Sneak Preview of Our Portable Pool!

This term our school has the portable pool for the whole term. Room 28 was very excited when we noticed the Water Care people turned up to fill the pool. In between of our speech writing some children sneaked out with Mrs Singh and we watched the process of how they filled the pool up.

Also some local ducklings outside seemed to want a dip in the frosty water as it was being filled up.

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Dear Parents and Caregivers

Wish you all a very happy holiday with your children. It has been a long term and everyone is feeling it. However we know that the two week break will restore everybody’s energy for next term. Please stay safe. Don't forget Term 3 starts Monday 29 July.

Term 3 & Key Dates

Monday 29th July school starts for term 3

Parent/teacher interviews -Wednesday 28 August or Thursday 29 August (Parents/caregivers will have the opportunity to discuss with the class teacher your child’s progress in learning so far this year. Your child’s school report will be given at the interview)

Swimming lesson starts week 1

Thank to you to all the parents/caregivers who have already forwarded the payment of $10 for the term. If you have not already done this, please would you kindly forward this to me at the beginning of term 3, with the permission slip.

Mrs Singh

Duffy Assembly

Today our Duffy Role Model Mr David Shearer walked into the hall with Mrs Bell.  Mr David Shearer is the leader of Labour Party.  He presented the Duffy awards to the children who had done their best this term.  Inoke was the proud recipient from Room 28.

 

Inoke reciving his award.

 

 

The students that got an award got

 to have a photo taken with Mr Shearer

 

Last week and this week Rosebank Primary School got visited by Harold and his Life Education Trust bus.  Life Education is a health based education resource, teaching children the wonder to their bodies and what good substances are needed for healthy lifestyles.

They teach health to primary and intermediate school children each year.  They go into schools by invitation. 

Why is Life Education Important?

• It encourages students to develop life skills
• Students gain knowledge about health choices
• Students develop self esteem and a postivie understanding of themselves
• Students develop strategies for relating to others

It was really fun and interesting, we learned all about drugs and alcohol and what they do to you and what you need to look out for and things like that.
Our learning intention was to

• identify the difference between helpful and harmful drugs
• understand that drugs change the way the mind or body works
• recognise that drugs enter and travel through the body in a variety of ways.

We got to see Harold!!  It was really cool, mind you we are Y5/6 class and its weird but we get excited very time we see Harold. 

  

 

Whakanuia Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 

Maori Language Week has been developed by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori – the Māori Language Commission – in order to raise awareness about the Māori language and increase opportunities for people to learn and use it.  Arohatia te Reo is the theme for Māori Language Week, which means to cherish the language.

This Friday Rosebank Primary School students hosted a powhiri (a welcoming) with Avondale College and Avondale Intermediate at the Rosebank School hall. TeWhanau hosted the school assembly today to celebrate Maori Language Week.

Avondale College preformed an outstanding kapahaka.

 

Avondale Intermediate preforming their kapahaka.

 

Tyren Fonoti was the winner of homework/communications artwork book winner from Academy School Books. 

Some of us had the opportunity to interview Tyren and here are some the questions we asked him.

Amy:  How did you feel when you heard you had won the competition?
Tyren: I was very excited that I had won the competition as I had put a lot of time in my artwork.

Nathan: What made you colour this piece of artwork so vibrant?
Tyren:  I like bright colours and wanted the colours to really stand out. 

Alia:  Did you ever think your artwork was going to be on the cover of the Academy School Book.
Tyren:  Nope as there are so many children who are such good artist than me. 

Tresardi:  What inspired you to draw these designs?
Tyren:  I am a Samoan and I like drawing patterns.  I had Samoan, Tongan and other island cultural patterns on my art. 

Rahil:  Do you want to be an artist in the future?
Tyren:  No, I don't want to be an artist as I like to be rugby league player.  I just like drawing for fun.