WHOOOOAH ! We have not Blogged since March [ The Maadi Cup ] and we have done sooo much since then!.
At the moment Room 5 students are working hard at composing catch- ups so watch this space.
Room 5 Twizel Area School
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Maadi cup
Today we have been doing writing about the Maadi cup. At the moment there are over 2000 rowers from secondary schools all over New Zealand in Twizel for the Maddi cup. so Twizel's population is more than double at the moment .We have made posters and singlets for every school rowing and we're putting them up around Twizel town square, in the shop windows. The Maadi Cup originated in Egypt during WW2, when members of the second NZEF based at Maadi Camp, competed in regattas against local Egyptian rowing clubs.
Friday, 14 March 2014
Special Visitor!
In Week 5 of this year we had a visitor who came all the way from SWITZERLAND! He is a musician and his name is Jan. He is very creative with his music. He plays the Trombone, Harmonica, Ukelele and he also has a Looper.
He came and took us in groups into Room 6. He taught us how to beatbox for his tune and he told us to say "Don'T CheaT" and also" Don'T eaT" :) [ but don't stop eating!] ;) Here are some pictures of Jan with us! :)
Monday, 17 February 2014
Here we are , at the end of Day 1, Week 3. Swimming is going very well although the pool temperature has dropped a few degrees. We hope it doesn't drop too much more before our Swimming display on the 28 February!
Today we did a timeline about The Treaty of Waitangi , + before and after and discovered some interesting facts surrounding it...
.eg * The first New Zealand Company ship , the "Tory", set sail from Britain in May 1839.,
* In 1814 Reverend Samuel Marsden preached the first sermon in New Zealand on Christmas Day and the local chief, Ruatara interpreted the sermon for the Maori people. This year marks 200 years since this happened and throughout New Zealand there are happenings/ celebrations planned to commemorate it.
We are beginning to draw our portraits too....quite a challenge!
Today we did a timeline about The Treaty of Waitangi , + before and after and discovered some interesting facts surrounding it...
.eg * The first New Zealand Company ship , the "Tory", set sail from Britain in May 1839.,
* In 1814 Reverend Samuel Marsden preached the first sermon in New Zealand on Christmas Day and the local chief, Ruatara interpreted the sermon for the Maori people. This year marks 200 years since this happened and throughout New Zealand there are happenings/ celebrations planned to commemorate it.
We are beginning to draw our portraits too....quite a challenge!
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Welcome Room 5 to 2014
The year started off very well, for Room 5 and the rest of the school . We were privileged to have a visit to our local Marae where Komene performed a challenge and Mr. Feasey accepted it. Later we went to the Twizel Event Centre to take part in several work shops....Poi, Waiata, Haka and Rakau. It was GREAT fun and we learned heaps!!
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