Kapa Haka Visitors

Today at Panmure Bridge School we got some visitor's to perform for us. Our visitor's were a Kapa Haka group that also perform at the Auckland museum. They did kapa haka dances, showed and taught our school about the different types of tools that they used in the past for kapa haka dances and what kind of songs and dances they danced and sang to. Some of the objects they showed us were not only for dances but also for war and they would use them as weapons. After they told our school the facts about all the things they used for kapa haka performances, our school kapa haka group performed to our visitor's as a sign for our respect and to thank them for taking their time out of something else to come and perform for us. Something that Room 2 has learnt from our visitor's is that a kapa haka performance isn't just a dance that Maori people do but they also do it welcome new visitor's and also to show respect.

Panmure Bridge Sports Day

At our school we had our athletics day for the juniors. The sports games were ran by the seniors in LS2. The activities we did were really fun. On the day we also got to where our mufti clothes but it had to be the same colour as our group colour that we were put into which were 'Green, Red, Blue & Yellow. Everyone that bought money were allowed to get a hot dog from our master chief 'Mr Ogilvie'. Room 2 and the other junior classes had some helpers from LS2 to look after some of the children in class. Everybody participated in the sports games and Room 2 all enjoyed it. At the end of our sports day we had our whole school sprints and there were some very fast people. The very last thing we did was watch the winners from yr 6-8 compete against each other but that race was just to see who was actually the fastest in the school. Room 2 had a very fun day and we all enjoyed it.

Learning to play cricket

In Room 2 we had a cricket lesson. We had 2 coaches and they were teaching our class how to play cricket. We got to learn how to hold and hit the bat properly to the ball. We each got a bat and we were learning how to hit the ball off a cone. Room 2 all participated and showed respect to our coaches and most of us were really good at cricket. Room 2 learnt that in cricket there are some things you need to be aware of like standing in front of someone as they are going to hit the ball, running in the middle of a ball that might hit you and other safety rules. Room 2 were very lucky to get the chance to learn how to play cricket and we all made sure we had fun.

Tongan Language Week

 This week Room 2 learnt how to make a flag on our ipads with the help of Mrs Carruthers.  

We made a Tongan Flag.

Dancing

As part of our sport roster Room 2 have been doing dance.  It is a lot of fun, we get to pretend we are different animals or running and walking at different speeds.

Cook Island Week

This week in Room 2 we celebrated Cook Island Week with Room 1.  

We dressed up in some Pasifika clothes and learnt how to do a dance.  Everyone had a lot of fun learning about another culture.

Shadow Art

As part of our Inquiry - Light and Sound we decided to make shadow art.

 We painted our paper all over then when the paint was dry we traced our hands with a pencil then we very carefully painted our handprints black.

We got very messy making our shadow art but we had a lot of fun.