Coding in Room 15 & 16 with Code Club Aotearoa

It's been busy in Te Kanawa's Marae! With production just wrapped up, we welcomed our friends from Code Club Aotearoa, along with volunteers from Verizon Connect who are working with the tamariki on their coding projects and learning new coding programmes. This is not about playing games but creating and writing code. Pretty cool!
Thanks Michael, Matt, and the team. The children absolutely loved the sessions and are looking forward to more next term.

"The Journey"

Our school production "The Journey" was a success for everyone and the tamariki of Te Kanawa's Marae ended the trip around the world with a lively, vibrant street party in Rio. Renan lead the children on stage with his invitation to "Come to Brazil!"
The children performed beautifully remembering all the steps, and then leading the finale with "We Are the World". You can see from the faces that they are true performers. Well done team!

The Greatest Showman comes to Hoon Hay School!

We enjoyed another wonderful assembly on Friday with our gorgeous buddies. Thanks to Mr Coapman's plastering stilts, we even had the tallest man (Lachie) at school. Mrs Peterson and Mrs Coapman went all out in their tails and top hats, and the children all looked colourful and happy as they shared a rousing rendition of "This is Me". We love this song because it reminds us to believe in ourselves and to step out in confidence - with whatever it is we are doing!

Jolt Dance Workshop

It was wonderful to welcome the Jolt Dance Troupe to our school on Tuesday. They were excited to be with us and were all well prepared with games and dance routines to teach the children.
Thank you for coming to our school - we loved it!
Best wishes for your performances. We love to sing and dance - just look at all these happy faces!

Crazy Hair Day

What a great way to end the term! It has been a bit crazy, but our tamariki in Te Kanawa's Marae have worked very hard and enjoyed their learning as you can see here!
Happy Holidays everyone!

Camp Highlights - What a great time we had!

We're all back from our camps after a fantastic experience - photos to come!

"Every person is a new door to a different world"

We were excited to take part in the Get NZ Writing Project again this year. The children wrote metaphors about themselves and published these on the postcards. The project opened up lots of discussion about always being open to new ideas by meeting new people.
"Every person is a new door to a different world"



Here's what Ryder had to say about our class!
"Room 15 is a pizza because a pizza has all different types of food on it and because everybody is from a different place in the world - interesting and delicious!"
















Our poster and postcards are winging their way to a school in New Plymouth! We can't wait to receive our package and make some new friends.

Cross Country - What a Stunning Day!

Wow! What an amazing day we had on Friday with the whole school giving it their all on the Cross Country course. In Te Kanawa's Marae, our Year 5's were first up - the boys, then the girls. It was a long way! 2.1kms through not only our school but the OLA site as well. Loads of the parents were there to support their children and everyone else. It was a wonderful event. Eadie was placed 2nd in the Year 5 race.
Then, after such a long wait, and the heat of the day very evident, our Year 4's took to the course and what a race! Zoe took out 2nd place for the Year 4 girls. Yay!
The whole class had a happy morning and they were fantastic cheerleaders and support crews for their younger siblings, friends, and buddies.

A sea of blue, red, yellow, and green!

Year 5 boys warm up

And they are off!

Olie is gaining on Jack

Keahn - sure and steady

Ryusei holding his pace

Sam enjoying every moment

So proud of you Sam!

Year 5 girls are off, Eadie following Samantha

Go Emily - Rose!

Maddi stepping it out

Taking a break

Getting the bird's eye view

Thumbs up and smiles

Ryuki getting support from Sam, Henry, and his big brother Ryusei

Keep going Ryuki!

Year 4's still waiting to start

The Year 4 boys are off!

Bronson going for it

Ryder and Quinn stepping it out

Go Renan!

Great to be with good friends

Finally the girls are off

Go Ava!

Mackenzie doing the hard yards

Evie and Abbey showing perserverance

Sarah is keeping in step

Here they come!

Time for the medal ceremony

Samantha, Eadie, Lily

Zoe came 2nd

Pippa did a great job tallying the House Points