Catch up with Room 13!

It's been awhile since we last posted so here's a catch up on what has been happening in Room 13 ....

Samoan Independence Day

Congratulations Room 13 on your awesome performance today as part of Clendon Park School's Samoan Independence Day celebrations.  What a fantastic day we had.  A big thank you to Aleksandra and Alexander for your patience and leadership in teaching the rest of your peers a Samoan siva. Fa'afetai lava mai. Check out the photos of our class.  

This week is Samoan Language Week.  It is also Samoan Independence Day and here at school, we will be celebrating it with a special assembly on Friday morning which is being run by our Samoan bilingual unit, Tautua mo Tupulaga.

Room 13 students have put together a La fai mako siva to perform in front of the school.  Check out our photos below of them practicing hard in class and don't forget to return to check out more photos and hopefully a video of their performance.

Check out the music they selected here.

Anzac Day

ANZAC DAY 2015

100th Anniversary

Michael's Sporting Victory

Michael recently participated in the Manurewa Zone Niuean Athletics day.

Michael was very successful and was awarded 2nd place. Check out his trophy, certificate and ribbon.               Congratulations Michael, you're a winner!!

Bacteria

R13 grew bacteria from a variety of surfaces around the school. See how we did it and check out our results.

Warning: Do not look if you have just eaten!!


How to swab and grow bacteria:

Materials
Swab
Petri dish
Agar Gel
Sanitiser
Tape

1.  Swab an item using a swab. A swab looks like a cotton bud but longer.

2.  Wipe the swab onto the agar gel that is in the petri dish.

3.  Place the lid on the petri dish and label it using paper tape.

4.  Watch the bacteria grow.

"Bacteria is yuck and awful because of the smell and how it looks"  - Ripeka

"Bacteria looks like vomit with disgusting stuff in it" - Meliana

"Bacteria smells an awful lot" - Kaelyb

"Bacteria is fun for topic" - Jordette

"Bacteria is yuck"  - Schaniyah

Topic

This term for topic we are studying BACTERIA!! Our students are excited about what we are finding in this amazing world. We will keep our page updated with what we discover in this fascinating, unseen world. See our students viewing this secret world under the microscope ...  

Welcome Back!!

Welcome to all our new R13 students and whanau.  We have another big exciting year ahead of us with many opportunities for our students to shine. Keep checking back here to see the fabulous work that we are doing.

THANK YOU R13!!

Thank you R13 for an amazing year.  You have all been incredibly supportive of each other, encouraging and you have come together as a family.  

R13 easily became the champions at attendance, winning the cup multiple times this year and applying yourselves to all areas of school life. 

I wish you all the absolute best as you move into intermediate. All the best for 2015 xxx