Room 7's trip to the MOTAT

Darian... " was mind blowing"

Hereora..." was sensational"

Sammy..." awesome mirror maze"

Elisiva..." I felt relieved we finally got to go..."

100 DAYS CELEBRATION of being at SCHOOL

A Recount on our School Powhiri

OUR SCHOOL POWHIRI

 

Yesterday morning, we had a calm whole school Powhiri. A powhiri is when you welcome someone to a very special place. Our Powhiri was for some of the new people coming into our school, because some of them had just left their old school and started here at CPS for the first time.

 

Before the incredible Powhiri had started, Matua Tuiono told the whole school that were inside the hall to get up and have a little singing practice to make sure we sounded good. After our remarkable singing practice the one and only Matua Tuiono said we may now start the Powhiri.

 

After our surprising singing, Matua Tuiono said to Ma Cynthia to start calling Ngamamaerua from the end of the path at Mrs Dawson's office. They started to do the Karanga. A Karanga is when your inside and you call someone from outside. Ma Cynthia welcomed Ngamamaerua and the new kids plus Matua Dereck into the hall.

 

Afterwards, all the new students sat down. Matua Tuiono stood upt o say welcome and everything else in Maori. Then he got Rawiri to come up and say the opening prayer. Next, Mrs Dawson got up and said a welcoming speech and she said how our school is a very nice school.

 

Later on, Matua Dereck stood up and said a very fast speech in Maori.It was thanking everyone for welcoming them to our marvellous school. Later we all sang a very fast and very charming waiata and the new people went up to the staffroom and had a very huge feed and a cup of fresh water. It wasnt fair because last year we didnt have a feed like that.

 

Well that was what had happened yesterday morning. I felt very gloomy that we didnt have a feed but I felt pleased that we have more new poeple in our school.

 

By: Elisiva





Recount on Mother's Day by Alissa Sam

Mother's Day.

 

On Sunday the 11th of May, it was Mother's Day. My sister and I were panicking because we had forgotten all about it. We quietly asked our dad if he could take us to the shop to buy a present for our mum, but dad's answer was 'No'! We kept begging but the answer was still NO!

 

We went back into the house feeling worried about how mum was going to react when she finds out that we didnt get her a present. Suddenly, an idea popped into my sister's head. Since our mum loves chocolate we thought we could make her a chocolate cake.

 

My sister grabbed the laptop and researched what kind of chocolate cake we could make but there was one problem. We had no chocolate. We checked if there was anyone around and borrowed our uncles money. My sister sneaked outside and went to the dairy even though we weren't allowed to go but we didn't want to see our mum sad on Mother's Day. We quicklywashed our hands and began to bake.

 

After we had made the mixture we put it in the oven and waited for it to bake. A few minutes passed then finally the cake was ready. We left it to cool down and we started to make a card but our mum came in. When she opened the door we shouted "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!" and gave her a great big hug. After that my sister dragged our mum into the kitchen and gave her the chocolate cake. She ate it quietly. I'm sure she loved it.

 

By Alissa







FIAFIA NIGHT Groovers!

23 out of 25 lovely students in Room 7 performed a Niuean dance on the night. Traditionally, women would dance sitting down like the girls in the front, on the ground. However, those times have changed.  The girls/women now dance standing up.
The mighty boys followed with a traditional warrior dance for when Captain James Cook first discovered the little Rock of Polynesia. Let's just say it wasn't a warm, welcoming chant. (:

Swimming on Tuesday afternoons at the Manurewa Pools

Master William White.
I've finally gotten around to posting this up for you William. Way to go!