Samoan Language Week 2017- Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa

This week we celebrated Samoan Language Week.
On the 1st June we celebrated Samoa Independence Day and learnt many different facts of how this came to be and the many sacrifices Samoan people had to make.
Here is a video below of Manulua students singing their item and our friends from down the road, Rowandale School who joined us for our celebrations and performed a siva.
Thank you to all those parents who were able to make it and join in on the festivities.

Mangere Mountain- 13th March 2017

On Monday, Rooms 1 and 7 went to Mangere Mountain Education Centre to start our new topic 'Myths & Legends'. We learnt about legends associated with Mangere Mountain and the Auckland region. We got to do all this while walking up Mangere mountain too. In the afternoon, Stardome Observatory came to the centre to show us how to look at the stars using a smart device and gave us a few tips on how to find Matariki.

Thank you so much to Mangere Mountain Education Centre, Stardome Observatory and our parent helpers Sheeandra (Jaeda's Mum) and Sega (Shaquile's Dad).  

Whakawhanaungatanga Day

Our aim for Whakawhanaungatanga Day was for students to build relationships and confidence with their peers from other Year 5/6 classes in Manulua.

 

You can find below a few pictures from our Whakawhanaungatanga Day, students had 4 stations to complete;

1. Amazing Race which involved completing various activities as a group and capturing evidence using a camera

2. Invisible Touch with Whaea Marie

3. Interactive activities with the MAIA team

4. Obstacle Courses with Matua Fou

Finding out the area of our Netball Court

This term in Numeracy our focus has been around Measurement. For the past week we have been learning about area. First we made a sqaure metre using cardboard, cellotape and a metre ruler. This helped us to see what a square metre looked like. We then had the task of finding the area of our Netball Court. So measured the length and width using the square metre we had constructed, then we worked out that the length multiplied by the width would give us the area of the court. Area is the inside of a shape. 

Find below some photos of our process

We did this as a class as many groups had different measurements of the court. We decided to measure the length and width of the court again to ensure we were doing it accurately. We concluded that the length of the court was 23m (nearest metre) and the width was 13m (nearest metre). 

We went 23 X 10 (made a tidy number, so that we could work it out)= 230

23 X 3 (the left over from the 13)= 69

Added the totals together: 230 + 69= 299m2

We even replicated what the court would look like if we were to measure it using the square metre. Each cube in the picture represents 1m2. There is 23 cubes for the length and 13 cubes for the width. We counted them all and there was a total of 299 cubes. 

Kiwi Can Week 4

This week in Kiwi Can we are learning how to follow instructions. 

This is a video of our class completing the warm up activity- We had to focus really hard on the instructions because Matua Joseph (Kiwi Can Leader) was confusing us by doing the opposite moves.

This is a video of our class working in groups to follow instructions from a leader. We had to make sure we listened to the instructions from the Kiwi Can Leader carefully in order to relay the instructions to our group in the correct order.

Our amazing Art work

Today we did some art work with Miss Magaoa. We were learning to blend using pastels. Our work will go up in the hall, so next time your in our school hall, make sure you have a look at our awesome art work.

Thank you so much Miss Magaoa!

Below are a few students who were proud to showcase what they had achieved today.

Wairoa 

Jerrymiah

Ayas

Anilupe

Louella 

The art work drying