Next week Room 1 and the other cluster schools in the area are going tramping and camping for part of the Tuia Challenge this year. On the first day of the fun packed week we will be hiking and then staying at Mangatepopo to stay for the night. On the second day we will all be getting ready for five hours straight tramping until we meet our finish. I think it will be a really enjoyable week and thanks to the organizers of this event.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Chinese New Year
These last two weeks in school we have been focusing our minds on the Chinese New Year. I have written this piece on the Chinese New Year.
I hope that you like it!
Chinese new year
‘Kung hei fat Choy’
You may be a rat, you may be dragon, and you may even be an
ox. You are probably thinking ‘I am none of these are you thinking’. But
according to Chinese legend you are one of twelve different animals.
The Chinese New Year is china’s biggest festival year in,
year out. Every year in late January or occasionally very early February the
Chinese celebrate at this festive time. On the day of the black moon they start
a fifteen day period where they celebrate down in the streets to perform
ancient Chinese traditions and spend lots of time with all their families.
The animals from the twelve year cycle are rooster, horse,
pig, snake, dragon and many more. Each of the festive animals has a unique
description and if you are born in the year of the rat you are meant to have
some of the rat’s abilities.
This year is the Chinese year of the horse and if you are
born in 2002 this is your year. The horse is very hardworking, and will on and
on until a job is finished. They are very intelligent, ambitious and expect to
succeed, can cope with several projects at once and they very easily fall in
love.
Some of the ancient traditions are to sweep the house top
to bottom to get rid of any of last year’s bad luck. Other customs are to hide
all of the knives in the house because in China it is believed that if you chop
something you are cutting away good luck .Doors and windows are newly painted
red to ward off the ancient spirit Nian. On New Year’s day the Chinese prepare
a special dish which consists of a coin stuffed into a dumpling and however is
to find this coin shall apparently have good luck all year round.
The Chinese New Year is a fantastic time of the year for
all; with all of their crazy traditions it must be such a special time of the year
and that’s why they celebrate for 15 whole days. This truly is a fascinating subject
and I wish to write more about this interesting time of the year.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Leadership Camp
Hi everyone its the start of a new school year and we have already had so many things going on already. We have had a really amazing leadership camp at Green Pastures for two days. We did a neck deep mud run with all the cluster schools. Then we stayed a night at camp and played spotlight with the parents. The overall experience was just fantastic and I wish I could do it again. there were many more activities such as team building, kayaking and group work. I had an amazing time thank you Mr Reddish.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Sevens
On Saturday 24th August we, Fordell took a drive out to Cook's Gardens to the face off with the Northern Sevens Division Champions. Training lasted forever taking at least 1 hour. After that we set foot onto the rugby pitch. We stared eye to eye at the opposition. The whistle blew, the ball flew up to the sky. We caught it and we ran. We got about 5 meters and then the biggest player on the tam smashed Jourdan. After try after try the final whistle blew. We lost 7-0 altogether. But we all played well and Daniel definitely had the best game on the pitch.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
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