My incredible time at Eastern Beach By Deziree

On Monday 27th February the whole school went to Eastern Beach. I was in the first bus by Isabella and we were talking.  We got there and was  told to sit on the grass, but the grass was wet. Mr Johnston was talking about the safety drills. We were eating and waiting for the other three buses. The buses arrived at Eastern Beach and we had to stop eating. Then it was Room 1’s turn to swim with life jackets. They got out and had morning tea. Room 2 had a swim with the life jackets. Room 1 wasn’t allowed to swim with no life jackets. After Room 2, Room 4 swam with life jackets. Savannah brought a Bop it toy. We played with it. Myself, Savannah, Kyra, Yvette and Creedence were playing Bop it. It was Room 7’s time to swim with the life jackets. We had to swim after Room 7 because we allowed to give Room 6 a longer turn. It  was a fabulous  time. We got to swim, it was fun and exciting. We had to have a swim with the life jackets. We got to have a quick snack then we had another swim. My friend Jharda’e was chasing me to Mrs Bruce. She won because she was cheating. We were pulling each others arm. She was in front of me but I called it a tie.  The seaweed looked like sticks but it wasn’t. It was dried out on the beach side. Me and Jharda’e were giggling because she got the water in her mouth. After our turn Room 6 had to swim. We were having a great time swimming. We had to hop out and have lunch. I had  corn chips, cookies, nuggets and water . We were allowed another swim after our lunch . I like swimming. We only were allowed to have 30 minutes left to swim. We had to leave Eastern Beach at 2:15pm. I  fell asleep on the bus. When we arrived back at school we were allowed a quick drink before we went home!!!!

Nicola's Mihi

Ko Nicola taku ingoa

Ko Douglas toku ingoa whanau

E takoua oku toa

Ko Robert toku matua

Ko Joanna toku whaea

Ko Philip toku koro

Ko Mary toku kuia

Ko Maungrei te maunga

Ko Tamaki te awa

Ko Panmure bridge school toku kura

Ko Miss Paton toku kaiako

Ko Mr Johnston te Tumuaki

No Aoeterora ahoa

Kei Panmure toku kainga noho

He Kakareke/Green oku whatu

He Ma/Blond toku makawe

Ko Katareana toku hoa

My Reflection on my Tapa By Kifi

Reflecting on my Tapa Cloth

1. Are you pleased with your Tapa Cloth? why / why not?
Yes I am pleased with my Tapa because It is from my country and it is easy to draw.

2. What did you find easy when you were creating your Tapa?
Every thing was easy but ruling lines was the hardest.

3. What did you find tricky when you were creating your Tapa?
Ruling lines for the grid at the start was tricky.

4. If you made another Tapa, what would you change and why?
I wouldn’t change any thing because I like it and it was easy.


5. Who / What has helped you in creating your Tapa?
Tevita, Teagan, Jacob and Addnan

6. Did you use any of your own cultural patterns in your own Tapa? Which ones? What do they mean? If you didn’t use your cultural patterns, what did patterns did you use? Where did they come from?

My Tapa designs were fromTonga. The Tongan patterns were in my border



7. What geometric elements does your Tapa Cloth show? Reflection, Rotation, Translation.
My Tapa shows Reflection and Rotation.

Birthdays In Room 5 By Angel

In Room 5 September is the month that has the most birthdays celebrated. The least birthdays celebrated in Room 5 is November. The months celebrated by the same number of people are: January,February,March,May,June,July and December.

Taryn's Terrific Tapa Reflection

Reflecting on my Tapa Cloth

1. Are you pleased with your Tapa Cloth? why / why not?

Yes I am very happy with my Tapa because I like the way the patterns are arranged. and I also like it because I put a lot of hard work and time into the Tapa.

2. What did you find easy when you were creating your Tapa?

I found that drawing the grid was quite easy.

3. What did you find tricky when you were creating your Tapa?

I found that drawing my Koru pattern was quite hard to draw

4. If you made another Tapa, what would you change and why?

I would change the big pattern in the middle because it is kind hard to draw.

5. Who / What has helped you in creating your Tapa?

The teacher helped me with some of the parts but I did the rest.

6. Did you use any of your own cultural patterns in your own Tapa? Which ones? What do they mean? If you didn’t use your cultural patterns, what did patterns did you use? Where did they come from?I used a Koru pattern for the middle. The Koru pattern didn’t come from anywhere I just thought it looked nice in the photo so that’s why I chose the koru pattern.

7. What geometric elements does your Tapa Cloth show? Reflection, Rotation, Translation. A little bit of reflection and that’s about it.

This is my Tapa reflection I have been working very hard on it so please enjoy!

Birthdays In Room 5 By Oh S'mar

September is the most celebrated month in room 5. November and December are the least celebrated months in room 5

Isabella's Mihi

This is my Mihi.

Ko Isabella taku ingoa

Ko Namoa toku ingoa whanau

Tekau oku tau

Ko Daniel toku matua

Ko Teresa toku whaea

Ko David toku koro

Ko Faasegia toku kuia

Ko Maungarei te Maunga

Ko Tamaki te awa

Ko Panmure Bridge toku kura

Ko Miss Paton toku kaiako

Ko Mr Johnston te Tumuaki

No Tonga ahau

Kei Mangere toku kainga noho

He parauri oku whatu

He parauri toku makawe

Ko Rose toku hoa.