Tupu @ Waima School

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS,  JINGLE ALL THE WAY,  OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO PAINT!!! Christmas is fast approaching, so what does Mrs Colebrook do, she goes and get plates and cups that the students can paint and decorate as presents for their parents or grandparents.....  What an awesome thing to do..... Miss Waiariki making some very care strokes with her brush..... Te Awa and Peter have a hard time deciding what colours to use on theirs!! Tyler and Hawaiki painting their cups for Xmas presents.... Add caption Waiariki takes such care when it comes to her plate... 5yr old Kauri painting his plate!!

TE AHUREA  KAPA HAKA O TE TONGA O HOKIANGA 2018   Ko te kapa haka Maori te waa tino ataahua o taku, a kaore rawa au e wareware i te wa tuatahi i tohua taku kapa haka ki WAIMA. Waima Kura is all about Whanaungatanga, Aroha, Integrity, Manaki, Ako are the five things that kept Waima School happy, and joyful, Waima Kura is the most wonderful school I've ever been at, because thats how we roll, and the way we keep our school safe. On the day when all Waima School performed for the festival I was so excited to perform but also confused because we were supposed to go around the back were the backdrops are, but the entrance was blocked off so we had to go through the tent and onto the stage, I felt so embarrassed and shy but we all did our best with a few mistakes but that didn’t matter at least we all had fun, that's what mattered the most, having fun. It wasn’t all about keeping it perfect like some dumb rich guy at a wedding, it was all about having fun, in Maori

Swimsafe In Water Lessons!! It is so important at our school that each child has the knowledge of what to do it they or anyone they know are in trouble in and around water.  So each year we have this awesome lady come in and teach the students techniques to help if they or anyone they know ever do get into trouble in and around  water.   The day they did this it was freezing cold, we had just had a big storm, and the rain had stopped, just after these pictures were taken the rain started again, then hail began to come down topped off with a bit of thunder and lightening!!  Four seasons in one day here in WAIMA...... It doesn't matter how many of you their are, if you work together you can survive the dangers in the water This group learning to work together to get to safety!! Chevvy and Isaac pulling Tyler to the edge of the pool 5 yr old Nikris trying to get to the huddle with the rest of the group Finally made it to the huddle!!

Peter and his Kikko Car!! Peter 6 yrs old made this car using parts from our  Kikko Construction sets, he was very excited to show me how it actually worked, and how he constructed it. Awesome work, one day you may design and build cars of your very own Peter!! Test run! Some of the other things you can make using the Kikko sets.....

Room 1 & 2 students have been learning about Koru designs as part of their art programme.  They are learning how to use different mediums to create effect. Their first project was using sketching pencils for shading different parts of the koru for a 3D effect. Phillip Phillip has gone all out with his design incorporating different ideas but still keeping the main theme (koru) as the focus. Anahera I love the way that Anahera has used different directional lines with some being darker and some lighter.  Very effective. Reama Reama has used different tones when shading her koru which gives her picture real depth.

Language Development Room 1 are currently working through a programme of developing their oral language.  This involves experiences that require them to talk about what they are doing or have done.  This is to help them develop their vocabulary which will then transfer into their writing.

ABORIGINAL DRAWINGS WALT WRITING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR WHANAU THEIR STORIES Waiariki translating her drawing, she even incorporated Matariki into her drawing. Ka Rawe Waiariki!!💝 Hinerangi explaining what and who her drawing is all about. Miharo😍 Braidon and his drawing, it was a little noisy so I hope you can hear it all about his journey. Ka pai Braidon👏

Our Kura Supporting the Marae Health Expo hosted by Hokianga Health . On friday our tamariki were fortunate enough to be invited to attend a Health Expo at Tuhirangi Marae.  When we arrived the staff from Hokianga Health were waiting for us, they students were spit into four groups and the were shown where they were to start. There were all sorts of things for the students to look at from Healthy lunches, Rongoa Maori, Car Seats, Growing vegetables.  Healthy teeth, the students were even treated to some goody bags and some healthy snacks. Here are a couple of pictures from their afternoon. Students with their balloons and goody bags, and some of the k Time to head back to Kura, Thankyou Hokianga Health for the fantastic afternoon.

LEARNING ABOUT FRACTIONS WITH WHAEA JO

Symbols Hieroglyphs We are studying symbols this term, we have looked at Emojis' and students created their own Emoji, that represented themselves, now we are looking and learning about Egyptian Symbols (Hieroglyphics).   Here are some pictures from our Room 1 and 2 students. Waiariki's Hieroglyph Bijanni's Hieroglyph picture

Maui and Anahera This is to help Anahera recognise capital and lower case letters S s Sock

WEEK 4 TUAKANA / TEINA MENTORING  Our awesome tamariki from room 2 helping the youngest students of the school with their reading.

WEEK 2 WHAT WOULD I LOOK LIKE AS AN EMOJI                    😇😛😡😍😎👅💔💚😈😞😚😅😁💥💦💋👀❤👮👏💢💬💭😁 AALIYAH SHOWING ME HER EMOJI MY EMOJI HAS A CROWN BECAUSE I AM MUM AND DADS PRINCESS!!

WELCOME TO TERM 2  @ WAIMA SCHOOL OUR USUAL FRIDAY DANCE LESSON HAS KICKED OFF, THANKS TO OUR AWESOME TUTOR WHAEA BO-DEENE. STUDENTS  DRAWING PICTURES AND WRITING THANK-YOU LETTERS TO OUR LOVELY SPONSOR  "CHOW HILL ARCHITECTS LTD AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KALPANA REDDY"   WHO HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH OUR DANCE LESSONS.

OUR MARAE NOHO On Thursday last week we held our annual school Marae Noho, we finished school Mrs Colebrook and Mrs Davidson and some of the parents too us all to the swimming pool for a swim, some of the other parents went over to the Marae and started preparing dinner, after we had our swim, we all walked over to the marae, set up our beds and then w e played for a little bit,  while some of the seniors and parents set the tables for dinner.   Our dinner was delicious we had mashed potatoes, kumara, gravy, onions, sausages and mixed vegetables, then we had cupcakes and chocolate brownies, fruit and milk, when we had finished we all helped clean up and do dishes.   After dinner we were all told go go inside the whare tupuna and sit on our beds, then Uncle Rob Cassidy came in and told us a story about some carvings that were put under the huge rock at the Marae, and how they came to be put under the rock.   By Laurie Waiariki talking about the Marae Noho 7 y

Our Junior Students Profile Pictures Haemish is 5years old and this is his very 1st day of school. Welcome to Waima School Haemish. Arana has been at school for about 3 weeks now and has worked really hard trying to finish his profile picture.  Well done Arana!!

FRIDAY'S  HIP-HOP PRACTISE WITH  WHAEA BO-DEENE Our school is fortunate enough to have a very talented young women travel out to our little school every friday to teach our whole school dance.  These are students from our junior classes and the range from yr1 - yr5.

WAIMA SCHOOL ROOM 1 & 2 WELCOME YOU ALL TO 2018 (W.A.L.T) Learning to write a re-count Anahera's Re-count of the story "Elmer the Elephant". Waiariki's Recount of the story "Elmer the Elephant" Waiariki's Elephant Penny She's very colourful and she's tall, she likes eating apples, and she loves pretty rainbows.