Art Exhibition 2009

Last week, Kelvin Road School held its annual Art Exhibition. All the classes contributed to the show and loved seeing their art work on display. Parents and other friends of the school came in to view the displays. The teachers have been saving the best art all year waiting for this opportunity to share it with everyone.

More examples will be shared later! Keep an eye out for them.....or you can wait until the same time next year and come and see our new exhibition.

These are samples from the Room 23, Room 12 and Room 17 displays.

What did you enjoy about 2009?

The pupils at Kelvin Road School were asked about their favourite part of 2009. Angelique from Room 23 thought long and hard about it and decided her favourite part, (apart from her teacher), was doing Drama. She liked doing acting, posing and facial expressions. She even demonstrated some to me - they were great.

Angelique, I promise there will be drama next year as well!

Have a great finish to the year!

How caterpillars metamorphosis’ into a caterpillar

Caterpillars are in all countries and will always metamorphosis into a butterfly. First the butterfly lays eggs on a leaf. Then the caterpillar hatches out of the egg and eats the shell.
Next the caterpillar looks for about thirty leaves to eat and then the caterpillar gets fatter and fatter. Then it molts out of its skin about four times.

Then it looks for a leaf to hang upside down on.

After it finds a leaf it shoots out silk thread and ties it around itself and makes a chrysalis.
Then the chrysalis turns into pupa. Pupa is a kind of jelly. Then the caterpillar grows wings.
At last the butterfly comes out of the chrysalis it hangs upside down and flaps its wings so blood can go into its wings. And the Cycle can start again.

The caterpillar to butterfly happens all the time and this is why it is a cycle.

By Tui, Room 23

A Story From the Papakura Courier

Photo: IMOGEN NEALE

EVERY PENNY COUNTS: Students from Kelvin Road School’s Maori bilingual unit created a coin trail poster for children in Samoa.

Instead of writing stories about what they did in the holidays students in Kelvin Road School’s Maori bilingual unit asked if they could use the time to do something for children in Samoa affected by the tsunami. After a brainstorming session they decided to make a coin trail poster and send it to Samoa. Teacher Rachael Taylor says a lot of the children had seen coverage of the tsunami on the news and really wanted to do something to help.

So they spent three days asking friends, teachers and parents for any spare change – be it 10 cents or $2. With the help of kaiawhina (teacher aide) Ripeka Croft they also created a giant poster filled with bright images of Samoa – from an umu to coconut trees and jandals – and heartfelt messages of support. After sticking the $60 in coins down the poster weighed as much as a hard-backed dictionary. Mrs Taylor says the children really enjoyed making the poster and wanted to take it to Samoa themselves.

Failing that they hope the money is used to buy schoolchildren pens, pencils, rulers and rubbers.
In a note the class has attached to the bottom of the poster they write: "We want to give something special back to the children as we are fortunate enough to have a classroom with lots of resources and equipment."

Mrs Taylor hopes the Red Cross will be able to get the poster to Samoa on behalf of the school and the youngsters who created it.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/papakura-courier/2983170/Pupils-are-trail-blazers

Whakarite Mara o Ruma Wha

Ka wehewehe a Whaea Davina i nga whenua mai te keria. Ka mahi nga tautoru me nga tauwha ki te huri te whenua. Ka mahi poka a Whaea Davina mo nga huawhenua. Ka whakato a Ruma Wha i nga koau, silverbeet, kokihi me nga retihi. Ka mirimiri matau i te whenua ki te taha o nga huawhenua. Ka hoatu a Te Aomihia te wai ki te awhi i nga huawhenua kia tipu.

Na Ruma Wha

On the left Isaiah is practising his writing of words. On the right is Sohill and he is matching his words. The work is Room 1 never stops. These children are learning to read and write words today, but next week it will be chapter books!

The holidays were great.....unfortunately, when Xavier and Rawiri returned their beautiful sunflowers were not looking too flash. After all the boys' work, the snails came along and munched on the plants leaving just the stalks. We put down snail bait which the snails also seemed to enjoy. They went all frothy and died. We might try again in the same spot and hopefully we can have better success. Room 23 has some sunflowers as well......maybe they want to plant some in our now empty plot?