Friendship...

To my Room 7 darlings. 

It is Term 4 and our year together is almost at an end.  I am so proud of the learners you have become.  This really is 7th Learning Heaven.

The concept we are learning about for the next weeks is Friendship.  I love the ideas you brainstormed in class about "What is a friend?"

But, why is it so important to learn about friendship???  Think about it my darlings.

One of my favourite authors Bryce Courtenay wrote "People are people through people".  Huh??? (I heard you haha)

What that means is the people in our lives influence who we are!!!  So, it's really important that you choose good friends.

I"m going to tell you about my special friend.  She's an Aitutaki girl just like me.  So, she's gorgeous too.  (Hehe...don't roll your eyes Kaleb! Haha).  Her name is Ani Rikona.

Ani and I love going out and taking pictures of ourselves hahahahaha

Ani definitely ticks all the criteria in your friend brainstorm.  She is fun to be with, kind, honest and she looks after me.  She tells me I'm lovely when I feel yucky.  She tells me I can do things when I feel useless.  She helps me to be the best Noa Tereu I can possibly be.

Pretty cool aye my darlings.  I hope this unit will give you the knowledge you need to choose friends that will help you to be the best you can be!

The Noa Paul Williams Tereu Cup is done and dusted.

The fierce competition that is the Noa Paul Williams Tereu Rugby World Cup has been decided.  The Singing Samoans triumphed over the other Four Nations.  There was ecstacy for the winners and disappointment for the losers.  Win or lose - it was a whole lot of fun!!!

* I couldn't get any pics of the other teams at the ceremony.  They were too gloomy.  They're like their teacher.  Fierce competitors but don't like to lose. Hahahahaha.

The challenges were:

Rugby Knowledge Quiz - Ireland won this challenge. (Samoa scored well too)

Design a Team Jersey - Fiji won this challenge. (Samoa 2nd)

Eat Weetbix like an All Black Competition - Tonga, Fiji and Samoa tied this round.

Knockout Ball Game - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

Striving for Accuracy Colouring Competition - everyone scored points for this challenge.

Goal in the Bucket Game - Samoa won this challenge.

A to Z Rugby World Cup Knowledge - Tonga won this round

Jaedyn concentrating for Fiji.

South Africa trying to score points.

All the Samoans eyes on Deklin.

Bethany tries her best for Ireland.

Fiji putting their heads together for the A to Z challenge.

Samoa working together for the A to Z.

Ireland working together to get the points.

Tonga pooling their ideas together.

The triumphant Samoans - Le Manu Samoa

Kaleb and Bethany both win medals for fair play.  They tried very hard for Ireland.

Tahlia, Rangikauwhata, Deklin, Tarati, (back)
Toso and Shannon - The Inaugural NPWT Champions.

Winners of the Inaugural Noa Paul Williams Tereu RWC 2011.

It was pure joy for the winners of the NPWT RWC 2011. For the other teams there was some disappointment because they all tried so hard. However, that's life. No one likes losing but it's something we all have to eat every now and then. BUT...it's not something Samoa have to worry about because they are NPWT Champions. CHEEHOO!!!

The Noa Paul Williams Tereu Rugby World Cup

Yeah People - the competition is fierce in the NPWT Rugby World Cup. Check it out!!!

Room 7's Noa Paul Williams Tereu Rugby World Cup

Eat your heart out - William Webb Ellis.  The competition is fierce in the Room 7 RWC challenge.

Whoop!  There it is!  The Noa Paul Williams Tereu Rugby World Cup.  It's a mouthful but the kids named the cup hehe.

Yesterday Ireland took the early lead with our rugby knowledge quiz.  However, in an intriguing day of competition.  Fiji have come from last place to be in the number one position in preparation for our final day tomorrow.

Habits of Mind - in group situations you need to think interdependently. 
JERSEY DESIGN CHALLENGE

Firstly, the children learnt how to fold their jerseys using the ancient paper folding  art of the Japanese - Origami (seriously re-read that sentence with a Japanese accent...it's hilarious...the class love my accents haha)

Each country had to brainstorm a design for their country's jersey.  They needed to include an image for the sleeve, come up with a sponsor and have their flag on their strip. 

The children assessed their own work against the competition rules as well as assessing the jerseys of other countries.  Fiji won this challenge.

Fiji scored top marks for consistent design and an attractive jersey that represents their country.

Samoa also scored high for their consistent design and a jersey that represents Le Manu.

Top contenders Ireland produced a consistent design that represents the Emerald Isles.  The jerseys look terrific.



Tonga's great team work produced a jersey with a consistent design that represents this Pacific Nation.




Oops sorry this is upside down hahaha...The South Africans produced a beautiful jersey.  However, they missed out on points because they didn't keep a consistent design.

                                                                                 

The South African team.



The Flying Fijians



Le Manu Samoa

The Kingdom of Tonga

The Emerald Isles - Ireland

So there you have it whanau.  Tomorrow's the last day of the competition.  Should be really exciting and super-competitive again.