Wairere

Wairere

Ko te tangi o te wai,
E taka ana ki runga i te papa,
Ka rongohia.

Pakū ana ki waho ra
Te Kōrori me te haruru;
Rere wātea ana,
Ka kitea.

The cry of water,
As it pounds the surface below,
Is heard.

It gushes forth
With a rumble and a stir;
Flowing freely,
It is seen. 

Kevin White
Ngai Tuhoe

SHORT-FILM MASTERCLASS

Week 7 Meme

Safe Cycling Week 8

Beach Clean Up!

4xJ=RUN

Cans For Good

Athletics Organisation 2017

Tuatara Trail Run

Bird Of The Year

Greymouth Rep Touch Trial

Remote Control Assembly

Term 3 Reflection

Term 3 has been huge! It has been fast paced and there have been many highlights. I was incredibly impressed with the speeches that the students in Room 7 created. Many of them have the power to inspire, engage and entertain. I was proud to see so many of them sharing their speeches with their peers and whānau.

Calendar art is looking amazing. If you have an opportunity to view them, make sure you give your self plenty of time. There are some truly excellent pieces of individual creativity amongst them.

I have finally got back to a similar level of fitness from term 1. I am enjoying running again and I have set a new goal of doing our 2.8km morning run, in 10minutes or less. My current PB is 10.06 and my average is north of 12minutes. It will be done by the end of Term 4.

Have a fantastic break.

Cheers,

Mr McAulay

Term 3 Reflection 2017

Term Reflection 2017

The Term is ending and we have accomplished so much. It is a good time to think about positive memories, challenges, triumphs and use these as fuel to dive into next term.

Choose 4 of the following reflection questions to start your discussion/journal/blog post/Video/Artwork 

1. What is something we did this term that you think you will remember for the rest of your life?
2. What is something you accomplished this term that you are proud of?
3. What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this term?
4. What was the most challenging part of this term for you?
5. Where is your favourite place in our classroom (or school)? Why?
6. If you could change one thing that happened this term, what would it be?
7. What are three things you did this term to help your classmates and why?
8. What are the three most important things you learned this term?
9. What is something that was hard for you at the start of the term but is easy now?
10. In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements?
11. What is your favourite part of the day in our class? Why?
12. What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this term?
13. Of the books you read this term, which was your favourite? Why?
14. What was the best piece of writing that you did this term? Why do you think it is your best?
15. Compare this term with a previous term. What went well, what would you do differently, how did you feel? Did it go faster/slower? Why?
16. What is something the teacher could have done to make this term better?
17. What are six adjectives that best describe this school term?
18. Knowing what you know now, if you could write a letter to yourself that would travel back in time so that you would receive it at the start of the school year, what advice would you give your younger self?
19. When you consider the rest of your life, what percentage of what you learned so far this year, do you think will be useful to you?
20. What advice would you give students who will be in this class next term?

Assembly Plan!

A Great Poportunity

Monday is going to be glorious!

Thank you weather.com for a slightly annoying forecast...

Inspiration For Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori

Science Opportunity

Friday High Five For Alicia

Increasing Blog Engagement

Book Week Characters

Thank you Kaia for taking this picture of the staff dressed up for book character day. It would seem that Paddington Beer is shy and hiding behind the Wonky Donkey.

Xavier's Speech

Rugby On The Biggest Screen On The Coast!

After Speeches

Room 7 Sharp Week 5

School Speech Competition In Week 7

Quad Bike First Aid (Caution - Loud!)

First Aid

ROOM 7 NEWS

ROOM 7 NEWS

P.E Gear Cards

New Skateboard Trick #2 Backside-Waterslide!

New Skateboard Trick #1. Half-fish-sandwich-with-gravy!

Pig Bin Trolley Plan

Inspired To Make A Video

Amazing Artwork From Room 7

Desks Can Talk...

Kayak Winner!

Hockey Tournament

Term 2 Reflection

Kia ora,

Term 2 reflection. A difficult topic to start - similar to the term I have just had. It is not often that you spend more days away from school, than at school. I have never been this sick. As a teenager I had very few illnesses and apart from a nasty virus in France in 2001, I would have called myself fairly healthy.

The hardest part of the past 10 weeks has been the loss of my shoes. I haven't actually lost them, I have just lost the ability to wear them. You may have seen me flopping around in socks and sandals. This has left me unable to run, join in any class games, walk my dog, explore the hills, go hunting, take my son for walks in the pram or play canoe polo. Canoe polo cost me $60 per game this season. That is pretty expensive.

I hope that a surgeon can get me back in my shoes and my kayak asap (preferably yesterday).

I have been so impressed with my classes resilience this term. I know that it was challenging for them not having a consistent teacher, for the first 6 weeks of term. Thank you to all those wonderful students that kept their programmes of learning running. It was great to see all the wonderful writing and maths DLOs through their blogs.

A highlight of the term for me was Boomwriter. This has proven to be an engaging success. It has been wonderful to see the increased pride that is evident in each piece of writing.

Enjoy your holidays. Please be nice to your siblings (except the really annoying ones).

Cheers,

Mr McAulay

Hoop Ball Tournament!

Enviroschool Launch

Matariki Learning and DLO Reflection Rubric

Fruit Labels

Check out our initial thoughts, on what being an enviro-school means.

Matariki Plan

Matariki

Thanks to Katie at Grey Main for the Matariki resources.

Ka mau te wehi!

Cheers,

Mr McAulay

Paroa School Updated Web Page

Updated Paroa School Web Page

Writing Opportunity

Fun Vocabulary Builder

DISCO!

School Holiday Option #1

Cross Country Reflection 2017

Hi this is Ella and i'm writing a reflection on the 2017 cross country.
I was a marshal for it and it was kinda fun but a bit boring at the same time TBC...

Cross Country 2017 - Quick Reflection

Kia ora,

I am so impressed with all of the students from Paroa School. Those students in Room 7 and 8 that were given the responsibility of marshalling, all stepped up and helped the younger runners have a great time. You all showed how caring you are, by supporting all the runners. Seeing 12-year-old kids guiding the 5-year-olds around the course was inspirational.

A highlight for me was seeing a runner that always has some spare energy at the end of our daily runs, collapse at the end, panting and gasping for breathe. They knew that they had given their absolute best.

Thank you to all those parents, children, teachers and others that helped make the event possible.

Cheers,

Mr McAulay

Mighty Mud Challenge 2017

Karakia For Gathering Harakeke

KARAKIA FOR GATHERING HARAKEKE

Hutia te rito
o te harakeke
Kei whea, te kāmako e kō?
Kī mai ki ahau
He aha te mea nui
o tēnei ao
Māku e kī atu
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

When the heart is torn
from the flax bush
where will the Bell bird sing?
You ask me
what is the greatest thing
on Earth
My reply is
it is people people people.

Te harakeke

Te korari

Nga taonga whakarere iho

O te rangi

O te whenua

O nga tupuna

Homai he oranga mo matou

Tihei mauri ora

The Flax

The flax flower

treasures left down here

of the sky

of the land

of the ancestors

give wellness for us

tis the sneeze of life

Creativity!

Survival

Remembering The Upper Waiau

Paroa Pacers and Pumas Basketball Week 3

Canoe Polo 2017

Learn Create Share in Literacy

Term Reflection 2017

The Term is ending and we have accomplished so much. It is a good time to think about positive memories, challenges, triumphs and use these as fuel to dive into next term.

Choose 4 of the following reflection questions to start your discussion/journal/blog post/Video/Artwork 

1. What is something we did this term that you think you will remember for the rest of your life?
2. What is something you accomplished this term that you are proud of?
3. What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this term?
4. What was the most challenging part of this term for you?
5. Where is your favourite place in our classroom (or school)? Why?
6. If you could change one thing that happened this term, what would it be?
7. What are three things you did this term to help your classmates and why?
8. What are the three most important things you learned this term?
9. What is something that was hard for you at the start of the term but is easy now?
10. In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements?
11. What is your favourite part of the day in our class? Why?
12. What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this term?
13. Of the books you read this term, which was your favourite? Why?
14. What was the best piece of writing that you did this term? Why do you think it is your best?
15. Compare this term with a previous term. What went well, what would you do differently, how did you feel? Did it go faster/slower? Why?
16. What is something the teacher could have done to make this term better?
17. What are six adjectives that best describe this school term?
18. Knowing what you know now, if you could write a letter to yourself that would travel back in time so that you would receive it at the start of the school year, what advice would you give your younger self?
19. When you consider the rest of your life, what percentage of what you learned so far this year, do you think will be useful to you?
20. What advice would you give students who will be in this class next term?

Holiday Project Ideas

The Birth Of A Dugout Canoe by Northmen from Northmen on Vimeo.

Using A Green Screen With Wevideo

Butterflies

Stencil Art Exhibition

Microfibre

Room 7 Sharp - News

Gadget Guru!

I have finally got the title of 'Gadget Guru' back from Natasha. Good luck with this one! Feel free to ask questions.

Room 7 News Week 7

Fruit and Vege Decomposition

Amazing time lapse video on Webiocosm channel.

TOP TEAM COMES TO GREYMOUTH!

PTA Raffle

School Photos

Gadget Guru

Hello,

Here is the latest gadget. 

Good luck. 

HELP NEEDED!

Kia ora,

Can somebody please help me?

Natasha has posted a very difficult gadget this week and I am stumped! If anybody could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. It looks like a sewing/craft tool but I am struggling to find the 'most correct' answer.

Cheers,

Mr McAulay

Swimming Workshop

Random Object #2

Hello,

Head over to Caitlan's Blog. She is the 'Gadget Guru' at the moment.

She has chosen a difficult one!

Random Object #1

Hello.

What is this strange object? Be precise with your answer. The most correct answer will earn you the title of 'Gadget Guru'. Ask friends and family. If nobody has any idea, Kade holds the key...

Welcome to 2017!

Kia ora,

Welcome to 2017! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday and New Year's break. I have been busy concreting my driveway and am very happy to finally have it finished! The weather was trying to wreck my fun. I even managed to sneak out for a quick skateboard, between showers!
Thank you for taking the time to view my blog.

Cheers,

Mr McAulay