Malo to Samoan language Week

welcome-afio mai
good job-malo
The cultural leaders opened the week with their national costume and dance.

In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt.

Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and phrases in Samoan.

Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.

Selo-zero

Tasi-one

Lua-two

Tolu-three

Fa-four

Lima-five

Ono-six

Fitu-seven

Valu-eight

Iva-Nine

Sefulu-ten

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’s birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”

Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.

Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

Maori verbs

In Room 6 we have been learning verbs in maori (action words) The question is 'kei te aha ia?' which means what s/he doing. ia is the pronoun for both he and she.

We have matched verbs up, filled in crosswords, and played Simon Says.

To Mum

                                         My handprint
Here is my handprint five fingers in all, outside they are short but the middle is tall.

You will find them on windows, you can find them on the wall,
they will make a big mess for something so small.

One day I will grow and leave them no more
My handprints will be missed of that I am sure.

So here is one now that you cant wipe away.
my present to you this mothers day.

The Ascension of Jesus

In RE we learnt about the ascension of Jesus of Galilee. Jesus told his disciples to take his gospel to the whole world. He promised to
send the Holy Spirit to be with us always and then he returned, in glory to his father in heaven.