WEEK 9- #Zoofari

On Friday Whakapono 19 went on a trip

to the zoo.  

  

 Learning about all the different animals in africa

Looking at the sleeping lions 

Spot the meerkats 

Great day out! thank you to the parents that came on the trip to help us with children supervision!

Week 8- #MaoriLanguageWeek

This week was Te Reo Maori Week

As always Rowandale did it in their own special

way :)

Open ceremony 

This weeks challenge was to learn a whakatauki.

Whakapono 19 linked ours to our Manu Aute and PRIDE

Kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa

Don't die like a octopus, die like a hammerhead shark

Octopus are renown for their lack of resistance when being captured, however a hammerhead shark will fight bitterly to the end, to the point that when you fillet it fresh, its meat quivers. Commonly used to encourage someone not to give up, no matter how hard the struggle is.

Friday Te Reo Wiki Celebrations

Week 7- #tonganlanguageweek #Epro8 #Waimahia visit #Digitalignite

Like every week here at Rowandale School 

it has been a full on week.  Something new everyday.

Here is the first with our beautiful celebration of the Tongan Language Week.  

 

Secondly was some of Whakapono students went to the Epro8 competition at Papakura Intermediate to create items from a set of instructions.

 

 

The next adventure for our year 6 students was the orientation of Waimahia Intermediate.  getting a better understanding what they have to offer.  The children really loved it.  next stop is Manurewa Intermediate in week 9

 

lastly digital ignite a program that teaches children algorithm to solve movement of robots.  Let's just say Whakapono 19 students really enjoyed this.