Pasifika Night Celebrations

Pasifika Night Celebrations

The night we have all been waiting came and was a great success.  The students from Rimu Class, Gilberthorpe School performed to a high standard and looked amazing.  This was by far the most beautiful performance we have done.  Live did an amazing job with the vision and brought together a piece that we can all be proud of.  

Getting ready at school with a quick photo with some bombers thrown in.

Part of our opening sequence when our lanterns could shine.

One of our formations.

Part of our sasa formation.

The following day was Kids Can Mufti Day so we came to school in our PJs.  This was a nice way to relax after the night before's excitement.

Mr Wilkinson thought we deserved a treat so we ordered pizza for lunch.  Miss Waho's pizza ordering skills need work.

Stay tuned to see more photos and videos from when we perform in our opening ceremony for our Olympics Day.

Food for Thought

Food for Thought

This week in the Senior Hub, we have Chloe from the Heart Foundation in to support our learning with nutrition and how we can keep ourselves healthy.  

Today we looked at drinks and how much sugar they contained.  We were shocked to find that e2 has twenty teaspoons of sugar. We also learned that children should not be having more than five teaspoons of added sugar a day.
Check out our individual blogs and see some of the specific learning we have had.

Chloe is showing us how much sugar these drinks contain.

We are learning about which foods to eat most of the time, sometimes and not often.  It is important for us to make the right decisions about what we eat and drink for ourselves and not be influenced by advertising.

Olympic Study

Olympic Study

We have all enjoyed the recent Rio Olympics and have been working on an Inquiry in the Senior Hub about this.  This term we have used a matrix which includes the Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and Bloom's Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels.  We are looking forward to sharing our learning.

Children can choose activities from each area so they are learning in ways that they enjoy.

Students use information from our class display to check their learning.

Pre Performance Thoughts

Pre Performance Thoughts

It is the day before our big night.  Tomorrow night will have Rimu Class on stage in front of a huge crowd of whānau and friends from the Hornby community to perform our Pasifika item.  

Live has been working hard to create our costumes and lanterns.  We have one more rehearsal today and then tomorrow we will no doubt have some pre show jitters.  For me, this is the highlight of the term and I can't wait to see how the children show what they have learned.  

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Check out our blog on Friday to see photos and hopefully a video.

Pasifika Performance Preparation

Pasifika Performance 

We have been very fortunate to have Live come in to Rimu Class over the last couple of weeks to help us in our preparation for our performance at our Hornby Cluster Pasifika Fiafia night.  

We are excited about how much we have learned and can't wait to perform.

We are learning our first sasa.  We will add more when we perform.

Olympic Torch

An Olympic Torch

Today we were very lucky to have one of the official Olympic torches in Rimu Class.  Jorja's dad was selected to run and carry torch in a rare opportunity to run with and carry the torch.  He ran with the New Zealand Olympians in the 2000 Olympics.  It was lit from the Olympic flame which is kept burning all the time.

Check it out:

Magic from Mona Williams

Magic from Mona Williams

Today we had a special performance from storyteller Mona Williams.  This was her second time visiting Gilberthorpe School and once again she was able to captivate us with her story telling.

The House that Jack Built- This was an interactive rhyme where we all did actions as we recited about a rat that ate malt, the cat that killed the rat and a range of other characters who hung out at Jack's house.

Thanks to the genius of our history-Mona asked all of our Māori students to come to the front as she acknowledged our history and heritage of genius and she did a special prayer. 

Johnny Appleseed-This was a story about an ordinary person, who did an extraordinary thing.  He was a poor man and had no house or food.  He collected apple seeds from the apple cider factory and planted these.  After he died, his friends had a big sack of seeds but Johnny did not return as he has passed away.  His story lives on because apple trees grew and continue to grow.

The Delaware-Huria Matenga
This story was about a ship that came into trouble while at sea.  Waves crashed and the boat was getting destroyed.  Huria Matenga swam to the boat and helped the people on it make their way to safety.  Only one person died and this was known as an amazing rescue because she was not a competitive swimmer.

Ordinary people who do extraordinary things.

We danced...

Mona and the Junior Hub

And another selfie...Mona, Miss Corry and Miss Waho.