Vaiaso o Le Gagana Samoa- Samoan Language Week

Today we closed our amazing week with dancing, singing and of course LAUGHING!
What a great week we have had embracing the Samoan Culture.

Mr Luteru came in to speak to Room 10 and 21 about what life in Samoa was like for him and even taught us how to make coconut cream from 'scratch'.

The process in action.

We are very lucky and appreciate the teachings we have had today. Fa'afetai lava!

Here are some photos and clips from our celebration assembly too:

Samoan National Anthem 

                                                                            

Room 15 and 16 - Le Aute                                   Game Time: Pedometer Challenge (on your head)

 

The girls heard that the boys had put an item together and they too took up the challenge. 

This is a snippet of their efforts from 3 days of practice, using their play times and lunchtimes.

Boys' Haka
These boys put this item together themselves, also practising during their lunchtimes.

Closing off by giving thanks: Bible Reading & Prayer

 

                             Room 10 Stunners                                                       Perise and Miss T                  

Some of the beautiful BMPS Staff

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa- Fanau Sports

Today our whole school joined together for an afternoon of activities and a lot of fun. From volleyball to hula hoops to Jump Jam- it was all go! We rotated through activities with our buddy classes; with the older students taking responsibility for the care of the younger students and demonstrating leadership through their own actions.

We even had 'Katy Perry' (a.k.a Mrs Hart) make an appearance, and had the very important role of time keeper/ siren operator. The teachers looked very bright too in their lavalava and lei.

We all had a great time together as one BMPS fanau.

Perise and 'Katy Perry'

 BMPS - One Fanau

 Volleyball (on your bottom)

 Parachute

 Hula Hoops

 Target Game

 Grandma and Grandson

 Tia 'hanging out' on the Playground

 Jahmaica and George

 Noodle Hockey

Terai taking Photos

Miss Pratt leading Jump Jam

Basketball (Wow Leroy can jump!)

 

Wow Perise is short!

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoan Language Week

Talofa Lava. Afio mai.

Hello. Welcome.

Today BMPS started the day a little differently than usual. Gathering together in the hall, we sung the Samoan national anthem and joined together in lotu (prayer) to officially welcome in Samoan Language Week.

The challenge has been set to embrace the Samoan language and culture as we continue to celebrate diversity.

On Aso Faraile (Friday) the school will gather together again to share and celebrate some of the learning that we have been doing.

Thank you to Mrs Luteru who so generously gave her time to beautifully decorate the school hall and
also special thanks to Cherish and Mikayla Gibson for the Samoan siva (dance) they shared with us.

 

Kiwivolley

Coach Kal was in today, teaching us all new volleyball skills. The message was that the power is in our legs. It is important to position your feet apart and bend at the knees as you receive the ball, so you are stable and have lots of power to return it to the opposition.

Room 10 practiced the new skills and laughed LOTS along the way.

Coach Kal instructing Room 10.

 

Can you bounce the ball off your forehead, and catch it?

It is harder than it looks!

One on one game. 

Catch and return, underarm passes only. 

If the ball hits the ground- you're out! Winner stays in.

We can't wait to learn more next week! 

How does your garden grow?

Room 10 have been getting their hands dirty!
Using biodegradable pots we planted carrot seeds and are going to do our very best to grow seedlings. We will then transplant them into the school garden until the plants are ready to harvest.
We also planted some marigold seeds. It is recommended to companion plant marigold flowers with carrots to keep away the Rust flies.

We cant wait to see the fruit (in this case veges) of our labour!

                                

 

                                         

 

Community Clean Up

This is one way to brighten up the community... Send out 120 students and their teachers in high visibility vests!

Today the BMPS senior students went out into our community to pick up rubbish. We sorted what we could as we went (paper, plastic, metal, earbuds!) and brought it all back to school to be recycled, rather than end up in a landfill or in drains. I wonder what will happen with the mattress that Mrs Warid and Room 12 collected and brought back to school? It didn't look very comfortable at all.

The community clean up has been a great way for us to start putting into practice our learning about recycling... And it's only just the beginning!

Hockey Time!

Room 10 is back into the 'swing' of things with Coach Rochelle today. For many of us, this is our first attempt at learning the skills of hockey. The focus of today's session was open hand dribbling and push passing. We are very fortunate to be learning from such a passionate and skilled coach. Thank you Coach Rochelle!