Room 13s Wonderland

Kia Ora Everyone!!  We are just about to head into week 9 which means its almost the End OF TERM!! Heres just a quick recap of last week! To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori our ataahua (beautiful) tamariki  created whānau portraits using Kōwhaiwhai patterns. (Thank you to our amazing Whaea Vita ) We all got together as a School and had a fun interactive Assembly where we sung beautiful songs and also did some Maori dances! Here are a few photos: 

Malo e lelei  and  Welcome to  Tongan Language Week at Papatoetoe South School!! Tongan Language Week celebrates the culture and language of the more than 60,000 people of Tongan heritage who live in New Zealand.  We welcomed Tongan Language Week with a heartwarming flag ceremony hosted by the beautiful Miss Fiana Tuli and her fantastic Room 15! This week Room 13 will be integrating Tongan Language into our everyday greeting, classroom instructions, math’s, art and of course a cultural performance. Not to mention we have some gorgeous traditional wear that the students will be showcase throughout the week. Miss Tuli has been teaching the middle school a special cultural performance that we will be doing this Friday in the School Hall at 12:20pm and you are all invited!! Room 13 will be posting up art work and hopefully a video of our performance (Watch this Space)  Culture and Tradition is something that students and teachers of Papatoe

Hello Everyone!! On Wednesday 23 August we got to visit the Stardome at Cornwall Park. We all had so much fun! We got to learn more about Matariki as well as work in our groups and complete mini quizzes about Space.  Our favourite part was the conservatory, it actually felt like we were travelling in space. The movie about Matariki was so capturing. Those Maori Gods definitely looked fearsome it was amazing!  Thank you to our lovely parent helpers that came with us. We hope you had a super time! Here are some photos: