Room 15: "AMAZING AREWHANA"

Amazing Arewhana were lucky enough to go to the Botanical Gardens to continue the Inquiry Learning of MINI BEASTS. All the Rocketeers were put into groups and taught by a Kaitiaki of the Botanical Gardens. We had Miss Caroline and she was absolutely fabulous. She showed us places and scenes of a minibeast and how they cope in their environment. Mostly we learnt about the worm and how their job is to make amazing soil by using their 'wee's and poo's'. The song that we chanted was: All day long worms CHEW CHEW CHEW WEE WEE WEE & POO POO POO...   Our trip to the Botanical Gardens was very fulfilling, we learnt a lot and it made connections with what we had learnt through the term. It was good to see lots of the children enjoying the environments of the minibeasts. Please enjoy our blog and leave a message for us.

Manurewa High School came to celebrate te wiki o te reo māori with Rowandale School. They were astounding. Here a few clips of them, and thats not all of the roopu a Manurewa High. Kia ora ki te haere mai ki te kura a Rowandale.

Rehu completing the challenge of Introducing herself, her parents, her sister and her friend/s.

Kia ora Ko Rehu ahau No Manurewa ahau Ko Leah raua ko George ka puta mai a Rehu. Ko Rehu ahau. Ko Lydia tenei. Ko Lydia taku hoa.

Ko Ului ahau Ko ahau te matāmua o te whanau E toru ngā tūahine kei roto i tōku whanau. No hea koe? No Tonga ahau ahakoa Kei Manurewa kainga tuturu iaianei. Kia ora

Kia ora Ko wai tō ingoa? Ko _____ ahau. Ko wai tō māmā? Ko ______ tana ingoa. Ko wai tō pāpā? Ko ______ tana ingoa. Ko ______ raua ko _______ ka puta mai a ______. Ko ________ ahau. Kia ora.

Kia ora Ko Doreen Perese ahau No Hamoa ahau, ahakoa Kei Manurewa kainga tuturu iaianei. Hi My name is Doreen I am from Samoa although I live in Manurewa now. Amazing Arewhana are learning their Pepeha. This is who they are and where they come from in Māori. These collages are visual pieces for them to see their Kainga tuturu. Their waka, if they came on the Endevour then that is their waka, their maunga/mountain, their awa/river, their iwi and their marae. Ko Panguru te maunga Ko Ngatimanawa te marae Ko Hokianga te hapu  Ko Ngatokimatawhauroa te waka No Ngapuhi ahau Ko Atareta Morunga raua Ko Niheta Wihone kaputa mai a Chanel Wihone, No Panguru ia. Ko Sialehione Puhatau ka puta mai a Sialetongia Kasimausi-Puhatau, No Niue ia. Ko Carolina Kasi-Sagote ahau Ko Fonota Sagote tōku hoatāne E rima ōku tamariki. Ti hēi māuri ōra

Doreen Perese & Te Hiao Mika Mālō e lelei Ko Rehu Falwasser oku hingoa ko 'eke ha'u mei Manurewa pea alu kihe ako koe a Rowandale School. Mālō aupito Mālō tau ma'u e pongipongi ni Mālō e lelei  We have been practising our Tongan language in our class. It has been a good challenge and the kids really enjoyed it.  Here is our entry, the quality of sound is not perfect but you can hear them. Thank you and lets see who is the winner.  Mālō au pito Amazing Arewhana.

Amazing Arewhana have been practising to be natural as pie to introduce themselves in Tongan. We have been trying to make a tapa cloth, that will be completed and put in here so watch this space... We have been able to work with our Buddy class and sing with them aswell. It has been a great week of learning a different language. This is what we made using the app our teacher taught us. We are going to use it a lot this year.