Room 6

Mike Dawson represented NZ at the Rio & Beijing Olympic games.  He came to talk to the middle and senior school this morning about resilience, excellence and his sport - slalom canoeing.  We were lucky enough to be the one class that got a photo with him. 

On Friday Kris from the Taranaki Kiwi Trust visited us.  She had lots of stories to share about how kiwi are being released up the Maunga and how our predator trapping means these kiwi have a much better chance at life. Kris from Taranaki Kiwi Trust speaking to Room 6 & Tawa It always makes me have new appreciation of kiwi when I see the size of their eggs compared to them! Spotting the size difference between a Kiwi egg & a Chicken egg

Alongside our Te Reo Maori learning each week we are learning some of the basics of sign language.  We are lucky enough to have our own resident 'expert' Arla.  She is helping us learn some of our third language of New Zealand.  Thanks Arla! Term 1, Week 5 we learnt to ask someone how they are. We are having trouble uploading video to our blog although we video Arla every week doing our sign language lessons!  See if you can teach yourself how to sign your name.

We had some special visitors in Room 6 this afternoon.  Baby Quails!  The Barrett family hatched them in an incubator.  Some fascinating facts about quails: Their scientific name is  Coturnix ypsilophora australis Fully grown they only weigh about 100gm and are about 18cm tall It is difficult to find out whether they are male or female and this is mostly determined by their behaviour as they develop They eat mainly grass, wee, shrub seeds, some flowers and insects Room 6 thinks they are also pretty cute!

Wow!  What an amazing day we had at Pukeiti.  Room 6 were the first ever school group to embark on a new track that Pukeiti are building through an old tram line.  This track will eventually link up to the top of Surrey Hill Road, include a Dr. Seuss themed overnight hut and incorporate mountain bike tracks.  Just awesome! We had an epic 4 hours in the bush, crossing swing bridges, peering into paint holes, seeing abandoned tram rails and crossing stream beds.  These are just a few of our photo's.

Room 6 is made up of 28 learners - 27 enthusiastic, passionate learners and their teacher.  We are just one classroom of 4 in our Year 4/5/6 team.  We are really excited about our year ahead.  We are looking forward to developing and practising the traits of manaakitanga (inclusiveness), manawaroa (resilience), maia (confidence) and auaha (innovation) as we continue on our learning journey together.  We look forward to sharing our learning with you.