Voting - why?

Kris Fa'afoi came to speak to us about the importance of voting and about the election coming up.

Cherish-Rose asked a question on behalf of our class. 

Our question was "How does voting impact our future?"

Wellington Orchestra

We were treated to a performance from Wellington Orchestra, demonstrating instruments from the percussion and brass sections of the orchestra. We enjoyed the music and recognised some of the tunes that they played. Thanks for visiting us.

Wellington Orchestra Rocks Rangikura

Maths Evening

Here is the display from our class featuring some of the learning from the Financial Literacy Programme (FLiP) from Price Waterhouse Cooper. 

All the class made up a word problem for whanau to solve. There was much fun with families trying to solve these. Calculators were brought out to check answers and to resolve family disagreements!! Great effort Room 10 to challenge each other and your whanau.

Buddy Class

Here is Room 10 joining in with Rooms 5 and 7 for some buddy time sharing about maths games. Great role models Room 10 encouraging your younger buddies to take turns and supporting their maths learning. 

Kids Can - Wacky Dress Up Day

Some of us dressed up for Kids Can. 

All the money from hotdog sales and juices went to Kids Can.

Pohutukawa Swimming Sports

Pohutukawa Swimming Sports 2017

Financial Literacy

FLiP - Financial Literacy Programme

Today we learnt more about borrowing and leading. We did some different scenarios and had to come up with how they might turn out. Were they responsible borrowers? Trustworthy = responsible borrowers. 

Who would you lend your special thing to?  Is that the same for banks?

Duffy Theatre

Duffy Theatre come to school. We learnt about looking after our environment which follows on from the message given from "Eco Hero" who came last term. Also our school goal for this term is "Respect for our environment". 

Cook Island Celebrations

Celebrating Cook Island Language week with Room 9.

Financial Literacy with PWC (Price Waterhouse Cooper)

PWC FLiP - Financial Literacy Programme

We are fortunate to have PWC (Price Waterhouse Cooper) come to our class for a financial literacy programme called FLiP. We had the first session today and learnt about MONEY. In particular, how to save money and how to reduce expenses. Also a little bit about Kiwi Saver.

Assembly

Congratulations to Dawn and Jazahra for helping their younger buddy presenting assembly. You were great role models and support for them.

Matariki Celebration

We celebrated Matariki by inviting our community to see our Kapa Haka group perform and also display some of the work that we have been doing. It was a fantastic evening with great support from the whanau of our tamariki.