Speech Finals 2011

The Senior School Speech Finals were held on Friday with exceptional performances presented by the senior students. Each speech radiated both pride and confidence as they competed in their efforts to persuades their audience. The speeches were delivered in both English and Maori to such a high standard that judging was deemed very difficult. A special thank you to the guest judges who had the difficult job of selecting first, second and third for each unit.

Main Stream

Georena Galumalemana 1st place

Hineula Tuitea 2^nd place

Titan Samson   3^rd place

Maori Unit

Turanga tuatahi 1st place - HINEMAUREA PAHINA Kaupapa - Te Reo Maori

Turanga tuarua 2nd place - FRANCES PEAWINI Kaupapa - Te Taiao

Turanga tuatoru 3rd place - PATSY KIWARA Kaupapa - Matariki

Volcanic Eruptions

Room 14 have been studying volcanoes this term and put their knowledge to the test in the Kelvin Road School sandpit. They used vinegar and soda to create several types of life like eruptions. Luckily, the 50 volcanoes under Auckland are extinct, thought Miss Taffard, as she saw the 25 eruptions made by her class and the mess left behind.                             

Storylines

Storylines

On Thursday the 25th of August Kelvin Road Scool were treated to an audience with Katz Cowley and Ruth Paul the illustrators of many childrens' much loved stories. Katz explained how she came up with her ideas for the pictures in her first book, Wonkey Donkey. "I was walking down the road and a I saw a donkey, EEA AWW!" laughed Katz as she told us her favourite story. She later taught us her secrets and tricks for drawing her pictures. We even learnt how to draw happy and sad faces just from a circle!

Ruth showed us her doodles and sketches for some of her books, Stomp, The Animal Undie Ball, The Little White Lie and everyones favourite, The Kings Bubbles. It took her a long time to get her pictures just right.

Thank you for coming to our school, it was great listening to your stories.

By Georena and Hineula

A Day in the Life of Room 18

How Many Children Fit into a Square Metre?

Mr McMillan set a challenge for Room 23.  He asked how many people can they fit standing inside a square metre.

Room 23 thought the answer might be 3.  Mr McMillan said "Are you serious?"  Room 23 said "Yes, definitely 3."

After some gentle manoeuvring, they discovered the could fit 22 people inside a square metre, (the small ones are squashed at the back which is why you can't see 22 people).




Mrs Dunbar and Mr McMillan were both in as well. Mrs Dunbar counted as 2 people because she is quite big for a Room 23 pupil and Mr McMillan, (who is taking the photo), counted as 3.

I wonder how many can fit in a cubic metre?

Yummy Sandwiches in Room 22

Room 22 have been learning to write instructions for procedural writing. On Tuesday they made a delicious sandwich, then wrote the ingredients and instructions for you to make your own sandwich at home!


Room 22’s 'Cruncheon Sausage Sandwich'

 

Here is the procedure to make your own yummy sandwiches!

Room 22’s Cruncheon Sausage Sandwich

Ingredients:

-bread                     -tomato sauce            -potato chips           -luncheon sausage

-a knife                    -a plate

Instructions

1. Wash hands

2. Take 2 pieces of bread and put on a plate.

3. Put a tomato sauce swirl on one side of one piece of bread.

4. Get some chips and put on the sauce.

5. Put 2 pieces of luncheon sausage on the chips.

6. Put another sauce swirl on the luncheon sausage.

7. Put the other piece of bread on top.

8. Carefully cut with knife however you please.

9. EAT!!!

All White Giving Something Back

By HINERANGI VAIMOSO 
Manukau Courier

All Whites winger Leo Bertos was keen to step in when he heard about a plan to promote football among Maori and Pacific Island children.  And that's what he was doing in south Auckland last week – kicking about with some football-crazed kids from Kelvin Road Primary School in Papakura.

Bertos was encouraged to join the Coerver Coaching New Zealand development programme by technical director and head coach Phil Parker who was staying in the same camp as the All Whites during the FIFA Football World Cup in South Africa last year.

"I caught up with Phil after the tournament and got a chance to find out what this was all about. As soon as he explained it to me, I was hooked," Bertos says.

"It was the right time for me to think about giving something back to the community and what Phil's doing is something I wanted to be a part of."   Bertos signed a contract with Coerver Coaching's official partner adidas last year and is now the academy's ambassador.

While he can't be at all the training sessions Phil holds throughout south Auckland, he holds sessions in Papatoetoe and Mangere. The kids were certainly lapping up what time they did have with the international star.

"A lot of the kids actually recognise me and they look up to me which is great so it's nice for them to be close," Bertos says.  "This kind of thing makes it a bit more real for them and for me too. I had a coach that did something similar with the same training principles and methods that Phil is using and I truly believe that if it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have got to where I am today.  This is where it all starts."

Parker, a former national football rep, says selling the sport to Maori and Pacific Island children is not difficult.  "It's very easy because it's still quite a unique sport to them. It's not a mainstream sport for Maori and Pacific Island kids but even the kids you would least expect are really loving it."


Parker coaches about 35 children at Kelvin Rd Primary School and after two training sessions during the week the kids put their skills into practice playing for local football clubs at the weekend. Parker says as well as teaching the children the fundamentals of good ball skills and sportsmanship, the programme helps build relationships between the community and local clubs.

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/5106824/All-White-giving-something-back