Diversity

   Diversity is …

              about being different and having lots of variety... for example,you can have different skin,food,work,sport,cultures,homes,gardens,languages and personalities. We are all unique in our own ways.

Diversity is when you are different to other people. You are different but everyone else is too. If everyone was the same we would not have diversity in New Zealand.

New Zealand has changed over the years and has become more and more diverse. New Zealand is not that big, but it is big enough for the people that are in it. We can have more people- lots more.

Diversity started many years ago with the Maori arriving on their waka and it's carried on ever since.

Diversity is a big part of New Zealand. It's been in New Zealand for decades and even centuries, so don’t hassle people for who they are because you are as different as they are.

by Oscar

Samoan Language Week

Talova lava! Thanks AJ for getting us organised today with lava lava and lei. We loved Rudolph's and PJ's mihi in Samoan at our Patu assembly today.

AFL

Upper Hutt College Year 13 students are coaching us for 5 weeks. Today was our first session.

Onesies

I wonder whose idea it was to wear onesies today? It sure looked warm and cuddly!

Goodbye Dan

Goodbye Dan. We wish you all the best for the future of your new school.

Lots of love room 6

By Manish

Treaty of Waitangi

Is the Treaty of Waitangi still relevant today?
Watch three schools' clips on what they think.

Treaty of Waitangi

Taiaha

On Tuesday 19 May, seventeen boys ranging from Year 3 to Year 6 went to Parkway Bush in Wainuiomata to cut kanuka or manuka for rakau to use in Taiaha training. Henare Parker, our Taiaha tutor lead us through the tikanga and it was amazing how a stick that would normally be used for playing became a taonga. Henare said to the boys, "Let the stick choose you." The boys had to think a lot about this and it took quite a while to choose the stick that would suit their strength, personality and size. Thanks to Janine Holcroft for filling in at the last minute to come with us. It was a fantastic day and it was so great to see the comradeship among the boys.