Jerome Ropati Visited MRPS @DuffyBooks

Jerome Ropati came to our @DuffyBooks Hero Assembly today. He also brought Ben Henry along with him. We learnt so much from his visit. He showed us the jersey and medal he won during the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.


Some of R5 based their costumes on The Day the Crayons Quit, by Oliver Jeffers. We made signs to hold during the parade after the assembly.

Duffy hero assembly from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Jerome Ropati is Coming to MRPS @duffybooks

We are having a special @duffybooks assembly on Thursday of this week. The special guest will be none other than Jerome Ropati. We did some research yesterday to find out more about him.

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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.

Collaborative Posters

We are learning all about Financial Literacy. As part of this, we have been creating collaborative posters. With a buddy we had to complete this task without talking to each other face-to-face. We had a go at using many of the communication tools available on Google Drive to collaborate.

Here are our posters:

Arataki Visitor Centre

On Monday we visited the Arataki Visitor Centre to learn all about staying safe in the bush. We had an awesome day. The weather was great and we got to explore the Waitakere Ranges. 

Y4 Arataki Trip 2016 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

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.

Whole School Assembly

Yesterday we had our Term 3 whole school assembly. We were treated to some awesome performances. Here are some of the highlights. 

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.

Speech Finals

Lenaya and Muhammad represented R5 in the Y3/4 Speech Finals last week. They did an awesome job and presented their speeches very confidently! 

R5's Speeches from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

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!

Persuasive Writing @AdobeSpark

We have been busy learning all about persuasive writing. Today we decided to use our writing to make movies using Adobe Spark.

Here is Sneha's opinion on whether students should be allowed to bring cellphones to school:

Salah strongly believes that he should be able to bring a dog to school. Here's why:

Here is Muhammad's movie about why WWE is real!

Lenaya and her brother would love a new dog. Here's why.

Saturday Sport Action

Check out some of the learners in R5 playing their Saturday sports! Way to go guys.

Tinkering with @ThingLink

R5 has been learning how to use Thinglink. Check out some of our interactive images.

Oh no! What happened to our teacher Miss Lepou?

On Thursday Miss Lepou had accident while playing soccer with her class. Check out this video made with Adobe Spark.

Olympic Athletes #2

Some more research on current olympic athletes.

Eugenia's poster

Snedhal's poster

Vaka's Report

Olympic Athletes #1

We have been carrying out some research on current olympic athletes. 

Aila, Rebekah, Jia and Lakshita's presentation

Maka's presentation


Siddhu's presentation

Science in a Van

The Y4 syndicate had a visit from Science in a Van on Friday. What an entertaining show it was! Not only was it funny, it was also very educational. We learnt all about the 3 states of matter. Check it out.


Science in a van from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Speech Preparation

R5 have been very busy writing speeches. Next week they will presenting their speeches in front of the class to see who will make it through to the finals. Here are some of the ways we have been preparing. Don't forget to practise over the weekend R5!

Speech preparation from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Here is the success criteria for your speech.

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: