The memorial assembly

This year, we had a very special assembly. One of the things that made it special is that we spent half of it inside, talking about the Christchurch incident that happened in two Mosques. Then we went outside, to plant a kowhai tree. If you don't know what a kowhai tree, it is a tree that is native to New Zealand. It is even on our uniform logo. When we were outside, one person would represent their culture. There are many people who joined this rare opportunity, such as students, teachers and the principal, Mrs Peterson. There were other surprises too. One person in each class put the card for the people who survived and helped. Because in the morning we made cards for the people in lock down. We also sang 3 songs together, holding hands. It was a bit unusual since we don't normally do that, in fact that was my it was my first time doing it.                      

My responsibilities as a Year 6

Hi people, today I am going to write about what responsibilities I'm going to do this year. This year I signed up for choir which is where some students in Te Waka Ako will sing in front of a huge audience. It starts around week 8. I am also doing sports room duties with my friend Jia. Sports room duties is when you stay in a room and hand out sports equipment for the first 5 minutes of morning tea and collect them five minutes before the end of morning tea. I am a Year 6 who has the responsibility of being a House captain for Ruru. There is also another person named Zion who is also a house captain with me. Being a house captain is interacting with others and more. You watch in singing assembly who is showing one of the key competency roles, then you give them a house point. Another thing a house captain does is you cheer for your house group in relays in Athletics day. The winning house group gets a free Popsicle at the end of the year, all of your house group. There are 2 house captains in each of the 4 house groups.

These are the house captains

The 4 house groups are ...

Ruru

Pukeko

Kea

Tui