Room 18: Rainbow’s End

Room 18:

Rainbow’s End

The fun begins!

The good Samaritans of Room 18 & the entire senior school at SPS were rewarded with a fantastic end of year treat; a trip to ‘where the fun continues’- Rainbow’s End!

Gateway to NZ's magical kingdom! 

The lucky students who were chosen jumped at the chance and made the most of the fun and good times at NZ’s premier theme park.

Fine Food. Great Times.

The Invader in action

Great friends in action!

Five other schools joined SPS at Rainbow’s End where the fun never stopped.

The Crew

Rockin' On!

The rides were extreme and ready to provide hours of fun!

Mr C races a 'Scorpion kart'

The Power Surge casts a powerful shadow

Mr Timo contemplates his next move.

Bumper Boats

The fun and good times almost never ended. Just like the learning at SPS.

Always finding new areas and ways to learn: Room 18!

Room 18: Kai Hauora Part 2

Room 18: Kai Hauora 

Part 2

Junior School students play 'Leapfrog Ultra'

Room 18, continued their Kai Hauora day demonstrating their understanding of working with others, developing relationships and the importance of physical exercise.

Room 18 help the children of the junior school play Leapfrog Ultra

Mrs Maitland looks on

The students of Room 18, led by Otolose and Taina showed Rooms 1,4 and 12 the game of their own creation : Leapfrog Ultra.

 

Students grab some time in the shade

The students of Room 18 showed their willingness to learn from others as well as share their own learnings with other students.

To cap the day off the entire school watched many of the Tongan students perform a cultural dance in excellent fashion.

Tongan students perform

The students view the amazing performance

Learning in Room 18: The Next Level.

Room 18: Kai Hauora Picnic Part 1

Room 18: 
Kai Hauora Picnic

The children prepare food together

Room 18, as a apart of their inquiry into ‘Being a Better Me,’ took part in the Kai Hauora day festival.

The children used their nutrition skills to make healthy veggie sandwiches, chicken and veggie wraps, as well as fruit kebabs,

An incredible spread!

The children prepared and shared all the food, showing that 'being a better me' involves working with, and looking after others.

Whaea Dagmar and Miss Lorenzo stopped by!

Flores and Elizabeth demonstrate excellent team-spirit in helping with cleaning-up.

The students ate their food in the beautiful sunshine along with the rest of SPS.

Always finding new areas and ways to learn: Room 18!

And this was just the beginning of Kai Hauora…. To be continued!

Learning in Room 18: The Next Level.

Room 18: The Pak N Save Experience

Room 18:

The Pak N Save Experience

The students embrace the task of label reading

Elizabeth & Anahere hard at work

Room 18, as a apart of their inquiry into ‘Being a Better Me’ visited Pak N Save Sylvia Park, with the fantastic nutritionist Naomi.

Pornphan checks milk labels

The Students safely raced around the fantastic superstore to check various product labels to see what should be an ‘everyday food’ and what was a ‘sometimes treat.’

Manaia & Rahil read labels to find out which bread is for everyday consumption

Information on how to read a nutrition label

Armed with the information they had learnt from their inquiry, and from Naomi, the students sorted information which will help inform their choices in days and years to come.

Miss Amanda stops by to give extra information

Always finding new areas and ways to learn: Room 18!

Learning in Room 18: The Next Level.

Room 18: Nutrition

Room 18: 

Nutrition in Action

Room 18, as a apart of their inquiry into ‘Being a Better Me’ had a visit from a fantastic nutritionist, Naomi.

The children were spellbound

She informed the students about the food pyramid – what are sometimes foods, and what are good for everyday!

 

Naomi informed the children 

Reading labels is a necessity for all people, children included and the children were shown what to look out for.  

What to look out for on a label

The students were very grateful to Naomi and thanked her for her much needed information.

Room 18: The Next Level!

Room 18: Dawali

Room 18: Dawali

Room 18, along with the rest of Sylvia Park School embraced the hindu tradition of Dawali – ‘the festival of lights.’

SPS students in action

Mrs Naidoo helped the children plan a performance that enchanted the school.

Room 18’s own Rahil and Prashneel took to the stage and light the afternoon on fire!

Room 18's stars of the stage!

SPS: bringing culture and a world of opportunities to the children of NZ’s tomorrow!

Room 18: The Next Level!

Room 18: The Old Tree Leaves

Room 18:

The Old Tree Leaves

The Old Tree enters its final hours

Room 18 were sad to see the ‘Old Tree’ leave the SPS senior field, as it was removed to make way for a new two-storey, four-classroom construction, which is to begin shortly. The learning experiences in the new complex will be endless!

The Old Tree; all gone

New native trees will be planted to make up for deficit in flora & fauna on the field after the construction of the new block is completed.

Mr Timo and others were sad but were also looking forward to a positive learning-focused future where all options are open and the sky is the limit!

Tomorrow is another day!

As one historic SPS chapter closes, another will open!

A brighter future emerges! 

Room 18: The Next Level!

Room 18: Athletics Day 2014

Room 18:

Athletics Day
2014

Exercising for excellence

Room 18 & the entire senior school at SPS were a part of a glorious day of sport where team building, achievement and the key competencies were all on show!

Room 18 girls join the race!

The students took part in many events including the high jump and shot put.

Making the mark!

These traditional events were also supplemented by less traditional fare, such as ‘planking,’ which were included to give the students a well-rounded day of athletics.

Intensity: Waimana sets the record.

The students all experienced a myriad of sports, tested and learnt new skills, and enjoyed the day!

SPS & Room 18: The Next Level!