RWC Kick Off

In room 22 Ms Penman drew out of the hat 'Ireland' so this is the team we are supporting for the RWC. 

We still say "Go the All Blacks" though!!

Today at Hillpark children in every class have come to school in the colours of the country their class will be supporting for the RWC..

As part of our learning today we have found out a little about Ireland.

• Irish, or Irish Gaelic is the country's first official language, the second official language is English and  is more commonly spoken.
• There are over 4.75 million people living in Ireland, that's more than we have living in NZ.
• The Irish capital is Dublin. 
• Saint Patrick's Day is Irelands official national holiday. The 17th of March holiday is celebrated in Ireland and in many other countries around the world.
• The world famous Guinness beer is from Ireland.
• Gaelic football and hurling are traditional sports of Ireland and remain the most popular sports in the country.
• Shamrock (type of clover) is the national symbol of Ireland and along with the harp it is a registered trademark of the country.

A Spectacular Night

Last night room 22 along with room 16 joined forces to dance the Charleston as part of our schools production of 
'Music Through the Ages'
We looked fantastic and danced so well.

We were first on so we had a long time to wait before it was time for the finale.  We occupied ourselves well with games before we watched a movie.

Room 22's Assembly

Here are some of our photos from the school assembly led by our class this week.

God of Nations

The poem we recited... 

At the Zoo

by A.  A. Milne

 

There are lions and roaring tigers,

and enormous camels and things,

There are biffalo-buffalo-bisons,

and a great big bear with wings.

There's a sort of a tiny potamus,

and a tiny nosserus too -

But we gave buns to the elephant

when we went down to the Zoo!

There are badgers and bidgers and bodgers,

and a Super-in-tendent's House,

There are masses of goats, and a Polar,

and different kinds of mouse,

And I think there's a sort of a something

which is called a wallaboo -

But we gave buns to the elephant

when we went down to the Zoo!

If you try to talk to the bison,

he never quite understands;

You can't shake hands with a mingo -

he doesn't like shaking hands.

And lions and roaring tigers

hate saying, "How do you do?" -

But we gave buns to the elephant

when we went down to the Zoo!

Our art work inspired by our trip to the zoo

Our Audience

Our Trip to the Auckland Zoo

On Wednesday September 2nd all of Kereru team went to the Auckland Zoo. 
After many days of lots of rain we were really fortunate to have a beautiful day. 

The buses arrived at the zoo at about 10am. Half of us went off to the Education rooms to learn about animals and conflicts and pests and pals while the rest of us had a look around at all the animals. We then swapped over before sitting down for some yummy lunch.

After lunch we continued our exploration around the zoo before the buses picked us up again at 2pm.


I enjoyed seeing the new elephant and baby giraffe. Aria

I enjoyed seeing the otters. They were really cute! Raad

I enjoyed the red pandas. They were really funny to watch. One popped the water pipe! Caylah


I liked seeing the golden lion tamarins because they were jumping everywhere and they looked like they were having lots of fun! Mia H

I liked seeing the orangutans as they were funny hiding under the blankets. Emily

I liked looking at the elephants because they were throwing sand over themselves. Eden

I enjoyed the red pandas the most because they were jumping everywhere and doing silly things. Daniel

I enjoyed seeing the emu. It tried to take my map! Goldwind

I liked the lions the best. They were very cool looking! Mason

 

Chinese Language Week in New Zealand 7-13 September

This week is the first ever Chinese Language Week in New Zealand.

We have found out that China is our most important trading partner, and most of our international students come from China. The Chinese are also New Zealand's  second-largest tourist group. 

Not many of us though can even say a basic greeting in Mandarin. This week Room 22 has started to learn some simple Chinese....

Ni Hao Hello
Zai Jian Goodbye
Xie Xie Thankyou
Hao Yes
Bu No

Yǒu yīgè xìngfú de yīzhōu

Have a happy week