Our Amazing Adventure to Rotoroa Island
On Monday morning, the Rangi team (Year 6s) went on an exciting trip to Rotoroa Island. Everyone was filled with excitement as we got ready for our adventure. We were looking forward to exploring the island, spending time with our friends and discovering new things. As we travelled towards the island, I wondered what exciting activities and surprises were waiting for us.
When we finally arrived, we were surrounded by beautiful scenery, fresh sea air and the sound of birds singing in the trees. The island looked peaceful and full of life. We were split into groups of six, with an adult looking after each group to guide us throughout the day. This made it easier for everyone to stay together and enjoy the different activities.
As we explored the island, we got to experience its natural beauty and learn more about the place. There were beautiful trees, sandy beaches and amazing views of the ocean. I could hear the waves gently crashing against the shore and the birds chirping in the distance. The salty sea breeze filled the air, while the warm sunlight made the day even more enjoyable.
One of the most exciting moments of the day was when a couple of Year 6 students decided to go swimming at Ladies Bay. The water looked refreshing, and they happily made their way into the sea. Their excitement and laughter filled the air as they splashed around and enjoyed the cool water. Meanwhile, the rest of us watched and enjoyed the beautiful beach scenery. It was definitely one of the funniest and most memorable moments of our trip!
One of the best parts of the trip was getting to explore with my friends. It was exciting discovering new things, sharing laughs and enjoying the adventure together. Everywhere we went, there was something interesting to see or learn about.
Overall, visiting Rotoroa Island was an amazing experience that I won’t forget anytime soon. It was a great opportunity to explore somewhere new, learn about nature and spend quality time with my friends. Even though the day went by quickly, it was definitely an adventure worth remembering.
Have a magnificent day chat. Bye.
Room 19’s Learning Highlights
Over the past three weeks, Room 19 has been learning, creating and sharing. In maths, the students enjoyed finding the volume of cuboids by counting cubes, building each layer and working out how many cubes fit altogether. Our swimming sessions were another highlight; everyone had fun developing their confidence and skills in the water. The students also enjoyed drawing and talking about their Labour Day long-weekend adventures. They shared where they had been and what they had done by creating pictures on the light table with sand sprinkled on top. We loved hearing their stories and seeing their creativity shine. What a wonderful few weeks together!
Thank you miss lavakula
03/10/26
TO MISS LAVAKULA
I am writing to thank you for giving me the opportunity to come to rotoroa island but it was my fault i didnt come because i watched the samoa vs tonga game.I hope you enjoyed your time at rotoroa and saw some takahe and some kereru
And thank you once again from Jaxon
Finding the Rhythm in Learning!!
Room 9 transformed into a mini music studio today! The students gathered on the mat, eagerly exploring percussion instruments—from small hand drums to ukeleles and shakers.
Hands-on music activities like this aren’t just fun; they give our learners a creative outlet to explore rhythm, sound, and teamwork together. Seeing their faces light up as they created their own beats was definitely the highlight of the day!
Tokelau Video
This is my Tokelau video.
Tokelau LW
This is a Tokelau LW
Tokelau Reading Followup
This is my Reading follow up I made today.
Reading follow-up. :)
this is my reading follow-up. 
Tokelau language week movie :)
this is a movie I made.
Building Water Confidence in Term 4
Room 10 has enjoyed returning to the pool this term and building confidence in the water. We revisited safe pool entry before practising important swimming skills, including floating, paddling, and putting our heads under the water.
Some children needed lots of encouragement to try new skills, and it was wonderful to see them persevere and give everything a go. We are proud of the resilience and positive attitudes our learners have shown as they continue to develop their water confidence.
We look forward to seeing everyone build on these skills and continue making great progress over the coming weeks. Keep up the fantastic effort, Room 10!
STOMP!
Today we are learning about the beat STATION! I like the beat station because people arrive with the beat station trolley and then they bring the trolley inside so y0u can take it for your class and when you bring it in then you have to make groups and choose which colour and which animal that you can choose for your group.
Music term!
This term we are learning about music. We have the Beat Station 7-8 times. About the music Whaea Emily showed us stomp and the group made music but they didn’t have instruments and instead had news paper,brooms and more! I feel like they used their creativity to make music, they did cool tricks with the brooms. It’s basically telling us that you can make music with like ANYTHING!
T4W3
Kia ora all,
Keep an eye out for the upcoming WPS newsletter – it’s the Mighty Maunga’s turn to share our learning!
We’ve had a busy assessment week, but we still managed to squeeze in a fun introduction to voting in New Zealand. As you can see below, we experienced what it takes to lead a team by building Lego towers – just imagine leading an entire country as Prime Minister! We also read an entertaining play about voting with our release teacher Ms Eagles.
I can’t wait until we dig even deeper into Aotearoa’s voting history and system!
All about Stomp!
Stomp is a band making music out of different objects beside instruments. Like brooms, trash bins, pencils and more. The thing I like about Stomp is that their beat is perfectly good with the song. When it doesn’t even have any lyrics. If you haven’t seen Stomp watch one of their videos and it might make you laugh. Because they are hilarious. In some of their videos.
Our Favourite Foods
Our tamariki have today been working on their favourite foods boards using functions from the EE App. Our kids chose their favourite foods, cropped them and added them to their food board – Zeeko, Soraya, Hinemoa, Fayhe, Jennah, Max and Chyruss worked together to make these boards.
What is Media? . _ .
We have been learning about what Media is. Media is all the ways we can send information or earn information by stories, news and online to a person or lots of people at the same time. I created venn diagram I made this by dragging and dropping the icons in the boxes. Do you know what Media is? Explain it in the comments!
