The 'New Norm' @ PES

It's week 6 of Term 2 but it feels just like the start of a brand new term. In a sense, it is. We are in our 4th day back to school after being in lockdown and away from school for 7 whole weeks!

Our return to school has brought about a new norm. Changes that are necessary in order to make school a safe place for us to learn as well as talk to our friends. Some of the changes are shown in our video below. We must ensure physical distancing as much as possible. In team 5, we've used the phrase 'Teu le vā' which mean to look after the space between you and others. This means not just the physical space between you but also the relationship you have with others. Another new norm is ensuring we sanitise our hands anytime we enter and leave a building. This ensures we are not carrying germs from one place to another. Our teachers also have a big job of spray and wiping our desks and chairs at the end of every day.

We really enjoy getting out at morning tea and lunch to play non contact games using the sports equipment that Ms Vaafusuaga cleans after each session. Such a big but necessary job.

So those are the new norms for us. What's some changes your school has made? We hope to hear some feedback from our neighbouring schools.

We are so happy and blessed to be back in school!

Ko wai au?

Who am I? What do I value? These were some of the questions we've been looking into for our inquiry this term. As part of that, we've created a visual mihi to showcase our identities, cultures, hobbies and families. Here is Room 5's visual mihi. The song is the 1st song in a medley by Tone 6.

Introducing... Room 5 for 2019!

They are smart. They are curious. They are eager to get serious. Serious about their learning that is. Introducing the beautifully & wonderfully made students of Room 5 for 2019!

These will be the student who's work will be populating our Room 5 blog throughout the year, sharing their learning and creativity for all the world to see.

We've got a class of 31 fun, quirky, some serious & excited learners. They each come with their different personality but so far has blended nicely into creating a comfortable and friendly classroom environment.

Our ongoing theme throughout the year is "Kia pai te kotahi" which means 'Better together'.

Please keep checking in throughout the year and remember to leave a comment as you go. We look forward to sharing our work as we Learn, Create and Share together!

Be Friendly

Ever had someone ask "can I play?" or "can you help me please?". Well Room 5 figured it really wasn't a big deal if we were all just a little bit more friendlier. So our movie for this years Manaiakalani Film Festival is called 'Be Friendly'.   

Welcome to Room 5 - Class of 2018!

Check out the beautiful faces making up Room 5 for 2018. We've had an awesome start to the year getting to know each other and also getting to know our teacher Mrs Ilaoa.

Keep an eye out for whats going on in our Team 5 block and also what we've been learning about this term.

Our topic for the whole year is a continuation of 'Kaitiakitanga i nga wa katoa - RESPECT'

Story Time with Aunty Tala

Do you remember having story time when you were in Year 1? Did your teachers make up their own storylines to make it interesting? Were they animated and act a bit crazy?

Well our Year 7 & 8 students in Room 5 have been reminiscing about their story time days when they were in the Junior School. They've brought along their Aunty Tala to help tell her version of Rapunzel. So we hope you enjoy it as much as we did filming it.

Characters:
Aunty Tala - Justus
Rapunzel - Vinolia
Evil Witch - Evan
Prince Charming - Kyron
Leprechaun - Damian
Class - Room 5

Farewell Mrs Sio!

We have been very fortunate to have Mrs Sio join us as a student teacher in her 3rd year from Auckland University. She joined us in the last two weeks of Term 2, then completed 5 weeks of full control this term. We have been very fortunate to have Mrs Sio with us as she has built a great rapport with students in our Room 5 home class, literacy class and numeracy class. Here's an awesome ending to what has been a great practicum. Thank you Mrs Sio! Hope to see you back again soon!

Shared lunch with Mrs Sio!

Pacific Poly Pride!

Have you ever been to Polyfest? Polyfest is a festival where different schools perform in a variety of different cultural groups. There are many stages where you can perform such as Samoan, Tongan, Cook Island, Maori, Niuean and more.  Yesterday the Yr 7 & 8’s of P.E.S got the opportunity to go and explore the Polyfest Festival at Manukau Sports Bowl. The first thing we did was go to some of the cool workshops they had at Poly. The workshops were there to teach us and all the other schools about our culture and many more things.  I have to say it was pretty cool. There were some cool performances and delicious food.

One of my highlights would have to be eating all the food. The food was so nice it tasted like heaven. There were Island food, Cook Island donuts, Mango and Strawberry smoothies, ice cream in the pineapple and watermelon, panikeke, otai and many more.  The food was absolutely delicious.  

My second highlight was probably watching the Diversity stage with my group. The diversity stage was very entertaining because I got to see how other cultures perform and express their culture. It was cool seeing an ex-pt englander on the stage performing in the Fijian group.

I think it is important for students to go to Polyfest because they get to go and learn at the new workshops. I think it is important because they get to learn about all the different pacific islands and cultures. I think more schools should go to Polyfest and learn because it is really fun and you learn.

Overall I think the Polyfest was very enjoyable and fun. I learnt heaps from the different workshops and enjoyed every moment. I loved watching the different performances but my favourite part of the day was eating the lovely food. Thank you to Mrs Sio for buying us food!

By Venetia
Room 5

Literacy happenings!

Check out what our Bunnies literacy group have been up to. For the past 2 weeks they have been working on their novel studies. Each member of the group chose a novel to read and write about. The novels were some of Roald Dahl and David Walliams books. Here is Alisha's work around her character study. Enjoy and remember to leave her a comment.