Trash to Fashion Dance Rehearsal

Matariki Celebration

On the 12TH of June our school celebrated the Maori new year, Matariki. Matariki is the maori name for the constellation of stars known as the Seven Sisters. Matariki is visible from Aotearoa dropping below the horizon in April and reappearing in June.

To celebrate Matariki each class had to nominate three pupils to plant a New Zealand native plant. Our class was given a Merit Sinclairii otherwise known as a Puka tree. Puka is a large leafed evergreen tree known to New Zealand that grows to about 8 metres tall. Puka can also grow on cliffs with shallow, stony soils which suggests some tolerance of drought.

The leaves of this grand tropical-looking tree are glossy green and large, being 25-50 cm long and half as wide again. The tree grows into a rounded shape and will branch if encouraged. Puka is quite hardy in that it can withstand strong winds and salt, making it ideal for coastal areas. However, the tree does not enjoy heavy frosts.

Room 11 is proud of their Puka tree.

Japanese Lessons

Konnichiwa,
This year a group of Room 11 have been learning Japanese every Friday. We really enjoy it and are becoming really good. We have learnt some basic words such as:

Hai - Yes
Sugoi - Awesome
San - Miss or Mrs

What's your favourite Colour and Fruit?

Ringo - Apple
Ichigo - Strawberry
Momo - Peach
Suika - Watermelon
Kiwi - Kiwifruit
Ao -Blue
Midori - Green
Aka - Red

Numbers from 0 - 10

0 - Rei or Zero
1 - Ichi
2 - Ni
3 - San
5 - Go
6 - Roku
7 - Nana
8 - Hachi
9 - Ku
10 - Ju

One of Arnia's favourite fruits is Strawberries. This is Ichigo in Japanese.
Diamond's favourite colour is Midori which is green.

Dance-Elective

Every Friday at 1:30pm 17 children go to the Dance elective. They contribute a sequence of movements to create a dance. So far we have finished our first dance, which was to the song 'Disturbia' by the singer Rihanna. We have made an attempt to start a new dance and will continue next Friday. If possible we are planning to perform for other schools as well as ours We are hoping to perform for our friends and family during the 2009 Trash to Fashion show. Our dance group is filled with lots of very talented dancers and we personally think that we are going to be a very successful group in the future.

Absorbancy Observation

On Tuesday the 26th our class did a science investigation to see which fabric sample absorbed the most liquid. The fabrics we used were cotton, polyester, wool, silk and nylon. We had to use the same amount of liquid for each sample to make it a fair test. All the samples were the same size. The polyester sample absorbed the most liquid and silk absorbed the least.