A huge shout-out to Elly for leading an awesome mahi (great work) session this week! Room 10 focused on two essential skills: digital organization and quality writing.

Google Drive Detox

Our main mission was conquering Google Drive! Learners successfully tackled digital clutter by:

• Locating their files (the starting point for everything!).
• Sorting documents into clear folders.
• Renaming and deleting old files for a clean, efficient workspace.

Big Win: We are becoming super-organised digital citizens!

The Secrets to Quality Blog Posts

We also unpacked what makes a blog post truly great! Learners identified key features of a quality post (like catchy titles, short paragraphs, and great visuals) and immediately put these skills into practice.

Check out the quality blog posts from some of our learners below to see their excellent work!

I te tīmatanga o te rā i mahi tō mātou aromatawai tuhi taki e pā ana ki tētahi wā i tautoko e mātou i tētahi tamaiti pōuri.  Whai muri i tērā i mahi pāngarau me tētahi rautaki pai hei āwhina i te mahi.  Kātahi ka tuku atu he mahi rautaki ki runga i tō mātou rangitaki.  Hoake!

Week 1 – Celebrating Niue Language Week

Week 2

Celebrating Diwali – making our rangoli patterns, using clay to make diya

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Week 3 – For the 1s time we got to celebrate Fiji language  week. Facts about Fiji, weaving, making Masi

Amongest all the different things that have been happening in the class this week we have managed to get some more of our Active learning done. We are posting our activities on our individual blogs so feel free to check them out. You can find the links on our Class blog. Here are some of the air dry clay things we have completed.

We have been using Ai in our Cyber Smart time with Maria and we have posted some some of our DLOs on the blogs also. It has been interesting making these as we didn’t know much about Ai to start with. We have been using the Ai generator to make backgrounds for our Pepeha’s which has been part of our Literacy learning this week too.

It’s been a busy week! Next week we are doing some maths testing to see how we have been getting on with our Geometry learning when we have been learning about perimeter, area and volume. Stay tuned!

This week was an on-site camp adventure, and what an amazing week it has been! Our Year 4 students and Year 5–6 friends had a chance to enjoy a variety of fun, creative, and hands-on activities.

We started the week with art and craft activities, where everyone let their creativity shine. Students painted colourful designs, tried their hand at clay modelling, and even made their own keychains to take home. It was fantastic seeing the unique ideas and bright smiles as they worked.

In the kitchen, we became little chefs, preparing yummy treats like ambrosia and coconut ice. Everyone loved measuring, mixing, and tasting their creations — there were plenty of giggles along the way!

Our planting projects were another highlight. Students made their own planters, thought carefully about what to grow, and planned how to look after their new plants. It was wonderful to see their excitement as they imagined how their plants would grow over time.

Of course, no camp would be complete without sports and games! Everyone got active, ran around, played team games, and had a blast outside. The energy, laughter, and teamwork were incredible to watch.

This week was all about trying new things, working together, and having fun. Everyone showed amazing creativity, enthusiasm, and kindness, making this onsite camp a truly special experience. It’s been a joy to see our students learning, playing, and creating so much while staying at school.

A huge well done to all our students! You made this week one to remember!

Room 2 have started practicing for our athletics day which will be held later in the term.

Here are some photos for you to all enjoy!

Athletics Day is Approaching

Athletics Day is coming up this term, and we’ve been preparing during our Taha Tinana sessions.

Our students have been practising key athletics skills including shotput, discus, and high jump. It’s been encouraging to see those who are participating putting in solid effort and building their confidence as they practice these techniques.

We’re looking forward to seeing our tamariki give it their best on the day.

This year we got to celebrate Fijian Language Week during the school term.

Macawa ni Vosa vakaViti – Fijian Language Week

Celebrate: 5 – 11 October 2025

The 2025 theme for Fijian Language Week is ‘Na noqu vosa me na tekivu mai vale – My language starts at home’.

Please find here our items from the Junior and Senior Pasifika groups. Leave us a comment. Vinaka vaka levu.

Highest award.

At this afternoon’s assembly I was very proud of one of Aronui’s students who recieved her Distinction Wetiweti Ana award.  In order to recieve this award Izzy had already earned at Bonze, Silver and Gold award.  The distinction award requires students to carry out community service. Congratuations on your efforts Izzy! Ka mutu pea.

Wow! with all that has been happening this year, we have decided we need to share more of what we are doing in class, but as I was reminded today “We are so busy doing our learning Miss!”.  We are going to make a real effort to share what we have been doing and learning each week.

SO this week we have been working on our Active Learning. We are being really creative and trying hard to follow instructions to be successful in completing our work. We are also working on Novel Studies this term focusing on improving our overall comprehension skills.

Spiders Web creation                            Cardboard Portrait.                        First Marble Run completed!

We have camp coming up in the last part of this term – we are very excited about going to this! So watch this space in the future.

EPro8 Competition Report

Our students did their best at the EPro8 competition. Teams had to choose between building a barrier arm, a foosball table, a target practice setup, or a racing shopping trolley. The electronic components were a big step up from what we had practised with at school, but the students started strongly and showed great resilience and respect throughout the competition.

It’s always challenging to be a spectator at these events, as we can only offer general encouragement and not specific ideas. I was very proud of the way all the students behaved and gave the competition their full effort.

One of our teams earned a place in the finals the following afternoon. With one student unavailable, another kindly stepped in to take his place. The final round was an even greater challenge — teams were not allowed to change their task without permission from the organisers.

The project was movie-themed, and our students chose to recreate the Indiana Jones Minecart scene. They built the minecart, the base and sleeper, and the train tracks. Next, they created a winch system, used a balloon to simulate the famous boulder chase, and added snakes on a hinged platform to drop onto the minecart.

It was a complex and demanding task, but our students rose to the challenge. They finished even on points with the team that had beaten them in the semi-final — a result they can be truly proud of.

Every first day of the term, our school has a Powhiri. This is to welcome all new students, staff and families to Weymouth Primary School. Here is some footage from today.

This week our school celebrated Te wiki o te reo Māori. It’s a special year being the 50th year of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) in Aotearoa. You can click here to find out more. Here are some videos of the Senior Kapa Haka performance during our closing assembly. You’ll see our class present the story of Maui and the Sun. Our class won the art challenge for the Rangi team and Leone won the writing competition. You can see his writing here. Special mention to Rachael and her whanau for sharing their precious taonga with us: pūtātara and pūkāea. Kia kaha te reo Māori. Ake ake ake.

We made a video explaining the meaning of the longest place name in the world, as a part of our celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori!

Click here to view our video!

Our tamariki are having a fantastic time taking part in fun and meaningful challenges to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2025 – “Ake ake ake – A Forever Language”.

Ngā mahi i tēnei wiki / Activities this week:
Hoahoa i tō ake moko / Design your own moko – expressing identity and creativity.
Whakaahua waiata me karakia / Recite waiata and karakia – celebrating the songs and prayers
Whakamātauria ngā tae / Name the colours – learning colours in te reo Māori.
Ngā rā me ngā marama / Days and months – practising the Māori names for days of the week and months of the year.
Kupu Māori hou / Māori vocabulary – using new Māori words in everyday classroom conversations.

It’s been amazing to see our tamariki’s creativity, enthusiasm, and pride in learning. The week isn’t over yet, and we can’t wait to see what exciting activities the remaining days will bring!

Ka mau te wehi, tamariki mā! Keep celebrating te reo Māori – a language to treasure, now and ake ake ake!

Malo e lelei

What a week of learning we had. Celebrating other cultures are so amazing. We learnt how to count, day of the week and colours all in Tongan. The Tongan children in our class dressed up in their Tongan attire everyday. We also did our own Tekiteki and Ngatu designs. Check them out

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This term we had Taofi Mose Nehemia come and speak to us about reading. Taofi is a Samoan New Zealand based actor and dancer. During the assembly, she taught us a few Samoan words that we usually hear in a sāsā like nofo and we all had to sit up. It was lots of fun! After her introduction, Taofi told us the story of Sina and her brothers. She acted it out and used lots of humour to tell the story. We thoroughly enjoyed it! Check out the videos here of Taofi’s visit to Weymouth Primary School. We hope to see her again soon.

I te rangi nei i te titiro mātou ki te pouaka pūtaiao. He mahi e pā ana ki te hangarua o te rāpihi.  I whakawehe e mātou ngā rāpihi rerekē.  He rōpū kirihou, pepa, kāri, karaihe.  I ako mātou he pai te whakamahi anō ētahi rāpihi.   he pai te noho me te ako ki te taha o matua Keiki.  He pai ngā kaupapa ka whakaako mai.  He pai tōna āwhina mai i te wā kāore i te mārama he akoranga.  He pai ngā mahi tāparepare, toa hangarua, taketake o Aotearoa me ngā kīrehe kino, me Waikato te awa.