ROOM 9 TERM 4 NEWSLETTER

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE AFTER A RESTFUL HOLIDAY!

Celebrating Tongan Language week

Last term we learnt about Tongan Culture and a special Tongan drink called Vaiseaine to Celebrate Tongan language week.

Scroll down to see pictures below we took when we made Vaiseaine

   

Celebrating Cook Island week

Kiaorana To All 
Celebrating Cook Island week
Making of Tivaevae in Room 9 
We made a Tivaevae - Cook Island quilt.We used coloured paper and we each made small piece of Cook Island pattern. We put all our patterns together to make our own Cook Island quilt. 

We learnt a few Cook Island words like- 
Mumu - skirt 
Tutu, Titi, - lay around the head and neck
Umu - type of cooking - cooked underground using banana leaves
Kete,- basket making 
 kia orana (hello)

aere ra (goodbye)

pe’ea koe? (how are you?)

mama (Mum)

metua (Dad)

Sapati - day they go to church (Sunday)

We loved making the Cook Island Quilt. 

Making Tivaevae in Room 9

    

Celebrating Maori Language week

Tena Koutou to all!!

Celebrating Maori Language week 
We started term 3 with the celebration of Maori Language week. We made Poi's and did a poi dance. We learnt about the Maori culture and the significance of picking up the green leaf when welcoming new visitors. We also learnt about the Koru pattern and its significance in Maori Culture. 
We learnt about Hongi and Hangi. We celebrated the Maori Language week by doing various activities by going to other classes. It was great fun. 

Making Poi's using polystyrene foam pieces in plastic bags

Dancing with Poi's to the tune - E rere taku poi

Room 9 Term 3 2014 Class Newsletter

Room 9 Term 3 2014 Class Newsletter

Matariki in Room 9

Celebrating Matariki in Room 9 

Kia ora

Tapa art work in Room 9.
We used felts and dye to make our Tapa. We drew Koru - spial fern patterns, Ika- fish, Paua - shells and silver ferns - all of which are symbolic to New Zealand Maori culture. We then scrunched up the paper a few times to give it a crumpled real tapa look. Mrs Alluri then ironed the paper to remove the folds. We put up our art work in our school hall for our parents to see for our celebration evening.

Room 9  Scarecrow

In Room 9 we made a scarecrow as a part of our Oral Language programme. We stuffed it with grass and dressed our scrarecrow with shirt, pant and a scarf. We put him in our school vegetable garden to scare the birds and strangers away from getting vegetables from our garden. We named him Thomas.
They look so cool in our garden.

 We are carrying our scarecrow out to put him in our vegetable garden.
Doesn't he look SCARY!!
We are sure he can look after our gardens.

Stunning Samoa in Room 9

TALOFA LAVA!!

During the last week of May, Room 9 has been learning about Stunning Samoa as a part of our IOL program and also to celebrate Samoan Language week. We have been learning to greet people using 'Talofa Lava',  we made Leis using colored paper and straw, we made Siapo using Samoan patterns. We shared ideas about ' White Sunday in Samoa' & we used Samoan pictures to share our ideas and make wall stories. We used Samoan words like -Sivi, Fale, Leis, Lavalava, Kilikiti, Siapo... when sharing about Samoa and Samoan Culture. We will post our wall stories soon. So Keep Visiting us.....

Room 9 & Mrs Alluri

Oral Language Program in Room 9

Term 2 Intensive Oral Language Program

As a part of our Oral Language program we will be learning about - 

• Amazing Autumn
• Stunning Samoa
• Super Scarecrows
• Animal Safari

Children will be bringing home a folder with pictures and stories we created as a part of our Oral Language to share at home with you. Please encourage your child to talk about what they have done and ask them to tell all about the topic they have been learning. 

Thanks for all your support.

Mrs.Alluri

Welcome to all new children in Room 9

Welcome Back to Term 2 2014!!

A warm welcome to all the new families and children who have started last term in Room 9.

I certainly hope you all had a wonderful Easter break and were able to spend lots of quality time with your children.

Term 2 2014 starts on Monday 5th May 2014.

Looking forwards to seeing you all on Monday.

Breakfast in school starts every week - Monday to Thursday 

Children will be served yummy healthy breakfast in the school hall. 

It starts in the morning at 7.45am - 8.30am

Please encourage your child/ children to come for breakfast.

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Room 9 Newsletter Term 2 2014