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Puzzle complete!

Ka pai Room 19 - with persistence you completed this tricky 1000 piece puzzle, and learnt heaps about the planet Earth while doing it!

School Certificate - J'Varn

Congratulations J'Varn - you are someone who your teacher could give a certificate to every week. But lately you have been working extra hard on maths thinking and sharing ideas in your group. You are definitely working hard right until the end of the year!

Special congratulations also to Lincoln, who was spotted at the end of the Eden/Albert Cultural Festival collecting rubbish, by a principal from a different school. What a great way to be a kaitiaki of your environment.

Room 19's SUPER Reader

Kaito reads every night. Seriously, EVERY night! He works really hard at home to keep his reading progressing, and it shows at school!

You are a great role model Kaito!

Puriri Maunga Munch 2018

Thank you to the awesome parents and grandparents who accompanied us up Owairaka Mountain on Friday for our first ever Puriri Maunga Munch.

All the classes in the middle school have been learning about healthy eating, and it was so cool to put some of our learning into practice, when we made lots of yum items to share with everyone at the top of Owairaka.

Room 19 Cultural Group Leaders!

It was great to see 23 out of 24 Room 19 children participating in the recent Cultural Group rehearsals and performances. You can check out some photos from the day at http://www.owairaka.school.nz/latest-news/cultural-festival.

EXTRA special congratulations to Diyani, Kaito, and Poppy - who were recognised by their respective tutors for leadership, commitment, and positive energy to their group! It is great to see Puriri children being recognised, well done you three!

School Certificate: Antonio

Our school certificate this week went to Antonio. He has made a real effort this term to put his maths thinking into words, and to listen to the ideas of others when sharing strategies for solving tricky maths problems!

Nice one Antonio - a great example to your classmates.

Learning about Fractions

Rose, Libby, Diyani and Finley have been learning all about fractions. If you see them around, quiz them with a tricky fraction question!

Our first swim of Term 4

Learning about Healthy Eating

Room 19 has been learning about Healthy Eating. Thanks Ms Yimer for our exciting flipbook activity, where we learnt about all the food groups, and the importance of a balanced diet.

YMCA Hip Hop

Thanks to the awesome crew at YMCA who recently came into school for some Hip Hop lessons. Room 19 learnt some new moves and got extra confidence with dancing!

Swimming THIS WEEK(!)

Starting this Friday, Room 19 will be swimming every Mon/Wed/Fri (11.30am), until the end of the year.

ALL children need to have swimming togs and a towel, ready to go on all of these days.

Owairaka Athletics 2018

School Certificate: Boston

This week, Boston was recognised for his excellent effort helping out at the Owairaka Athletics Day. Boston has hurt his collarbone, but that didn't stop him covering probably more distance than everyone else, helping out teachers all over the field!

Nice one Boston, thanks for all your help!

We are practicing High Jump

Some art for Spring!

Spring is here - and our friend Paula decided it was time to do some artwork with flowers. We all made a crepe paper flower which contributed to this awesome final piece, now on display in the school reception.

Check it out!

School Certificate: Zion-Li

Well done Zion-Li, Ms Yimer has spotted you being a great classmate and friend to others. You are always thinking about the needs of others, and including them.

You are a great role model for children at Owairaka.

NZ 'Shake Out' Day 2018

Today (Thursday 18 October) is national 'Shake Out' Day. It is a chance for all of us to practice what to do if a natural disaster occurs in New Zealand. We will practice the 'drop, cover, hold' technique, and then evacuate our school buildings.

It is important to be prepared. 

Happy DISCO Day!

Thanks to all the Room 19 learners and their families for a great term three. Be sure to check back on the blog at the end of the holidays for an update about all the excitement planned for term four! 

See you then.

Keep NZ Beautiful - local clean up

This week, Rooms 19, 23, and 25 participated in a clean-up of our local area, to mark Keep NZ Beautiful Week 2018. 

We collected a heap of plastic, glass, and paper from Murray Halberg Park, local streets, and Owairaka Mountain.

We had to handle some extreme weather, one minute it would be sunny and the next a rain storm! Well done to all who took part, and thank you to our parent helpers (Jacob, Tracey, Talia, Yona, and Emily). We all made a difference!

School Certificate: Poppy

Room 19 was really proud of Poppy at our Maori Language Week school assembly. She practised and presented her personal pepeha to the entire school, WOW!

Congratulations Poppy, you did a great job. Well done to Room 19 and our buddy class, Room 23, who hosted an awesome school assembly.

Caught Being Good: Musaddiq

Musaddiq was Caught Being Good this week. He has been working really hard to complete follow up reading activities in his group, and knows exactly what is expected of each task. Even better, Musaddiq knows when to ask for help when he needs it.

Nice one Mus!

Visit to the Community Gardens

Check out some of the photos from Room 19's most recent trip to the Community Gardens at Owairaka Park.

Thanks to our awesome helper, Heather, who got us all involved in different gardening activities. We even took a camp stove with us, and got to make rhubard and apple stew. Yum!

School Certificate - Rutva

Our school certificate this week goes to Rutva - who has really impressed with his effort and progress in maths. Rutva is always keen to learn new strategies for solving problems, and has shown he is keen to learn new algebra skills. 

Awesome work Rutva - and thanks for sharing your ideas with us.

Caught Being Good: Lita

Lita was spotted (again!) doing the right thing at school. Lita is a great classmate because she always shows care and respect for those around her. Ka pai Lita, you are a great role model.

Our very own Tough Guy

That guy on the right is Antonio (if you don't recognise him!) Antonio has shown commitment by turning up to Wednesday morning runs at school, every week this year. So this week we took him to the "Junior Tough Guy" challenge in West Auckland. It was super muddy and such a challenge to get through the 3km. 

Well done Antonio - we are proud of you!

Designing School T-shirts

We have been talking in class about the process of designing logos and patterns for t-shirts. Have a look at some of the Owairaka designs from the past!

School Certificate: Isaac

Isaac has had a great term of learning at school. He has really enjoyed our week-long inquiry into "endangered animals". Isaac learnt new research skills, and even spent time at home during the evenings doing extra investigating into his chosen animal, the snow leopard.

Keep up the great effort Isaac - awesome to see!

Royal Jelly - the theatre play

This Green Week, the Puriri and Kauri children had the opportunity to watch the theatre show "Royal Jelly" in our school hall. There were so many good messages and interesting facts (some of which we already knew!) shared by the two actors. 

Thanks for putting on a great show!

School Certificate: Lincoln

This week, our school certificate went to Lincoln. He has been noticed around the classroom, being really involved in his learning and contributing to discussions, especially in maths.

Keep it up Lincoln, you can do it!

Caught Being Good: Libby

Room 19's Caught Being Good certificate this week went to Libby, for her noticeable improvement AND effort in reading and math lessons.

Libby has been awesome at finding the answer to algebra questions, for example 5 + B equals 10, so what does B equal?

Well done Libby, keep up the awesome learning.

Chelsy and Jessica - Room 19 is proud of you!

This week was the Owai's Got Talent heats - everybody in Room 19 went along to support Chelsy and Jessica showing off their dancing skills. WOW! You girls were awesome. We can't wait to see if you make it to the final.

 Well done on showing manawanuitanga.

Solving problems with Technology

Taekwondo lessons at Owairaka!

Every Tuesday, Room 19 has been taking part in Taekwondo lessons. We have learnt so many new skills, and we are starting to realise the importance of fitness, balance, patience, listening, and flexibility.

We are going to keep going to lessons until week 6. Thanks to our sports organisers for the awesome opportunity.

Reading in the School Holidays

Well done Room 19 and families - you showed your commitment to learning by reading through the school holidays!

School Certificate: Ma'ake

Congratulations Ma'ake - you were our school certificate winner this week. We are really impressed with your attitude at school. You are always ready for learning, and you are doing lots of great thinking about the questions in your reading group.

Keep up the great work!

Caught Being Good - Tamati

Ka mau te wehi, Tamati. You were our Caught Being Good winner this week, you have been challenging yourself in maths, AND more importantly, you know that it is okay to ask for help. This is a great way to show you are really thinking about your learning. Nice one!

Look at all the fruit stickers

Yesterday at Garden to Table, Libby noticed all the fruit stickers in our garden soil. 

We realised they got there because they are going into the green bins at our school, and when the food waste breaks down, the stickers don't.

Look how many stickers we collected in 2 minutes from one area in our school!

Our first Garden to Table lesson

During term three, some of the Puriri team are participating in weekly Garden to Table (G2T) lessons.

Half the class works in the garden, while the other half works in the kitchen to prepare a delicious meal to share together.

This week, we enjoyed pumpkin salad, green bean pesto dip, and homemade crackers. 

We are lucky to have volunteer adult help in the kitchen, but we always need more! If you are available to help on Wednesdays (times rotate 3 weekly), then please have a chat to Mr Lyons.

Welcome to Term Three

Dear Room 19 families,

Welcome to term three. We have a LOT going on this term, including:

- Taekwondo lessons

- Garden to Table (every Wednesday)

- a trip to Owairaka Community Gardens

- hosting a Puriri assembly and a school assembly

 - Maths Week (week 4)

- Green Week (week 5)

- Owai's Got Talent

- lots of fun Buddy Class activities

- Cultural Groups

Please keep an eye on our blog, and pop into class anytime, to follow all of the learning and experiences that we are keeping busy with.

A visit to the Bug Lab

Khaalid and Ma'ake were lucky to get an opportunity to extend their ESOL learning this week - with a visit to the Bug Lab at Auckland Zoo. 

Thanks Ms Johns for organising this exciting trip!

Matariki Screenprinting with our friend Paula

Thank you to our super creative volunteer artist, Paula, who came in during Matariki to help us with an awesome screen printing activity.

We had to choose stars or fishes (or both!), as well as two different colours of paint, to complete our artwork. We had read a lot of Matariki legends during the week, and this was a really fun way to finish our Matariki learning.

Thanks Paula!