TE AO IPURANGI 09/10

End of 2010

2010-12-21T10:06:00.000+13:00

Here are AWARDS for 2010:

SERVICE AWARDS:
Class councilors - Victor Guy, Ashton Morris
Enviroagents - Ashleigh Taiapa, Tatiana Thompson
Choir - Jayda Te Hira, Ashton Morris, Alyssa Hirawani, Angela Black
Rock Band - Jayda Te Hira, Ashton Morris, Alyssa Hirawani, Garry Mose Iopu
CPA - Arahia Miratana, Tatiana Thompson, Hendrix Peters, Elkanah Andrews-Peters, Garry Mose Iopu

CLASS AWARDS:
General Excellence - Jayda Te Hira
Academic - Sasha Babbington
Sportsmanship - Alyssa Hirawani
Effort - Hendrix Peters
Citizenship - Victor Guy

SCHOOLWIDE AWARDS:
Excellence in Music - Jayda Te Hira/Ashton Morris

BOY were our students busy this year... Thank you Room 1 for all your hard work! :) GOOD LUCK at high school, work hard and have fun!

FlyBuys

2010-11-21T18:33:00.002+13:00

It's getting closer to the end of the year and after an exciting Term 4 Auction we still have a few weeks left to earn some points and redeem some more prizes!

Here are some of the prizes students can trade their points in for:

ATHLETICS - sprints and relays

2010-11-09T11:43:00.000+13:00

This Friday we have our school 100m sprint heats and finals, and the class relay!

Our girls team is: Ashton, Sasha, Hine and Alyssa
Our boys team is: JayJay, Hendrix KP, Newelle and Jordan

ATHLETICS

2010-10-20T22:44:00.003+13:00

This term we have our school athletics! During week 1 and 2 students are practicing and developing skills in long jump, cricket ball throw, shot put, discus, and high jump.

Here are some you tube clips to inspire you...

FORENSICS

2010-10-12T15:25:00.006+13:00

How does the world investigate the truth?

What is Forensics?
What is Truth?
What is Evidence? What is proof?

If you don't get caught are you still wrong?

Innocent until proven Guilty OR Guilty until proven Innocent?

How do we justify our decisions?

These are some of the questions students will be answering and learning about during our forensics unit.

(Click on the image to see it full size)

To start the unit, we discussed what we already know about Forensics and brainstormed key words... turns out there is a lot we need to learn! This is a whole class wordle. We will be comparing this one to one at the end of the term so see if there is a change in our forensic vocabulary.

Hip Hop @ NZ AIMS

2010-09-10T14:26:00.004+12:00

Two students from Room 1 are a part of our schools Hip hop group that traveled over to Tauranga to compete at NZ AIMS. Here is some footage of their routine:

CONGRATULATIONS to all the crew for coming 4th in the competition!!

Story Time: building confidence for speeches

2010-09-07T11:59:00.005+12:00

Students in Room 1 are practicing speaking in front of an audience, building confidence and using expression when they speak. Each week they choose a picture book to share with their group, they practice reading it with expression at home and then bring it to school to read aloud.

SPEECH PRACTICE

2010-09-02T12:28:00.004+12:00

By now you should be thinking about how you are going to present your speech and practicing in front of friends, family and the mirror! Here are the speech finalists from 2009, are there any tips you can pick up from these fine citizens?

SPEECHES 2010

2010-08-31T12:08:00.000+12:00

Speeches, the word makes some people cringe and hide away whilst others thrive at the opportunity to speak amongst their peers. This term they are here, with some very interesting topics:

1. Is our climate really changing? Where's the evidence - how do we know?

2. "Show me don't tell me." Talk about air pollution and how to reduce it where you live.

3. One mans trash is another mans treasure - persuade us to recycle.

4. "Make today, better than yesterday, and tomorrow better than today." What are you doing for sustainability?

5. Science is simple common sense at its best.~ Thomas Huxley. In the name of science it is common sense to kill whales

PrEP 2010

2010-08-24T11:35:00.000+12:00

We had an exciting PrEP Market Day! Room 1 students worked extremely hard to create interesting, high quality products to sell. It took 5 weeks to plan, produce and sell our goods to our community. Here are some signs created to advertise Room 1's business ventures:

We are confident that our class produced the best products overall, with teddy bears made out of recycled clothing, classy wooden coasters, pinatas with lollies inside them, a dart throwing competition with beautiful origami balls with lollies inside as prizes, poi for sale, and delicious home made baking!

MAGGI KITCHEN SHOWDOWN

2010-08-09T14:03:00.000+12:00

On the 5th of August, four students travelled to Auckland to compete in the Maggi Kitchen Showdown. Room 1's Ashleigh Taiapa thoroughly enjoyed the experience! Here are some snapshots of their day...

Architecture Study

2010-06-17T13:59:00.000+12:00

Wow, what a busy term!! Here are some examples of the work students have been doing in class.

Students learned about famous structures around the world, why are they famous and what do they think is magnificent about their chosen building/structure. They then created some 3D pop out art to accompany their information. It looks absolutely stunning!

FINLAY PARK Statistics

2010-06-11T15:38:00.000+12:00

As part of our Statistics Unit this term, students did a statistical investigation on Year 8 Camp at Finlay Park.

They were told to think outside the "favourite activity" question and students chose more meaningful topics such as "how did you get up the hill?". Yes, it sounds rather random, but doing a 1.5km run up and down a hill 3 days in a row at 7am in the morning leaves an impression on our students.

KIDSLINE POSTER COMPETITION

2010-05-11T18:50:00.001+12:00

Below is a link to the kidsline website to give you some ideas on what to put on your poster and so you can have at look at some of the cool PRIZES!

Click here for details on the kidsline poster competition

Here are some examples of past entries into the competition:

MAGGI KITCHEN SHOWDOWN

2010-05-09T19:13:00.002+12:00

Congratulations to Ashleigh who made the group of Melville Intermediate representatives for the Maggi Kitchen Showdown. The TV crew came in and filmed our students, very exciting stuff!! Below is a link to the website, remember they only get to go to the nationals if we VOTE online so we need all your support!

VOTE for Melville Intermediate

See the some behind the scenes footage

WELCOME BACK - TERM 2

2010-04-19T11:41:00.000+12:00

This term we have a lot of exciting things happening!

The Year 8 topic focus is on Architecture and Rm1 will be researching famous buildings around the world and even designing and creating a building of their own! But the big thing I'm looking forward to is CAMP!

So keep an eye on this blog for any information about what our students are doing this term

Values Poems

2010-03-15T11:18:00.001+13:00

Here is another poem written by one of our students, I am extremely proud of the thinking our students are doing and the fantastic work they produce:

Pride
Pride wanders around looking for someone to help, leading people to success through encouragement. Pride supports anyone he sees, telling students daily to never give up and keep moving forward. Pride will always stand tall no matter what ever is in front of his path. Pride wears tidy clothes, that represents who he is and what he does. Pride well never let anyone down.

by Hendrix KP

VALUES POEMS

2010-03-13T12:08:00.004+13:00

Imagine... Respect is actually a person.

What does he look like?
What kind of clothes does he wear? Are they clean and tidy? Or are they scruffy and covered in mud?
What kind of person is he? Is he friendly or mean? Does he help others or does he push them around?
What does he enjoy doing?

Students in Room 1 were given the task of describing what kind of person EXCELLENCE, PRIDE, RESPONSIBILITY, RESPECT, or INTEGRITY would be. They needed to use their knowledge of these values to decide how they would describe their person. Here are some examples of what our students came up with.

Excellence
Excellence is uses her happiness to her advantage. The quality of her style is perfect and spotless. She is a caring citizen, loyal to each person she meets. She takes responsibility for her learning and is part of the solution with problems at school. Her smile shows everyone her bubbly personality. She always climbs the mountain and reaches the top.

by Sasha

Respect
Respect walks around looking out for others in need of help, no matter where or when they are in need. She is not a selfish person that only cares about her self, she likes to encourage people. Respect looks up to people as well as being looked up to. She values others peoples opinions and ideas. She tries very hard to look sharp with clean appropriate clothes. She has long brown hair with hazel green eyes that twinkle as bright as the stars.

by Jayda

Makuhari Manuhiri

2010-03-12T11:52:00.002+13:00

Today our School welcomed students from Makuhari Junior High School in Japan. They will be with us for the next two weeks and TAI Melville students are lucky to be hosting 4 of these students. Most of our manuhiri are 15 years old and are very excited to learn as much about Aotearoa as possible. Our students are looking forward to hearing about Japanese culture as well - nau mai haere mai tamariki ma!

TAI MELVILLE UPGRADE!

2010-03-11T07:58:00.003+13:00

YAY!

During my release time I decided to do some work on our beautiful blog, and I made an amazing discovery! We have now upgraded our TAI Melville Blog to have a number of different pages to link to:

Panui (Notices)
TAI Rm 1
TAI Rm 2

These links allow you to see whats happening in each class, and panui (notices) about upcoming events for the students in Te Ao Ipurangi.

STARS

2010-03-05T13:03:00.000+13:00

Here at Miriwera we have 5 values we call STAR values:

Here are the classroom posters Room 1 students made for our school values. We will be doing more work on these values throughout the term... Watch the space!

Room 2 Students 2010

2010-03-05T11:32:00.001+13:00

Nau mai haere mai!

2010-03-01T12:21:00.014+13:00

Nau mai haere mai! A warm welcome to the parents/caregivers and whanau of the Te Ao Ipurangi Year 7 students (Room 2). We hope that you will find this blog informative and interesting. Our blog serves as another vehicle for our students to showcase their mahi (work) and any other tidbits which they may be involved in. I encourage you all to explore the site and see how this unique programme has been developed over the past year or so. Please feel free to leave a comment where appropriate as my students and I will be monitoring our blog regularly. Take a look at the photos of the Room 2 students for 2010 - ataahua ne?

A very warm Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) welcome to our new friends in Room 7, St Claires School, Dunedin. Rm 2 students have been skyping Rm 7 students . We are looking forward to working with them as they develop their Mihi. Ma te wa (see you again).

Winter Olympics 2010

2010-02-16T18:13:00.009+13:00

We always need to be setting ourselves a goal to work towards.

The athletes that compete at the Winter Olympics are no different, they set themselves numerous goals and they work very very hard to achieve them. No matter how big or small, having goals in life is important :)

Here is a trailer for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Can you identify the different sports shown on this video clip?

Welcome Back

2010-02-08T11:06:00.006+13:00

Welcome back to another exciting year in Te Ao Ipurangi!

This term's school wide focus is on building positive relationships with others and learning more about our schools 'STARS' values. Room 1 is focusing on leadership and goal setting, while the teina in Room 2 are doing some exciting work to do with heart disease. Watch this space for more info...

Term 4 - Forensics

2009-11-17T14:09:00.005+13:00

Room 1 is learning about forensics and the many things involved in forensic science.

Before we started learning about forensic science, students did a brainstorm of all key words they knew already. Here is a wordle to show their ideas.

MELVILLE'S GOT TALENT

2009-11-03T12:45:00.004+13:00

At the end of Term 3 Miriwera (Melville) hosted an action packed evening for parents and the community showcasing our tamariki's artistic and musical talents. Room 2 students entered all three categories and came 1st in the group category; 2nd in the class category and 3rd in the individuals. The Year 8 and Year 7 teachers even performed!! Here is the video presentation submitted by Rm 2...they are sooooooooo talented! Enjoy.

Waikato Te Awa

2009-11-02T16:36:00.005+13:00

Our main topic for Term 3 was learning about the history of Waikato River or "WAIKATO TE AWA". Part of our reading programme was a Maori myth telling the origins of how the river was formed. The myth is called "The River that Ran Away". It is a delightful story about Tongariro and Taupiri growing up together and then parting when marriage took Taupiri to a new home. Taupiri became ill and felt the waters from her homeland could heal her. She sent her servant to retrieve water from Tongariro mountain. Tongariro created a crevice from which a small stream began its journey back to Taupiri. This stream became a river known as Waikato te Awa. This artwork showcases Room 2 students interpretation of a snipet of the story. They then wrote a blurb about their representations. The overall effect is stunning and sits proudly on display in the classroom. Titiro mai!

Geometric Shapes

2009-11-02T16:11:00.004+13:00

Room 2 students have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. At the end of our geometry unit, they used this knowledge to create artshapes using crayon and dye. The class display looks fantastic. Here are some outstanding examples.

PrEP

2009-10-28T11:35:00.003+13:00

Melville Intermediate School had a very successful PrEP day, with lots of stalls selling a lot of hand crafted items, and yummy kai (food). There was a lot of preparation leading up to the day, making stall signs, advertisements and planning how they were going to pay back their loan. Here are some of the outstanding stall signs our class created!

Term 3 - Simple Machines

2009-10-28T09:31:00.020+13:00

Over the Term Room 1 learnt about simple machines!
They wrote an explanation on an everyday item we use and completed a detailed diagram to explain how the item works.

The students also had to investigate how a marionette puppet works and create one of their own, here are some examples of their fantastic work!

Essay Writing

2009-08-24T20:16:00.004+12:00

Room 2 students were posed the question "Should Maori Language be Compulsory in Schools?" Their writing structure was based on the Hamburger model, that is, introduction (the bottom bun), filling (middle) and conclusion (the top bun). The class started with a brainstorm to gauge initial thoughts and feelings. Students also used a variety of 'thinking tools' to write down their ideas. This topic generated a flood of opinions and perspectives from my 30 students. Since we had covered the Treaty of Waitangi in Term 1, and then Maori Language Week this term, students had formed a predisposition about this hotly debated topic. It was therefore heartening to read that from the 30 students, Alyssa chose (and rightly so) to argue against the language being compulsory. Alyssa believes..."Outside of school, my family and I are hardly ever involved in any Maori activities. Learning te reo Maori would be an awesome skill, but not as important as the other compulsory subjects such as maths, reading etc". On the other hand Daniel says..."It is important for New Zealand’s heritage to keep the language alive, and if we do not encourage it then only a few will be able to talk Te reo and a part of our heritage may be lost". Stay tuned for some more excerpts from Room 2 students.

Quiz Champions!

2009-08-11T15:56:00.005+12:00

Congratulations to these Tauira (students)
from Room 7 who correctly answered the
questions for our Quiz. Tino pai tama ma!

Matua Adam Whauwhau

2009-08-04T19:01:00.008+12:00

On Thursday the 30th July, Miriwera were privileged and honored to have Matua Adam Whauwhau come to our school assembly and speak about Te Wiki o te reo Maori. He spoke eloquently and passionately about Maori culture and language and what it means for himself and his whanau (family). He talked about dying languages (in particular Maori) and how out of 390,000 Maori in the World only 40,000 go on to learn the language and out of that 40,000, 5,000 are fluent speakers of Maori (Census). Matua Adam believes that initiatives such as Te Wiki o te reo Maori may go a long way to ensuring the longevity of Maori language and culture within Aotearoa.

Here is some video footage of Matua Adam at Miriwera, his guitar playing and singing is amazing!! - Tumeke Matua!

Maori Language Week Video Competition

2009-08-03T20:35:00.007+12:00

Here is Room 1's entry for the Video Competition:

For the competition, we wanted to show how we use Te Reo Maori (the Maori language) in the classroom. Our class does karakia (prayer) everyday and learns new waiata (songs) but we wanted to have a video that was different to other entries, so we chose to show how we use Te Reo in P.E.

Maori Language Week Poster Competition

2009-08-03T19:41:00.004+12:00

Well done to all the students who entered the poster competition for Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. There were a lot of fantastic entries. Here are the finalists of the poster competition:

Quickfire Korero

2009-07-31T14:03:00.006+12:00

The long awaited 2nd and 3rd episodes of Quickfire Korero are here!! Enjoy...

Kai time at Miriwera

2009-07-30T20:19:00.012+12:00

To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, staff at Miriwera were treated to a delicious Hangi! The hangi was prepared by Matua Justin of Room 17 with help from students in Rooms 1 and 2. After lunch, it was very hard for staff to go back to work!! Traditionally hangi is cooked in the ground, special hangi stones are heated to a high temperature and then the baskets of kai are placed on top. Wet bags are then placed over the kai to keep in the heat. Dirt then covers the entire ensemble. Kia ahatia, (however) the world of the hangi has evolved and can now be cooked in gas cookers, much faster and less mess!! Here are some photos of today's feast.

Quikfire Korero

2009-07-28T16:27:00.009+12:00

Staff at Miriwera were interviewed today and were asked 'quik quiz questions'. The concept was stolen (oops we mean borrowed) from CODE on Maori Television. Here's just a couple of examples from our wonderful staff at school. Kia ora koutou for being such 'good sports'. Watch out for the interview with Mr Day, a highlight of the week!!!!

Cultural Performing Arts Roopu (Group)

2009-07-28T16:04:00.005+12:00

This is footage taken on Saturday 25th July 2009 at Frankton Markets, Hamilton, New Zealand. Our CPA group is practising very hard for their upcoming tour to Ahiterieria (Australia).

Maramataka - Days of the Week

2009-07-28T15:30:00.007+12:00

To celebrate Te Wiki o te reo Maori, students from the Year 8 Te Ao Ipurangi class have been in the schools TV studio presenting the days of the week. We have uploaded an example of their mahi (work) Tirohia (take a look).

QUIZ QUESTIONS

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Day 1
"You're not in Guatemala now Dr. Ropata" - Which Maori actor plays Dr. Ropata?

Day 2
Who is the kaitiaki (guardian) 0f wild or uncultivated foods?

Day 3
PANGARAU - maths
Rima tekau ma toru - Wha tekau ma rima =
(the answer must be in English)

Day 4
Which Melbourne Storm player's surname rhymes with Roopu?

Day 5
MATARIKI
Name one of the seven sisters?

FINAL ANSWER CLUE:
twinkle, twinkle little star...

TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI - MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK 27th JULY-31st JULY 2009

2009-07-26T22:38:00.004+12:00

This week we are celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori - Maori Language Week! To mark this special event, TAI will be running competitions for the MIS classes to participate...titiro mai!

Quiz - Each day a question will be posted on this blog. Answer the questions from Monday 27th July through to Friday 31st of July. Once you have collected each answer, take the first letter of each of the days words and formulate a new word in Maori. When you have your answer take the 5 words along with the new word to Whaea Haylee. The first correct answer will be declared the winner and will feature on this blog.

Class Competition:
1) Classes have three topics to choose from to celebrate Maori Language Week.

(i) Create a two minute video/photostory/slideshow on 'Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori', think about the history of Maori Language week, what it means today, what it means to you and your class;
(ii) Develop your own class myth or legend;
(iii)Create and film a lesson in Maori;

For every class who participates, they will get a chance to choose from a lucky dip kete. The winning class will receive a kete of Maori resources for the classroom. All entries must be completed by Friday the 31st of July and handed into Room 1. The following week, the finalists will be placed on the TAI blog for viewing and voting. Winner will be announced on Monday the 10th August.

2) Poster- Create a poster advertising "Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori". Include interesting facts, e.g. where did it all begin, what it means to Maori, . The poster can be made by hand or computer. Must be A3 size, be bright, colourful and imaginative. The finalists will be placed on the TAI Melville blog and the winner announced on the 10th August. Entries must be received by Friday 31st July at 3pm. The winning poster will feature on the TAI blog!

For more information on Maori Language Week click here.

Destination Aotearoa Online - Part 2

2009-07-24T15:57:00.013+12:00

Here is another one of the glogs students made of the different destinations and attractions available in that area. They learnt how to hyperlink images and text to other glogs they created or other useful websites.

Poneke - Wellington

Destination Aotearoa Online!

2009-07-01T19:22:00.013+12:00

Room 1 has been working hard this term on their topic Destination Aotearoa! Here is a peek at what the students have been working towards - A class glog with information on different places to visit whilst visiting Aotearoa.

http://8kb09.glogster.com/Destination-Aotearoa/

Maori Place names - Part 2

2009-07-01T19:13:00.005+12:00

Students in Room 1 are currently presenting their slideshows to the class - their work will be posted soon. The destinations they chose to present were:

Poneke
Taupo-Nui-A-Tia
Rotorua
Akarana

Can you tell what the English translations are?

Destination Aotearoa - Maori place names

2009-06-15T18:54:00.004+12:00

The topic this term is Destination Aotearoa and students have been learning the Maori place names for destinations in our country. Students have used visual cues to help remember the Maori place name by finding images of attractions in their chosen destination. This is one of the slides used in class to help them remember Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) and Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).

Room 1 and 2 students - Kapa Haka

2009-05-12T15:15:00.008+12:00

Room 2 students Victor and Ashleigh were practising their presenting skills and put it to good use by responding to some great video footage from Mr Lamshed's class in Australia!! This was followed by an impromptu haka demonstration involving Room 1 and 2 students. Titiro mai!

Room 2 students at play

2009-05-01T16:06:00.002+12:00

Room 2 students were experimenting taking photos with the class digital camera. We looked at composition, lighting, shape and tone.

BubbleShare: Share photos - Find great Clip Art Images.

Some of Room 1's BEAUTIFUL work!

2009-04-30T16:16:00.011+12:00

One of the first projects the students in Room 1 worked on was combining Maori visual art and Te Reo to create their Taku Whanau posters.

On their posters, each koru represents a certain member in their whanau (family). Students also learnt to say a small whakapapa about their immediate family, where they introduce each of their family members. Their whakapapa was published and presented with their Koru poster and they turned out looking Fantastic!!

BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.

Ukelele Video

2009-04-28T15:22:00.004+12:00

This is Jayda and Ashton from Room 2 who are very talented musicians, here they are performing a couple of waiata (songs) on their ukelele's.

This is the first post of our new blog, YAY!! This is a photo of Room 2 students at Ruatuna Camp in Term 1.

2009-04-27T17:07:00.003+12:00

Kia Ora Koutou!

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