Samoan Sasa

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Our Samoan Sasa is finally finished!!

The actions we decided to use describe us as a class and the culture we have in our room.

A big thank you to Mrs Coombes who helped and guided Mr Baylis with this.

Enjoy : )

Wales

The next country on our trip around the rugby world cup is wales.

There are some similarities between New Zealand and Wales.
What do you think they are? Post your ideas below.

Samoan Siapo

YAY it's finally finished!! Here's a picture of our completed class siapo and a description of how we made it and what it means.

First we got an A4 piece of paper.
Then we chose our design and copied it in pencil. I chose the fishing net because i like going fishing.    
Next we coloured in the black bits with pencil.
When we had finished that we got black paint and went over the pencil lines with the black paint.
Next Mr. Baylis got some hot water and put some normal tea bags in the water.
Then we got the tea bags and dabbed it on the paper until the paper was all covered with tea.
Then we let them dry and taped them all together. 
 When we had finished we had a big siapo.

Round the World in 80 days

The book Mr Baylis has been waiting for has finally arrived!!
Room 1 are joining Phineas Fogg and Jean Passepartout on their trip roun the world in 80 days.

This has got us thinking, if you were to travel around the world in 80 days what route would you travel?


Use the map as a guide and comment below : )

Current Events - Pay It Forward

Today for Current Events we read and discussed the following article (If you click on the picture it will take you there):

We then discussed the concept of 'Paying It Forward', whether we should be doing it and examples of when we have done it. 

Here is our class definition of 'Pay It Forward': Doing a simple act of kindness because you can, and not expect anything in return.

Here are some of our thoughts and examples:

I think pay it forward is good because when you help people you fell good inside.

When my sister was hurt I took out the bins for her.By Nicholas.

I think pay it forward is good because it's good to help people.When my little brother jumped off my bed and hit his head on the other bed I did his jobs.By Todd.

I think pay it forward is good because others will respect you for it and may return the favour.

When my mum was sore and not feeling well I made her breakfast because it looked liked she needed help. By Tessa

I think it is bad because you might have a little bit of petrol then you give somebody most of your petrol

and you might not have any petrol for you so you will be stuck and there are no petrol places around you.

When my friend James has no food I give him some of my food and I call them presents.

by TANAE

I think pay it forward is good because you are being nice to someone and they might give you back the favour.I gave my sister $2 to buy some noodles.By Caitlyn

The challenge has now been set to Room 1 to Pay It Forward every day for a week, and next Thursday we'll discuss how we got on. If you have any Pay It Forward moments, please share them with us as we'd love to hear them.

Winter Tournament

I would like to say a big well done to everyone involved in the winter tournament.

As I am a little biased : ) I would also like to say congratulations to the Rugby Team for winning their tournament.

Samoa

A Siapo is like a Samoan quilt but not really a quilt. It has a whole bunch of pictures together that show what happens in the village.

They cut bark off a tree and soak it, then they cut the rough stuff off, then they soak it again then they soak it again and dry it. Then they make dye for the earth and leaves and bark and stuff and use it to paint the pictures.
By James, Jacqui, and Shawna.


We are creating our own siapo. Here are the symbols we chose from:

Here are some photos of how we are doing, we will hopefully have a completed Siapo really soon!!

Samoa

As mentioned in the last post we are currently studying Samoa on our trip around the world cup.

We have one more week learning and comparing Samoa to New Zealand, before we next head to South Africa.

The other countries we are visiting as part of our unit are, Japan and Wales.

If you have any stories/experiences/information you would like to share please either comment on our blog, or email us: turuturuschool.room1@gmail.com.

Culture

We started our unit by analysing our own culture and aspects of New Zealand culture.

We've now travelled onto our first world cup country Samoa. We have been researching the national anthem, land, languages among other things. Next week we will be comparing these to our own culture.

We have also been learning and practising a samoan sasa, and have just started a samoan siapo for the class. When these are finished we will share them with you on here : )

Snow

Wow there has been some crazy weather this week!!

We managed to get it at Turuturu School as well, and here's Room 1's contribution to the many stories about the once in a lifetime weather event.

The soundtrack is courtesy of Serena, Tanae, Aaria, Akif, Jacqui, and Nathan who are reciting their poems they wrote about it.

Blog Challenge

On Monday a blog challenge was set to the class. Everyone was encouraged to continue looking at our own blog and the blogs we follow and leave a comment.

I would like to say a big Thank You to those students who are effectively doing this and making our class and other blogs more and more interactive. Keep it up!!!

Parents/Adults/Visitors to our blog also feel free to leave us a comment and some feedback.

Mr Baylis

Current Events - Getting Stuck

Today we discussed the little boy who got himself stuck in a vending machine. This created great discussion about unusual places we have been stuck. Here are some of our own experiences:

When I was little i thought I could get my head under a bar that was about 10 cm tall I got my body under but not my head my head was stuck i waved to my mum and she got someone to get me out by bending the bar. Paige.

when I was about 8 I was in the mall my lace of my sneaker and it got stuck in the escalator so we had to snip it of.by Nicholas

When i was 9 years old i got stuck in the bathroom after i had a shower because i forgot that you can't unlock it from the inside or outside. Emily D

When I was 5 and my brother was 8 we were playing hide and go seek and I went to hide in the closet and my brother came looking for me and he went out of the room.I went to open the door to hide somewhere else but I couldn't because it was locked and there was no handle on the inside of where I was. I finally got out because I wasa screaming as loud as I could!! Serena.

When i was 4 i was in a dairy with my mum. i tried to get an ice-blok and i fell in so my mum had to get me out.by Marshall


At my old house I locked me and my sister in the wardrobe.There was no handle inside the wardrobe so me and my sister were screaming for help.One hour later mum came home heard us screaming for help 30 minutes later mum helped us out and asked why did we go in the wardrobe in the first place? After that she gave us something to eat after 1 hour and 30 minutes in the wardrobe.Written by Shawna

At my old house in New Plymouth my sister Jana my brother Leroy and I were playing hide and seek and I went in to the washing room and I hopped into the washing machine and I got stuck because I shut the door and I got locked in and I was in there for 15 minutes and then my brother let me out. By Tanae

When I was at Rotorua me and my family went lodging on some carts. When I got to the end of the track I had to go up a ski lift tip of thing. I got on it but when it got half way it broked down and I had to wait 20 minutes for it to go again. By Nathan

When I was chasing my cat it ran outside so I stuck my head through the cat door so I could see where he went. When I stuck my head through the cat door the cat scratched my face when I was pulling my head out I couldn't my head was stuck so i had to wait 1 and a half  hours untill my mum got home. By MAX

When i was eight me my family went on a holiday to Australia so we went to the Caloundra Races.
I said I'll go up really close so they said ok. So i went up and after the race my leg was stuck in the bars.
So I waved and my mum just waved back so i asked the guy standing next to me he came and moved the bars.So i said thanks and i ran back to my parent to tell them. By Tessa

When i was six i got suck in my rabbit hutch because my brother lock me in .I was suck in there for an hour and then my Mum came to feed my rabbit  and then she let me out .By Mason

  When I was eight I had to under my friends house to help them connect their tv. I went down with my friend and their was a small hole. I tried to get through it. It took me four goes before I got through so I could get through and get the wire. I grabbed the wire and tried to go back through the hole but I got my head and arms stuck. I tried to wriggle out but I couldn't moe so I asked my friend if he could try and pull me out. After a while he managed to pull me out. Phew. By Blair

When I was about 2, I was following my cat, Fred around the house when he got scared and ran in the cat carrier. Before I got in he ran out but I didn't notice until I was in the cat carrier. After that Fred was wondering where I went so he walked past the cat carrier and slammed the door shut. So after half an hour in there Mum came downstairs and was looking everywhere for me. When she finally found me I was still stuck so she got me out. By Emily R

when I was 7 I was going tolit but I didn't notice that I locked the door so I got locked  and I started screaming so mum found me and unlocked the door.
by Akif

when i was stuck i was in a lift and the power went off and i was stuck in there for 20 minutes! by Caitlyn

i got stuck in behind the clothes at the warehouse. shicaela.

I got stuck in the toilet I was three and locked myself in Naasirah.

When i got stuck was when the power went out and i was in the elervater Rayna thomas

I got stuck in the bathroom because the door was jamed by chloe
 
well i was getting potty trained and i fell in the toilet and i  locked the door before i went and my brother had to climb in the window to get me out. by Amy Toi..                                                                      

I was playing blind fold with jade and she was telling me to move up , left , down , right  and jade lead me to the closet and she had opened it before i went in and it was cold in there and she locked me in and i took my blind fold off and i ended up in the closet . By Aaria Canterbury

I was playing hide and seek with my brother and I hid in the closet and the door looked but i didnt know and I climbed up to the top shelf in the closet and my head got stuck bettwen the bar that holds the clothes and the top shelf and it was 2 hours till somone found me and got me out. By Kurtis Fenton

Inspirational New Zealanders

Our Inspirational New Zealander this week is John Britten. Click on the page tab above to see how we think he used the Key Competencies to help him achieve success.

Culture

Here in Room 1 we are currently studying differences and similarities between different cultures. We were discussing the question 'How can diverse cultures join together on shared events?' when Mr Baylis remembered one time he experienced this happening first hand. Here it is:

"I was in Canada touring with a choir and we were performing in a concert with a Canadian children's choir. We were all secondary school students and we performed a French Canadian song to show that we'd learned a little bit about their culture. This Canadian children's choir then performed and one of the last songs they sang was Tutira Mai Nga Iwi to show they'd learned a bit about our culture. After the concert we all stood in a big circle and the Canadian children helped us to pronounce the French words correctly, and we helped the Canadian children to pronounce the Maori words correctly."

Two different cultures, coming together for a similar purpose and learning and sharing aspects of their own and other cultures in the process. So it has got me thinking, has anyone reading our blog ever experienced this?? Have you had your own opportunity to participate in an event where different cultures came together for a shared purpose?? 

Please share these by using the comment link at the bottom of this post.

Mr Baylis

Maths

Check out this website for some great maths activities. These back up what we are learning in class and are a different way to help with everyone becoming a magic mathematician!!

Just click on the picture to get started.

Also it is Maths Week. There is a neat website with lots of games and activities to keep everyone occupied for a long time!! It does require you to sign up so you might need your parents to help you.

Just click on the picture below to enjoy.

Hockey Skills

We are lucky enough in the Senior Syndicate to have Dinah come to school and run some hockey sessions with the students.

Today it was Room 1's turn. We had a heap of fun learning how to control the hockey stick and ball, just check out our slide show below.

Key Competencies

This term Room 1 will be looking at Inspiring People and how the Key Competencies have helped them to achieve great success. Check out our page up the top to see who we've been studying.

The Big Event

Today we started discussing our theme topic - The Big Event. We discussed how the Rugby World Cup is bringing thousands of visitors from around the world to our country, each bringing with them their own culture.

We then discussed exactly what a culture is and here is our initial thoughts:



We then tried to define what culture is and this is what Room 1 came up with:

A group of people that follow the same rules and have similar attitudes and behaviours.

Maths Strategies

Our current maths focus is multiplication and division.

At our initial class discussion many of us were a little nervous about learning all of our times tables as we saw it to be such a huge task to do.

So we started talking about different rules and tricks we can do to make it easier for us, for example when you multiply something by 0 it always equals 0.

We then discovered that it's not that scary if we remember the tips and tricks.

Here's a sheet to help us

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We then had a go at the challenge below. Try it yourself, how many combinations can you do??

Choose 3 numbers below and show how they are related by multiplication or division

e.g. 60 x 3 = 180

Term 3

Well the first day has now come and gone. It was wonderful seeing the happy smiling faces of Room 1 again!!

Thankyou Room 1 for a great start to the term, your work habits and enthusiasm was fantastic!!

There are some slight changes with regards to homework this term, and your student should be able to explain these to you.

Onwards and Upwards

Mr Baylis