The Healthy Warrior Life!

Wow what a great way to spend our Monday afternoon!   The team sent to teach us all about healthy living were awesome!

We had a team of 4 Vodafone Warriors lead us through a very informative session.  The headings of the 3 areas they covered were: Nutrition, Sleep and Hydration.  Three very important parts of our daily life.  If we do a good job looking after what and when we eat, drink and sleep we will be in top shape for our learning and more!

The style of teaching used quick fun quizzes after every short talk on these areas.  Chanting our team names was the way we identified which group would answer first.  'Warriors' and 'Nate is the best' were the two chants.

No doubt Room 3 will swing into gear to tell you more detail about our great afternoon with the Vodafone Warriors here at Pt England School.

Special thanks to Tohu Harris, Nathaniel Roache and...can you name the rest of the team.  Leave their names in the comments section to win a prize!

What do you wonder about space? Talita animation

This week's class post comes to us from Talita. She's posed a very interesting question for astronauts. Watch Talita's animation to find out more! (Blog link for more from Talita)

WALT: Animate our answers.

Every term, we have to make an animation. This term we made our animation animate our answers to a question. This question had to say 'I wonder' in the beginning of the question.

Blog post of the week! Mystique shares about her IKAN test

Today my group Tapawha got to see our results on our  test. The thing that was different about our Ikan test was that we could go over our test twice if we needed extra time to do the answers again for the questions.   Another difference was that we used our own Chromebooks with our own headphones.  After the first test we got to sit the test again because some of the people in Tapawha had missed out some and thought that it would be good if we done our Ikan test again.

When we started the test I felt nervous and kind of relaxed at the same time, I also felt pressure coming in. When I was half way through the test I started feel pretty positive about my self and I thought I did alright on the first test and did better listening to it a  second time.

The next day ( which is today ) we marked our test. The different thing about marking our test was that we got to circle the ones that we got wrong but was a silly mistake because you knew the answer.   I was thinking of another question and forgot to answer the previous question then I ended up  missing it out.
Before our  teacher didn't let us do this but now she has told us that we could mark it circling the silly mistake we made.  This means I could also count this as question correct!

 After looking at my own results - my data, I still need to improve in place value. My grades on the test this time are better than the last time we did our test.   I still find  place value on the tests a little hard.  I will work on this!

Go here to read more from Myztique.  Well done Myztique on sharing your learning!

Te Taiao O Tamaki

Term 1 saw our cluster come together throughout the term through our shared focus on 'Te Taiao o Tamaki'. Our place - our space - our environment. This went hand in hand with our year's value of responsibility. Our Pt England way of expressing this is using te reo, 'Kaitiakitanga i nga wa katoa', Guardians of our all things.

 Our students typically in term 1 focus on belonging to Pt England. This time around it was this focus with the addition of looking up and across further than our school gates to the rest of Tamaki. Participating in our 'River talks' production right here at Omaru creek alongside other children of Manaiakalani was an experience we all learned so much from.

 All the learning this term was brought together by our cluster celebration that took place at Te Oro, our Glen Innes Music and Arts Centre. The displays were wonderful in catching our attention and imagination, aided aptly by the student presenters found at every stand. Please watch this video produced by Mrs Sandy Langitupu of Pt England School. She captured a number of our talented students and their presentations.
Malo lava i le fanau o Tamakī mo le tou fai mea lelei. Manuia le sauni atu i le toe amata o le aoga i le vaiaso fou.

Te Taiao o Tamaki Exhibition Highlights 2017 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Welcome to Miss Fepulea'i

Welcome Miss Fepulea'i!   The great start to the year has been with our student teacher.  Miss Fepulea'i has slipped into the Pt England way very easily.  She's no stranger to our Manaiakalani cluster as she has worked with children at Tamaki Primary.  

We are loving her contribution to our learning and are looking forward to when she takes full control of our class!

Here's Miss Fepulea'i judging our class role plays based on our school treaty.  Watch this space for our next happy happenings with Miss Fepulea'i!

Sculpture Walking with Miss Fepulea'i

The students were completely mesmerised by all the sculptures and structures that were on the trail keeping them pretty engaged in what seemed to turn into a little hike along the bush trail. Overall the whole experience was a blast and I was so happy that I volunteered to come.  With the flax art session, it made me think of some ideas that I could incorporate in the classroom in a lesson of my own. This term, the Point England principal discussed with the students about learning where they come from and who their whakapapa are. This got me thinking about making this into a lesson for my home class and how using the flax art from today and making it research and art lesson for the students. Getting the students to go home and ask their parents and grandparents about their family history and researching further about their heritage and coming up with symbols and patterns they could use on flax art of their very own.

Monday 13th February 2017

When in the team meeting last week, an art field next Monday was mentioned and that some helpers were needed; I jumped at the opportunity. With a deep passion for visual arts I couldn’t be more excited to go on this trip and get inspired. Today was that day, myself and my fellow student teacher Mrs Sio volunteered as helpers on a small school trip to Waiheke Island to go on a sculpture walk. There were two teachers, Mr Jackson and Mr Vogt who were leading the trip of eleven students today and we were buzzing in the morning to get to the island. Getting to Waiheke took a bus and a train to get there and prior to the journey, the students had to get into buddies who they stick with for the whole day and Mr Vogt had to assign two people to take photos and video the trip. Mrs Sio was the minder for one of the students whereas myself and the two teachers were to watch out for the remaining ten students.

When we arrived at Waiheke we were greeted by our guide Charlotte who would be taking us through the tour. We then started by walking through the wooden walkway which looked like a strange but very beautiful abstract walkway made of timber. We were then introduced to a female artist from the South Island who makes art from flax leaves and showed us pieces of art drawn on flax by other visitors of the island and said people drew things that meant something to them, representing something in their lives. Using a piece of board to lean on and a blunt nail to draw with, the students and teachers spent 15 minutes drawing things like cultural patterns from their heritage and pictures of things they like, like animals and objects like bibles to represent their spiritual beliefs. This gave me some ideas of my own which I put into my flax which I focussed on where I come from, from both sides of my family and places I’ve lived my whole life. After the flax art, we took a bus around to the beginning of the sculpture trail and began our hour and a half walk along the coast of Waiheke; admiring the various artists work, the different shapes, materials and themes were phenomenal and very contrasting from each other. From objects hanging from the trees to solar powered speakers playing rural classical music, the art pieces were all something the students and myself had never seen before.

2016 - So'o Tau'au - Join Shoulders

So'o Tau'au, 2016 sign off from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

2016 has been everything BUT normal!   We had changes to the timetable weekly, family, new baby :) teacher's on leave and leaving, Papa's and a Mama passing -  and in all this our kids stayed amazing!  Stayed normal!  Why??
We knew how and why - to 'So'o Tau'au'.

So'o tau'au is a Samoan saying that you typically hear in times of challenge.  Families and elders will visit those in a time of trial to offer support, this statement will be made.    Typically in our team we have sayings that help to embed our school wide korero.   Rather than a growling - it's a prompt to re-focus using our korero - saying.   This we carried through our learning spaces, in and out of the classroom - Te Reo, camps/field trips, tech@Tamaki College, testing, tuakana teina, visiting speakers, fundraisers, health talks and more!

Early in term 2 I shared this Samoan saying with our team during one of our morning karakia times.   It became something we used year long along with all other korero.   With all the changes that were expected and especially those that were not - this saying was one we held fast to.

Signing off for 2016 - I would like to wish all the students and teaching staff of Team 5 a fantastic festive season!    Well done on another amazing year, you've all contributed to making this year one of positive difference.

Looking forward to what 2017 will bring - opportunity to again 'So'o Tau'au'.

Ia manuia lava le tausaga fou, faamanuia atu le Atua ia te outou uma.

Mrs Andrea Bakulich Tele'a

Simon says this about 'So'o Tau'au' 

Samoan language week

Here is our senior Samoan Group performing for our Samoan language week. It was a blessing to use our precious language this week. The theme for 2016 is “E felelei manu ae ma’au i o latou ofaga - Birds migrate to environments where they survive and thrive”. This item was performed along with a speech from Eden and George who are both fluent in the Samoan language. Samoa e - maopoopo mai! Special thanks to Chocajoe who owns the images you see looping in the background. We loved your images that capture some very precious moments from Samoa.

Samoan Language Week Assembly item 2016 from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Garage Sale @ PES

A great big thank you for all your contributions to our garage sale. The many donated items from home and baking! It was one fantastic day for our community with whole families coming through to find a bargain or a treat to take home. We managed to raise a whopping $1,700! This will help us with our camp cost. The year 7 & 8 students wish to say a great big thank you for this! Faafetai tele lava!

BEHIND THE STATUS: FakeBook

FakeBook - BEHIND THE STATUS from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Your likes have power! Power to bring smiles or frowns. This is a reminder to be careful with what you 'like'. You need to check too - is this status true? Have fun watching this movie - have a laugh and remember...likes need to right too!

Put it down!

Put it down from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

We all have that friend who finds it near impossible to put down their phone. You end up talking to the side of their head rather than their face. Watch this movie and be reminded of the greater joy that comes to those who can put down that phone! Movie produced by Josephine, Iron and Ana of the year 7 & 8 extension class.

Telecom / Spark Community Day @ PES

Telecom now known as Spark visited schools in our community as part of an awesome outreach programme they run. Watch this movie to find out how they carry out this random act of kindness and why. A great big KIA ORA to all the fantastic volunteers of Spark who ventured to GI this day. You make a positive difference in our community. We look forward to seeing you again.

TAOFI MAU I AU MEASINA - Samoan language week launch@PES

Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa – Samoan Language Week: Sunday 25 – Saturday 31 May “Taofi mau i au measina: Hold fast to your treasures”. Minister of Pacific Island affairs - Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, launched the Samoan Language week in Auckland at Pt England School. This was a wonderful occasion where we shared the celebration with our local Samoan language nest - Aoga a le Teuila, based at the Tamaki Pacific Islanders Presbyterian church. Tamaki College Samoan group were also part of the celebrations, ending our time together with a beautiful song all about the beauty of Samoa, it's way, language and youth. Malo faafetai lava mo lenei avanoa taua. Ia ola pea lo tatou gagana i totonu o tatou aiga, aoga, ekalesia ma nuu o loo tatou galulue ai.

40 years for World Vision...22 years for PES!

This year marks 40 years of the 40 hour famine in NZ for World Vision. For us at Pt England it marks our 22nd years of participating in this event. Our school, whanau and community are very supportive of us and it's looking like we're going to make our goal of raising over $1,000! A special thank you to all our sponsors and the extra support we receive from world vision and their education sector. Looking forward to seeing how our funds support the children of Malawi.

World Vision PES 20 hour famine team from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

PEPA shows Pt England School's cultures and more Part 2

Performing Arts @ Pt England School Part 2 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

PEPA shows Pt England School's cultures and more

Term 2 saw a number of wonderful events unfold in our school. One was a brilliant performance led by Miss Muliaumasealii that saw our cultures being boldly represented in a 8 minute performance. Our community and even visitors from Google were there to witness and capture this event. This is part 1 of a two part movie that shows you this outstanding performance. Well done to all the tutors, students and parents who contributed to this event.

Paula Bennett visits PES

Our school usually hosts many visitors during the year. Yesterday we received a visit from the honourable Paula Bennett, Minister of Social Development. She briefly visited our class with Mr and Mrs Burt and Pat Sneddon. We were later told that she enjoyed being in our class. She was interested in what we were doing and how we used our netbooks for our learning. (3rd April 2013) Room 21 Pt England School. Thank you for visiting us Paula Bennett. We hope that what we shared with you will help you in the important role you have for Aotearoa.

Celebrate Successfully

Celebrate successfully from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

One of our recent school assemblies saw a beautiful array of Indian celebration costume and dance. It was all part of us learning and practicing how to 'Celebrate Successfully'. Watch this video to see what we mean. Make sure you listen closely to Mrs Lal explanation around the different costumes being worn by the talented dance team. Mrs Tuala, Ms Muliaumasealii, Mrs George, Mrs Lal, Jouan and Dhara you were so beautiful! Stand tall and be proud PES!

Olympics London 2012

There are around 36 different sports in the 2012 London Olympics. There are definitely the more popular sports in the Olympics that we know about.  This afternoon we had the task of finding out about the less popular sports that we don't know very much about. Tyla-Marie has found out about Judo. Tyla share about the sport's participants, rules and gear you need to compete in Judo.

Transit of Venus

SchoolTV Part Two, 15th June 2012 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

The transit of Venus occurs on June 6th and the Farm Cove astronomer is giving the public the chance to witness the extraordinary event. We only see the transits of Mercury and Venus or 'inferior planets' which are between the Earth and the Sun so we don't see it very often. Venus transits in eight-year cycles so the last one was in 2004. Before that there was one in 1882 and 1874. So fingers crossed, the weather's good on that day because the next one isn't until 2117. So no-one alive today is ever going to see it again. There will be telescopes set up outside Pakuranga's Te Tuhi Centre for the arts - letting people take a peek at the planet. Written by Iisa, Room 13 The above was written by Iisa and the movie was produced by the year 5 and 6 extension class under the direction of Iisa. It was fun time where we got to learn from a peer and show it through our movie. Awesome work Iisa!