Manaiakalani Film Festival

Once again we're off to Hoyts Sylvia Park for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. However unlike previous years Miss Walters decided she wanted her class to enter a movie. We all struggled to come up with an idea until a trip to the school library one Monday morning changed everything.

We really enjoyed the story Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae which sparked a lot of discussion around different emotions, being inclusive and how there are so many different styles of dance. This got us thinking about turning the story into a movie. During our Literacy time we started to practice retelling the story and work out how we could include everyone in the process from the script to the animating. 

We had so much fun making our movie and hope you enjoy it. 

Press 'play' to check out our movie!


A Room 11 Tale from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

Using our iPads!

These wonderful students have been learning to use the iPads - check out what they did today!

kyan from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

aaron from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

sarai from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

lily from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

tylah from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

PENN Movie #4

Can you figure out the toys we're talking about?


Room 11 Toy Story from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

Press play to watch our PENN movie again or we would love for you to leave us a comment below.

Immersion Assembly

Check out the Team 3 teachers dressed up as Barbie!

Introduction to Barbie from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

Lovestruck Barbies from Team 3 PES on Vimeo.

Trinity's Term 3 eLearning

I learnt about the Olympics. 

By Trinity 

Sarai's Olympic Animation

We learnt about the ancient and modern Olympic Games this term.

Shelford's Olympic Movie

I used HyperStudio to draw my graphics and iMovie to make my movie.

By Shelford

Ritua's Olympic Graphic

Here is my Olympic drawing. 

By Ritua

Raewen's Gymnastics Movie

I learnt about the Olympics. They play sports. 

By Raewen-Eve

Ngairie's Term 3 Animation

Check out my gymnastics animation.

By Ngairie

Melaia's Term 3 Animation

I enjoyed learning about the 2012 Olympic Games. 

By Melaia

Maroroa's Olympic Graphic

This is a graphic I drew on HyperStudio of the Olympic Cycling Track.

By Maroroa

Lorenzo's Olympic Animation

There are many swimming events in the Olympics. 

By Lorenzo

Lily May's Term 3 eLearning

This term we learnt all about the 2012 London Olympics, our topic was called 'Go for Gold'. 

By Lily

Kishan's Graphic of a Weightlifter

You have to be really strong to be a weightlifter. 

By Kishan

Kaitlynne's Term 3 Movie

I really enjoyed learning about the 2012 London Olympics. 

Our Olympic Graphics

By Jalen



By James

By Junior

Izac's Term 3 Animation

Our topic this term was called Go for Gold. We learnt all about the olympics. 

Henry's Term 3 eLearning

I really enjoyed training for our school cross country this term. 

Harlem's eLearning

 This term Room 11 were lucky because we learnt how to play basketball.

Falefehi's Olympic Animation

How do you keep fit? I keep fit by running. 

Cyrus' Term 3 eLearning

What is your favourite Olympic sport?

Brooklyn's eLearning

What sport do you enjoy watching?

Kyan's eLearning Movie

Press 'play' to watch the sprinters competing in the Olympics. 

By Kyan

Aaron's Term 3 eLearning

Check out Aaron's Olympic Sport movie.

Lily May's Guess Who!

Guess who Lily May is describing, if you think you know leave her a comment.

Cross Country 2012

Last week we had our school cross country. It was a lot muddier than other years, which meant some of us got stuck in the mud!

Thank-You!

Room 11 would like to give a big thank-you to the Pakuranga Rotary Club.
At the beginning of this term the Year 4's in Team 3 were very lucky to receive their very own Usborne Illustrated Dicitionaries.

"We just love using them!"  - Lily May

"They help us with our learning so we can get smarter." - Harlem

"I can learn new words." - Kaitlynne

"It helps with reading and writing." - Cyrus

"I can find out what words mean." - Brooklyn

Here is a little movie we put together so we can show everyone how we put our dictionaries to good use on a daily basis.

Our Term 3 PENN Movie

Trinity's visit to the Art Gallery

For our topic Art Alive we visited the Auckland Art Gallery and had our own PES Art Gallery.

By Trinity

Ritua's Art Gallery

What art pieces has Ritua put in her Art Gallery?

Melaia Visits the Art Gallery

What piece of art is Melaia looking art?

(Hint: the answer is listed in the labels)

Maroroa's Mondrian Art

Maroroa created his Mondrian piece on HyperStudio. 

What 4 sided shapes can you see in this piece?

Manazhay's Sunflowers

Do you know which artist is famous for painting sunflowers?

Lily-May's Mondrian Art

During our Art Alive topic we learnt about the artist called Piet Mondrian. 

Did you know that he mainly used the primary colours. 

Do you know what the primary colours are?

James' Graphic

James' copied this piece of artwork using HyperStudio.

Do you know who the artist is and what the name of the piece is?

Hint: It starts with the letter 'K'

Jalen's Art Gallery

Do you recognise these pieces of art work?

By Jalen

Tylah's Art Alive Animation

Take a look at Tylah's Term 2 iMovie. 

Tihi's Term 2 Work

Check out Tihi's movie he made using HyperStudio and iMovie. 

Sateki's Term 2 iMovie

Press 'play' to take a look at Sateki's iMovie. 

Ngairie's eLearning

Ngairie's Term 2 Art Alive animation. 

Kyan's iMovie

Take a look at Kyan's Term 2 eLearning. 

Izac's Term 2 Work

Check out Izac's animation he made using HyperStudio and iMovie. 

Falefehi's Art Alive Animation

Press 'play' to see Falefehi's Art Alive animation. 

Cyrus' Term 2 Work

Take a look at Cyrus' iMovie!

Uli's Term Two Animation

Take a look at Uli's Art Alive Animation.

Taiaha's eLearning

Can you recognise any of the art pieces in Taiaha's animation?

Sarai's Animation

Take a look at Sarai's Art Alive animation by pressing 'play'.

Raewen-Eve's iMovie

Check out Raewen-Eve's animation she made using HyperStudio and iMovie.

Lorenzo's Art Alive Animation

Have a watch of Lorenzo's animation. Don't forget to share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

Kaitlynne's Animation

Check out Kaitlynne's Art Alive animation by pressing the 'play' button.

Junior's Term 2 Work

Take a look at Juniors' animation from Term 2.

Harlem's eLearning for Term 2

Check out Harlem's movie he created using HyperStudio. 

Brooklyn's Art Alive Animation

Press 'play' to watch Brooklyn's movie. Remember to share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

Kishan's Awesome Animation

Take a look at Kishan's Art Alive animation. 

Aaron's Amazing Work

Title:                   The Art Gallery 

Guess what Room 11 did on Tuesday?

Well , we travelled in a bus to the Art Gallery that was in Auckland and it took a while to get there.We where at the Art Gallery because our topic was Art Alive.

The lady was saying to look carefully at the pictures and think what it looks like,whats happening. 

                            Event 1

First we had a tour of the place when we got inside.I was looking closely to the Art piece that was called golden clouds.My class could see a lot of suff even.I could see a lot of amazing sculptures,painting and lots of other things. 

                           Event 2

Second we did was going into the learning center.All of us were amazed when we saw this     

beautiful art piece. Our tour lady told us about the art piece and told us we can do any thing in the learning center.

                          Event 3

Third thing we did was to play on Albert park. A lot of people were climbing tree’s.I’m not good at climbing tree’s.

                          Conclusion

I felt happy and excited. In the holidays I will be going to the Art Gallery.This time I will be thinking a lot and looking a lot.  

I Can Sing A Rainbow

Manazhay, Sateki, Jalen and Harlem put together this movie with help to demonstrate some of the colours we see in a rainbow. What do you believe is at the end of a rainbow?

Kiwi Kick

Every Thursday morning at 9am, Room 10 and 11 are learning how to play Kiwi Kick.

Here are some photos of our 1st session. 

The Colours in Maori

Room 11 have been learning the colours in Maori. We started by practicing the song and then we learnt some names for other colours, like kiwikiwi is grey in Maori. 

Our PENN movie

Room 11 have been learning about colours. Here is a movie showing some of what we've learnt.

Sateki's Term 1 Work

Here is Sateki's movie he made using HyperStudio and iMovie.

Ritua's Movie

Here is Ritua's movie all about herself.

Sarai's Movie

Here is Sarai's movie about herself.

Kyan's Term 1 eLearning

Kyan uses HyperStudio to draw his graphics.

Al About Uli

Here is Uli's Term 1 movie about himself.

Kishan's Movie

Take a look at Kishan's eLearning from Term 1.

All About Brooklyn

Take a look at Brooklyn's movie to find out about her.

Jalen's eLearning

Jalen really enjoy's playing rugby.

Kaitlynne's eLearning

Take a look at Kaitlynne's eLearning work from Term 1.

Jame's Movie

Here is James' movie about himself.

Junior's Term 1 eLearning

Here is Junior's Term 1 movie about himself.

Trinity's Movie

Take a look at Trinity's movie about herself.

Henry's Term 1 Movie

Take a look at Henry's animation from Term 1.

Tihi's Term 1 Movie

Take a look at Tihi's eLearning from Term 1.

Tihi's Term 1 Movie

Take a look at Tihi's eLearning from Term 1.

All About Harlem

Here is Harlem's animation he made using HyperStudio and iMovie.

All About Taiaha

Take a look at Taiaha's Term 1 Movie about himself.

Cyrus' Term 1 eLearning

Take a look at Cyrus' eLearning from Term 1.

Raewen-Eve's Term 1 Movie

Take a look at Raewens' eLearning from Term 1.

Tylah's Term 1 Movie

This is Tylah's Term 1 movie she made using HyperStudio and iMovie.

Ngairie's Movie

Here is Ngairie's movie she made using HyperStudio and iMovie.

Melaia's eLearning

Take a look at Melaia's eLearning work from Term 1.

Izac's eLearning

This is Izac's movie from Term 1.

All About Falefehi

Take a look at Falefehi's Term 1 iMovie.

All About Manazhay

Here is Manazhay's movie all about himself.

Aaron's Term 1 Movie

Check out Aaron's Term 1 movie he made using HyperStudio and iMovie.

All About Lorenzo

Here is Lorenzo's movie from Term 1.

Lily May's eLearning Movie

This is Lily May's Term 1 movie about herself.

Have Safe Easter Break!

Even though it's the holidays, we'll still be posting!

Blog Update

Keep watching this space as we will be posting the animations we have been working on this term as well as our Mihi's which we have been recording on iMovie.

Take a Look at the Self Portraits!

A self portrait can be drawn, painted, photographed or sculpted by the artist.

Check These Out!

To help us draw our self portraits we used photos and mirrors.

Take a look!

These are our self portraits.

More Self Portraits

Some more Self Portraits

A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, here are the drawings of ourselves.

Self Portraits

Check out these self portraits!

Meet James

James is a year 4 in Room 11 at Pt England School.

Meet Izac

Izac is a year 4 in Room 11 at Pt England School.

Meet Ritua

Ritua is a year 4 in Room 11 at Pt England School.