Cook Islands Language Week 2016

On Monday 1st to the 5th of August we will be learning, celebrating and acknowledging the 

language of the Cook Islands.

One of our challenges is to make a Cook Island inspired 'Ei'

(flower garland headdress or head piece)

If you know how make them our Ninja's would love to hear from you

Important dates to note for our Cook Islands language week

Rowandale School Inquiry Process

Our Ninja's discussed the 

Rowandale School Inquiry Process 

we will be using to carry out our 

Learning Inquiry

United States of America - Inquiry

United States of America

We learned about the History of America before it became the United States of America

The meaning of its Flag

using these useful

videos

The United States

AMERICAN FLAG

 At present we are completing our American flags for our parade in week three.

Olympic Inquiry

The OLYMPICS

We started our inquiry learning

in our inquiry groups

looking at the history of the Olympics.

To assist our learning we used a Graphic organiser

called the K W L chart.

Under these headings our team listed everything we KNOW about the Olympics

Then we listed what we WANT to learn about he Olympics

and finally when we completed our research we will list our findings in the LEARNED column.

Rowandale WAHAROA and PRIDE values

Our learning journey this term has started with learning of 
the story and symbols representing our Rowandale Waharoa.

The name of our Rowandale Waharoa is "Kia Eke Taumata"

Our staff was taken thoroughly through its meaning and its story by Mr. Vasau before the start of term three.

We revisited the meaning of our Rowandale School Logo

We also revisited our P R I D E values

Participation - work as a team and give everything a go

Respect - look after yourself, others and our environment

Integrity - make good choices and be true to what is right

Determination - always try your best and never give up

Empathy - be understanding of other people's feelings

Symbols that represent our PRIDE values

 Participation

 Respect

Integrity

 Determination

 Empathy

Term 3 - Ninja's Overview

Welcome Back

to

Term 3

The Ninja's will be looking forward to a fun filled learning term.

Our learning journey this term will explore 

The meaning of our Rowandale Waharoa

and PRIDE values.

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TOPIC
The RIO Olympic Games

Technology Focus: Design

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The

United States of America 

as part of our Inquiry learning based around the Olympic Games

We will represent America at our Olympic parade in week three.

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In Mathematics we will learn about Geometry: Position, Orientation, 2D and 3D shapes

We will also learn how to Multiply, Divide

and revise working with Fractions

Thus learning of our multiplication tables is very important

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We will learn, celebrate and acknowledge

the Cook Islands language

and

the Tongan Language

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WRITING

Expositions and Information Reports

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READING
We are using Reciprocal Reading to help support our reading

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Long distance running - Cross country
and

Fundamental Movement Skills

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T H E  A R T S

D A N C E
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AKINA TE REO - Give TE REO MAORI a go! Day Two

Te reo Daily Phrase

KA WANI KE

You’re neat alright

or

You’re clever

What a great idea conjured up by Ninja Faith.

She came up with a creative idea to present our daily phrase with a kanikani (dance) and waiata (song).

Faith also volunteered to teach our class.

Ka wani ke Ninja Faith S
Ka wani ke Tumeke Taniwhas

Ka mau te wehi

Miss Sutton also shared with the staff how to correctly pronounce the months of the year in Te Reo

She also shared a very catchy waiata video that we can use to help us learn the months of the year

PRIDE Cup

PRIDE CUP WINNERS

Very proud of my Ninjas

Thank you Mrs Hawley Simmons

DUFFY ASSEMBLY - Government sponsored books

BOOK WEEK

& 

DUFFY ASSEMBLY

Starting last week some of our Ninjas set out on a mission to design and create 

our DUFFY book box for our DUFFY assembly.

Their brief was to create a design for our box based on a book character since it was Book week.

Ninja Faith came up with a brilliant suggestion 

"because next week is Maori language week, how about we use Maui and the sun"

Since it was her idea she was in charge of managing the creation of our box.

A lot of work and contribution from other Ninjas made light work of the task.

The end product was amazing, it was a shame we didn't win an award but we absolutely loved our Duffy box.

 
 
 

Our special guest at assembly was our local MP 

and great Rowandale School supporter

Louisa Wall

We learned a lot about Louisa as she shared her experiences and how important it is to learn how to read.

We also found out that she used to play netball for the Silver ferns and the Black ferns

The importance of reading played a big part in her sporting career as she needed to know how to read the moves they were going to perform on the field and on the court.

 

CONGRATULATIONS to ROOM 22 the Super Spartans

from the High Flyers who won the most impressive Harry Potter Character box.