Duffy Role Model Assembly

Constable Brian Ward was the role model at our Duffy assembly. Students from King's College were also present at our assembly. A big thank you to King's College students for sponsoring our books.
Constable Brian told us to always do our best and read lots of books so that we can be smart. Thomas received an award from Constable Brian.
By Catherine

Printing a fern

This morning I cut a fern from our garden. It reminded me of the silver fern on the ALL BLACK'S flag. I took it to class and I used it to make a printing of a silver fern. This is the procedure of doing PRINTING.

Equipment you need:
Roller
Black paint
fern
Paint brush
paper

Method:
*Place the fern on the paper.
*Paint the fern with black paint.
*Place a paper over the painted fern.
*Roll over the paper using the roller.
*Remove the paper and you will see the printed image of the fern.

By Thomas

Spring is here

When I came into class this morning, my teacher told me that I looked pretty with my sandals and jeans. I told her that spring is here and I feel happy. She told me to write a poem about Spring. Here is my poem and a picture I drew.

Spring

Fields covered with pretty flowers.
Everything is so so bright.
What a sight.!!!
Lambs playing and birds chirping.
Daylight savings has begun.
Warm, sunny days are here.
Happy children everywhere.
I love Spring!

By Regan

School Assembly

Team 3, Te Whanau Tutakitanga, the Maori Bilingual unit at our school presented our school assembly. I enjoyed listening to the year 1 and 2 class telling the time and the days of the week in maori. Students received certificates for participating in the cross country. Catherine came second in the 8 year race. Regan and Timote also collected certificates for taking part.
Veronicar, from our class was chosen to receive the terrific person award at assembly. Room 24 was lucky to be chosen as the best class at assembly. Julie collected the trophy for room 24.
By Viliame

Rippa Rugby

A very excited group of year 3 and 4 children met in the hall because it was Rippa day. We played Rippa rugby. It was a new game for all of us. There was a red team and a blue team with 9 players in each team. The players wore a belt with a flag around their waists. The object of the game is to score a try. The player can be stopped from scoring a try when the defending team rips his flag from his belt. The referees were Mr.Letufuga and Whaea Maria. It was a good experience for me.
By Vondra

Disco Dancing

When the bell rang for lunch all the children raced to the hall with their $1.00 BUT only the Year 3 and 4 children were allowed to the disco. THE RULES WERE NO RUNNING, NO PLAYING TIGGY AND NO GOING ON THE STAGE. The year 5 and 6 children had their special day on Friday. The junior children in Room 22 listened to the music from the outside and they were also dancing to the beat. Whaea Ngaire and Whaea Kikee played music for both the boys and girls. Everyone was doing their own dance moves and it was fun. We tried to be like Michael Jackson and Beyonce.
By Regan

Rugby World Cup Parade

This scrapbook design customized with Smilebox

Rugby World Cup 2011 Parade

It was an exciting day for the children of Otahuhu Primary. Everyone was dressed in the colours of the country they supported.
Can you guess which country Room 24 supported?  It was Ireland. We wore green T shirts and painted the Irish flag on our faces. We made Ireland's flag in class. The girls wore green, white and orange headbands. Thomas, was the captain of the Irish team. He  made a green top hat and glued a shamrock design on it.  Thomas led the class up to the stage and we paraded to the anthem of Ireland. Regan, Krisharti, Catherine,Timote  and Vondra shared important facts about Ireland.
Everyone cheered and clapped as each class paraded on the stage. The hall was very colourful with children waving their flags. Moziah won a prize for wearing the best costume. What an awesome day!

My kiwiana clock

I designed and made a clock for my technology lesson. I used an old cd. The kiwiana icon I used  for my clock is the map of New Zealand. This was a criteria I had to use to make my clock. I found difficulty with sticking the numbers on the clock and I had to get help from my teacher. I was really happy with my finished product. The next time I make a clock I will use a different kiwiana icon like the silver fern.
By Thomas

Learning national anthems