My aquarium poem!

Healthy seas healthy people

Rubbish rubbish in the sea
Crappy for fish and crappy for me
Poopy water poopy sand
Fish get dried up on the land

Salt and vinegar on my chips
Leave the fish it will make you sick
Water water going brown
Fish get sick and then they drown

So keep the water blue blue blue
Please don’t flush rubbish in the loo
Happy fish healthy seas
Fish and chips? Oh yes please

By Luke

Students are working on a project called "Adopt a Country" where they investigate and research a country that appeals to them and see if it is a better place to live than New Zealand.

A hard task to achieve we all agree, but worthwhile to show how wonderful our country is too!

Aquarium Poetry Compition

Healthy Sea, Healthy people

Intermediate category

Wave-Thrashing

Fish-Bearing

Tsunami-Warnings

That is the rule of the sea

Litter-Within

Polluted-I am

Oil leaked-throughout

This is not what I choose, why does it have to be

Pulled-by rips

Sharks-I hold

People-fear

That is I who causes that, can’t I help, that’s just myself

You who ruins will be without a doubt the one causes the world to pay,

I will not mend myself so help me out,

Take good care of me,

You who are wise shall see,

For that is the rule of the sea.

By Ruby

In Room 1 and 2 we entered a writing competition for the National Aquarium of New Zealand. The theme was Healthy sea, Healthy people. My poem was partly a Kennings poem from the perspective of the sea. The criteria of the poems were that you had to have 400 hundred words or less and you had to reflect the the theme of the competition. The winners will be announced on Friday 2nd June and will read their poem at the reading evening on Thursday 8th June at 7 pm.

National Aquarium of New Zealand, Napier (Sea Week Poetry Competition)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   My name is Shona Jenkinson and this is my poem entry for the Sea Week Poetry Competition being held by The National Aquarium of New Zealand. It's about the impact humans are having on the world, global warming, and pollution. I hope you enjoy it, and thank you for reading. 

Our Poutama

These are room 1 and 2's learning steps. We call it Te Ara Poutama O Tukituki. Everyone strives to move up the steps and are reflecting on what skills they need to improve.

Our learning steps are:
Akonga - Tikanga: (Black) Acknowledgement of Self
Tauira - Tikanga: (Brown) Managment of Self
Kaiako - Tikanga: (Green) Knowledge of Self
Pouako - Tikanga: (Blue)Teacher of Self

Our Identity Crests

Room 1 and 2 Pod learnt about family crests and created one of their own personal crests based around things important to them. Here is a small selection.

Students personalised number plates!!

In Term 1, Room 1 and 2 Pod have spent time thinking about what their personalised number plate would be, if they had a car! Here are some examples.