Genius Hour Presentations #2

Aniva is really interested in the basket baller Michael Jordan. Check out what she found out during genius hour.

Lenaya was very keen to find out where books came from. She presented her information so well. She even wore a moustache to look like Johann Gutenberg.

Y4 Talent Quest 2016

On Tuesday the Y4 Syndicate had their talent quest finals. Here are the highlights put together by Amatan, Siddhu and Salah. Congratulations to Seam and Bileeana who came first equal!


Y4 Talent Quest from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

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! 

Y3/4 Athletics Day

On Wednesday R5 competed in the Y3/4 Athletics Day. They did really well. Here is a video with a few highlights.

Electrical Circuits

As part of our Electricity unit we are learning all about simple electrical circuits. We have been creating simple circuits with wires, batteries, lightbulbs and switches and discovering how electrons flow. 

 

Aniva and Taufeeq created diagrams to explain what they had learnt. 

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.

Describing SpongeBob Squarepants

This week we have been writing descriptions about SpongeBob Squarepants. Yesterday we used these descriptions to create shape poems.

Check out our super sentences about SpongeBob.

Year 4 Cross Country

Check out the highlights from the Y4 Cross Country Race.

Y4 Cross Country 2016 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Planet Description

We have been inspired by this movie called The Planets to write descriptions about imaginary planets.

The Planets from Handymartian on Vimeo.

Aniva, Ben and Salah decided to publish Ben's story about Planet Robloxia using iMovie.

Jia wrote about description about planet number 1 from the video.

Comparing Countries

As part of our learning about the Olympic Games, we have been comparing the different competing nations. Aniva and Muhammad decided to share their learning with and iMovie.

NZ and Jamaica from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Aniva's presentation about NZ and Jamaica:

Dev's poster:

Salah's research:

End of Term Assembly

Here are some highlights from our end of term assembly.

Whole School Assembly T2 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Congratulations to the Y4 group that won the 2016 Maori X-Factor!

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.

The Year 4's Have Talent

Check out some of the Year 4 groups taking part in the Maori X Factor competition.

Room 5's Group

Room 4's Groups

Doubling and Halving

The Taimana maths group have been working on a new multiplication strategy called doubling and halving. Aniva and Taufeeq demonstrated their learning today by recording themselves using the strategy.

What to do in a storm #2

More explanations about how to prepare for a storm.

Mt Roskill Campus Fia Fia Night

On Tuesday the 24th May, the Mt Roskill Campus had a Fia Fia Night. Here is a video with highlights of the performances.



On Wednesday Maka wrote a recount about the event.

Letters to an Angry Bird

We have been writing letters to Red - the main character in the Angry Birds Movie that is out now.  We wrote explanations to help Red control his anger.



Here is Aniva's awesome explanation:

Spiders! @ChapterChatNZ

Room 5 have been reading Charlotte's Web as part of @ChapterChatNZ and we just can't get enough of spiders. Each week we are set tasks that go with the chapters we are reading. Here are some of the results.

Spider facts from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Inside the Earth

We have been writing explanations about what is inside the earth. Aniva and Bileeana have made a movie to share their explanations.

Inside the Earth from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Vaka, Siddhu and Ben have used PuppetPals.

Inside the Earth 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.