All About 14: September 2012

Saturday, 29 September 2012

On Friday, we had a special treat for those

children who have done their homework all

term. We made pikelets and they were

delicious!

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Certificates - Week 10

Lexus Hughes Makiteiaa—Ringa Ueke—Being motivated to complete your reading research project about insects.

Hendrix Honotapu—Ringa Ueke—Being motivated to complete your reading research project about basketball.

Certificates - Week 8

Mikaela Timoti—Ringa Ueke—Being motivated to complete your reading research project about New Zealand.

Haylie Whittaker—Nga Momo Reo—Settling well into Room 14 and participating in all class activities.

On the 26/9 at 9:26am, there was a nationwide earthquake drill, which over a million people from all around the country took part in. We have been practicing all week, as well as learning about earthquakes and earthquake safety.

We have learnt what we should do if there is an earthquake – STOP, DROP, COVER & HOLD! We have also learnt about the sorts of things you might need after a big earthquake if there is no power or water for a few days, and made some posters about these. We wrote some descriptive acrostic poems about earthquakes too.

Acrostic Poems

Extremely dangerous!

Already finished yet?

Really shaky

The scariest day of my life

Horrible

Quake shake

U are scared!

Am I alive?

Keep together and co-operate

Electric wires afterwards

By Ngara

Earthquakes can demolish buildings

After shocks

Real scary

Terrible

Hold on

Quiet – you’ll never know when it comes

Unsafe

Acid

Keep calm

Earthquakes are terrible

By Mikaela

Electric power lines

After shocks

Rumbling

Try to get help

Help other people if they are injured

Quickly escape from a crushed building

Unsafe

Attention

Keep calm

Eat lots of food afterwards

Survival gear

By Jaime

Earth shaking

After shock

Rumbling spree

Take cover

Hold something

Quickly walk away from a power line

Under something

Are they coming?

Keep calm

Earthquake – you don’t know when it’s coming

By Thomas

Erupting water from the ground

Always drop, cover and hold

Rumbling ground

Terrible earthquake

Happens anytime

Quieten down and hide

Under tables or

Anywhere else

Keep close to teachers when an

Earthquake happens!

By Krystina

Earthquakes

Are

Really

Terrible

Hold

Quietly

Under a table

And

Keep calm in an

Earthquake

By Krystina

Earthquakes are very dangerous

And rough like a tiger

Rough and strong like a boxing kangaroo

Tight and strong like a dragon

Hold on to your desks

Quickly drop, cover and hold

Unstoppable earthquakes are strong

Another baby one comes along

Kids shout out, “Earthquake! Earthquake!”

Eat dry food like nuts and water

By Wiremu

Discussing what might be needed after an earthquake

Practicing for an Earthquake Drill

Stop, Drop, Cover, Hold!

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Production Night

Last night was the Amazing Takaro School Production. The kids were so excited and did an amazing job performing up on stage in front of all those people! Here are some photos of us waiting backstage to go on stage. They were so excited that we couldn’t get a still photo!

Thanks to all of you who came and supported Room 14.

Production Posters

We made these posters a couple of weeks ago to advertise the awesome Takaro School Production.

We needed to include:

- The name of the production

- Where, date & time

- Ticket prices & where to buy them

- Bright, bold colours

- Easy to read font

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Turbo Duffy Role Model Assembly

Yesterday morning, the Turbo’s came and visited us at Takaro for a Duffy Role Model assembly. They told us about themselves and then we were able to ask them some questions. Lastly, they handed out the Duffy books to each classroom. We were pretty excited!