Aroha in my Whanau

 WA describing aroha in our whanau

I love my family because they love me. They always hug me before school. I have a Mum who works hard and a Dad who looks after us at home. My siblings look out for me the most because my dad’s often looking after my nana because she’s sick, but he is still part of our family.

I know my family loves me because I always help them with everything they do, especially at night when I clean everything by myself (sometimes my siblings help me.)

My favourite whanau saying is: “I love my family because they love me.”

My favourite aroha symbol is:

                                       Fe’ao

WA describing aroha in our whanau

                   

Water Awareness

 On the 8th of June it was the first day of swimming and we were all so excited to be going on a bus to the CLM pools in Morrin Rd. We only went for ten days, but that was enough because we got really tired after all that swimming. 

We had to leave our swimming stuff at school so we could change quickly when we got back after our lessons. The best part of the lessons was when we jumped into the pool at the end to see who could make the biggest splash.

 What I learned at water awareness was how to save myself if I fell into deep water. We did one exercise like when we fell out of a boat our shouting for ''help'' while were floating. And also we learned how to use the boards and kick our legs fast under the water. 

The next day which was Thursday was a fun day because they let us go on the boat and jump over on our backs. The next thing we did was we lie on our backs and shout for help so that a helicopter could see us and rescue us. I learned a lot and I am not so nervous anymore.

Revealing my feelings through Art

A few weeks ago I created a self portrait. The first thing I had to do was draw lines on my face so  we knew where to put my nose, eyes, ears and mouth. The hardest part for me was to create hair because I have long plaits. 

I also did a background with a white wax crayon. With the wax crayon I had to draw lines showing how I feel at different times. When I did my background I had no space to do all my other lines. The exciting part was when I painted it because the blue dye made the lines easy to see.

We also wrote blurbs to go underneath our self portraits and my favourite one is ''when I feel calm, I am quiet and relaxed.'' 

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MY PROFILE

Malo Lelei.  My name is Feao Moeata Makalio. I'm a Tongan, and I go to St Patrick's School. My friends are Frances, Sulia and Laura. I'm a year 5 student. I am 9 years old, and I have 5 brothers and 4 sisters. I live with my Mum, Dad and my brothers and sisters. My favorite hobby is to eat healthy, sleep and play outside. My favorite subject is Maths because I like learning my times tables. My favorite animal is a Dog. My goals for 2021 are to keep making good friends,doing work,laughing and listening to people.

Chicks in Room 6

Last Tuesday Jo from Living Eggs brought us an incubator, brooder and eleven eggs. We were going to watch the eggs hatch. When they hatched we got to hold them. They felt soft and comfy, and we were the lucky classroom because we had the chicks with us all the time. 

We had eleven chicks in Room 6 for two weeks. There were nine boys and only two girls. Someone called one of the boys Stella! When the chicks were growing we were holding them but when some people held them too long, they wanted to go back to the brooder. They got tired quickly. I liked to hold them because they were soft and cute but they got very noisy when they got bigger. I was brave because I helped the little kids hold the chicks when they came to our room. 

Today the Rm 2  came and they brought their iPad to take pictures. Ethan and I took out the chicks and gave them to some of the Rm 2 children to hold. Tomorrow the chicks are going back to the farm to visit their  mum and dad and maybe their other brothers or sisters. Some of the class are crying and sad because they are going to miss them so much.

It was so sad but I hope there are going to be some more chicks coming. I am trying to be brave

but the chicks have gone.