Koka Sela

01.11.10
Omg...
What a very chilly day today...
Everyone are all nice and warm with their long pants and warm jersey...
We all walked to the library for our Monday assembly...
This morning we all learnt another Moteatea...Ehara tenei...
Matua Rawiri was there to help us go through the song...
He also told us the Kaupapa about it...
We all sang through it a couple of times...
After that the students were given certificates and prizes from the Funrun...They were so amazed when they recieved their prizes...
It's so nice to see smiles on the children's face's...

27.10.10
Today is an awesome sunny day...
3 beautiful girls started 2day...
Their names are Eden, Wikitoria, and Tia Wilkie...
Its so good to have more children entering our school...

26.10.10
Well im sure everyone and anyone would have had an awesome weekend...
The weather was absolutely fantastic...
Our lawns and garden all done for now...
The wood all cut up thanks to Amy and Garrick great job guys...


21.10.10
Well today the Tuakana class helped Rob Mckenzie plant 3 different types of oranges...
Fukumotu{chinese Navel} trees
Valencia orange trees
Encore orange trees
So now we have our school orchard going on...
A big thank you to Matua Rob...
They went back to class to have a discussion about the types of Orange trees...They planted...
Before lunch they were finishing off their stories from yesterday...
Some really amazing good stories too...
The Tuakana's gardens are looking absolutely fantastic...
The strawberries and veges are full of life...
Well done Tuakana class...Keep up the great work...
The weather here today is fanastic as...
beautiful blue sky, The sun shining so brightly and hot...
with abit of a breeze blowing to keep the students cool...

20.10.10
WELL JUST THOUGHT I WOULD COME ON TO MY BLOG AND WHAT DO I SEE...
MY LAST BLOG IN WAS 5 MONTH'S AGO...
SO WHAT DID I DO TODAY...MMM
LET ME THINK...
THATS RIGHT I WAS IN KOKA VICKIE MIHAKA'S CLASS...
THE STUDENT'S TASK TODAY WAS FINDING THE PRICES OF VEGES
FOR INSTANT HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO BUY SAY 2 LETTUCES
PER WEEK FOR 4 PEOPLE PER YEAR...
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NOW AFTER ALL THAT... WOULD IT BE CHEAPER TO BUY VEGES OR GROW VEGES...
AFTER LUNCH THEY TALKED ABOUT TURANGAWAEWAE...
A PLACE TO STAND...
WHAT DOE'S TOKOMARU BAY MEAN TO YOU...
OR WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT TOKOMARU BAY...
Well Tokomaru Bay to me is the place to be...
When I was younger I didn't really like Tokomaru Bay...
I had to like it because this is where we moved to from the back station Ihungia...So as life went on a few years later I now have a son named Ptolemey Alexandria George Christie Elers Niania...
I am so glad to be still in Tokomaru Bay bringing my son up with the help of my awesome whanau and friends who I love and adore...Everyone in Tokomaru Bay are all one big whanau...
My son is well known by all thoses around him...
I thank God for placing me in this beautiful place with beautiful people...
The beach is just down the road...The hills surrounding this place...
Like they protect this whole place with love...
We have 4 Marae's that welcome us and others with love...
My son will learn more things that I never did, in fact I'm learning things with him...So I take back what I said in the every day...
What was I thinking!!!
TOKOMARU BAY IS THE PLACE TO BE!!!!!RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!!!

6.5.10
What can I say about my darling mother...
M..is for the million things she's done for me...
O..is for the only mum god gave me...
T..is for the things that she has given me...
H..is for her undying love she gives to me and more...
E..is for her eyes when she cries when she is proud of me in everything I do...
R..is for I will love her for the rest of my life...
Put them all together they spell MOTHER the only word that means the world to me....

30.4.10 Friday
Today I went for a walk to the beach with the Teina class.
I was so excited walking to the beach with a class who are so full of life and excited too.
When we got to the beach, all you could feel was the cool breeze against your face, the smell and sound of the salty blue/white waves smashing on the sand.
I could see the sun shining brightly on to the sea, which sent sparkly glittery shapes and sizes.
On the hills you could see shapes and colours.
All the trees were all standing in straight lines like soldiers preparing for war.
The ripples of the hills weaved together like a beautiful weaved kete
To me it was so fantastic looking at Nature through eyes wide open and using your imagination.
As we all walked back to the school I came across a shell.
I picked it up and thought What elements has this shell got.
It could be a home for the hermit crab.
You could use the shell for decorations on picture frames or in gardens.
You could even make shell mobiles to hang in your room.
This beautiful shell is round and spiral like shape.
The colours are brownie pinkish with a white sparkly flick all over.
This shell is from the ocean.
All things in the ocean always end up on the shore, for people like us that walk along the beach and find colourful beautiful things.
We pick them up and our imagination starts to wonder.
I think all things of Nature are so beautiful....