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Joke of the Week

Why wasn't the bug allowed into the boys' cloakroom?

It was a ladybug!

Story Book Writers in the making


Take some time to read up on some amazing writers in our class of Room 6.  It's so good to see the imagination and writing coming from our little gems.
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Big Blue Bird

Once upon a time there was a small blue bird that found a comfortable lone all to himself and lucky for him no one came yet … then they came!  He started to fight with the other birds.  Suddenly they saw a big blue bird.  The big blue bird was waving at them all with a big smile but they didn’t wave back.  All they did was make fun of him.
A few minutes later the big bird landed in the middle of them then he line started to go down.  After that one of the birds pushed the big bird.  He fell upside down!  When the small bird hit the line, one of the big birds toes fell off the line then they kept on poking his feet and the line was close to the ground.  They finally made the big bird fall off the line but lucky for the big bird he landed on his feet.  The small blue birds flew far up into the sky like they go shot out by a slingshot.
When the big bird landed on the ground, all of the birds landed too but since they shot up in the air really easy, their feathers fell off and they were naked.  The big blue bird started to laugh at them so they ran and hid behind the bush.
By Jacqualan
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In The Jungle
One day, a crazy family went into a big cave in the jungle.  Zac went into the dark because the family was exploring the cave, but he got lost!  Finally the family finds Zac crying in the dark. ” Phew lucky we had torches”, said Dad .
By Ezra
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Making a fort with my friends.

In the weekend I went to Forest Lakes after our soccer game and it was cool.  My friends and I – Ezra and Reign – watched a movie later on.  After the movie we made a fort out of wood, blankets then we made a fire. There were other kids who came to our fort.  Jenni and Richard came and helped us make the fort.  We saw some chairs so we decided to sit on them and look at the stars. I really liked making the fort with my friends.  Maybe I can do it again next weekend. 
By Rangihana

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Going to work with my Dad

On Monday I went over to my Nana’s house with my Dad and I fed the dog.  I did some work and went home to have a sleep and a shower.
After that I started to do some work with my Dad.  We went to collect some wood from the empty houses around our street.  Dad and I took the pieces of wood to make a ‘man cave’.  It was hard work lifting the wood to give to my Dad.  I used the crow bar to pull some wood a part.  I really love working with my Dad making a ‘man cave’ and getting to use a crow bar was fun but very heavy.

By Dominic
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Going to the Pools

On Tuesday 3 of March we were walking to Cannons Creek Pools.  We were the second group and we had to get dressed into our togs for swimming.  We jumped into the pool.  We were with Room 3 and Room 9.  It was fun in the pool.  I love the pools.
By Louisah
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 When I found my confidence


I am going to tell you about a time when I was confident.  I was confident when I was with my mum and dad because they look after me and love me lots.  The next day I went in my car to the beach.  After we went to the beach we went to get ice cream and then went home.  I felt confident at the beach because I was safe swimming with my mum and dad.  My dad kept wetting me and I did it back to him.  Dad and I went under the water, swimming under big waves and then all my family came swimming too.

By Jayden

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So many writers, so many ideas and so many more to come!


Takapuwahia Marae Visit
Nga mihi kia koutou e whanau o Russell School.
Our marae visit to Takapuwahia Marae was so good that there will be a lot of stories and photos of our experience.

Here are just a few snippets:


 Miharo!  An awesome two days had by all - young and old - so if you'd like to know more about what a marae is for and what it's function in our community is, please don't be shy.  Come and see your child's kaiako (teacher) and also our library is open with lots of cool books on Maori culture.  




National Anthem of Tonga - "Koe Fasi Oe Tu'i Oe Otu Tonga"



TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK
MALO E LELEI



This week we celebrate the language of Tonga.  
First let's start off with the 
Tongan National Anthem and lyrics




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Here are some basic words for you to learn along our kids.  Numbers, days of the week and months of the year.


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Some words and phrases in the Tongan Language.

Malo e lelei = Hello.
Fefe hake = How are you?
Sai pe = I am fine.
Malo e lava mai - Thank you for coming.
Ko hai ha higoa? = What is you name?
Ko (name) au = My name is ____________ or
Ko hoku hingoa au __________ = My name is _______________.
Malo au'pito - Thank you alot.
Fakamalolo = Excuse/PLease.
Mou faka'au a e = Goodbye to people leaving.

Food
Colours
Family

Malo au'pito.


Concert Fever hits Russell School
Whaea Sose settles kids with a chat about concert preparations
Kids on stage for rehearsals
Kids take to the stage and practise a school song
Malosi represents Tonga as a dancer in "A Night at Te Papa"

More photos to come of our amazing night.
 There were so many exciting moments we would love to hear from parents who took photos of the concert.