Term+4+2010

=**//Term 4 2010 - Summer!!!!//**= //**KIA ORA and welcome back to Room 3 for our final term!! We have been enjoying the wonderful weather and getting outdoors for PE regularly. This term we are focusing on our fundamental skills such as running, jumping, throwing, skipping, leaping etc.....**// //**Our key understanding for the term is one of culture and heritage " To understand how people pass on and sustain culture and heritage for different reasons and that this has consequences for people."**// //**We are really excited about our upcoming camp, staying on a marae, visiting the museum and the zoo. Watch this space for updates!!**// //**Our Kapa Haka visited Manaia School to see their experienced Kapa Haka in action. This was an outstanding success and wonderful to make links with our neighbouring rural schools.**// //**A big thank you to those parents/caregivers that make these experiences possible, the support of our local community is outstanding and this is reflected in the caring culture of our school .**// //**We are learning a new karakia this term'**// //**Whakataka te hau kit e uru**// //**Whakataka te hau kit e tonga**// //**Kia makinakina ki uta**// //**Kia mataratara ki tai**// //**E hi ake an ate atakura**// //**He tio, he huka, he hau hu**// //**Tehei mauriora.**// //**Cease the winds from the west**// //**Cease the winds from the south**// //**Let the breeze blow over the land**// //**Let the breeze blow over the ocean**// //**Let the red tipped dawn come with a sharpened air**// //**A touch of frost, a promise of glorious day.**//