Room+2+Miharo+activities

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2013
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 * Miharo (Room 2) are keen to keep a diary of pictures and videos of the activities that we have been involved in so that we can refer back to them. Also so we can compare progress with some activities such as swimming and biking on the bike track from then to now. This page will help keep a record of some of the children's goals for 2013 and progress shown Videos and pictures will also be included on the children's wiki pages. **


 * Miharo is awesome**
 * Miharo is cool**
 * We have fun**
 * at Riverslea School.**

Class Xmas Party (Dec)



 * Our Christmas party in Room 2 was the best fun. **
 * We played games and had presents and lots of yummy party food. **
 * Khani won the pass the parcel. **

Disco (Dec)



 * We had an awesome Disco with Funkman. ** **We had fun dancing with our friends.**


 * It was fun when we went to Beach Education at Waimarama. **


 * We all loved swimming in the sea and playing in the sand on the beach. **
 * we learnt about Life guards and rescuing people and how to be safe at the beach. **

Milk in Schools ( Nov)



 * Thanks to Fonterra we get free milk in schools every day.**
 * The children (and the teachers ) love it.**
 * We have a fridge to keep it in and a recycle bin where we have**
 * to fold the cartons and post them through the slot.**

Paying it Forward ( Helping each other and our whanau ) Nov



 * Paying it Forward helping Shy-lamour and Shontae make our Dream School on the ipad.**
 * (Khani) This is our Inquiry topic.**

Kapa Haka Nov



 * The Kapa haka festival at the Outreach Centre **
 * The children performed well in front of a hall full of people. **

Biathlon Nov



 * We had a Biathlon where we ran and biked. Shontae won the Junior girls and **
 * Paora the Junior Boys. **

PMP Oct



 * We have Diane come and take PMP with us. She is from Flax Rock. **


 * We have fun and learn lots of different ways to move with our bodies. **


 * We get fit too. **


 * I like doing all the exercises best. ( Etama)**

Ronald McDonald Oct



 * Ronald McDonald came to talk to us about road safety. **


 * We knew the song about Stop Look and Listen as we had learnt that in class with Mrs Bennett. **


 * Ronald McDonald was funny. He lost his sock . We had to help him find it. **


 * He made Mrs Bennett disappear and then come back again but she was really just behind the screen. **


 * She jumped out and gave us a surprise. **


 * I laughed at Ronald McDonald and Mrs Bennett. (Whiore)**

Mr Rehu's Farewell

 * Mr Rehu is off to Richmond School.We will miss his Ninja skills but wish him all the best.**
 * It was sad to say goodbye. Miharo sang a song and did a dance and showed him what Ninjas looked like.**
 * We went to his Powhiri over at the Pukemokimoki Marae near Richmond school and we**
 * also had a farewell for him at Riverslea school.**


 * At Riverslea School**




 * At Pukemokimoki Marae**

** and Tokaanu hot pools 19/9/13 **

 * Off we all went at 7am up to Wakapapa for the mountain snow trip.**
 * The kids and whanau and staff were all excited and we had a great time.**
 * I had 11 children go and 8 had not been to the snow before. They went down the mountain on**
 * sleds and a boogie board and threw snowballs.**
 * We then went to the Tokaanu hot pools where they swam for over an hour.**
 * What an awesome day.**



The Duffy Theatre 3/9/13





 * We had the Duffy Theatre visit us. Duffy lost his words and we helped him find them.**
 * It was funny and we laughed and yelled out.**
 * Soul got chosen to go up the fromt and help Duffy.**
 * Anahera got an award for great effort in Reading and Writing.**

The Magpie's Parade 3/9/13



 * I took 4 children up town to see the Magpie's parade.**
 * We talked about the Rugby and the shield and how special it was.**
 * I explained how that it was 44 years ago, when their Nannys and Koros were young, that the shield was last in Hawkes Bay.**
 * I told them that HB had it for 24 games between 1966 to 1969, for 3 years.**
 * We met some people that were waiting for the parade that told the children about the shield**
 * and how Hawkes Bay won it 8 to 0 from Waikato way back then.**
 * We also made connections with other community members eg Twyford School,**
 * the lady selling the flags that let the children hold them and the lady who gave the children free ballooons.**
 * The children were surprised by the crowds and the band with the bagpipes. ( Mrs Bennett).**

School Production 29/8/13

 * Dynamo Dukebox **




 * The tamariki were amazing. They danced and sang their way through**
 * nearly an hour of music from the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's.**
 * Even the teachers line danced to Achy Breaky Heart and were zombies to**
 * Michael Jackson's Thriller.**
 * Miharo Roll n Rolled to music from the 1980's.**
 * They did I love Rock and Roll. The lion Sleeps Tonight and Dancing in the Street.**
 * What a wonderful performance.**

Preschool visit to R2 16/8





 * The Preschool came to visit us. It was great to meet all the new younger children. We read a cool story about a Buzzy Bee **
 * and drew pictures and coloured one in of a bee. We also did some z's. **
 * Miharo are excellent at being tuakana- teina role models and look after and guide their whanau and friends well **

Disco 15/8



 * We had lots of fun at the Disco. We dressed up and had glow lights.**
 * We danced and had games and competitions.**
 * We also had a sausage and a drink.**

Dictionary Assembly 12/8

 * Senior Children **




 * Havelock North Rotary, our Duffy Book sponsers donated dictionaries to the Senior children at a special assembly.**
 * Peter Neale and the new President and ex Grandparent reader Mandy Kimber presneted them to the children.**
 * We got 10 dictionaries. Mr and Mrs Cooper and Mr Townshend also came and the school watched.**
 * We also sung the Duffy song.**

Discovery-Making Poi T2

 * Lukus and Jivahn making poi. Etama has nearly finished a poi**




 * Cheyden is tying the wool onto his poi and Shontae is nearly ready to use hers**


 * We all sang E rere taku poi when we had finished making our pois.**
 * Some children could swing their poi really well.**

Duffy Role Model Assembly
**9/8/13**


 * Friday 9/8/13 we had a Duffy Role Model Assembly.**
 * Karamu School Leaders Jovaan Mataroa ( Deputy Head girl) and Laurie Ingle (Deputy Head boy )**
 * came to talk to the children and our 3 Rotary supporters,**
 * Frank Cooper, Peter Reid and Garth Thornton, about the importance of reading at school.**
 * Jovaan showed us her canoe polo medals and Laurie his clarinet .**
 * He plays 3 instruments and Javaan plays 2 instruments.**
 * Laurie also read some of his favourite book, from when he was a child, out to the school.**
 * The children enjoyed meeting them and they liked the leaders showing them around the school.**
 * They loved the Bike Track.**
 * Connections with our neighbouring school are important.**

Learning Buddies ipad presentations
**R1 and R2 July**

Nurse Sue (July)

 * The Dental Therapist came to visit. She checked our teeth and fixed some people's teeth with fillings in the holes.**
 * She also gave us lots of stickers.**
 * She came into our room to show us how to clean our teeth and watch us do it.**
 * She read us a story about teeth too.**



Matariki July 1/7-5/7

 * We had an amazing Matariki week at Riverslea school.**
 * We started Monday with a Dawn tree planting ceremony and whanau, school breakfast.**
 * Tuesday we had a Hakinakina sports day of Maori games with Bridge Pa school.**
 * That was lots of fun. Wednesday we helped prepare for the Hangi on Thursday.**
 * Thursday we had a huge Matariki festival at the school.**
 * The children were amazing with our Kapa Haka and there was a hangi, lots of stalls**
 * and other schools and people and whanau visiting.**
 * We had Irongate, Whare Tapere, the Line Dancers, Karamu and singers and dancers.**
 * Waata was an amazing DJ with the Funkman and PK in charge of music and coordination, sound etc.**
 * The hangi was a highlight with 6-8 Dads, Koros and whanau helping out, as well as whanau such as Roberta and Karina with**
 * serving. Other whanau helped behind the scenes with all the activities, sausage sizzle for the performers etc.**
 * What an amazing successful week.**
 * Ka mau te wihi ( Mrs Bennett).**







Sk8zone 14/6

 * The children had so much fun on our fun day at Sk8zone in Napier. They had competitons and many gained**
 * confidence and gave new skills a go. It was great to watch.**

Kapa Haka 13/6/13

 * Riverslea tamariki performed at the Hastings Intermediate Kapa haka festival 13/6/13.**
 * Everyone was awesome. We were so proud of them and the crowd loved us.**
 * Miharo performed E rere taku poi and were outstanding. The other 2 classes items were also wonderful.**

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Learning Buddies R1 and R2



 * We enjoy working with our learning buddies- Tuakana-teina.**
 * Not only do they read with us but they teach us how to do learning apps on the ipads.**
 * We are learning to do Book Creator in these photo**

Harold- the Life Education trust.

 * 23/5/13- 24/5/13 **




 * We had Anne and Harold and the Life Education mobile classroom visit us.**
 * We talked about All Together and looked at us being special and how to look after our bodies.**
 * Harold was funny and we learnt songs and poems too.**

Trip to the Town Library

 * 21/5/13 **


 * We had fun at the Town Library. We enjoyed reading all the books and having them read to us.**
 * We also went in the playground before we went back to school.**
 * We can choose books to read for ourselves now. Some of us are going to become library members.**

**Karamu Puppet Show**
**15/5/13**




 * Room 2, Mrs Bennett and Miss Mc Grail visited Karamu High school's drama group. They showed us 7 shadow puppet plays that different groups had made up.**
 * They were about frogs and princesses and lost puppies. The children enjoyed the puppet plays and were given lollipops and chocolate as a thank you for being a fabulous audience.**

**Clean -Up Day**
**10/5/13**






 * The whole school took part in a Clean Up Day around the Riverslea school community, so that we could clean up the rubbish around our school and the streets. We had two youth leaders from Hastings Girls High Harriet and Sarah come and help our group ( Group 7). We got 2 big rubbish bags full from just the alleyway. We found old car parts and nappies and a pizza box.**
 * We had games and a barbecue afterwards. It was a fun day.**

Term One

 * Miharo (Room 2) have had an awesome start to the year. We have been involved in many activities and programmes over the term. **

**Prizegiving 19/4/13**

 * Lots of children got awards at our end of Term 1 Assembly.**
 * In Miharo Marni got Academic award, Shy-lamour citizenship, Mohaka Sports and Khan Improvement Award.**
 * Well done Miharo . You are awesome.**


 * Marni Academic Award.**




 * Mohaka Sports Award.**


 * Shy-lamour Citizenship Award and Khan Improvement Award.**

**Waggs and Amy 17/4/13**

 * Waggs and Amy visited our school from 92.7 FM. They were great. they questioned all the children and had Ramo act like a salesman selling ipads. They also gave out lots of prizes.**
 * All the children were on the radio the next day . Below is the video.**

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**Flax Rock 15/4/13**

 * Flax Rock was a wondeful, challenging experience for the tamariki. Shontae, Hunath and Mohaka nearly went to the top of the wall. The children all gained confidence and enjoyed the climbing experience. They felt safe with the harness on and were able to go higher than they thought that they could. No-one was scared and all tried their best and had fun. I was controlling the harness as each one in my group climbed. **




 * Look at Shontae and Paora. Cheyden has developed lots of confidence and skills too. **




 * Look how high up the climbing wall Marni and Huntah are.**

**Touch Rugby 12/4/13**

 * We had so much fun playing Touch Rugby. The children all shared the ball with each other and Leah and Tony were stars . They got a try each. Sean also got a try. **



**Preschool Visit 12/4/13**

 * The Preschool came to visit us. It was great to meet all the new younger children and Whiore who starts next term. We read a cool story about a Spider and drew pictures. Miharo are excellent at being tuakana- teina role models and look after and guide their whanau and friends well **



**Duffy Role Model Assembly 10/4/13**
**Grant Roa**


 * We had a great Duffy Assembly with our Duffy hero Grant Roa. Not only is he an actor starring in Whale Rider (where he was nominated for an Oscar) and Shortland Street, as well as Second **
 * Hand Wedding, Until Proven Innocent and Separation City, but he is a sportsman as well. He represented NZ at Thai Boxing, Zen Do Kai freestyle, Discus, Martial arts and Sumo Wrestling. Grant also spent 2 seasons playing Rugby in England. He started off his acting career in the Duffy Theatre in 2000. He has helped make documentaries and films such as Avatar and the Hobbit and also recently made a film documentary called Beautiful Machine. As well as listening to him speak the children also enjoyed him coming around the classrooms to meet them and sign their Duffy books **




 * The Duffy Assembly was cool.** **We love all our books. Grant Roa signed them and talked to us.**



**Discovery ( Making Bracelets) April 2013**

 * We made bracelets in Discovery. We were using thinking skills and making patterns.**
 * Look at our cool bracelets.**
 * Shontae, Huntah, Nathaniel and Soul were part of Group 2 in Discovery that made bracelets.**



**Writing April**

 * We are getting good at storywriting now. We like using the Interactive whiteboard method to help us learn to write words and stories.**
 * We can write stories in books and on the Writing pad app on the ipad which we also use to help us reinforce our handwriting skills.**
 * We can use dictionaries and word walls and our alphabet cards to help us spell words too.**
 * We also like using the spelling apps on the ipad to help us practise spelling words.**



**Student Teacher Miss McGrail April**

 * We are very lucky to have Miss (Sarah) McGrail as a student teacher with us in Miharo ( Room 2) for the next 7 weeks. We will have lots of fun with her and she will learn lots of new things.**
 * She already loves Riverslea. Like us she thinks Miharo is awesome.**




 * Miss McGrail teaching us Maths and helping us do activities in PMP ( Perceptual Motor Performance)**

**School's Triathlon 22/3/13**

 * We had a school triathlon Friday afternoon. The Juniors swam 4 widths, biked around the bike track twice and ran around half the bike track twice. **
 * They were stars . They all participated well. **


 * The children showing their muscles- ready to start.** **On the pool edge ready to swim.**




 * Swimming and on the bikes. A few weeks ago those 3 boys Lucian, Nathaniel and Sean were all riding bikes with trainer wheels.**




 * Mohaka and Sean running. We all finished off with sausages left over from the whanau breakfast. Yum.**

**Whanau Breakfast 22/3/13**

 * L ots of whanau and children turned up for the whanau breakfast. It was yummy. Thanks Preschool and school leaders.**
 * It was nice to talk to everyone as well as meet old faces such as Aunty Margaret, Franklin's Aunty.**
 * The food was fabulous- sausages, bacon, tomatoes, sphagetti, baked beans, scrambled eggs, toast, porridge and weetbix.**




 * Everyone enjoying whanau breakfast**. **Aunty Margaret ( Franklin's whanau) met a new entrant** **from Room 2 Nathaniel**.



**Cluster School's Swimming Sports 15/3/13**

 * Hakinakina swimming sports with Omahu, Te Whare Tapere, Mangaterere and Bridge Pa at the Frimley Aquatic Centre.**
 * It was great having 3 pools. The Senior children were in the Olympic pool and the Middle and Junior school were in the smaller pool and the little pool helped with water confidence.**
 * I was busy with 5year olds, 6 year olds, 7 year olds and 8 year olds races ranging from Flutter board to swimming and gliding. All the children got in the water and competed which was great.**
 * The children and adults loved catching up with friendly faces and connections such as Hurae and Pauline and teachers and whanau from other Kura.**


 * 5year old flutterboard races. Everyone took part.**
 * Participation was the key. All age groups had 4 or 5 races. Everyone had fun.**


 * Look how far ahead Honey was in the 8 year old races.**
 * She even cleaned up the boys and won 4 races. JR was a star too.**
 * Exzodia got a 2nd as well in one race. Thanks Jan for watching the children while I helped the age group get in the water for each race and cheer them on. Thanks Peteena for supervising the new ones in the little pool to help with water confidence especially Sean, Nathaniel, Lucian and Shaunlindsay. Thanks also to Jan and Peteena for grabbing us the big shady tree to sit under (while the schools met for rules and organisation in the hot sun). Well done to the Senior children for biking in the hot hot sun and big cheers for Bridget and Debz . I know how hot you must have been.**

**School Swimming Sports 14/3/13**

 * Lots of fun and participation. Whanau came to support us too. **




 * Yay Tane 2nd. The children and whanau and teachers had lots of fun.**



Tuakana-teina 13/3/13 ( Comic Life)

 * Some of our Room 1 buddies working with us. We made Comic Life stories. They are on our classroom wall.**









Wet and Wild 8/3/13

 * The children had lots of fun and went wild and got wet.**
 * They were involved in lots of different activities.**









Walking Safely

 * Constable Phil teaching us Walking Safely **
 * We can cross the road safely now. Constable Phil was impressed with what we remembered the next week.**
 * We also remembered where to stand and the names of parts of the road such as gutter and kerb.**







Preschool Visit March

 * The Preschool love coming to visit us. Room 2 children are good Tuakana- teina role models caring for their younger whanau and friends. **





Buddy Learning and Reading
**Room 1 and Room 2**




 * Lucian and Damien Anahera and Leah **




 * Ethan and Mohaka Room 1 and Room 2 **

PMP

 * with Flax Rock ( Karen and Shannon ) **


 * We love PMP ( Perceptual Motor Performance) and learning all the hand eye co-ordination activities twice a week. Our highlight is a free trip to Flax Rock once a term.**








 * We can do this activity without making a noise and are the stars of all the schools that Karen visits.**

Swim Safe

 * -Billy the Beaver programme at the Preschool 15/2/13 **
 * We have a great relationship with the Preschool. We visit each other and make connections. This helps the children that are coming to Riverslea to settle into school routines more readily. **



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Brush In
**Children brushing teeth**
 * Sue Putt Dental Therapist 12/2/13 **
 * We have been involved in the Brush In programme for 3 years now in the Junior room.**
 * When the Dental Therapist visited she commented on how the teeth were in much better condition in the Junior room compared to the other classes. **

Children swimming February

 * Our skills in the pool are improving all the time. Please watch some of our videos.**

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Children on the Bike Track

 * Look how well Room 2 can ride on the pump track. Some of them were on trainer wheels a few months ago.**

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Whanau Evening 11/2/13

 * We had fun at the whanau evening. Kai, bike rides, lots of connections with whanau and swimming for all.**



Bike Track Opening

 * Ebony's photos of the opening of the Bike Track (BMX and PUMP track) 11/2/13. Lots of whanau came to see the amazing new Bike Track.**
 * Soul, Leah and Mr Rehu planting a Kowhai tree**



** Teacher pedagogy **

 * Creating a supportive learning environment **
 * Learning is inseparable from its social and cultural context. Students learn best when they feel accepted, when they enjoy positive relationships with their fellow students and teachers, and when they are able to be active, visible members of the learning community. Effective teachers foster positive relationships within environments that are caring, inclusive, non-discriminatory, and cohesive. They also build good relationships with the wider school community, working with parents and caregivers as key partners who have unique knowledge of their children and countless opportunities to advance their children’s learning. Effective teachers attend to the cultural and linguistic diversity of all their students. The classroom culture exists within and alongside many other cultures, including the cultures of the wider school and the local community, the students’ peer culture, and the teacher’s professional culture. **

**Students learn most effectively when they have time and opportunity to engage with, practise, and transfer new learning. This means that they need to encounter new learning a number of times and in a variety of different tasks or contexts. It also means that when curriculum coverage and student understanding are in competition, the teacher may decide to cover less but cover it in greater depth. Appropriate assessment helps the teacher to determine what “sufficient” opportunities mean for an individual student and to sequence students’ learning experiences over time.**
 * Providing sufficient opportunities to learn **