Christmas Poem

We wake up
Quick it’s Christmas day
Time to open presents time to play
Paper ripping children laughing
Mum and Dad smiling
We visit our family we eat heaps of kai the table is full
I don’t know what to eat first
The end of the day
I am tired full and happy yay! what a day.
By Jacqui

Haiku

Yesterday we wrote haiku poems. Haiku poems are fun to write.
They are only 3 lines long.
The first line has 5 syllables.
The second line has 7 syllables.
The third line has 5 syllables.
We had lots of fun writing Haiku poems. Here are a few R16 have written.
by Abel

Chocolate

It tastes really good.
Be quick because it melts fast.
It can look funny.
by Abel

Flowers

I am a flower.
Flowers are very pretty.
My mum likes flowers.
by Bethany

THE ghost

The ghost ate a bug.
The ghost is very scary.
The ghost might eat you.
by Karama.

The Playground

The playground is cool.
The swing is cool when you swing.
The slide is cool too.
by Cheyanne

Science with Matua Jim

Matua Jim is an expert when it comes to things about Science! He came to room16 and taught us a few things about a 'Fair Test' and other things to do with investigating Science. Matua Jim let us investigate a couple of things. The first investigation was: " Would a marble roll further on a ramp with carpet or on a ramp without carpet?" We had to make sure our ramps were placed in the same position each time we rolled the marble, and we also had to make sure we rolled the marble from the same position on the ramp, we tested the marble 5 times on each ramp. By doing these things, we knew it was a fair test! We found out that a marble rolled further on a ramp without carpet! We thought this happened because the harder the surface, the faster and further the marble would go! Our second investigation was: "What rolls further, a heavy or light marble?" Again we carried out a fair test! Some of us had lots of different ideas as to what would roll further!!!!

School is Fun

My brother and I play two sauare at school. We have lots of fun.
By Jacqui.

MATARIKI - THE MAORI NEW YEAR

It was the first moon after the rising of Matariki that is widely viewed as the starting of the Maori new year. It was a time of plenty; the crops had been stored and tribes were engaged in fishing and birding. - Hapimana Rikihana

On Friday 15th June, most of Nelson Central school celebrated Matariki by having a massive shared kai. Our class and rm15 started the event by welcoming the other participating classes with a haka powhiri. Once this was over it was kai time, and there was lots of kai.

After lunch the whanau classes carried on celebrating Matariki by participating in some Maori games, ti rakau, and designing a poster for Maori language week.

The day was a great success and lots of fun!

Our class blogging rules!

• We are going to use FIRST names only.


• No addressess, phone numbers or personal email addresses.


• Only use sebsible kind words and comments.


• Don't click on any icons or sites that you are unsure of...ask first!

Te Pouahi 16

He pakiwaitara Na Max

Kia ora ko Max taku ingoa. E whitu oku tau. Ko Martina tooku maamaa. Ko Bernhard tooku paapaa. Ko Whaea Erina tooku kaiako. Ko Luis taku teina. He pai rawa ki ahau te tae kakariki. He pai rawa ki ahau te karetao makimaki. He pai rawa ki ahau te pikitia Ice Age.

He pakiwaitara na Neihana

Kia ora ko NEIHANA taku ingoa.

E 7 oku tau .

ko Erina toku kaiako.

Ko Mere toku mama.

Ko A.B toku papa.

He pai rawa ki ahau nga motoka.

He pai rawa ki ahau he pikitia mo te- tahi tarakona.

He pai rawa ki ahau te kai pihikete me nga aporo.

The last day of Term 1 was a real treat for our whanau classes. Our kaiako decided to organise a whanau day to share together with our families. Whanau day begun after morning tea. We all met in Te Pouahi 16. We started with a karakia and sung a waiata to welcome our parents and begin our day. We then involved ourselves in many activities. These included Maori board games, string games, and knuckle bones. We had to try our best at speaking Te Reo throughout playing these games. Our parents were great at getting involved.
At 12:00 it was kai time. We had all brought along heaps of kai to share with the whanau. There were sandwiches, donuts, sushi, cake, fruit, cold meat platters and lots more. There was such a variety of kai, it was delicious!!! More parents arrived to have shared kai with us, which was great.

1:30 arrived...Let the games begin!!! We enjoyed an afternoon of tabloid sports. The events were:

• Three legged race


• Sack races in the hangi sacks


• Quiot throw


• Beanbag throw


• Skipping races

Our parents did a great job of running the activites. We were given a point for participation and extra points for coming 1st, 2nd, 3rd or extra special points from the judges if we were heard speaking Te Reo. Most of us managed to get points for speaking Te Reo which was great!! Our parents were trying really hard too!

The day was just great, we can't wait to do it again!!!

Checkout the Whanau Day photos on the slideshow :)

Butterfly Paintings

Here we are painting our butterflies. We learnt that butterflys have feelers shaped like mini golf clubs, they have many eyes, some have spots on their wings and their tongues are used like straws.

Whaea Erina gave us an outline of a butterfly. We had to choose a colour to paint our butterfly body. This was our main colour and background. Once this had dried, we painted some black spots, and we put some glitter around the outlines of the body to make our butterflies bright and sparkly.

3rd time lucky!!!!

This is the third and hopefully final blogspot for Te Pouahi 16. Whaea Erina should have it right this time. Our first blog was definetly a practise one. Our second one was all good to go, but... Whaea Erina forgot all the passwords and user names for us to keep posting on our blog. Here we are lucky number three blog, this should be an even better one than the last two!!! Nau mai haere mai koutou katoa.