Week 5

ONE SLEEP TO GO!

CAMP

I hope everyone is packed and ready to go for an awesome, action pack week ahead.  A big mihi out to Koka Ana and her whanau for making it possible for our whole Turanganui Syndicate to attend camp together.   As you can imagine there is so much organising behind the scenes to make this all possible, we are truly lucky to be able to spend a week in a spot of paradise at the beautiful Omaio.

Please check out our syndicate blog page Turanganui Taonga  for all the information you need to know including expected time of arrival on Thursday.

TURANGANUI TRIATHLON

On Friday we had our syndicate Triathlon.  I was so super proud of EVERYONE in room 24 as they all completed the INDIVIDUAL and then went on to do the TEAMS event.  I will post results and those students who will represent Turanganui at the school Triathlon next week. 

 For now check out some of our pics.

Carlos giving 100%

Riqueal, Alishia, Paige & Atlee get ready for the TEAMS event

Go Girls!

Aria, Rongomai & Morgan enjoying the TRI

Our No.1 organisers Monaro & Mairangi doing a great job

CLASS CERTIFICATES
Congratulations to Isaiah Tonga - Preston & Tobias Horsfield who were this weeks award winners at Friday assembly(photos to follow)

Isaiah has made a great start to the term by having a can do attitude and giving things a go, this was evident in our lunchtime touch rugby competition, kapa haka sessions and syndicate Triathlon. 

Tobias is a friendly young man who is always willing to support others.  He was a great asset at our recent visit to Mindlab where he used his skills and knowledge to share with others.  Tobias is always willing to help out (often without being asked) and is an awesome class member of Room 24.

Award Winners Week 4

Check out our Turangaui Taonga Syndicate award winners for this week.  These amazing students have been acknowledged by their Teachers for various reasons.

Congrats to Hayley Ahu & Caleb Ruru from our class who were recognised for their outstanding work ethic.  

                      Caleb                     Hayley

Week 4

Just a quick reminder that Room 24 will be heading down to Mindlab tomorrow, leaving school just after interval at 11:00am.  We have planned to Bike/Scooter there to add to the adventure and also save our legs!  All students should have a packed lunch, drink bottle and comfortable shoes.  We will return to school by 2:50pm.

Welcome to week 4

Only 1 week till camp!

The good new is we have a couple of people that may be able to help with transport, the bad new is we still don't have enough. 

Please whanau if you think you can help out please let me know asap otherwise there is a camp meeting for all Parent helpers tomorrow night starting at 5.15pm in Room 22.  Below is all you need to know about camp, please let me know if you have any questions.


Ka mau te wehi Paige Tamatea, Hayley Ahu & Vaelyhn Maurirere who were amazing leaders on stage at our weekly Kapa Haka session on Friday.  They performed with so much passion & pride, Turanganui & Room 24 were super proud!

And the boys were fierce in their 'HAKA'

On Wednesday we are heading off to Mindlab to learn about Digital Story Telling.  The plan is for everyone to scooter or bike down using the cycle way.  I will discuss this tomorrow with the students.

All of the the information we learnt at the Museum about Our Place and on our Historical Hikoi around Gisborne will be retold through this medium.  Once the students have mastered it they will upload their work onto their blogs. Watch this space...

This Friday we have our Syndicate Triathlon starting at around 11.00am.  Our expectation is for every child to have a go either in a team, as an individual or for those who love a challenge, to do both.  We would love to see you down there supporting you child

Finally thank you to those of you who have supported our Donut fundraiser where for every one sold $1 is made.  The money will all go back to the students in our syndicate for things such as Mindlab trips and other school activities.  All orders & money need to be in by 9am tomorrow morning

The Week Ahead

• Touch Rugby Trials - Year 7 Boys & Girls
• Donut Orders in Monday morning
• Tri Training & Teams organisation
• Parent Helpers Camp Meeting 5.15pm, Room 22
• Tech Tuesday & Friday
• Mindlab
• Syndicate Triathlon Friday

Parents - We need YOU!

Currently we have 0 parent helpers for camp.  Can you come?  Can you help with transport? Please touch base if you can, our camp is in jeopardy! 

Here are a few pics from our week so far...

Carlos, Rawhiti, Kaia, Junior & Lil'Dre

After their first trial for the Year 7 Boys touch team who will travel away to the Bay of Plenty towards the end of term.  Plenty more trials to come in the next few weeks including the Year 7 girls who start on Friday

Tuakana / Teina

On Monday we joined up with Matua Puri's year 8 class for aqua fitness.  We had a fun session doing exercises both inside and outside the pool to some pumping sounds to get the tinana / body moving.  

One of the aims of the session was to teach our students how to bomb safely as we prepare for camp.  Whetu King Taufa led the session breaking down the technique.

Check out the Finale!

Week 3

Wow Week 3!

Firstly thank you to all our Rm 24 parents & whanau who attended our 'Meet the teacher' night last Wednesday.  It was lovely to meet you all and I look forward to continuing to build our partnership to ensure your child has a successful year.

Speaking about partnership, on Thursday afternoon we put into practice our Tuakana/Teina (older person/younger person) programme where some of our lovely year 8 girls came into our classroom to help our year 7's set up their google accounts, complete an online survey and explore mathletics.  This session not only help to build relationships within our syndicate but allowed others to share their skills and expertise and take on the role of a teacher (in which we ALL are)

Manaia Akuhata-Martin helping Sophie & Riqueal

Peyton  Riri showing Hayley the ropes

Ani supporting Rongomai

Phoenix helping Judaea while Charlotte has it sorted

Congratulations to Paige Tamatea & Vaelyhn Maurirere who were our first classroom recipients to be acknowledged at our weekly Friday assembly.  Both have made a fantastic start to the term and were recognised for their contribution to the classroom, self management & just being happy, polite, amazing students.


On Friday we also had our annual swimming sports.  Well done to Carlos Hihi, Paige Tamatea & Hayley Ahu from our class who qualified to represent our syndicate.  Something I love to encouraging is to get students to take up challenges and give things a go.  That is exactly what these students did and gave nothing but 100%.

Tech - Woodwork with Mr Ashman

Students got to experience Tech this week which includes Art, Dance & Drama, Music, Woodwork and my favourite Cooking. Students will spend 7-8 sessions at each one before moving onto the next cycle.  By the end of the year they would have had the opportunity to attend all 5

Tech  - Art with Mr Notting (kids laughing at his jokes)

Tech - Music with Mrs Hunt

Well Week 3 is looking just as busy with

• Monday
• Library
• Tuesday& Thursday (students will go either one of these days)
• Museum / Historical Hikoi (walk) / Olympic Pools
• Lunchtime Touch Rugby continues
• Aquatics for PE
• Wednesday
• Tech
• Writing assessment

Friday

Kapa Haka (+extension)

Triathlon Preparation

Tech

Enjoy your week

Week 2

Bula Vinaka - A Warm Hello from Fiji

Well only two days back at school after a lovely weekend in Fiji and already things are moving fast.  I was so please to hear that Room 24 were on top of their game and made the most of their time with Koka Tarn Keelan who was relieving while I was away.  The girls were lucky enough to be exposed to her artistic expertise while the boys had an art session with Matua Walter Shepherd.

Aria Randall

Art By Rongomai Noviskey - Wharehinga

On Tuesday we started our lunchtime Interclass touch rugby competition.  This competition is a brilliant way for students to share their skills, work as a team as well as learning to accept and adapt to each other's abilities by promoting inclusion.  Points are awarded not only for how many tries are scored but also for class participation, uniform, fairplay and organisation.  Our first game was against Ruma Rima who where quick off the mark scoring the first try.    The game was very close with Room 24 winning by 1 point 43-42.  

Today we went to the museum, our first session we learnt about 'Our Place' which will link into our hikoi/walk next week where we will take a closer look at landmarks and places around Gisborne.  Our second session was about Taonga Puoro (musical instruments), we even got to make our own.

Tomorrow is our first tech session where your child will either be doing Music, Art, Drama, Woodwork or Cooking.  There are some really exciting activities that come from these choices, each student will get to experience all tech sessions throughout the year. 

Finally thank you to all our parents and whanau who attended 'Meet the Teacher'  tonight.  We were overwhelmed with the turnout and the positive comments received.  Please feel free to email or ring the school office if you weren't able to make it tonight but would like to touch base to catch up.

Enjoy what is left of a short week!

Introduction

Ko Marotiri te Maunga

Ko Mangahauini te Awa

Ko Horouta te Waka

Ko Te Whanau o Ruataupare te Hapu

Tokomaru Bay

He mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa - Warm Greetings to you all

Welcome to our Room 24 classroom blog!   This is where you can keep updated on what we are all up to here at Gis Int throughout the year.

My name is Tracey Babbington - Maynard and I have the privilege of sharing the next important stage of your child's educational journey.  This is my fifth year teaching at Gisborne Intermediate having previously taught at Awapuni School.  My husband and I have twin children who are 14 years old.  Our daughter Riata attends Lytton High School and our son Karepa goes to Gisborne Boys High School, they are  year 11. 

My husband Ryan is a Farm Manager and we live up the Waingake Valley (approx 30 minutes from town). Most of our weekends are spent riding horses as a family, camping, going to the beach, swimming at the river & spending quality time as a whanau.  Some of my interests include coaching, playing a range of sport (including netball for Whangara Old Girls), being outdoors and upskilling in the evolving world of teaching.

Nga Hoiho

Our school vision is 'Growing Great People' .  There are many new exciting opportunities your child will face this year including academic, physical and social challenges.  I look forward to guiding your child to have many positive learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom, I trust that together with your support we can provide your child with a memorable year.  

I look forward to catching up with your next Wednesday 10th February from 5-7pm at our Turanganui Syndicate meet the teacher evening.

Nga Mihi