Week 4 in Room 9

This week Room 9 is hosting the Syndicate at Wa Whanau, which is a gathering twice a week to share notices, tikanga Maori, including Kupu o te wiki (word of the week) and sing our waiata together.  This meeting time, and our assembly every fortnight, is led by our tamariki.

The children are a little nervous, speaking in front of everyone, but do extremely well.  Assemblies are also a time where certificates are presented by the teachers.  Ka pai Pohutukawa Syndicate!

On Tuesday we had a visit from Hayly who will visit us every week this term to teach
 us a little bit about Mandarin and Chinese culture.  We can say hello in Mandarin - Nǐ hǎo - and are learning how to say goodbye too - Zàijiàn.

Swimming was a very welcome sight for most of us as the weather has been so hot! Room 9 are demonstrating awesome water confidence and skills in the pool. At the end of the week we were treated to a swim with the other Syndicate classes in the big pool. Remember swimming is every day except Mondays for another few weeks, so please bring your togs.