tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77891771157062970712012-02-22T16:04:23.031+13:00Talanoa Mai, Samoan words for 'Speak to me...share your thoughts...talk with me'.Talanoa Maihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775135805453929438noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789177115706297071.post-60523522449658787212012-02-22T15:11:00.006+13:002012-02-22T16:04:23.072+13:00

Part of the KC's or Key Competencies is the knowledge and use of signs, symbols and texts. This year the extension classes have worked on a short project that had them thinking all about symbols that would communicate important features about themselves and their whanau. All the year 7 and 8 students have posted their creations online using flickr. You will find them by clicking here. The

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Greetings! 2011 came to end beautifully with prize giving and a year 8 leavers dinner. They were both events that were celebrated creatively with team items and speeches from both our Principal and students.Many parents whose children have movied on this year happily shared memories of the years their children shared at Pt England. For some it was their last child to travel through the school

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This the year 5 and 6 extension group movie entry for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. It's about the joy and the positives of being able to smile in any situation. The song we used is called 'I smile' by the artist Kirk Franklin. Crusader and Brooklyn were our presenters on the day. Footage of them in action will be posted soon.

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On Saturday the 15th of October 2011, the local town centre and it's surrounding streets were transformed into buzzing sight of many countries showing and sharing special parts of their culture. There was a special focus on Samoa as the Manu Samoa rugby team were Glen Innes' adopted team.The movie has snapshots of the different cultures present. A wonderful day with a lot of local talent on show.

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National Seven's Champions 2011 - AIMS games Part 1 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.As we shared in our earlier post - Pt England entered the AIMS Sevens tournament which was held in Tauranga, Monday 29th August - Friday 2nd September 2011. AIMS - Annual New Zealand Community Trust and Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools National Sporting Championships. nzaimsport.co.nz/​This movie introduces

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It's a very exciting time for Pt England Sport! Our year 8 sevens rugby team are away in Tauranga this week at the 8th Annual New Zealand Community Trust and Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools National Sporting Championships. A number of the players have reported over the year about various sevens matches. We've just received news about their first match of the tournament.

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I am making movies 2 is a movie competition organised by the Auckland Museum. This year Pt England School entered seven movies. A range of documentaries and dramas were made as entries. Wonderful news!! We won three major awards this year. Room 13 Kings 'Don't forget your roots' won the 'Best Production' Award, year 8 extension girls 'Our history our heritage' won the 'Best Creative

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Intermediate Sevens Rugby Competition April 2011 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.Auckland Rugby Union alongside the Suburbs Rugby Club organised a Sevens tournament for Auckland Intermediate Schools. Pt England entered for the first time ever and came away from the event being the winners of the Open Weight competition. This is a set of highlights of the day. Well done boys! Tino pai to mahi. Be sure to

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History...schooltv was born in 2001 because of the popularity of the Pt England School Network News (PENN,) our school wide television broadcast. Mr Burt, the principal of Pt England School, investigated a variety of options for broadcasting the exciting things that were going on at the school, and using community television turned out to be the most efficient and economic method for doing

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Dear Christchurch,On behalf of Pt England School, we hope that you all find your way through this time of trouble and need. Your feelings of sadness and worry has made us think, what if we were you how would we know that people knew where we were and if we were okay? We all feel helpless, and this is just a bit of our love and care to give to you. We hope that this will lift your hearts even

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This morning before starting our school day, we all met in our school hall to offer prayers for the people of Christchurch. Our principal explained to us why we were meeting and how we could help. We spent time today talking and looking at ways we can help the people of Christchurch. We hope that we will all pull together to help in any way we can. God bless and keep you Christchurch.

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Our year 5 and 6 students were very interested in the method St Pius used to produce their film festival movie 'Rewind'. They were so keen to find out more that they grabbed cameras and tried to film their very own 'Rewind' movie. Their task was much easier than that of St Pius as it had to last only 3o seconds. Some of the group figured it out very quickly, others had to stop and think

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Wake up G.I. is an MTV using the song 'Wake up everybody' which is sung by the artist John Legend, Melanie Fiona and 'The Roots'. This version is a remake, the original artists were Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes - recorded back in 1975.The song has a very strong message of waking up - becoming more conscious of how we can keep improving together. We love living in Glen Innes and thought this

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It's term 4 already of 2010. At our school, we typically start the term off with an immersion assembly. Wondering what that is? Well it's where the teachers dress up and act in ways that 'immerse' the students into the new schoolwide enquiry. This term's enquiry is all about 'Little Critters'.The movie attached gives you a glimpse of what our staff and students enjoyed on this very first day

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Learning about scale and perspective when mapping...Our year 5 and 6 extension group had the task of drawing me from different angles. It was a very quick exercise where they had only 20 minutes to draw me. The rules were - no moving off their chairs and they could use any draw programme they chose. All students selected hyperstudio to draw in. They were very focused, while I sat as still as

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I have no doubt that every Tua supporter would be very happy at this time. If you understand Samoan you would agree with me that the song which he made his entry to was perfect. Perfect in that it so right with the great tragedies we've had to face. It sang of Samoa and it's people - to not fear in that God is our protector. It sang of the many values that our parents install in us as we grow

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More Photos from Radio Samoa Website. My district / village - FalealiliTalofa e i si o tatou atunu'u peleina o Samoa. Mafatia le loto...12.30 this afternoon Australia is also sending assistance to Samoa, search and rescue assistance. Help coming from the ground in Samoa with medical professionals who were on holiday now in the Samoan hospitals assisting...human spirit has been stirred and

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No not under that influence...We had a chat today in class about 'influences' that may have caused people to make some major decisions in life. This lead me to give an example from my own life experience. Mmmm what to tell and what to leave out...I chose to share with my class about influences that lead me into teaching. Now I've heard some very sad stories which have prompted people to

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We have just completed a task that was set to be completed in approxiamately 50 minutes.  Some students are looking exhausted, some happy, some lost and some very frustrated.We had to put together a presentation that would show what food we ate in a day with a conclusion or reflection on whether the food we ate was good for us according to the food pyramid.Here's how the students felt about this

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Zooming around, helping this and that child with things - now that I have a moment to reflect - they could have and should have fixed the problem they had independently! But time is ticking and I can't wait!No it's not me being grumpy - on reflection I kept the 'Mrs T will fix it quickly' going, rather than get the 'student to work it out'. In our rush to get the job done, we are at fault

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Yesterday we ran a quick survey in our class. Our goal was to find out what our favourite meal was - that included dessert.Around 90% of our class chose fast food as their favourite meal. Burger King coming out on top.KFC was a close second. A couple of students shared that Subway meals were their favourite.We then had a close look at a food pyramid that you can find on the Harold website. We

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Talanoa mai...o se tama e tausi aiga, o se tama e usita'i, o se tama e alofa...At the moment Sonny is on the minds of many in our communities, in Aotearoa and further. And so he will be for a long time to come.Samoan and further, this tragedy has caused many to come together to support and help the Fai family in any way possible. The Warriors have been at the forefront of this which is such a

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Hi Pt England! I am preparing to go to Christchurch with other teachers from Point England. We are travelling to Christchurch this coming Tuesday evening. I have been given the opportunity to share with teachers from all over New Zealand about PENN.We are very blessed to have PENN, and so it is only right that we tell other teachers and schools about all the wonderful things that come from

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Alright, take off your shoes and sweatshirts and roll up your trackpants. Take off your socks. We are going for a run on the grass today for Cross Country training.Could all the girls line up here to run said Mrs Lagitupu. Go! The girls went off then Mrs Lagitupu told the boys to line up. Go! The boys were off!It was cold. My feet were muddy and yuck and slippery. I was passing Mr Palmer

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Talanoa mai. What does this mean? In Samoa these words mean - 'Talk to me'. This term is used when you are being invited to share you view or opinion.In Talanoa Mai, we look forward to not only sharing our work but also inviting you to 'Talanoa Mai', talk to us and let us know what your ideas and opinions are on the various topics we will cover.Talanoa Mai!

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