BUCKET LIST OF LEARNING

As part of Inquiry in Term 4 the school is learning about the topic 'Celebrations'. At the end of Term 3 students brainstormed what types of celebrations, ceremonies and festivals there are from around the world. With this information they choose what areas they wanted to learn about. Here is Room 5s Bucket List of Learning so click on the links below and find how people celebrate these special occasions!  

October...
6th Mad Hatter Day
11th Face Your Fears Day
12th Bring Your Teddy to Work & School Day
13th World Sight Day
15th World Students' Day
16th-22nd Niuean Language Week
18th Chocolate Cupcake Day
19th Global Dignity Day
20th Suspender’s Day
21st Reptile Awareness Day

25th International Artists Day

26th Pumpkin Day

27th Navy Day

28th International Bandana Day

30th Diwali

31st Halloween

November...
1st All Saints’ Day
3rd Sandwich Day
5th Guy Fawkes
6th Orphan Sunday
8th X-Ray Day
9th World Freedom Day
10th Sesame Street Day
11th Origami Day
13th International Tongue Twister Day
15th I Love to Write Day
16th Fast Food Day
17th World Prematurity Day
21st World Television Day
22nd Go For A Ride Day
23rd Fibonacci Day
24th Thanksgiving Day
25th Maize Day

December...
Tie Month & Human Rights Month
5th International Ninja Day
7th Cotton Candy Day
8th Brownie Day
9th Lost and Found Day
11th International Mountain Day
13th Violin Day
14th Monkey Day

PHYSICAL EDUCATION LIFE AT TAMAKI SCHOOL

Here are students at TPS participating in a wide range of physical activities and events. 

MAD MEXICAN FIESTA

Armani really wants
a piece of that watermelon...

Tipene using the piñata
as a cricket wicket...

Room 5's sunbero will keep
them safe from the sun...

Room 5 learnt about the country Mexico. They researched interesting facts about Mexico. Students dressed up like Mexicans in a sonbero,  colourful ribbon bracelets, poncho and wore bright colours. They played the maraca instrument, listened to famous Mexican musicians and  mariachi bands. Students decorated sugar skulls, had a fiesta with nachos, fruit and drank fruit sagre. Then the students had a go at smashing open a piñata and we all had fun in the sun!

SWIMMING

Tamaki Primary participated in a 2 week PE Swimming programme held at Lagoon Pools in Panmure. Here is Room 5 demonstrating their swimming skills and techniques. A big thank you goes out to the fantastic swimming instructors who kept our children safe in the water!

CLASS OF 2016

  KAHUKURA

JIMMY

 

TIPENE

DEREON

AZALEIGHA

MICHAEL

        

CHANCE

TSAI

XYRUS

             

LIO

       

MAANI

ZION

       

RAILEY

    

MATTHIAS

          

NITIKA

                

      LEON-LEBRON

ARMANI

JORDAN

LOCATING BLEND WORDS

As part of the reading programme, Room 5 are learning about blend words. Blend words are groups of two or three consonants in words that makes a distinct consonant sound. Consonants include...
bl, br,
ch, cl, cr,
dr, 
fl, fr, 
gl, gr, 
ph, pl, pr,
qu,
sc, sh, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, 

th, tr, tw,
wh, wr.
To keep children busy in the holidays give them some junk 
mail to locate, circle, sound, read and cut out blend words.
This will help reinforce what is taught in the classroom.
Here are some clever cookies locating blend words in
poems.

XYRUS' MONSTER STORY

ALLEGRA'S MONSTER STORY

KAHUKURA'S MONSTER STORY

MAANI'S MONSTER STORY

JUNIOR OLYMPIC GAMES

As part of our Inquiry, we have been learning about the Summer Olympic Games which was hosted in Rio De Janeiro. Five classes participated in the Junior Olympics and each class represented a country competing at the Olympics...
Room 1...Brazil 
Room 2...Canada
Room 3...Japan 
Room 4...Jamaica
Room 5...Mexico
Athletes competed in hockey, gymnastics, javelin, shot put, relays and 
an egg and spoon race.

CELEBRATION CHINESE LANGUAGE WEEK

During Chinese Language week, Room 5 learnt to identify, say and write Chinese numbers from 0-10. We decided to link our learning with The Arts. We painted Chinese numbers and created fortune cookies with positive messages to our classmates. Come and step into our classroom and you may think you are in Little China!

CHINESE CHARACTER SYMBOLS

Chinese Language Week is from the 12th-18th September and it is year of the monkey. Here are Room 5's little monkeys and they sure can write Chinese character symbols better than their teachers!