Room XV: JUNIOR BLACK STICKS!

Room XV:

JUNIOR BLACK STICKS!

 

Room XV in hockey-action!

This week Room XV has been learning how to play hockey. Our coach’s name is Lydia. She has been teaching Room XV how to play hockey for four incredible weeks.

Teavali & Meliame in a hockey face-off.

Firstly she taught us how to swipe tackle. It is not like a rugby tackle as you have to swipe the ball off the other team with your hockey stick. That is how you tackle in hockey.

Next she taught us how us how to pass. You whack the ball off to your partner to pass the ball. It was extremely exciting to learn to play a new sport.

I like playing hockey because we don’t get to play hockey very often. We've learnt some super skills and look forward to learning more.

By Felise

Room XV: Awesome!

ROOM XV - Blogging in action!

ROOM XV:

BLOGGING IN ACTION!

Tupou shows how blogs are written and created, with her marvellous, un-edited blog about ‘Art with Whaea Dagmar.’

Tupou's fantastic blog, part 1.

Tupou's fantastic blog, part 2.

 ROOM XV - INCREDIBLE!

Room XV TERM 2: CAMERA, LIGHTS, ACTION!

Room XV 

TERM 2:

CAMERA, LIGHTS, ACTION!

Whaea Barb and the camera observe awesomness.

The spotlight was on Te Manawa!

On Tuesday Room XV did our WW1 human timeline again. It was the same awesome one we did last term. All of us had to do it on the field and Tufele was the talker for our group. It was really fun for us all. Many people watched us, including Whaea Barb. We had to do it again because we were getting videoed for a cool movie.

By JoArnia

JoArnia's group performs for the camera!

Lest we forget.

ROOM XV: Incredible!

Room XV: WE REMEMBER!

Room XV:

WE REMEMBER!

DAWN SERVICE, Part 2

The Anzac spirit lives on in the youth of today!

On a lovely day Room XV made a fabulous wreath for own school Dawn Parade. Room XV had to design a wreath using poppy circles, and one that looked like a telephone box, as that was what we voted for. 

We also did many other things to help us understand Anzac day. The fun part was when we had to pretend to be in WW1 and write or draw our parents. I drew a really cool picture. It was cool after thank thanks to Tufele as he brought in some tea and we dipped our pictures into it. The tea made the picture look really old.

Harishna and our Anzac spirit.

Lastly, Room XV decided who should hold the lovely wreath. We voted for Tupou and Pilimi to represent Room XV. They were proud to represent and hold the awesome wreath in front of the school.

By Meliame

First on Friday at 9am all the class from Sylvia Park School went to the hall. We went for the dawn parade. We sang the song of New Zealand. Then Whaea Bard said welcome to many men. Then Pilimi and Tupou took the mobile to the hall.

By Mose

Room XV: AMAZING!  

ROOM XV TERM 2: Dawn Ceremony

ROOM XV 
TERM 2:

Dawn Ceremony

ANZAC spirit alive in Room XV

"Shhh... can you hear that?" That is the silence of a dawn ceremony.

In the morning at nine o’clock at Sylvia Park School  we started our dawn ceremony because of what our men did in World War One. When the sun rose up that means we have to stay silent for 5 or 10 minutes just to remember them and to say ‘thank you’ for what they have done for our country. They had stood out to make us proud just like Henry Nicholas when he got the Victoria Cross for be bravery.

Then we had some speeches from our very own students and they talked about how it was like and how it felt like when you go to war. They also talked about how our men were when they were far from their mothers, families and their sons when they had to see their loved ones come and go. But mostly it was sad because their mother didn’t get to see them again then we put our wreath down. Some said, ‘Lest we forget,’ and then we sung our national anthem we were proud of ourselves.      

By Loma.

We got some flowers for the dawn parade. Then we sang a song with Whaea Bron. I cried a little bit but it was interesting.

By Kapriyani

Room XV: Incredible

ROOM XV: INQUIRY HUMAN TIMELINE!

ROOM XV: INQUIRY HUMAN TIMELINE!

Group 3 ready for action

On Monday the whole of Te Manawa did a fantastic practice of a human timeline. We performed in front of the Te Manawa teachers and some students from Room 17, and they were wearing special dark blue shirts to show they were a special audience. Later that day we performed for the junior school.

History in Action!

I was the narrator for my group and I was also the head leader. As the group leader I had to give everyone particular parts so we could work together to show in a freeze frame. Each group was showing a key event from 
World War 1.

August 4th 1914!

As the narrator I had to tell my audience five things about our freeze frame and what our freeze frame was about. I had to tell the audience the five most important things about it.

Awesome!

When I finished talking the teachers said that I did an awesome job and that I thought that I was in the ‘Awesome Cycle’. Everyone in my group did great.

By Chloe.

Freeze Framing conflict resolution!

Today, on the 30^th of March, Te Manawa and Room XV made an awesome human timeline on the field. Group 3 did a freeze frame to show what happened on 12^th October 1917. I was in Group 3. We went to the field to practice, and then we performed for the juniors. On Tuesday we will perform for the seniors. It was fabulous and exciting.

By Meliame

ROOM XV - Incredible!

ROOM XV: Writing in Action!

ROOM XV: Writing in Action!

Josh’s WW1 Moment In Time

I see bombs exploding. It’s getting nearer and nearer to me.

I hear gun shooting, going bang, bang near me.

I see dead soldiers on the battlefield. They have guns with bullets.

I see no other food. All I can eat is hard tack. When there is no hardtack I will starve like a hungry bear.

I can't drink water.

I feel no energy left for running.

I see trench that is dark like the night.

By Josh

Josh: always learning!

ROOM XV: Choice!