Happy Macawa ni Vosa Vakaviti – Fiji Language Week!

Bula Vinaka, Whānau and Friends!

This week, our amazing Year 1 and 2 learners took on an exciting challenge to celebrate Fijian culture. Our task was to dive deep into research, discover fascinating facts about the beautiful town of Savusavu, and present our findings in a creative way. We knew we were being judged on three main things: our information, our creativity, and our overall presentation.

Here are some amazing facts that we share in the video:

  • 🌊 Crystal Clear Waters: Savusavu has beautiful, see-through turquoise water that is perfect for swimming and diving!

  • 🐬 Friendly Dolphins: Playful dolphins love swimming right alongside boats in the bay.

  • 🦪 Ocean Pearls: Savusavu is world-famous for growing rare, colourful ocean pearls deep underwater.

  • 🌋 Hot Springs: There are natural thermal hot springs right in the town where locals actually cook food in the boiling water!

  • 🍫 Cocoa Pods: Bright cocoa pods grow on trees here, which are harvested to make delicious, local Fijian chocolate.

  • 🍍 Yummy Food: From fresh tropical fruits to delicious traditional Fijian dishes, the food in Savusavu is mouth-watering!

The Big Idea: Passing the Fiji Vibe!

We filmed a dynamic video that kicked off with the whole class coming together to shout a warm, loud “BULA!”

We learned so many cool facts about Savusavu, and we also had a total ball filming and watching the finished video together. 

Check out our video below!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19uDWG2N2SCBG2nZ-G-imyUiAx-mCA6dH/view?usp=sharing

Vinaka vakalevu for watching and supporting our Fiji Language Week learning! 🇫🇯✨

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Discovering the ‘Unit of Repeat’

Bula Vinaka! 🇫🇯✨

In maths, we learned all about the ‘Unit of Repeat’—the specific combination of shapes or lines that repeats over and over again to create a complete pattern.

Here is how we put our learning into action:

  1. Explore: We looked closely at Fijian masi patterns and identified the geometric shapes hiding inside them.
  2. Design: Using whiteboard markers and mini whiteboards, we selected our own “unit of repeat” (for example: triangle, diamond, stripe).
  3. Repeat: Working carefully, we repeated our unit to build our masi inspired designs.

Using whiteboards allowed us to experiment freely, test out different repeating sequences, and make adjustments as we refined our mathematical patterns!

🌟 Look at Our Amazing Work!

Vinaka vakalevu to our wonderful students for their focus, creativity, and mathematical thinking this week! 🇫🇯✨

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Reading Week One Term Four 2026

WALT: Contribute to text discussions by building on others’ ideas and comparing different interpretations.

Hello bloggers

This week in reading ( which btw is a new term) we were learning about voting.

The only reason for that is because the teachers and lots of other people are going to vote soon.

We were learning about the two types of votes and democracy.

The two types of votes are a party vote and a electorate vote.

For my create task I made it on Google docs on a template that someone made.

The create task was about what is the difference between a party vote and an electorate vote, and I was chilli three.

Something I found challenging was finding some facts that were similar to each other but not the same as the last one or each other at the same time.

Here is my first create task bloggers, scroll down for the next.

WALT: Contribute to text discussions by building on others’ ideas and comparing different interpretations.

For my second create task I did the chilli two create task, and it was career your own party to make our school a great place.

The platform I made it on was Canva.

Actually me and Royaa made it on Canva.

We got the style or whatever you want to call it from a template that Royaa chose.

Something I found challenging was choosing the name at the top, but now it is just vote for Ayla and Royaa.

Her is my create task.

Bye bloggers.

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literacy- week 1

three things I learned about is explination writing, what a true conclusion is, and how different buildings are made.

Two things I like is my handwriting, and my punctuation.

One wish is that I can write more.

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Touch Reflection HPE

At the beginning of the touch unit I was filled with excitement.  I expected to experience fast paced, high energy games that would keep me constantly moving which turns out I was right. I chose to write about this specific unit because it was super fun and taught me a lot. This unit was a perfect way for me to stay active and healthy while hanging out with my mates. My thoughts were a mix of excitement and nervousness. I was especially nervous to learn the new drills and learn how to play beside my peers. I also was nervous about mastering the games transitions which I still have a long way to go. I looked forward to challenging my skills and knowledge by playing with my class as practice for outside of school. My goal for touch is to be able to take the skills I learnt from school and play outside of school.

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Reading week 1 term 4 🥔🥔🥔🥔

WALT: Contribute to text discussions by building on others’ ideas and comparing different interpretations.

Hi bloggers,

This week we read a book called Democracy in New Zealand and it’s about the Parliament, Government, & Election . A fact I learnt from it is that MMP means Mixed Member Proportional & that MP means Member of Parliament.

The 1st create task I did was a poster for a party you created your self and you had to have 3 big changes for schools I did this with Ella (BFF) & I used Adobe Express.

The 2nd create task I did was writing why both of the votes adults get are important.

Create task 2 link

 

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My PHE Reflection Term Three

I have enjoyed all the sports in varies of ways.

Volleyball was my favourite by far since it´s my dedicated sport. I learnt a lot of things about myself and basically preparing myself for the Junior Boys Volleyball Try Outs. One thing I found challenging is that some people did not have the same value or effort as me but I loved that they will try.

Sexuality was chill and somewhat enjoyable, I have learned a lot of sexualities and the mans/womens anatomy. Other than that I like how we learned about bone structure also. I didn´t really find anything hard like it was that chill and the go with the flow type of thing.

Touch was lame because not everyone was actually wanting to play, it’s a fast game with quick thinking. I loved the drills and the vibes the people who actually played brought to the game. Our numbers were not a lot but I was really happy that we had a chance to play with 10R, and being combined especially

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Term 3 VBall

The reason I choose volleyball was because it was genuinely fun and exciting and it was so much funner than every other sports honestly if I was to pick the best sport it would be volleyball 100%.

 

Last term our class was assigned to play volleyball. During the three weeks of us playing we all learnt many things, we learnt how to block, spike, serve , and set. While we were playing volleyball we learnt many exercises like leg raised, high knees, and team work. To be honest if I had to pick the funnest thing I did while playing volleyball it would be the spiking, I just loved the jumping and the adrenaline that pumps through after you hit the ball is amazing, so that’s what we did for term 3 Vball. Honestly I wouldn’t want to play any modified games I would just want to play normal volleyball.

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Treetalk Fantasy

16 October Friday 2026 

Tree talk

Part 2 if it was fantasy

“There’s no way out of here!” Ruby cried and the competition was almost starting and she had nothing to present. “I told you this was all your fault!” Sefa said angrily it was silent, it was just the sound of wind gushing to Sefa and Ruby’s faces. “We’ll never get out of here! We’ve been walking in circles and now we have no energy!” Sefa said annoyed. Just then Ruby looked up and saw towering branches up high “Hey! Maybe we can climb up the Matai tree and get some berries! So that we can have enough energy and find our way out! ”. “Thats actually not a bad idea!” Said Sefa. So they started climbing but no matter how hard they tried they just kept falling and just lost more of their energy. “That was a waste of time! It just wasted all of our energy! Now I’m even more tired!” Sefa cried. So Ruby screamed begging for help “HELLO SOMEBODY THERE!? PLEASE HELP WE’RE LOST!”. They sat there feeling hopeless but they heard something rustling through the bushes then they saw their mother from far away then hope came back “MUM OVER HERE WE’RE HERE!!” Sefa and Ruby cried “Kids!” their mother cried then ran into their mothers arms crying “I’ve been looking everywhere for you guys! Where have you been!?” “We were lost!” Ruby cried then Ruby realised there was more time for the competition and she knew exactly what to present about because while shouting she noticed that saplings were dying then her mother drove her to the competition just in time!

 

AT COMPETITION!

Ruby took one look at the stage she was next. She took a big deep breath then the announcer called her name “Now take a big round of applause for… RUBY!”. She took another deep breath and stepped onto the stage “Hi! My name is Ruby and I will be presenting to always keep the environment clean. This is why you should keep the environment clean and to reuse and recycle. Reason 1. We should keep the environment clean and healthy so that trees can have a nice and a clean place to stay. Reason 2. You can reuse and recycle to help the environment. You can create beautiful stuff out of it! Even a gift! Reason 3. You should always keep the sea clean so that the sea animals won’t get hurt. Now last but not least the last reason. We should keep the environment clean so it can be a clean and wonderful place! So that some stuff in the environment can’t be polluted. Now the last thing is to be sustainable so that new plants can grow and be healthy! That is the end of my presentation bye!”. When a couple of people went and presented, the announcer went up the stage “Wow! We heard some great presentations but the winner is drumroll please! It is….. RUBY!” Ruby was shocked then ran up to the podium and she was given a basket with treats and the crowd went wild with applause then once it was done everyone had some hotdogs! Then Ruby and her family headed home and everyone was celebrating. 

 

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Touch Unit

Last term, We played touch and really enjoyed it. Even though we didn’t have many games, I still had a lot of fun. Playing under the hot sun made the experience even more memorable, and it was fun to spend time outside with my class instead of being in the gym. Being hot and sweaty made it all worth playing. I also learned new skills, like how to play faster and make quicker decisions during the game, which helped me improve as a player. My goal is to find a team to play for.

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3D citys

 Hello In Mamaku 1 we have been learning to use grids, nets and create 3D shapes. Over the  last 2 weeks M1 and M2 have been learning all about grids, nets to make our city.     This is the city that Zach and I created together.

 

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city of shapes

Hello, last term for maths we made a city on a big piece of paper  with our group. Then when we  were done sketching we added grass, then letters  across the top, then added numbers down the side. We created buildings. Then we coloured them in with coloured pencils. When we were done with the buildings we got a sheet of paper with cars, trees, stop signs. We had to cut out the stuff. We calculated the space by perimeter and area. We had 6 buildings plus the walkway. We made a google video, we had to write a script.

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rugby explanation.

Well hello guys so today in going to tell you some facts about this sport named rugby league.

 

so there are different types rugby like ARL and NRL so first of all we are going to start with the NRL this is the adults grade well we have arl adult grades but the nrl people that have made it big like Shaun Johnson and stuff,

but the ARL is a more kids league like all the project nrl players like the nrl there are a lot of positions, sadly I cant name them all but I personally play something called fullback and if you play there then you will just have to hang around the back and, if they kick the ball on the final then thats when you get  to have your runs tbut its dumb also cause your only the meter maker and thats it for now on bye guys.

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Week 1 Term 4 literacy Blog.

This is my respond to text and it says girls are not allowed to play but I think  that is not fair because girls can play any thing.my favourite part of that story was the boys being mean to Riley but i know that girls are always allowed.

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