On Saturday the MRPS Ukulele Group performed at Vector Arena. It was a fantastic day and the group performed like professionals. A huge THANK YOU to Mrs Dawson for all of your hard work and dedication. What an awesome ukulele teacher you are! 

Electrical Safety

Room 5 have created some resources to teach a Year 1-3 student about electrical safety.

Bileeana's Prezi

Snedhal, Eugenia and Kelly's iMovie

Taufeeq and Saulala's Poster

Y4 Ukulele Band

The Y4 Ukulele Band have recorded one of their songs. Check it out! Thank you Mrs Dawson for sharing this video with us.

Year 4 Cross Country

Check out the highlights from the Y4 Cross Country Race.

Y4 Cross Country 2016 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Illustrating Adjectives

Our poem of the week was The Googies by Shel Silverstein. 

We used this poem to identify adjectives. Then we had a go at creating fonts for each word that show their meaning. Here are some of the results.

Persuasive Writing #2 @AdobeSpark

Some more persuasive videos by R5.

Ben: Why watching TV is good for you!


Sendhal: Why I should become a doctor!

Olympic Athletes #2

Some more research on current olympic athletes.

Eugenia's poster

Snedhal's poster

Vaka's Report

No Running in the Corridors!

We have a problem in our corridor! People run all the time and their have been a lot of accidents. We decided to write stories to persuade people not to run in the corridor! Here are the results.

Snedhal, Maka, Ben and Wolfgang decided to make a movie to show the consequences of running in the corridor.



Wolfgang and Taufeeq created posters to be displayed in the corridor.

Matariki Soup

We had an awesome Matariki celebration last week on Thursday. We made soup together and we created some amazing art. Here is a video of R5 making soup. 

This movie was made by Amatan and Aniva.

  SOUP! from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Check out Aniva's learning about the Maori gods.

Here is a presentation/screencast made by Snedhal about Matariki.

Citizenship Awards

Here are the Year 4 Citizenship Award recipients for Term 2. Snedhal from Ruma Rima got her award for involvement.


Here is a video of Snedhal receiving her award.

Once Upon an Alphabet

Our lack of posts this week is due to our preparation for this week's assembly! However we did some creative writing today based on the book by Oliver Jeffers - Once Upon An Alphabet.

Inquiry Presentation

We have been busy inquiring into natural disasters. We are learning how to demonstrate our learning in different ways. These groups decided to use iMovie.

What to do in a storm

One of the digital tools that we have been learning to use is iMovie. We combined this learning with our natural disasters studies to create movies about storms.

R5 Vs R6 - Gutter Board Competition

Our sport reporters were on location again last week at the Year 4 Gutter board competition. It was a tight match between Room 5 and Room 6. Here are the highlights. 

Our first interclass gutter board match!

Yesterday, we had our very first interclass gutter board match against R7. It was awesome. Snedhal and Eugenia recorded some of the action and have made a video of highlights. Watch the video to find out who won.

Gutter board from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Plinian Eruptions

What is a plinian eruption? Snedhal, Lenaya and Aniva have made a movie to explain.


A Plinian Eruption from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Plinian eruptions are extremely destructive. Check out this video to see just how dangerous they are.

Duffy Assembly @duffybooks #booksinhomes

Yesterday we had our first ever Duffy Hero Assembly. It was an awesome experience. The hero was Te Kohe Tuhaka, a NZ actor. He was a great speaker and he taught us a lot about the importance of reading. Here are some of the highlights from the assembly.

Duffy assembly from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Here is the full performance from the ukulele group.

Ukulele Group from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Some of us dressed up as our favourite book characters on Friday. Here are some of our outfits.

Making Lolly Cake @WeVideo

Today Tereana and Sneha used WeVideo on the chromebooks to make a movie about how to make lolly cake. Great job guys!

Making Lolly Cake from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Week 2 Highlights

We are learning how to make movies! Last week, Snedhal and Tereana created their very first iMovie using some videos and photos from our first full week of school. They have done a great job. Now they will be able to teach others how to make movies.

Getting to know each other #2

Here are the final results of our communication activity. Where we had to get to know a partner and use this information to create a google drawing about them.