week!

How many players on a netball court?

While the rest of the world is glued to the soccer world cup, we are learning to glue our feet to the ground ... while we pass the netball without stepping.  Chest pass, bounce pass, overhead pass, shoot!  There are 14 players on a netball court all together as there are two teams with seven players each!

The Wheel Deal

Singing along

Everyone tuned in and sang along in tip-top voices at midday on Friday 30th May.  Along with the rest of Ruapotaka and other schools around New Zealand, we brought music into our classroom as part of MENZA's Hook, Line and Sing-A-Long.  Amazing job, Room 10!

It's the Final Countdown ... Touchdown!

Today we hosted our syndicate assembly, performing a play which took us on an intergalactic journey to Planet Glix.  5, 4, 3, 2, 1, touchdown!  The aliens, Blurf and Flurb, outwitted the adventurous astronauts who soon wanted to return to Planet Earth.

Take a shot!

We have been travelling to St Kents for sport with some of their Year 12 students.  Our soccer skills are looking impressive after we worked so hard at them on Friday.