Term 2 Week 4

 We continue to practise the Cross Country for our event next Tuesday. If you are coming along this starts at 930. Be there on the field around 920 to make sure you don't miss anything!

We are also practising for the school production, and making some props as well. 

A big thank you to Harper's parents who helped out at PMP this week.

Finally congratulations to our Certificate winners this week - Great job Noah and Moses for the class certificates and Alisha, Dolores and Lincoln who got pulled out for the Values prizes this week. Awesome work. 

Pink Shirt Day

We all enjoyed Pink Shirt Day - a great way to remember how it is important to spread kindness and aroha to all and respect our differences as well as our similarities.

Cultural Unity Day - Term 2 Week 3

We had so much fun today. First was our Assembly Parade where we saw all the different clothes our friends were wearing. Then we had some visitors - Jamie's Mum - to share a couple of stories from Brazil, and Jaemie's Mum - to share a story from Aotearoa.  Later we had a shared lunch with the whole school and at the end of the day Lau taught us some Samoan words.

Road Safety Week - Week 3 (17 May - 21 May)

 This week is Road Safety Week.  We encourage students and families to be safe on their way to and from school.  Please comment on our blog with your safety message.  Thank you!

Term 2, Week 2

What's been happening this week?  We have started doing some cross country running this Term. We loved walking up Ōwairaka maunga on Thursday, it was a very chilly start to the day but we were lucky to have the sun out. We could see lots of things in our backyard - the Waitakeres, Sky Tower, Rangitoto, Pak n Save, the Waitakeres, other Maunga around Auckland. We also got to be part of a rock band as we learnt about different kinds of music. Congratulations to Jaemie and Harper our certificate winners this week. 

Term 2 Week 1

Wow this was a busy start to the Term. We started Te Reo lessons with J'Aime Godinet-Meggitt on Monday. On Tuesday we had a Powhiri, and it was fantastic to welcome all the new students and teachers to Ōwairaka School. 

We also had a Year 2 Music concert for the parents. Everyone did a fantastic job and showed they had learnt lots with Ms Landall in Term 1. 

Finally, congratulations to our certificate winners - Mose and Alisha for great focus in the Year 2 Concert and Yusra and Jackson for Manawanuitanga.