Gail and Tiana

On Thursday Room 1 had two special visitors - Gail and Tiana - who came to teach us about Samoa.
They answered lots of questions about living in Samoa and we learnt lots of things like:

• it's hot and muggy (Amelia)
• it's a tropical country (Antonia)
• the most popular animals are pigs and chickens (Caleb)
• there is lots of tropical fruit in Samoa (Scarlett)
• that bat tastes like burnt chicken (Patrick)
• boys wear lavalavas as well as girls but they are shorter (Alex)
• the buses are very different, people pile on and strangers sit in your lap and there is lots of loud music (Antonia)
• the two main islands are Upolo and Savai'i (Terran)

Gail and Tiana also taught us a song Savalivali Means Go For a Walk. They taught us a clapping game and how to wear a lavalava.

  

Gail and Tiana leading us in clapping.

Pati a! Lua pati! Lua po! 

Our Animal Friends

I am a bit behind posting on our blog. Here are some of our animal friends who have visited Room 1 over the last few weeks (and months!).

Most recently we were visited by Sash - a lovely black labrador weimaraner cross brought in by Adam. She was quite shy - especially of the camera. I had to be a bit sneaky.

You can see her Weimaraner eyes and ears.

Earlier we were visited by Fireworks and Diamond - two quiet guinea pigs who came to school with Sara.

Diamond

Fireworks

We were also visited by two goats - Perky and her kid Toby. Perky is short for Perky Nana and Toby is short for Toblerone. They were brought by Aaron. We even got to see Toby get breakfast from his mum.

Perky being shy.

Toby meeting his adoring fans.

Breakfast time.

Thanks to everyone who has brought their animals to visit.

Samoa # 6

Well done Caleb again. Samoa are playing Namibia at Rotorua today.
The boys are starting a comeback - it's now 4 - 2 to the girls.

A speed test then:
Who can be the first to post the final score between Samoa and Namibia?

Our Heroes

In Room 1 we came up with a list of the qualities that we thought were important in our heroes and sports heroes. In groups we came up with a Top 5.

The students then wrote down their Top 10 qualities in their workbooks.

'Good looking' came at or near the top in a number of student's lists - time for some big conversations!

Poor old Sir Ed and Pinetree. 

Meah

On Friday Sam's dog Meah came to visit Room 1. Meah is a Rhodesian Ridgeback. She is a beautiful golden brown like dark gingerbread. She felt very soft and is very cute. (by Rm 1)

The Rhodesian Ridgeback was bred in Africa where they were used to hunt lions among other things. The area they come from is now called Zimbabwe. Can you find Zimbabwe on a map?

Can you see the ridge down Meah's back? That is how her breed got its name.

Thank you to Sam's dad for bringing Meah in.

Samoa # 5

Well done Caleb - the boys are finally on the board!

There are just over 180 000 people living in Samoa. Compare this with just over 100 000 living in Lower Hutt and 390 000 living in Wellington City.
What a small country to be competing at the Rugby World Cup.

4-1 to the girls still.

Next Question - Samoa's first game is on Wednesday;

Who are they playing and what city are they playing in?

The World Cup

Finally the Rugby World Cup is upon us. I hope the All Blacks have a good game tonight!
I've heard the opening ceremony is looking good (and only 25 minutes long).

As a taster we checked out a couple of videos in class today - Jonah Lomu in full flight and the highlights from the 1987 World Cup. I can't believe that was 24 years ago!