Duffy Rolemodel Assembly

This term we were very fortunate to have Halaifonua Finau come and speak to us as the Duffy Role Model assembly. He spoke about his humble beginnings and his journey to being a film producer. And was also a write for the movie “Red, White and Brass”. He told us that the parents on the movie were his actual real parents and that they’d never done any films before. We are very grateful that he took his time to come and speak to us about the importance of reading and to keep pursuing our dreams. Malo Nua!

New Navigators Sailing

Our whole Year 6 team are very lucky to go to New Navigators Akarana Outreach programme. Room 23 had so much and learned so much about sailing and being on the water. Other things we learned is to: give it a try and it’s not as scary as we thought it was going to be. A big shout out to Mrs Johnson who organised this for us and for making this movie.

Water and Wheels Fun Day

On Friday our whole school had a Water and Wheels Fun Day. Each team had games and activities scheduled throughout the day. For the Rangi team (Year 6s) we had wheels (bikes and scooters) first. Bikes were out of the field along the bike track. Some of us brought our own bikes and helmets from home and if we didn’t have bikes, we were allowed to use the bikes at school. Others brought their scooters and were on the hard court under the cloud.

Next we learned more about “Road Safety” and went for a walk around the block using all the crossings. We talked about keeping an eye out for cars incase they came out of driveways unexpectedly. Our class practised looking both ways (left and right) before we crossed the roads.

After morning tea, we had water activities like: duck, duck, goose, filling up the bucket relays and making bubbles. It was a lot of fun. Just before lunch our last activity was swimming in our school swimming pool. It was hot sunny day and good day to be in the pool. Check out our photos and videos below.

David Riley visits Weymouth Primary School

Today we had the honour of hosting Mr David Riley at our school. Click here to see more.

He is a famous New Zealand author and has written over hundreds of books. David spoke to our whole school about who he is and his journey of how he become a writer. He shared his love for books and that his favourite writer is Barry Krump. David shared that when he was teaching at Tangaroa College one day, and asked his students to get a book to read, his students replied that the books in their school library were boring. This was one of the reasons why David decided to write books. He shared the journey of how he wrote his first book about rugby league legend Benji Marshall and had sent it to a publisher only for it to be rejected. David discovered that there are lots of authors that had been rejected by publishing companies, but like David they persevered. He decided to publish his own books, with the help of a friend who was a graphic designer. You can see some of his books here. We have lots of his books at our school and we love reading them in Room 23.

Fakaaue lahi and malo aupito David for coming to our kura (school) to share your love of writing and reading with us. You have truly inspired our tamariki to write, read and never give up on their dreams! Our Rangi team (Year 6s) are so excited to see you later this year and to help us write our own books. Check out some highlights from today:

MOTAT 2025

The Rangi team (Year 6s) were blessed to go to MOTAT for a learning experience with Robotics.

Room 23 had a lot of time to explore. First we went to the Te Puawānanga Science and Technology Centre (orange building). It was a lot of fun. The friction slide was a favourite. But there were many displays for us to look at and explore further like: mirrors (helped with us with illusions), lights and shapes, energy and lots more. Then we went to the Pumphouse, playground and the old technology display. A favourite in there, were the games and arcade machines.

Once we finished our lunch, we went to the Whakatangi Puoro Make Music area (pink building). This was a favourite for some. Especially those that see themselves as future musicians and DJs. Just before our time with our Educator Katherine, we walked around and saw the whisper dishes. Check out our movie below for more and don’t forget to leave us a comment.

Meet and Greet

At the beginning of every year our kura has a “Meet and Greet”. This is a chance for our whanau (parents, guardians, aunts, uncles, nan’s etc) to come and meet their child/ children’s classroom teacher for the year. It’s a time for community groups like our school nurse, local library, social services like Life Education to meet our whanau too. There’s a Samoan proverb quote “Fofola le fala”, that translates to: “Unfurl the mat, so we may speak as equals”. Our Meet and Greet is a chance for us to bridge the gap, close the space between school and whanau. We had prizes as a raffle, for families that turned up and their names were drawn out of a box.

It was so awesome to see so many amazing families. Check out our photos here:

Welcome back to 2025

Kia ora and welcome back to our class blog for 2025. School started for our school on Monday 3 February. The first two weeks was a time for us to get to know each other and our new teachers. On the first day we have our Pōwhiri to welcome all new students, staff and families to Weymouth Primary School.

We also went for a walk down to our local beach and got to make new friends.

We are looking forward to a great year ahead. Please leave us a comment.

Year 6 Graduation Leavers

This term has been a very busy one for everyone. We’ve had lots of Language Week celebrations, sports, sharing of learning, a trip to Rotoroa Island and lots of other amazing things happening in the classroom. To celebrate all Year 6 students and their journey here at Weymouth Primary School, there is a big graduation evening where children dress up and bring their whanau (family) along. Each Year 6 student when called to the front, receives their leavers tshirt, a taonga (pounamu necklace) and a certificate. It’s a great time to celebrate and remember all the amazing activities and fun tasks that happened throughout their time here. Please find below the amazing leavers video created by our Room 20 kaiako (teacher) Miss Amy McLaughlin.

Have a wonderful Christmas holiday and relaxing break and we’ll see everyone in the New Year 2025!

Manaiakalani Film Festival 2024: Keeping our emotions in check

This year, our class focused a lot of our Talanoa sessions on our school values like: Respect and Honesty. We also looked at Empathy, Friendship, Responsibility, Making good choices and How our emotional brain works with our logical brain. As a collective we compared what we learned from Talanoa to the movie “Inside Out” and wanted to adapt the ideas to our own. We hope you enjoy our movie. Please leave us a comment:

Counties Manukau Games 2024

Our school took part in the Counties Manukau games for children aged 8-13. Lots of school across South Auckland participated in many sports. Our school sent 5 teams of 49 children to take part in: Girls basketball, Soccer, Ki-o-rahi, Tag and Volleyball. The competition took place over 3 days at Bruce Pulman Park in Papakura. It was so much fun and we all enjoyed ourselves. Here are some videos from the tournament: