Principal’s Message

Tena koutou katoa,

Term three has been a busy one-Praise the Lord! The Inquiry and devotion topic has seen staff and students mucking in to lay their garden beds in preparation for the the ‘MARKET DAY’ on the 8th November. The children are enjoying watching their gardens grow and learning about the fruits of the spirit in amongst their Inquiry. Thank you for your continued prayers and support of all the various programmes we have at school particularly with the Language weeks and the Sports tournaments. We may be small in numbers but we are definitely large at heart and performed extremely well in the Year 5/6 girls soccer placing 3rd-woohoo! We also placed 2nd in the Year 5/6 Ki o rahi tournament, we are so proud of our tamariki and thankful to our coaches-Mrs Laura, Whaea Celia and Mr Ofanoa. From the office to the field we are blessed to have such versatile staff members at Rise UP.
As we all take time to rest and spend time with family and friends, please encourage our students to continue their reading mileage aiming for at least 20 minutes a day perhaps in the kitchen, subtitles, devotions or reading the new signs at Manawa Bay lol.
Term four will be a busy one so, take care and have a safe relaxing holiday Rise UP Whanau.
Iehova vaha loto,
Sita Selupe
Principal

Iehova vaha loto.

Sita Selupe MNZM
Tumuaki

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Term 3: In the Classroom

Room 5

Room 5 class has been busy learning Structure Literacy which focuses on grapheme – phoneme knowledge. This enables students to develop spelling, writing and reading skills. I noticed the importance of Structure Literacy to my students. They practice letter sounds and apply spelling and blending sounds together as they write or read. Students enjoyed working alongside their peers in groups to practice handwriting, reading speed sounds and speed words.
In writing, we did Recount and Procedural writing. Our students understand more when they put their hands into experiments. Some of our learning experiences we did in class were learning ‘how to make Jam Sandwich’ and ‘how to make Lemonade Juice’. Through learning experiences, students have the opportunity to observe, practice and gather information. Engagement is everything which allows students to explore information, listen to instructions and follow it. I like how they are fully involved in the activity; getting the bread, using the knife to spread the jam, cutting the sandwich and taste. They understand each step and be able to record and write simple sentences in the right sequences.
Inquiry this term is a great opportunity for students to apply what they have learned in the classroom out in the field. Our Scenario is about sowing and reaping harvest. Room 5 students enjoyed planting strawberries, cucumbers and lettuce in the garden and be responsible for watering the plants. Through gardening, there were lots of conversations and stories from students about their grandparents’ garden that led to discussion of ways to grow food at home in order to save money. These aspects align with the Devotion theme where students learn the fruits of the Holy Spirit; kind, patient, joyful, peaceful and make good decisions to please the Lord. At their young ages they explored the environment with all their senses to learn how to be good farmers.
I wish all students of Room 5 a happy school holiday full of love, laughter and Joy.
God Bless.
Mrs Partsch.

Room 4

Tēnā koutou,
Another action packed term for Ruma Wha; that has involved lots of learning around our Devotion and Inquiry Context – The Law of the Harvest.
This has allowed our tamariki to get their hands dirty! Digging and planting different seedlings, using the various gardening tools and increasing their science knowledge and in time; eating and selling what they have sown, come harvest time for our Market Day in Term 4.
Our akonga are able to connect to the goodness of God’s creation-earth and what it has provided for us. A huge nga mihi to Sifa Latu – Bunnings Mt Roskill for her support! Mt Roskill Bunnings responded to assisting our school; by donating gardening essentials and numerous seedlings for our garden.
Our key memory verse for Devotion this term is from John 15: 16-17.‘I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.’ We pray our tamariki will continue to do this in the physical through their gardening skills and also the spiritual at home.
Nga mihi nui,
Mrs Faga & Mrs Govender

Room 3

Term three has been busy and enjoyable celebrating our culture groups, Samoan, Tongan and Māori languages, enjoying food and culture wear. When we celebrate each student’s culture we celebrate their identity and the language. I notice there is a strong sense of pride and dignity as they dress up and share their personal experiences around their culture.
The students have started a vegetable garden and they have been excited watching the plants grow as we care for them, ensuring they get the appropriate sunshine and are well watered. Some of the students designed a type of sprinkling system through a plastic bottle. We measured daily the growth of the seeds planted and were excited to see the seeds grow 1 cm every day.
We look forward to term 4 making our own visual arts to sell on market day. Please come and share this day with your child on November the 8th.
Enjoy your break with your child.
Blessings
Ms Bella

Room 2

Wow, we have reached the end of Term 3! The year is flying by. The theme for this term has been “The Law of the Harvest” for both our Devotion and Inquiry lessons. In Devotion we have been looking at the fruits of the spirit and you reap what you sow. The fruits of the spirit are: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control. STOP and THINK and then ACT. We are trying to show more kindness to each other and use self-control to avoid bad language and actions.
Inquiry has taken “The Law of the Harvest” literally and we have planted vegetables in the planter boxes outside rooms 3, 1 and 4. Room 2 decided to only plant vegetables that had sufficient time to grow so everyone wanted to plant strawberries but they wouldn’t be ready to harvest in time. Therefore, our garden has lettuce, carrots, chives and spring onions. We added peas into the garden in the last week of term so hopefully we will have some lovely fresh vegetables for you to be able to purchase on market day. The minor subject for Inquiry has been art. The students have made canvas pictures by glueing paper serviettes and made quite the mess of themselves this in the last week by making clay pots. It does wash out but apologies for that, I didn’t think students (or the classroom) would have been so totally covered in clay. The art projects and the vegetables will be for sale next term in our Market day on Friday 8 November which is week 4 of Term 4.
In Maths we have been looking at measurement. This has included time, length, perimeter, area and volume. Multiplying numbers for area and volume has stressed the importance of knowing our times tables. In week 2, teachers had training on how to best support our students using Maths Whizz. Students all re-sat the assessment test and have been working on getting gems by correctly completing activities. Several students have received Math Whizz Certificates for
achieving 3 progressions each week for the term. They have also been receiving virtual stickers from the teacher for achieving each week.

Writing has been a mix this term starting off with Recount writing and a writing test where students had to recount something they experienced in the holidays. Our next type of writing was Procedural where it was important to be logical and describe all the steps for the activity or tasks they were writing about. Our final topic for the last 3 weeks has been Report writing where it is all about the facts. Our reading has tried to cover examples of these types of writing styles or related to Inquiry, reading stories and articles about plants, animals and information about countries for the different language weeks this term.
We have had Badminton lessons with Room 3 this term each Wednesday afternoon. Badminton players from outside the school have come in to share the techniques on how to play with the students and it has been informative and fun. We have also had 3 language weeks this term;Tongan, Cook Island and Maori which have been a lot of fun with lots of language activities , dressing up and sport competition. Students have also had tests to see if they have improved
their spelling and reading ages too. Most of the class has improved and some have already met their end of year goals.

Have a wonderful break to recharge as we will be straight into market day preparation and the last topics of the year. It will be very busy for the first half of the term getting all the content complete and then testing for end of year results and reports then getting ready for the end of year activities.

Take care, have a happy and safe holidays, see you next term.
God Bless from Heidi Weightman

Room 1

Mālō e lelei,

The end of Term 3 is near and Room 1 has had a jam packed term filled with gardening, Ki-o-Rahi, language weeks, Project Wy, Front Foot and our normal classroom learning and duties. Our inquiry topic has been ‘The Law of The Harvest’ and this has seen us dive deep into the processes of planting, composting and plant nutrition. Our class with the rest of Rise Up have put our garden beds to good use planting vegetables which they have consistently maintained. This inquiry has lent itself to our devotions where we have studied the fruit of the spirit and how we can apply this to our lives not only at school but at home too. It has also seen us take an art focus this term where we have looked at various techniques used to produce a painting ready to sell next term at our market day. A huge highlight of this Term has been being able to implement Maths Whizz in our class where students are constantly being challenged with maths progressions suitable for them and their level. Measurement has been the focus this term and has complemented Food Tech with Mrs Selupe and our gardening measurements.

The language weeks; Cook Island, Tongan and Maori have been huge this term for us and a great highlight for Room 1. Through this we have been given many opportunities to lead and host in some capacity during our celebrations. Well done to our Room 1 students who have worked hard and consistently put their hands up to help out.

It has been a pleasure being the teacher of Room 1 and is something I don’t take lightly. I want to wish the Room 1 students and whanau a safe and restful holiday. Have a blessed and well earned break. Make sure students that you help around the house.

God Bless you all. See you in Term 4.
Mr ‘Ofanoa

KI O RAHI

One of the sports that our senior students have really enjoyed participating in is Ki O Rahi. This sport combines the skills of tagging, shooting, defending, running and passing. The key to this sport is TEAMWORK. We entered a Year 5 & 6 team and a Year 7 & 8 team into the annual MOSA tournament and our teams were excited and ready to face any competitor that they came up against.
Each team played 5 games in their Pool Play and played against different schools. Our Year 5 & 6 team finished undefeated in their Pool Play and advanced to the Final where they played a tough match against another school. They came away with 2nd place but we know that this was still a huge achievement.
Our Year 7 & 8 team (which was made up of a number of students who do not play sport) played against some fierce competition, but they never gave up and the teamwork that they had built through all their training showed on the day.
Our students defended the Tupu (target), ran around touching Nga Pou (the posts) and scored tries in the Te Pawero (the Blockade).
Thank you to the parents that were able to come and support our teams and also to our amazing students from Room One who came to support their classmates.
One of the highlights for myself and Mr ‘Ofanoa was the way that our students played with Good Hearts, Resilience and Determination. We are so proud of all our students that participated and we are grateful for these opportunities that allow our students to Be Active, Work Together and Learn New Skills.

TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI – Maori Language Week

This year’s theme for Te Wiki o te Reo Maori was Ake Ake Ake – A Forever Language. As a school we understand the importance of celebrating and supporting a National Language of New Zealand and committing to embracing Te Reo in our everyday school life.
Our week started with our Cultural Wear dress up – this meant that our students and staff came dressed as all the different cultures that made up who they were. This aligns with our Synergy Programmes which is all about – ‘I Know Who I Am’. It was a great reminder for our students and staff of the importance of knowing where they come from and all the different cultures that make them so unique.
Tuesday we held a school wide Quiz Afternoon. Each class had to choose three representatives and there were 10 questions that they were asked. The categories were Maori Culture, NZ General Knowledge and NZ Sports. It was a great time of learning for both students and staff and we know that everyone went away with some new found knowledge. Congratulations to Room Four who were crowned our 2024 Quiz Masters.

Wednesday was our House Colour Sports Day. We had planned a rotation of five different sports – Dodgeball, Rob the Nest, Rounders, Touch and Soccer. Each class split into their House Groups and played against each other. The rain stayed away for a while and we were able to do three rotations and then had to move inside. Our Juniors then had a turn with Poi and Rakau inside their classroom, Room Three played card games and the Seniors played Charades and Maui/Matou (Left/Right) Rakau. It was a great time of fun, laughter, competing and trying new things.

Our Assembly on Friday was a showcase of what our classes had been learning about during Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Our focus was on the Reo, so we had waiata, mihi, korero and karakia. It was also fitting to have our Assembly led by all our Maori Students. Thank you to the whanau that came along to tautoko our students and their learning.

Our shared lunch was a BBQ, Potato Salad, Fried Bread and finished off with Fruit Salad, Pavlova and Jelly. Our students enjoyed coming to choose their own kai and there were alot of empty plates at the end. Thank you to all the whanau that helped cook or supplied kai for our lunch.

Our day ended with Maorioke – each class had chosen a New Zealand song to sing and perform in front of the school, our judges were looking at the energy of the performance, participation and charisma. It was a great way to finish our week with singing, cheering and fun.

As a school we want to continue to use Te Reo everyday, both in the classroom and around the school and we are encouraged by the way that the students and staff are embracing one of our National Languages.