Saturday, 9 September 2017

Tongan Language Week 2017




What a great week to be at BMPS! 
Tongan language week has been wonderful.

It started on Monday with an opening assembly hosted by 
Rooms 19 and 11 where we learnt about the beautiful Tongan culture and language. 

Throughout the week we researched the history of Tonga, sang Tongan songs, listened to music and created tapa art based on Tongan symbols. We also made delicious watermelon 'otai.

The closing ceremony on Friday was a wonderful celebration of the learning that happened in each class. 









       




Monday, 4 September 2017

Angel Week 2017

As part of our learning pathways topic 'Helping Heroes' Room 8 children decided they wanted to plan something nice for the awesome staff at BMPS. After lots of research and discussion we decided to make week 7 Angel Week. We were each assigned a staff member that we could be an 'Angel' for. We planned and created a special treat to be delivered each day that week. 
As part of Angel Week we made invitations and invited everyone to a special morning tea hosted by Room 8 where we shared a video we had made. We all had roles to play. Our Sistema musicians planned and rehearsed a playlist of music to entertain our guests, we had a group of children creating a banner and other decorations, children in charge of setting up the audio/visual equipment as well as children researching recipes and cooking food. Take a look at what we have been up to...











Here are our lovely staff enjoying morning tea!











This term we have learnt how to plan and manage our time and resources. We have learnt how to delegate roles and responsibilities and work within a team. We have worked on our communication skills and had the opportunity to be creative when we wrote and performed our own songs. We have learnt how good it feels to serve others and the impact our everyday choices can have on others.
Each day we reflected on how it felt to give, and while we know the purpose of giving is not to receive it was still lovely to get lots of emails, cards and treats to thank us for the joy we spread during Angel Week. 


Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to the amazing, dedicated, beautiful staff who make BMPS such a great place. We appreciate everything you do to help us be the best we can be. 

Thursday, 31 August 2017

Cricket

Room 8 are enjoying cricket this term. We look forward to our sessions with Coach Lily each week. We have been learning techniques to improve out batting, bowling and fielding skills. 
Check us out in action!







Kia Orana! Cook Island Language Week 2017

Earlier on this term was Cook Island language week. One of the challenges was to make 'Ei from recycled materials.  The material we used were...old magazine papers that we folded then threaded with a needle a  and string.   







we thought they looked cool when we had finished.


We also learnt about the island of Penrhyn and designed a poster.
We enjoyed the fun Cook Island assemblies we had and the mufti day on Friday when we got to wear our culture clothes. 

By Tarita


Wednesday, 19 July 2017

High Five For Awesome Attendance!


Congratulations to Ardyn, Savannah, Waina, Aphrodite, Nevaeh and Ellen-Gracie who all received certificates for 100% attendance in term 2.


😁  😎  😇  😊  😍  👏  👍

Matariki Buddy Time!