Looking after the Chickens and Pigs!

 We gave the chickens some feed and some fresh water. They seemed to like it.

 We watched the chickens eat but some of us were a bit scared of them so we stayed back!

 We got to talk to the Hettie and Percy the pigs.

 They were very good and hungry. They ate all their vegetables up!

 We had to clean up all the pig poo!! Not a nice part of the job but I think the pigs liked it.

 I tried to give him an apple but Hettie was too busy eating his vegetables!

I think they liked us saying hello, feeding them and cleaning up their pig messes :)

Our Fledgling Cake Sale!

Fledglings Cake Sale

On Thursday 20th November The Fledglings had a cake sale to fundraise for their fun day at the end of the school year. A massive thank you for all the amazing parents who supported us by bringing cakes in to sell. Also a big thank you to all those parents and staff who bought cakes from the stall to support us. We had so many that we sold them before and after school and made a total of $716.50!!

Gingerbread Men

We made Gingerbread Men. They couldn't quite run as fast as we could, we caught them and they were yum!!

Discovery...Persistence

In discovery we have been working really hard to use persistence in some fun activities!

Tokelau Language Week!

Guess What? The Great Giraffes and Brilliant Butterflies learnt how to count in Tokelau up to 10!! Come and take a look.

Niuen Language Week

Look what the Great Giraffes learnt during Niuen Language Week...

Rowandale Art Show!! What great fun we had making our Animal shadows based on Henri Matisse.

Tongan Language Week- Challenge 3

Today we practiced speaking introducing ourselves in Tongan with a buddy:

What is your name? Ko hai ho hingoa
My name is- Ko hoku hingoa...

Tongan Language Week- Challenge 2

Today we learnt how to say:

How are you? Fefe hake?
Fine Thank you - Sai pe Malo

Tongan Week- Challenge 1

Today The Great Giraffes and Brilliant Butterflies learnt how to say "Hello" in Tongan:

 Malo e lelei (ma lo e lay)

Tongan Week

We have been learning some Tongan greetings :)

Indian Language Week- Challenges 1-3

We have loved being involved in the challenges for Indian Language Week: Check out our Bollywood moves.

Cook Island Language Week- Challenge 4

Cook Island Language Week- Challenge 3

Today we had the challenge of saying:

"My name is..." "Ko Toku Ingoa Ko..." to Mr Vasau.

Mr Vasau seemed to have shrunk today. Here goes...

Cook Island Language Week- Challenge 2

Today for our challenge we had to ask 5 teachers how they were:

"Pe'ea Koe?" How are you?

They responded with: "Meitaki Maata" Good Thank You

Cook Island Language Week

This week is Cook Island Language Week. We will be uploading a challenge everyday of the week. Here is the challenge for today:

Kia Orana = Hello "May you live long"
Ka Kite = Goodbye

We have been practising with friends and teachers in the playground.

Making a pare ei (Headband)

To start off Cook Island Week we all made a Pare ei (Headband). We got to choose some bright coloured flowers to stick on:

Making Pizza

                                                                   Spreading the base

                                                                    Adding the sauce

                                                                Fresh out of the oven

We read the book "The Little Red Hen". The moral of the story is that you should always use your HOM's like Working Together. That way you get to work together to EAT the pizza...YUM!! :)

Glasglow Commonwealth Games 2014

Today every class was given a country to support for the duration of the Commonwealth Games. We got given... SAMOA!! YAY!! GO SAMOA... 

We will be learning lots about this amazing country like it's culture... the food, clothing, designs, sport and music/dance. Check out the medal standings here...

                                                                      Commonwealth Games 2014

Maori Language Week

This week was Maori Language Week. We have been learning lots of Maori Words. Check out some we learnt...

Great Giraffes and Brilliant Butterflies

Take a look at what the Great Giraffes and Brilliant Butterflies have been up to...

Animal Boogie

The Great Giraffes have changed...take a look to see which animals you can see...

Room 2 & 5 Assembly

Room 2 and 5 did an Assembly on Friday 25/07. Our theme was the Jungle, everyone joined in to do 'The Animal Boogie'. It was soooo much fun.

HOM: Listening

In Discovery we had lots of fun doing different types of listening activities like Animal Sound Bingo, Creating a Listening Monster and Back to Back Listening/Drawing. It was AWESOME!!

Rhythm Interactive Visit

Rhythm Interactive came to Rowandale today…it was awesome! We used our listening skills we have been learning and focusing on listening to the drummers, Johnny and Lucy. We all had drums, we listened, then repeated the drum patterns they did.

Habit of Mind Focus from 02/06-13/06 Listening

The HOM we have been focusing on as a whole school is Listening. We have been doing lots of listening activities to help us understand what listening means and all the things we need to do to be great listeners. It is important to listen to help us learn.

Ronald McDonald Road Safety Visit

Ronald McDonald came to school on Monday to give an important message about road safety. We need to Stop, Look and Listen before we use our feet.

Dance for Asthma

All of the classes and teachers at Rowandale School did a dance for Asthma. It was great fun and raised awareness of the disease.

Environment Day

Environment Day was on Thursday 5th June. The Great Giraffes and Brilliant Butterflies made an environmental pledge to help protect the environment.

HAPPY DAY! Wednesday 21st May 2014

On Wednesday 21st May we had a HAPPY DAY at school :) We all dressed in bright colours and drew around each other with chalk. We talked about what happy felt like and all the things that made us happy.

Samoan Language Week

Thursday: Challenge 4

We learnt how to say 'Goodbye' 

'Tofa Soifua'

                       We all enjoyed Samoan Language Week and can't wait to learn more...