Hauora (Well Being) - Metaphor

We have kick started this term with the topic about Hauora which is about our well-being. We have been encouraged to use clay or play dough to create a metaphor that illustrates our well-being. 

We have learnt that Dr Mason Durie uses a metaphor of a house - Te Whare Tapa Wha - to describe a persons well-being. There are four walls to a persons well being which are 

Taha Tinana - Physical well being 

Taha Wairua - Spiritural well being 

Tara Hinegano - Mental well being 

Taha Whanau - Social well being 

We have had tremendous fun creating our metaphor that represents our Hauora. Here are some DLOs that have helped us develop our understanding about Hauora and reflect on our Hauora. 

Our School Leaders for 2019

Here are our student leaders for 2019

Welcome Back to School - Kia Manawanui 2019

We have kick started the year positively in our Kia Manawanui learning space. We have a new teacher this year - Mr Jay who will be team teaching together with Ms Aireen this year.

We have 42 students in the Kia Manawaui so far this year and are hoping more students will join our team throughout the year. It's great to be back to school with our friends and teachers. We look forward to a year of exciting learning experiences and adventures.

Free Style Writing - Hailstones by Edith

On Tuesday we were very fascinated with the way it rained with hailstones. We were encouraged to descriptively describe this moment. We were required to use figurative language to help us critically describe what we saw, heard and felt. 

🌧️In The Moment..Hailstones🌧️

"Tap, tap, tap" gently upon the building,

the cold, frozen water it's not want we need,

the gods must be in a low spirit,

so the hailstones are in all kinds of sizes and speed.

I can hear the water drifting and pouring its way down the roof.

I can hear the tree's whistling as the leaves are in a groove.

A big sheet of grey wants to come cover our sky,

shattering glass, and frozen rain which is now solid ice.

The thunders now coming to join in on the fun,

no more kids playing, and no more bright sun.

Then following are tiny droplets of rain,

"Splish, Splash, Splosh",

It's a slushy based on life, and it just froze my brain.

Predator Free by Edith

WALA: The future plans for predators and how we can have a say in the statement!🚫🐱Predator Free🐱🚫

Kia Ora unicorns, aliens, viewers or who or whatever you are and welcome back to my blog!

In the first block we had a lady named Ms. Treena come into our classroom to teach us about what's happening in the world; we were learning about the people who are arguing about whether NZ should vanish all the predators or if we should keep them in Aotearoa. 

We have identified that New Zealanders would like to get rid of Pests that are coming over to NZ by the year of 2050. They believe that pests are NOT good for our country and the more that the pests are coming, the more our Native animals like Kiwi's will die and possibly vanish from our country Aotearoa.
*We also checked out this Document and Presentation, Here they are:*
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Here is some evidence about this issue:

	The Government group Predator Free 2050 is calling all New Zealanders to help get rid of pests such as possums, rats and stoats by the year 2050. Predators are said to kill millions of native birds every year and carry diseases that can affect other animals such as beef cattle. Animal pests come from outside New Zealand and are a danger to the country’s wildlife.
	The Morgan Foundation wants New Zealand to be free of all its predators by the year 2050. They have upset cat owners because of their website called ‘Cats to Go’. This group wants New Zealanders to own only one cat and not to get a new pet, if their cat dies. They state that cats are “pests” which are “wiping out our native birds". Cats hunt birds, lizards, insects and other wildlife.
	Dr. Jamie Steer, in the magazine Spinoff, says we can’t keep New Zealand completely native. He believes we need to get better at living with a mix of animals and make sanctuaries for those that need extra protection.
	The Department of Conservation (DOC) website lists 31 pests, for example: DOC also lists wildlife that need protection from pests, for example:
	Dr Jane Goodall, a well known anthropologist, believes New Zealanders should change the way they talk about animals that are not natives to our country, such as calling them “pests”. One of her reasons is that the term “pests”  does not help people to show respect and kindness to all animals.

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I have learnt that most people think that we should give the predators another chance but I disagree. Here is an example of what one person has said about this situation:

This is what I replied with:

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In the end I have learned that we all have different opinions and I believe EVERYONE should get a say even if they are kids!

Kia Ora
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TPS Athletics 2018 - Reflection by Aumau

On the 16th of November 2018 we had School Athletics. Our school athletics was placed on the Tamaki Primary School field. The events that happened on the field was Long Jump, Standing Jump, Running, Shot Put and Discuss. My favourite event that happened on the school field was Shot Put because it was fun being competitive with the other houses and being able to try throw it as far as I can. We had different types of races, there were 50m, 75m, 100m and 400m. There were also team relays.

A school value I showed at the athletics day was Whanaungatanga because I was building relationships with everyone in our house team, I got to meet people I haven't talked to. Another person I have captured showing the school values was a member from the community. He saw that there were lots of people waiting to buy the sausage sizzles and Ice blocks so he decided to pay for the whole stock of food so that it is free for everyone. To me that was a really good thing to do and to give back to the community, I hope 1 day people can do the same and pay it forward.

Something that I learnt about myself is that I am able to complete tasks when I put my mind into it and give it my best. another thing that I learnt about myself is that I am able to communicate with others well throughout the day.

TPS Athletics 2018 by Hevani

WALT: blog a reflection about Atheltics

(Tripoli house chant)
Tripoli were number one!!
(Repeat)
Defeating your teams one by one!!
(Repeat) 
We're gonna finish number one!!
(Repeat)
Go back home we've already won!!
(Repeat)

Friday the 16th of November was the day were all houses came together to compete in different activites/events. Every year T.P.S always has an event that happens in November on the second week, it's called Atheltics. Atheltics is were we have our different house groups come together and compete with each other. 

Each student gets put into different houses and Triopli is my house group, our colour is blue and did you know that each house is named after a street/road around our area?
This event took place at T.P.S on the school field, before we started the event each house group had to shout their house chants while walking around the bike track, the Tripoli house group was the first to lead the rest around the bike track followed by Benghazi, Alamein and lastly Tobruk. 

The first block we had the field events happening. There were different feild events such as: Shot put, Discuss, Long jump, High jump and Standing jump. Only the senior classes took part in these 5 field events. 

Classes from room 6 to the Kia manawanui syndicate went to a field event, because the Kia manawanui syndicate is such a BIG CLASS we got split into two groups so I was put into group 2 and we had Discuss first. Here is a list of what class went to which field event:

Kia manawanui/Group 1 - High jump 
Kia manawanui/Group 2 - Discuss
Room 8 - Shot put
Room 7 - Standing jump
Room 6 - Long jump

We had a chance at every field event and was very competitive. I think that I did well with Shot put, Standing jump and long jump but may need some practice with Discuss and High jump.
After having the field events we had morning tea, luckly we had an early morning tea so it was a bit longer than our ususal morning tea. 

Later on after having our first break we got straight into the races, we all raced by age and not but year. Here is yet another list about who was racing in what race:

5 yr old girls - 50m run
5 yr old boys - 50m run

6 yr old girls - 50m run
6 yr old boys - 50m run

7 yr old girls - 50m run
7 yr old boys - 50m run

8 yr old girls - 75m run
8 yr old boys - 75m run

9 yr old girls - 75m run
9 yr old boys - 75m run

10 yr old girls - 75m run
10 yr old boys - 75m run 

11 yr old girls - 100m run
11 yr old boys - 100m run

12 yr old girls - 100m run
12 yr old boys - 100m run

13 yr old girls - 100m run
13 yr old boys  - 100m run

I ran with the 12 yr old girls for the 100m race and places 2nd in my first race and placed 1st in my second race. After having our races we then moved into the 400m run which is basically around our bike track and straight to the finish line. I was soo tired from my races that I didn't have enough energy to run the 400m run, but I did anyways. Although I didn't come first I am still proud of Grace who placed 1st in the 400m run (GO TRIPOLI!!).

I become exhausted after the event and almost fainted, I am proud of my house group and I think that every house group did an amazing job!! Congrats to BENGHAZI who won this year. 
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Questions:

Do you have Atheltics day at your school?If so, then what did you place?
Would you prefer Long jump or Standing jump?
Would you prefer Discuss or Shot put?
What house group are you in? What is you house group's name? 
What colour is your house group?
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