Winning Santa Portrait - By Ella and Grace

 

 Pacific Island

We have been learning about the Pacific Island, and we love it. 

We have been learning about Fiji, Vanuatu, Cook Islands and Samoa. 

Some people were showing us stuff from Samoa and Pacific Island.

It is sad, because some people on the island are poor and don’t have much money or clothes.

 The school’s are really strict.

In Samoa they do the Sasa dance, which is a  dance made from daily movement.

By Arabella and of course your favorite Olivia

Christmas

 Christmas

Christmas is a happy day when you get presents 

From Santa. If you are good you might get some presents and if you are naughty you might not get some presents. Don’t forget to leave some milk and cookies and carrots for his reindeers!

This week I learnt about Christmas, Samoan art and how to link on words. 

By Max   

Our winning natural Christmas Tree for Today's Task Master Challenge Tree Change

Our rules: The tree had to be free standing, only made with found natural materials outside that were collected without harming anything alive.

These lads used a nest as the star, Cabbage Tree Fronds as the tree and newspaper garlands to decorate.

 

 Swimming At The Aquatic Center!

For the last two weeks we have been swimming at the Aquatic Centre every day.

In the morning we leave at 11:10am.

When we got to the Aquatic Centre Room 4 and Room 5 got changed,  Room 4 went to their lessons, and Room 5 went to have free play at the wave pool.  

We have learnt about freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and especially survival skills.               

Our last day was Fun Friday!

After we have finished our swimming lessons,

(which are half an hour) we get a play swim for half an hour and after that we get out of the pool    to go home.

By Chico and Gabriel

  Going To Athletics!!!!😊😂😱   

We went to athletics on Tuesday the 2nd of November. It was such a fun day for everyone. Gabriel got 2nd for the 9 year old boys, Ruby got 2nd for the 9 year old girls and Beau came 1st for the 8 year old boys!! 

It was very hot on the day so we had juices and food. The activities were high jump, long jump, splints, relays, long distance 600m, soft ball throw, accuracy throw. Everyone tried there best and gave it a shot!

By Joe

 RIVER CARDS

For the past two weeks the whole of Ngatimoti School has been exercising a program called R . I . V . E . R cards. The river cards are made up of two parts. One gets put in the Takahe, with the name, class, and house. Then, at the Monday Morning Meeting, Mrs Roberts draws them out, and the lucky winner will either get a juicy, cake, free time, or extra house points.

Then the rest of the cards will get counted up, and whichever house has the highest score will get 10 extra points, then second gets 7, and third gets 5. The last house only gets three : ( .

By Sayla and Ruby M

Swimming Photos

 

 Blog Update

Last week the whole school did two dances each for the adults with Omar & Mark, after two weeks of practise.

ROOm 4 did a showdance to This Is Me and a salsa, others did hiphop and their second dances were Lindy Hop, a Samba etc 

Room 4 did a spooky challenge to end the week before Halloween. Everyone teamed up in a group from 1-3 and took something that was not scary, like a pen and made it scary.

  

We started learning about Parihaka and its people and how the people of Parihaka refused to move off the road when they were invaded. They got the children to dance up to them with flowers and fresh bread, the soldiers decided not to shoot, because they were worried it would make them look bad. We started doing some art about Parihaka with Mt. Taranaki and three white feathers for peace.

By Ella

Festival 2020

 Festival 2020!

On Sunday 25 October 2020, the nineteenth Ngatimoti Festival was a huge success!!

The Ngatimoti Festival is a fair held by the Ngatimoti School students and teachers.

Each year we get around  6,000 people. Maybe if you’re keen, come down have a look at it on Labour Sunday 10am-4pm - rain or shine.

By Mila & Ruby

 Marahau/Bark Bay Camp

We had camp on the first day back of school holidays. We did mountain biking, kayaking, walking and lots more fun.

After we got to Bark Bay we saw some Kaka and we played some fun games then we had a competition on who could  make the best home for our creatures.    

Bark Bay Hut

We took a 5 hour walk to Bark Bay from Cleopatra's Pools. 

 We also played heaps of other games like Capture the Turkey.

By Kaisami