Kids Drama Show at Yendarra

The STORMWATER game show visits Yendarra School!

Last week Friday (7th May) we watched a Stormwater game show. My favourite part was when the presenter said ‘pause’ and the family froze. This made me laugh because the actors were awesome with their funny faces.

We were all cheering on our friends Jasmine, Tiare and Tukia who were the lucky children that got picked to participate in the show. They had to answer some hard questions about our water system. But they did well.

I felt so happy when Hannah said “Remember that…outside drains should only drain rain” because that’s what we learnt in our class.

 

It is important to learn about our storm water drains so we know how to look after our water system and ocean. For example: If my mum and dad wants to wash our car on the driveway at home, I’m going to tell them to wash our car on the grass or at a car wash because we wouldn’t want the soapy dirty water to go down the driveway into the outside drain and then flow into our ocean.
By Valentine (Year 6)

 

My reading group read an article about Wellington’s underground water network. This article helped me understand the importance of stormwater and what I can do to help our environment. Like when I see rubbish around our outside drains, or even around school, I will pick it up because I don’t want rubbish going down our stormwater drains because outside drains SHOULD ONLY DRAIN RAIN. By Jasmine (Year 5)

“Stormwater is rainfall that flows down gutters and into our drains. This water then goes through pipes that leads into our ocean. I’ve learnt that after heavy rain wait at least 48 hours (2 days) before you go for a swim because our ocean may have pollutants”

By Joseph (Year 6)

Thank you Kids4Drama Stormwater show for visiting Yendarra School and helping us to be the solution and not the pollution to our stormwater system.

Honoring the Mighty!

As part of learning in term two we read books, watched videos and listened to music that told us the story of ANZAC.

We feel privileged because many made great sacrifices for all of us.  To honour the memory of our fallen soldiers our school planned a special morning assembly and we have shared our feelings of this moment through our writing using the senses to describe our thoughts.

I feel rain drops running down my neck and face.

I hear a trumpet playing to say the war has now ended.  It is making me cry but the rain washes away my tears.

I smell the fresh air blowing across my face.

I see people coming forward in the crowd and laying down their wreaths of remembrance.

I touch my hands and feel my heart during one minute of silence to remember the greatest sacrifice of time. By Prysaia R19

I hear people singing the national anthem and Yendarra children marching for ANZAC.  I can hear Shalah-Maye, Joseph, Nora and Mrs Greig speaking on the microphone.

I can feel the water dripping on me and the air going through my skin.  I feel rain splashing on my skin and it is making me cold.

I can touch the rain drops on the mat that we are sitting on and it has started to spread out.

I smell the air and the green grass as well.

I can see the Yendarra children and our families who came to honour the ANZAC soldiers.  I am standing before the remembrance field and see crosses and New Zealand flags. By Trezal R19

I hear the bugle playing the last post telling me the war is now over.

I feel sad because the ceremony is making people cry as they remember the sacrifice of fallen soldiers.

I touch the pouring rain as we sing Te Aroha in peace.

I smell the fresh air while I am standing in front of the remembrance field.

I see white crosses with the names of fallen soldiers and nurses.  It makes me feel so emotional because there were a lot of New Zealand men and women that served in war from our community and lost their lives. By Fesui R19  

Our Class Band Is Making A Tune

We have been learning about different instruments in our music academy class.  Our music teacher is Mr Lakatani and he has been helpful in teaching us about the instruments and how to play them. Mr Lakatani is ‘world famous’ at our school not just because he is a singer and song writer but because he teaches us to LOVE MUSIC and the gift that it can be to anyone we meet.

These are a few of the tunes that we are developing in music academy….

(click on the links below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDw81AXOEw8&feature=youtu.be

I like music academy because it takes me to a new world.  I have enjoyed learning the A and D chords on a guitar and would really like to play an electric guitar one day.

Lilo Telepe Room 19

Music academy is where I have learnt how to play a guitar. It has helped me learn to listen and quickly play the drums by keeping in time.  I would really like to learn how to play piano.

Tyrian Gumaka Room 19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpsUB9nDP0&feature=youtu.be

I like how music makes the most unique and wonderful soft sounds.  I have been learning how to play the guitar and drums in music academy and can’t wait to learn how to play the key-board.  Once I have learnt to play the key-board I would like to create different beats.

Olive Room 19

Music to me is when you listen to a beat and lock it into your head so you can remember it.  I like that in music you can create new sounds and possibly even songs.  Learning to play guitar in the music academy has been awesome because I have never played an instrument before this class.

Zara Marsters Room 19

Ka rawe tamariki!

Toot Toot! All aboard!

Every Tuesday and Thursday mornings our walking school bus is cruising around our neighbourhood collecting passengers. Its good exercise and its fun! So if you live on or near Everitt Road, Bairds Road, Nola Crescent, Cobham Crescent or Crown Crescent keep an eye out for our drivers in the yellow jackets between 8.15 and 8.30.

Week 2 Best Attendance Results

Congratulations to the following classrooms for best attendance.

 Room 20 with 96%

Room 2, Room 14 and Room 18 with 95%

Room 21 with 91%

Who will be the trophy winners next week?

Celebrating Anzac Day

Room 21 have been learning all about Anzac Day and World War One. Did you know that it is the 100th anniversary of when the Anzac troops landed at Gallipoli? Did you know that Gallipoli is in a country called Turkey? 

We have been writing reports about our learning.

We celebrate Anzac Day for the people who sacrificed their lives for us. There are dawn parades in New Zealand and Australia. Anzac Day is each year on the 25th of April. It is quiet at dawn.
Napole

We celebrate Anzac Day on the 25th of April. In New Zealand and Australia there are memorials all over the place. You can read soldiers names who have died in the war on a memorial. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in New Zealand and Australia. It is when we remember all of the Australians and New Zealanders who were killed in the war.

By Micah

We Celebrate Anzac Day on the 25th of April each year. There are dawn parades held all over New Zealand and Australia. During dawn parades civilians have one minutes silence to remember the soldiers who went to battle and died. The marchers are known as soldiers. A leader plays the Last Post on the bugle. When the soldier plays it, the music sounds sad. People wear poppies to remember the soldiers.

By Ashlyn

Anzac Day Learning

Anzac Day: Sharing What We Know

By Deijahnaye Moon : Room 4

Age 6.

Anzac Day is on the 25th of April and it is to remember all of the New Zealanders killed in the war.  Thousands lost their lives in Gallipoli.  My mum told me that my great, great, great Grandfather was part of the war.  He was one of the soldiers who came back alive.  His name is Peter Wipani, a Maori Battalion Soldier.