2023 in Room 10 - Matariki, Assemblies, Ki o Rahi, Huarahi

Matariki, this year  a collaborative group activity - find out about   Ngā Whetū o Matariki 

and present findings to the class:

                                                    

Room 10 were very lucky to have Payton in the class - a winner of the kindness award at last year's prizegiving.  

In the spirit of Matariki, he baked biscuits and shared them with the class and staff. 

School Leaders have turns running School Assemblies, this year we finally returned to the pre-Covid tradition of Guest Speakers. 

First up was a former student of the school David Edgar 

He was a former Captain in the New Zealand Army, and is now a Strength and Conditioning Coach who has worked with the Manu Samoa Rugby team - he had lots of interesting stories for the school. 

Abigail and Corey our Te Whare Pono School Leaders, and Jacob one of our Whare Leaders worked hard the arrange the speaker and organise the next Guest Speaker -  Tokoroa's Mayor Gary Petley - he told the school all about what his role involved and gave some good messages about the importance of education.

Payton our Class Councillor introduced his friend Niko.

Several class members were selected to play in the Tokoroa Intermediate team that played in the WIMS Ki o Rahi competition.

Huarahi - at TIS students attend lessons in the following weekly for seven weeks:  Food Technology, Hard Materials, Digital Technology. Art - Dance, Information Skills, and Te Reo Maori.

In Food Technology, students not only learn useful cooking skills, they share some of what they meet with their teachers, and at the end of the cycle, they prepare a meal, set the table and eat the meal together with their teachers.

Chopping boards were made in Hard Materials