Duffy Role Model Assembly

Henry Tuipea was the Role Model at our Duffy Book assembly today. Henry went to UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts and graduated with a BA in acting. He became involved in Duffy Books in Homes after auditioning for 'Duffy's Big Day Out' in 2000. Henry played 'Scruffy', Duffy's little brother. A former presenter on TV3's 'Pacific Beat St' on Saturday mornings. Host of the 'Stage of Origin' shows as seen on Maori TV & TV3 he is now a radio dj on Niu FM's Man Show Monday - Friday 2pm -7pm (103.8FM. Henry spoke to us about the importance of reading. He was funny and made us laugh a lot.


Room 8's class captains Te Kawehau and Joseph received their Duffy Books from Henry.

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Pictorial story of New Zealand

New Zealand Timeline

Travel through our timeline of major events in New Zealand's history.

600 A.D. -1300 A.D.:
The first inhabitants of New Zealand, the Maori, arrive from eastern Polynesia.

1642:
Dutch sailor Abel Janszoon Tasman becomes the first European to reach New Zealand.

1769:
English explorer Captain James Cook makes the first of his three voyages to the islands. His journals inspire other Europeans to explore New Zealand.

1840:
The Maori sign the Treaty of Waitangi giving control to the British in exchange for protection and guaranteed Maori possession of their lands.

1860:
A decade of land wars begins between the Maoris and European settlers.

1861:
Gold is discovered in Tuapeka. This leads to a gold rush.

1893:
New Zealand becomes the first country to give women the right to vote.

1907:
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.

1947:
New Zealand gains independence from Great Britain.

1953:
New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary becomes the first person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

1985:
New Zealand no longer allows U.S. nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships to enter its ports. French secret service agents blow up a Greenpeace ship called Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbor.

1987:
New Zealand hosts and wins the inaugural Rugby World Cup.

1997:
Jennifer Shipley becomes the country's first female prime minister.

2005:
Prime Minister Helen Clark wins her third election.

I Am Ariana (aged 9)

I am a girl who likes playing with animals
I wonder if the world will change
I hear birds singing in the trees
I see kids having fun with their friends
I want to be a singer and dancer when I grow up
I am a girl who likes playing with animals

I pretend I’m a famous singer
I feel people touching me
I touch kittens and dogs
I worry about my family
I cry when someone hurts me
I am a girl who likes playing with animals

I understand the class treaty
I say ‘sh’ if someone is making a noise
I dream about being be a singer
I try to be the best person I can be
I hope I make it to university
I am a girl who likes playing with animals

New Zealand's Got Talent

Lip Synching Competition

On Friday 6th March our senior school had a lip-synching competition in the school hall organised by Mr. Oakey and Mrs Dunbar. There were four groups of children participating. All the children had to learn the lyrics of the songs and pretend that they were actually singing it while the music was playing. The first singer was Jayden who performed "Everything I want" by P-Money. He made the audience laugh with his lip synching, funny actions and dance. Next was SWL who sang "Aint no mountain high enough". Two of them were really good but the middle singer was not sure of her lip synching and actions. After that was our class boys who performed Queen's song "We will rock you." They were dressed as Old School Rock stars and really rocked the audience! Lastly was the KRS Girls who sang "Kiss me through the phone" by Soldier Boy. Makayla was an awesome dancer and looked like she was really singing. The time came for the judges to make their decision. We were not surprised that Jayden came out first, followed by the KRS girls who came second. All of the children got a prize at the end. It was very exciting to watch the lip synching and some of us are already thinking about next year's competition.

David Poulton's Puppet show at KRS

On March 4th, David Poulton had a puppet show at Kelvin Road school. Here are some photos of the show.


This is Wally doing the 'wock n woll".

Here is Wock waiting for the crocodile egg to hatch.

Elephant drinks up all the water from the swimming pool and when Wock dives down he, bumps his head.


The soldier tricks the old woman into making him some 'stone' soup.

He is showing off by swallowing the biggest sword.


Here is Wally cleaning up the stage with his mop, bucket and feather duster.

Shared Writing

We are Mrs. Raman’s Coolkids
We wonder what we will be when we grow up
We hear cicadas croaking outside the classroom
We see children struggling to do the breaststroke
We want to be the best that we can be
We are Mrs. Raman’s Coolkids

We pretend that we are angels
We feel proud about Kelvin Road School
We touch the water and it feels cool
We worry about getting detention for not doing our homework
We cry for joy when we achieve our goals
We are Mrs. Raman’s Coolkids

We understand values like respect and integrity
We say stop it I don’t like it when someone bugs us
We dream about going to university
We try to listen when the teacher is talking
We hope to be the best class in our school
We are Mrs. Raman’s Coolkids


Shared Writing by Room 8 Coolkids