ROOM 18: Te Manawa Sunsmart Sports Day!

ROOM 18:

Te Manawa Sunsmart Sports Day!

The Room 18ers set the Sunsmart tone!

Room 18 and all of the awesome Te Manawa got to have an incredible Friday afternoon as the team was rewarded with a Sunsmart day of sports and sportsmanship!

 

Te Manawa sportsmanship in action!

Students, in their most awesome hats, sunglasses and sunscreen, competed to see who had the best sportsmanship.

Sunscreen!

Students were put into interclass teams who then competed in a wide range of sports, including touch and netball. Points were awarded for wins, but more were given for awesome sportsmanship.

A wonderful game of Touch!

Students celebrated their endeavours with laughter in the knowledge that they were practising what they were learning; being Sunsmart is the Te Manawa way.

Room 18: Just Incredible

ROOM 18: Touch 2014

ROOM 18:

Touch 2014

Maranatha makes a break!

Room 18 and Katie, an Auckland Touch instructor, had a blast as they began working towards a common goal of excellence in achievement.

Ball skills in action!

The Room 18’ers learnt how to properly pass a ball, ground a touch ball, and work in a team situation.

New skills

The excellence on show, combined with the enthusiasm of the students showed learning in action, SPS style. 

Everyone gets involved!

The Room 18’ers look forward to even more awesome experiences in learning the awesomeness of the game of touch!

Room 18: New Experiences

Room 18: Sunsmart Scientists!

Room 18:

Sunsmart Scientists!

New inspiration to open new learning

Room 18’ers are beginning their learning quest to become ‘Sunsmart Scientists’ by tackling the science head on.

Working together - learning together.

The young scientists are beginning their learning journey by looking into what the sun is and how it affects them and the people around them.

This quest will lead them back to ‘hauora’- last visited in 2013 – and onto even more amazing horizons.

Room 18: New Worlds of Learning!

Room 18: Musical Encore!

Room 18:

Musical Encore!

                  
                          Room 18: Going to Samoa from Media @ Sylvia Park on Vimeo.

Room 18’s legendary performance of ‘Samoan Skies’ finally hits the internet in this blog entry after many months of fevered anticipation.

Enjoy Room 18’s performance with Mrs and Mr Robinson; a true highlight of SPS 2014.

Room 18: Always Incredible

ROOM 18: Term 4 Sunrise!

ROOM 18:

Term 4 Sunrise!

Term 4 begins with a sunny blast as SPS looks to inquire into the world of science, and look especially at the sun and how it affects everyone and everything.

 

Room 18's new Term 4 Inquiry focus!

Room 18'ers will learn how all students can become 'sunsmart scientists' through asking questions and by investigating.

Bring on summer and bring on the questions as Room 18 continues to make its mark!

Room 18: Mark Makers!

ROOM 18: Dance Trip

ROOM 18:

Dance Trip

On the bus!

After an awesome term learning about dance, the mega-students of Te Manawa had a magnificent final day of Term 3; travelling to Western Springs and seeing their dance mentors one more time for a show of awesome dancing.
The bus trip was also a highlight as the students sang songs, haka and rejoiced in the new learning experience.

The exciting bus trip was amazing!

Sefa and the Pacific Dance group, who had visited SPS several times to teach sasa, presented a show for our students to marvel at, and be inspired by. 
Sefa presented 'Fresh Moves New Zealand,' a modern hip-hop dancing group that illuminated a fantastic morning.

Students await the awesome dance!

The Dance Excites!

The students appreciated the dance that they had seen and this only served to further their interest in dance!
Thank you Sefa, Pacific Dance and Fresh Moves NZ!

Room 18: Always Learning

ROOM 18: Golf Continues!

ROOM 18:

Golf Continues!

Leki practices his short game.

First Tee returned with their awesome instruction to once again inspire and motivate Room 18 and SPS with new experiences.

Geshvin aims.

Golf continues to excite and entertain Room 18, and so to do the skillset games which the students played.

Arysn aims to win.

Kunal and Norry learn new tricks.

Also, each week students learn a new, important and positive word and concept are introduced to the students during their golf practice. Integrity and honesty are just two of the words that the students have become more familiar with due to their introduction to golf.

Room 18: New Experiences

Room 18: Published & Proud!

Room 18:

Published & Proud!

Rafters of learning!

Ryan looks up to see achievement in action.

Room 18’ers learn in a text-rich environment as they are surrounded by their own work; their published writing covers even the class rafters.

Room 18’s environment displays the awesome effort and achievement of the students as they move forward in their learning.

Ayla looks up for inspiration

Students see their previously published work and take their next piece of work to the next level!

Room 18: Success in Learning!