Sebastian's Mihi in Maori

This is Sebastian's Mihi in Maori. Listen as this is Sebastian's first post for the year.

Iron's Mihi in Maori.

This is Iron's Mihi in Maori. Listen as this is Iron's first post for the year.

Jennifer's Mihi in Maori

This is Jennifer's Mihi in Maori. Listen as this is Jennifer's first post for the year.

Layquitah's Mihi in Maori

This is Layquitah's Mihi in Maori. Listen as this is Layquitah's first post for the year.

Our Mihi

This term as part of our topic we are learning to say our Mihi in Maori. A Mihi is a formal speech which involves individuals standing to introduce themselves. Here is our Mihi in both Maori and English.

Ko Mt Wellington te maunga.

Mt Wellington is my mountain

Ko Tamaki te awa.

Tamaki is my river

Ko Pt England toku kura.

Pt England is my school

Ko ________________ toku matua

My father is ______________________

Ko ________________ toku whaea

My mother is ______________________

No ________________ ahau

I am from _________________________

E ________________ oku tau

I am ______________________ years old

Ko ________________ taku ingao

My name is ____________________

Room 9's Kindness Movie

Our whole school value for this year is 'Kindness'. The clever students of Room 9 have created a short movie illustrating kindness and also you will see some of our very first animations. Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think of them.

Introducing Room 9

Here is a short movie introducing the children in Room 9 2010.

WELCOME BACK ROOM 9 - 2010

Greetings from the wonderful and fantastic children from Room 9.

We are the new rising year 3 stars and we can't wait to share our learning

experiences with you this year.

This term we are learning 'The Pt England Way' through what we say, think and do and our focus question for this term is 'How can we strive to succeed?'

We look forward to commenting on other blogs and reading your comments and feedback.

Yummy Cupcakes

We are very lucky in Room 9 because we have been busy decorating a favourite party snack of ours - 'Yummy Cupcakes'. Another one of our super mums came in to show us how. Check out our delicious experience.

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Come and listen to Gianna's recount of our yummy cupcake experience.

Food Glorious Food

This term we are learning about Celebrations around the world. Our topic is called Food, Glorious, Food and our focus question is, "What foods can we celebrate with?"

Last week one of our awesome parents (from India) came into Room 9 to demonstate how to make Barfi-a delicous milk sweet. We had alot of fun watching her cook.

Have a look at our movie about our yummy food experiences. They're fantastic!

The Tortoise and the Hare

This week in writing we have been learning to add direct speech into our narratives. We have focussed on the famous fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. Come and listen to Laita and Jorja's narrative.

The Art in Storytelling

This term our topic is called 'The Art in Storytelling'. In Room 9 we are learning to animate our favourite nursury rhyme. Here is a preview of some of our finished movies. Check it out they're awesome. Please don't forget to leave us a comment.

Row row row your boat by Rauf

Reports about our own dinosaurs

Come and see our reports about our made up dinosaurs.

They're fantastic!

It's Dino-Might!

In term two Room 9 have been working very hard to create animations about our favourite dinosaur. Come and check it out.

All about Grace in Room 9

In Room 9 we have been working very hard at drawing detailed pictures on Kidpix Deluxe. Check out Grace's awesome movie.