Onerahi Primary School

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Room 13 – Year 5 - Hatea Loop

Finding out about information about the Hatea Loop –

Brianna, Emmanuelle and Jasmin found rocks around the

loop and decided to find

out about what it was all

about and how they could

get involved. It all started

in Washington in the USA

– by an artist Heather

Knox. This has lead the

students to do further

study about how they could implement the rocks at

Onerahi and start their own Onerahi Rocks.

Room 17 – Year 6

Has been learning about go food (foods that are good for

you). We chose to promote healthy eating through

advertisements. We have learnt how to present an

advertisement using bold fonts and colours that work

together like blue and yellow. By Kayden J Fowler.

Room 12 – Year 3

Mandarin Learning – Students have been learning about

the Dragon Festival

and learnt the

legend – they also

made some fancy

looking Dragon

Boats.

Room 8 – Year 2 – Writing by Kyla

Last night we went to Ruakaka to watch Jake ride his

drift bike on the dirt track. Someone at the dirt track told

us that a whale had beached itself on the beach. Dad

drove the truck up the hill and back down. Then we got

onto the sand and we jumped out of the truck. We saw a

big black blob of something. We went closer and closer

and I leaned over and saw some teeth but no eyes, they

were closed. It was a boy sperm whale. It was 15 metres

long and it was only a baby. The man said they usually

grow much bigger than this one. We touched its teeth and

they felt like smooth stones. We touched its skin and it

felt somewhat slimy. The whale got very stinky so we

decided to go home. We had fun. It was awesome being

able to see a real live whale and even touch it. However

we were sad that it did not make and died. It was still fun

though.

Room 14 – Year 3/4

Room 14 have been learning about Sound and

understanding sound waves. They made 3D models of

he human ear - including the outer (Pinna and ear canal)

Middle (Drum, ossicles - hammer anvil and stirrup) and

inner ear - Cochlea.

Winter Sports – Thursday 8th of June

Year 5 and 6 students represented Onerahi at the annual

winter sporting event at Kensington. All schools in

Whangarei participate in playing each other in a range of

sports. This year there was Turbo Touch, Soccer,

Netball, Basketball, Gymnastics and Table Tennis.

Bowling Tournament - 7th of June

A great day out – lots of fun, personal

achievements and some teams won

Kiorahi – Visiting Raur imu to play Kiorahi – The

Onerahi Kapa haka performed and students played

each other in the sport at Raurimu here are some of

the pictures of the special occasion

Hatea Loop Walk – Connecting with the

Community

Thanks to so many parents that came to share the

Onerahi Hatea Loop Walk such a memorable

experience for all students and it is an opportunity

for all teachers to connect with parents and whanau

in an informal setting – together we shape our future