Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.
- Mahatma Gandhi
ARCHIVE
- Pump House Theatre – The Great Piratical Rumbustification - Jul
- Matariki – Kite Making - Jun
- Allan Brewster Centre Visit - Jun
- Our Treasure Hunt - Jun
- The Treasure Maps - Jun
- BOOK WEEK – The Hidden Treasure (A tale from Sri Lanka) - Jun
- Matariki at the Papatoetoe Library - Jun
- Vietnamese Summer Rolls - Jun
- The Papatoetoe Museum - Jun
- Mrs Bucheler Makes Chop Suey! - May
- Our trip to New World & the Playground - May
- Hine’s Dance Award - May
- Road Safety Walk to the Papatoetoe Train Station - May
- My Healthy Lunch - May
- Mother’s Day Card – Kisses to You! - May
- “Follow Me,” said Jesus, “Follow Me!” - May
- Road Safety Walk to the Playground - May
- The Resurrection of Christ - May
- Mathematics – Groupings with 5 - Apr
- Palm Sunday Activity - Apr
- Our Visit to Mrs de Koning’s House - Apr
- Food Mary May Have Prepared For Jesus - Apr
- T.J. Buddy Reading - Apr
- Kaiden Reading to his friends - Apr
- Felix Reading - Mar
- This is our School – A Song - Mar
- Our Mary Song - Mar
- Shopping in New World - Mar
- Our Woven Fish - Mar
- Writing in our books - Mar
- Whiteboard Writing - Mar
- Allenby Park Visit - Mar
- Our Woodwork Table - Mar
- Making Popcorn - Mar
- Ash Wednesday Liturgy - Mar
- Making Butter – Like Mary & Jesus Did - Mar
- A Visit to Papatoetoe Library - Mar
- Construction - Feb
- God Gives Life! – Creator God - Feb
- Phonemic Awareness – Compound Words - Feb

Browsing Category Harinui

Welcome to the Harinui Syndicate page featuring Year 0 and 1 children from Rooms 4 and 5.

Pump House Theatre – The Great Piratical Rumbustification

4 July 2017 · by Mrs de Koning

On Monday 3rd July we were lucky enough to go to a special theatre show at the Pump House in Takapuna. Mrs de Koning had applied for free tickets for us, and we were lucky enough to get chosen. We travelled on a lovely bus, with soft seats and big windows!

It was a very rainy day as we left. The windscreen wipers were going and the windows soon misted up. It was a smooth and comfortable trip along the motorway and over the Harbour Bridge.

When we arrived we sat under cover and ate our lunch.

After lunch we had a little time ot fill in. We sang some action songs, played some phonemic awareness games, played “I Spy” and when the sun started to shine, we went for a short walk along the path and up the hill above the Theatre and Lake Pupuke.

Our show was due to start at 1pm. The theatre took a picture of us for their sponsors and then we went into the theatre. We had great seats with a very good view of the stage. We were not allowed to take photos or videos during the show, but Mrs de Koning took some shots of us before it started.

After the show we walked up the path to the roadside and met our bus. We had a great time.

We want to say a bog thank you to the parents who came with us …. we think they had a wonderful time too. Some of us were very tired and fell asleep as soon as the journey started. We had a very quiet trip back to school and arrived just at home time!! It was a very enjoyable day.

Matariki – Kite Making

29 June 2017 · by Mrs de Koning

For two days this week (Wednesday and Thursday Mrs de Koning has been working with the Harinui students as they make kites. We have been learning about Matariki. it is a special time of year – Maori New Year. It is a time of remembering the past, especially people who we have loved and that are no longer with us. it is also a time of planning for the future and new beginnings.

Family/Whanau and Friends get together to spend quality time together. They choose some or all of these activities

cooking and feasting on fresh seasonal foods (perhaps pumpkin or kumera.)
playing games together (sick games, string games, flying kites)
singing and dancing (waiata and kapa haka)
talking about family and friends who have died (korero)
having a bonfire or party
planning for new vegetable plants to grow for the new season.

So we decided to make some simple kites. Here is a video on YouTube we looked at to help us learn the steps.

Then each day Mrs de Koning took half of the students with her to decorate their card and make their kite.

The next step was to fold the paper in half, matching the short sides together. Then we made the two marks onto the fold of the paper. We used the ruler to make sure the marks were the right distance apart.

Later we folded up the two corners and stapled them at the mark. We dis not fold the wings but rolled them, so they could catch the wind.

After we had stapled the wings we put a small piece of sellotape over the second mark on the fold. This was to make the kit stronger. We used a hole punch to make a small round hole.

Mrs de koning helped us to tie a piece of string through the hole we made.

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As we finished making our kite we got our books and started to write a story about it! We were independent writers. Then we read our story to two friends and saw if we had remembered to put the full stops in the right place!!

Last of all, when everyone had finished making their kites we went outside to fly our kites. Unfortunately there was very little wind. We did have fun running around trying to make them go up into the air.

We were happy to take them home. Maybe there will be a windy day on the weekend and we can show all our family how to fly a kite during Matariki.

Allan Brewster Centre Visit

20 June 2017 · by Mrs de Koning

Today Tuesday 20th March the Harinui Syndicate went for a visit to the Allan Brewster Centre. We met the staff there.

Then we split into two groups. One group went to do Ball Skills and Relays and the other went to have a game of soccer!

We each got a large bouncy basketball to practise our skills with.

We liked moving with our balls, bouncing and dribbling them.

We learned a new game called train relay. We held hands as we ran around the cones. We picked up one more person each time we ran back to the team.

Next we played some ball relays.

The first was tunnel ball.

The next was an under and over relay.

We listened carefully to the instructors Stephen and Tito. They explained our activities to us and then told us about the rules, so the games were safe and fair.

Everyone had a great time doing their activities and games. We ran, skipped, kicked, bounced and lined up. We worked in teams and helped each other.

We practised dribbling the soccer ball.

Then we had a soccer game.

We were all soccer stars!

We also had a running game like rippa soccer. There were 3 chasers. Everyone else had a sports bib in their pocket. The chasers ran after the other players and grab a bib. Then the person who lost the bib became a chaser! It was very fast and energetic! The next time we were skipping and chasing.

We were working hard and playing fair.

Another game we enjoyed a game of ‘Green Light – Red Light.’

Before we left we said thank you to the staff members for helping us to have a lovely afternoon of fun and learning.

We walked outside and sat in the sun and had an energy snack of a healthy apple before we walked smartly back to school.

When we got back everyone was tired but happy.

Our Treasure Hunt

19 June 2017 · by Mrs de Koning

On Friday we went on a Treasure Hunt.We followed the clues which took us around all of our school’s treasures. We saw lots of special things. Sometimes we counted objects, sometimes we drew pictures, sometimes we shared ideas with our buddies.

Each group had 3 members. There was a leader and two helpers. We each had a sheet to fill in. Each group started at a different point around the school. We followed the clues from one school treasure to another. The clues and instructions we sellotaped to the walls.

When we were finished Mrs B marked all the sheets to see which team were the winners. They were able to find the secret treasure – called ‘booty’ by pirates. When they found the big bag of special treasure they showed everyone. We cheered. Then they shared it out among all the special pirate paper cups. We each got one to take home. Thank you Mrs B! We loved the chocolate coins, plastic coins and other lollies and treats. We all made great pirates!!!

Some people even got a gold medal for cooperation and team work!!! It was a fun end to a special day!! Yo ho hum!!!

The Treasure Maps

19 June 2017 · by Mrs de Koning

During Book Week we read a lot of stories about Pirates and their treasure. We talked about treasure maps. We looked on YouTube at a clip about how to draw a treasure map. Then we all had a turn!

Look how well they turned out!

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BOOK WEEK – The Hidden Treasure (A tale from Sri Lanka)

19 June 2017 · by Mrs de Koning

Last week we celebrated Book Week at Holy Cross School. Our theme was Ethnic Responsibility. Our Syndicate chose to enjoy the book called “The Hidden Treasure” – it was a tale from Sri Lanka.

We enjoyed listening to the story of the loving father who told his sons before he died that his treasure was hidden in the field. The brothers looked and looked for it. They worked and worked in the field together, growing food and selling it. They finally realised that the way they lived and worked together as a family was the real treasure!

We also linked this story with two of Jesus Parables. One was called ‘The Parable of the Hidden Treasure, found in Matthew 13:44 and the other was ‘The Precious Pearl’ in Matthew 13:45-45. We watched the stories on YouTube and acted them out.

On Friday we each brought along to school a precious treasure from home.

Here are some of them!

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We made a lovely display on the table that Mrs B decorated. We were allowed to look but not touch as they were all very special.

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We each shared with the syndicate about our special treasure. We told everyone what it was, where we got it from and why it was so special to us.

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All of our ‘treasures’ were special to us. They had happy memories. Often someone close to us had given them to us.

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It was the beginning of a lovely day!

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