Buzz Buzz What's making that noise?

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great holiday and are itching to get back to school. It is going to be a great term and I am looking forward to seeing you all this week.

Click on the link below and see what's making all that noise.


http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/animals/bees.html


What do you know about these interesting insects?

Mokau School's Production of Red Riding Hoods Whitebait Fritter Delivery

Please enjoy our production. What clever students we have!

Production Music

These links will take you to our production music and songs. Please take the time to listen to the music and your songs.
The final versions will be edited and may slightly differ.










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Fairy Tales

We have been talking about Fairy Tales in our class and would love to hear from other people about their favorite childhood Fairy Tales. 

Mr Single loved Jack and the Beanstalk when he was younger because he thought Jack was very brave climbing up the beanstalk and taking the treasure. He also always wished he could plant some seeds and they would grow up into the sky.

Please post a comment below telling us what Fairy Tale you love and why.

Harold is the most clever giraffe in the whole world and he visited us at Mokau School

Today Harold and Megan came to school to talk to us about how to look after our body and keep safe. These are some of the things we learnt.

You have to pat animals carefully.
Kahn

You have to have food, water and oxygen to stay alive.
Claude

People need to keep safe around roads and the playground.
Karnia

You should be a good friend and care about others.
Sophia

We talked to our puppets like they were friends.
Callum

Wear a helmet when on a bike or scooter.
Rico

The Maori word for water is wai.
Rico

My Body Needs:
Te Oranga Tinana

• water
• oxygen
• food
• sleep Brylee
• shelter Karnia
• exercise Emmet
• love Indi
• safety Sophia
• wash our skin Khan

Our heart pumps the blood around our body. Reece

Your lungs make you to breathe.

Claude

Your lungs hug your heart.

Reece

If you are angry go and sit down in a quiet place and calm down.

Olli

Good friends care for each other and look after each other.

Hunter

There are 206 bones in your body.

Claude

IT IS NICE TO BE IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE FRIENDS TO BE FRIENDS.

Building a Hangi

Click on this link and have a go at building your own Hangi. It's fun and delicious too.
Next week we are looking forward to having our own real Hangi and being part of preparing the food and watching just how it is done.

Building a Hangi

HP Competition Entry

 Save our IT.

Buddy Reading

We love reading to our Buddies in the senior room. They are enthusiastic and patient and make reading a fun thing to do. We love how they make the books sound exciting by using lots of expression. It is also fun when they ask us questions and we talk about our own experiences relating to the books. Thank you Buddies, you are awesome.

Ngā Mihi - Greetings

In Māori culture greeting others is very important. It is an opportunity for people to show respect, through the language used and its accompanying actions, and the tone for the interaction is set. Whether the greeting is written or spoken, choosing the appropriate language is important.

Learning to greet people appropriately is key to communication success.

                                                Greetings

Kia ora

Hi

Tēnā koe

Hello (to one person)

Tēnā kōrua

Hello (to two people)

Tēnā koutou

Hello (to three or more people)

Inquiring Question

Kei te pēhea koe?

How are you?

Responses

Kei te pai ahau

I’m good

Ka nui te ora

I’m great

Me koe?

And you?

Farewells

Haere rā

Goodbye (to someone leaving)

E noho rā

Goodbye (to someone staying)

Ka kite anō

See you again

Hei konā

See you later

Whakanuia Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2014

Celebrate Māori Language Week 2014 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2014 

The theme is ‘Te Kupu o te Wiki', The Word of the Week’ 

As this is Māori Language Week we are further integrating Māori into all that we do this week. 
We are very fortunate to have so many students who identify there special Māori heritage at Mokau School. Yesterday we read a neat story about Hine-Matangi and learnt how gardens were cultivated by early Māori. We loved the idea of using large rocks in the garden to catch the suns heat to warm our gardens. This is something we want to try once our gardens are built.

We have also been counting in Māori and we think it is very clever how the reo helps you know the numbers. 

tekau ma rua is 12 (10 and 2)
toru tekau ma wha is 34( 3 10's and 4)

Today we listened to the Minstrel talking about kaimoana (food from the sea) and how we can ensure it will be there for future generations.

Over the next week we will be sharing some of his special messages with you all.