Te Arahanga
Weeks 8 & 9
Image CaptionHaving fun reading our poems
Week 7
This week we have experienced many activities from reading in the sandpit with our buddies to basketball coaching and fun, fun, fun riding our bikes!!!
We have been learning about celebrations and festivals. We rally enjoyed looking at the pictures of the Hot Air Balloon festival held in Hamilton each year. They are so colourful we are are drawing our own hot air balloons. Aren't they pretty.!
Week 6
On Friday we had a Duffy assembly. It was awesome to have a special visit from our favourite boxer Joseph Parker. It was awesome to sing to Mr Parker and the kids had a lot of fun meeting him and taking photos.
For writing we wrote about the rainbow fish and recounted what happened in the story. We did some artwork and added some special glitter scales.
We also had a a sand challenge on Friday to see who could build the tallest tower. The decided they would do a boys and girls challenge. We got some seniors to judge at the end. It was fun trying to see how they thought both of their towers were the tallest, but in the end the girls won this challenge.
Ms Young and Mr Moiho
MALO NI FANAU
Week 5
Last week we went on a school trip to the Museum of transport and technology.. Motat!
We are riding on a Tram!
"It was fun" said Eveyln
"I was watching the tree outside" said Aviti
We made little machines
Maraea top left. Winter top right.
Leani bottom left. Kai-Marley bottom right.
Fakaalofa lahi atu kia mutolu oti.
What a great start to the week with a beautiful Niuean haka. Well done boys! Happy Niuean Language week to you all!
Ice Blocks, Donuts, Fruit and veges! NOw thats a perfect picnic!
Check out Avitis amazing work. He is such a good drawer and he only just started school! Well done and good work Aviti!
Playing roly poly down the hill!
Hi 5 Mr Coach! "thankyou for teaching us skills with the rugby ball"
BANG! BANG! BANG! went the hammer.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! went the nails.
Week 6 Term 3
ONE, TWO, THREE! Watch us play a counting game with the amazing Miss Bree!
We are twirling in our pretty dresses. Oh what fun!
Liani is a new student to FBS and is already a good learner! She can write her name and read books, Here she is learning her numbers. Well Done Liani!
Kia Ora!
Kia Ora e te Whanau here is how we celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Together with our Room5 friends we used our creativity to colour paint our beautiful double twist pendant necklaces.
We attended a Cultural expo in our school hall where we saw lots of Maori traditions, treasures and even kapa haka uniforms. We were welcomed in by a beautiful waiata and then went on to learn and explore Maori Culture. Our experience was amazing and full of the rich Te Reo Language we loved it!
In our picture you can see Miss Awhi teaching us about the creative ways we can use the harakeke. At the end we were all given fried bread with butter and jam.. YUMMMMY!
We are reading in our funky outfits.
Malo e Lelei Room 23
Heres a quick update on what we have been doing in Room 23
Food: We all love our food! And so our Learners have enjoyed and experienced baking a Chocolate cake, making delicious healthy sandwhiches with our Romm 12 buddies and we even cooked a spinach omelette! YUM!
Check out amazing stories..
Good morning room 23
It’s Monday today
Here is the game FISH.
Here are some photos of Talavou playing.
Remember to look on the school website and pick two or three activities to do.
Before you start school I’m sure you can help Mum doing some things around the house!
I hope you had a lovely weekend.
Take care, keep busy, keep smiling. 
Fiona Mafile’o
Kia Ora Rm 23. 17/8/20
For CRT with Ms Young and Mr Moiho we have decided to read you a story and have created a follow up activity which you can do at home.
I have been taking my children for lots of bike rides around the block and I was thinking of a story that has wheels in it. So many things need wheels to work. In this story it shows many vehicles that use a wheel.
Our follow up activity is as follows:
Questions:
Can you find some things around your home with wheels on them?
What shape is a wheel?
What is your favourite thing to go on that has wheels?
Week 5 Term 3
Te Arahanga Room 23
Hello Everyone,
We are now back into learning at home! I hope everyone is still well and happy. This week Mr Avatea has put a Timetable on the school page. Remember the timetable is just a guide for you especially for our 5 year olds!. If your family has other things to do, or likes to do things at different times, that’s fine. There are lots of things you can do – just pick one from each of the school values that your family would like to do.
Remember the Free to Air TV programmes are really good and interesting.
You can listen to lots of stories on line or cuddled up to someone in your bubble.
You may go to school to collect your learning pack. I hope you are having fun doing the work in these. I would love it if you could send me some photos of you doing your work.
I will ring each of you this week to see how you are.
I have been very busy doing my garden and having fun with my family.
A simple but fun activity is the spoon and potato race. Racing each other outside around the house is fun. My grandsons love to do this.
I will share with Mum this very, very easy no fail chocolate cake. You could make it with her. This still my children’s favourite and we have made it thousands of times! I used to x4 the recipe and make it in a roasting pan.
Chocolate Cake
1 cup flour 2 eggs
1 cup sugar ½ cup milk
3 tbsp cocoa 85 gms (3ozs) melted
2tsp baking powder butter
Beat all ingredients together until smooth. Bake at 160 for 45 mins. Yummy!!
I hope you are all safe and well. If you are in need of help please ring one of the numbers that are on the school web site.
Here are some ideas of activities you could do.
- Cook with Mum or Dad
- Play simple card games e.g. snap or fish
- Practise writing your name
- Draw a picture and write a sentence starting with I. Mum can help you
- Go for a walk and try to find these things: Out Walking Treasure Hunt
But most of all Have Fun
Be Happy and be kind to each other. Take care.
Fiona Mafile’o
Kia Orana!
Week 3 at Flatbush School has been full of fun and fantastic learning including the Cook Island culture. Happy Cook Island Language week!
Room 23 are now familiar with the 'Rito' (hats) of the Cook Islands, the sound of the beautiful drumming and the actions of the traditional dancing.
Meet our amazing 'Reading Buddies' from Room 12. They come to read cool books to us everyday. Meitaki Maata Room 12!
Morena and Welcome to week 2
We made butter and honey on toast. It tasted delicious!
The honey comes from our flatbush beehive.
Room 23 are learning about force, balance and weight. They are pouring the water in each bucket to make it balance. They also have been blowing bubbles.
Morena and welcome to
Term Three! 
Room 23
After the first week of school we give a very warm welcome to 5 lovely new entrants who have enrolled in Room 23.
This week we have spent time adjusting to school life, getting to know each other and talking about friendship.
Winter planting her lettuces
Api with his plants.
Api pushing sticks into the ground to make a string scarecrow to stop the sparrows eating grass seed. The birds can’t get it now!
Lets hope the grass will grow. Well done Room 23 for working so hard.
Playing up and over
with Miss Briana.
We had great fun making Lemon Loaf and we all agreed it was sooooo yummy!!
This term we will be discussing and doing experiments with Force.
Our first topic will be push and pull.You may be able to talk to your child about things that we push or pull to make them move.
Have a great week!
Morena Everyone
Room 23 have been doing many activities over the past two weeks.
Here are some photos of our lovely children learning through play.
Our garden is going to be beautiful! 
Roy, James and Payton having a great discussion about hippos!
Playing musical balloons
and under and over.
Keep safe, take care and have a wonderful holiday!
Fiona Mafile’o
In the beginning...retold by Room 23
Walt: Make a video, retell a story, Use art work to create different pictures to match the words of the story, Use a loud clear voice, Change voices to be like the character.
We are also learning about Matariki. Here are some pictures of us making Matariki stars:
Week 8
Kia Ora All
Room 23 have been busy this week with all sorts of activities from art, music and Te Reo with Miss Young and Moiho to drumming with Mr D and class photos.
We have been talking about how in the beginning of the world Rangi and Papa’s children pushed them apart to make light and so they could stand. This was the beginning of the flowers and trees that covered Papa on the forest floor and the sun and stars in the sky for Rangi.
We will talk about Tane the God of the forest as we learn the names of NZ trees and birds.
Here are some photos of Room 23 children showing perseverance, resilience and concentration in their play and in their writing.
Great writing !!
Samoan Language Week
Room 23 had a lot of fun learning Le Aute. We are proud of our performance. We picked some le aute which is the hibiscus flower and we used le pua which is the frangipani. Many thanks to Mrs Tupou, Bri and Vera for helping us learn the song.
Week 2 Term 2
Happy Friday Everyone,
Our Room 23 learners have been working hard on their distance learning activities. Check out the video clips below of Lizzy counting, doing push ups and reading at home. A huge THANK YOU to her family for sharing her home learning with me!
Have a wonderful Anzac week and keep safe and happy in your bubble!
Fiona Mafile’o
Week 2 Term 2
Te Arahanga Room 23
Hello Everyone,
We are now into week 2 of learning at home! I hope everyone is still well and happy. This week Mr Avatea has put a Timetable on the school page. Remember the timetable is just a guide for you. If your family has other things to do, or likes to do things at different times, that’s fine. There are lots of things you can do – just pick one from each of the school values that your family would like to do.
Remember the Free to Air TV programmes are really good and interesting.
You can listen to lots of stories on line or cuddled up to someone in your bubble.
You should have received your pack from the Ministry of Education. I hope you are having fun doing the work in these. They look so good. I would love it if you could send me some photos of you doing your work.
I will ring each of you this week to see how you are.
I have been very busy painting my kitchen, doing the garden and staying in touch with my friends and family on the phone. Thank goodness they are all well.
This morning I went for a walk around the garden and picked up some colourful leaves. It’s Autumn time now and the trees are changing colour and losing their leaves. You could find some on your walks around your neighbourhood. They are wonderful for sorting into colour, counting and making a lovely picture.
Another simple but fun activity is the spoon and potato race. Racing each other outside around the house is fun. My grandsons love to do this.
I will share with Mum this very, very easy no fail chocolate cake. You could make it with her. This still my children’s favourite and we have made it thousands of times! I used to x4 the recipe and make it in a roasting pan.
Chocolate Cake
1 cup flour 2 eggs
1 cup sugar ½ cup milk
3 tbsp cocoa 85 gms (3ozs) melted
2 tsp baking powder butter
Beat all ingredients together until smooth. Bake at 160 for 45 mins. Yummy!!
I hope you are are all safe and well. If you are in need of help please contact me or ring one of these numbers that are also on the school web site.
- Auckland City Mission Foodbank - If you need a food parcel call ACM 09 303 9266 and speak to the Crisis Care team. You will then be given a time to collect from ACM distribution centre at 15 Auburn Street, off Boston road in Grafton. Everyone must take ID with them.
- Salvation army food parcels - Contact the Mt Wellington Salvation Army Community Ministry 09 379 7615 – or their local Salvation Army Community Ministry (ring 0800 53 00 00 to find your local ministry). You will be given a time to collect your food parcel.
- Presbyterian Support Northern - Call 09 309 2054 to arrange a pick up at 8 Madeira Lane, Grafton. Strictly no walk-ins and collections are strictly between 11-12am Mon-Fri.
- St Vincent De Paul in Newton Branch – Call 09 815 6122 or email – Auckland@stvinnies.co.nz and they can deliver a food parcel.
- Nga Whare Waatea Marae - Open Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm. Head to the Marae at 31 Calthorp Close, Mangere with ID. Wait in car and staff will get to each person one at a time, asking relevant questions as needed.
- Hills Church on Hillsborough Road can be emailed at office@hillschurch.nz Please provide details on your needs and they will do their best to provide a food parcel. Hills Church has also offered to go shopping for those that cannot leave home due to self-isolation if needed
Have a wonderful week and keep safe and happy in your bubble!
Fiona Mafile’o
Week 1 Term 2
Greetings everyone
It’s Mrs Mafile’o writing to you. I hope you are all well and staying safe. I also hope you’ve had a lovely holiday with your family in your bubble.
I have been spending time with my daughter and grandson and my partner. The rest of my family have had to stay in their own homes. Some of them returned from overseas. It’s been very strange waving to them from the gate as we drop food off for them. It’s hard not to hug my little grandsons but I’m very thankful they have remained well and are happy doing all kinds of things in their home. Each day their mother has been doing some art activities with them. For the first 14 days after she returned from America she had to skype them. It was so hard for them not to be able to stay with her and hug and cuddle her.
Usually school would be starting again but we have to stay at home in our bubble to keep safe from getting sick. We can still do some fun things.
Here are some fun things you could do at home:
Draw a picture of who is in your bubble
Play simple card games together (e.g., snap and go fish)
Plan a meal with mum and help cook it for the family
Read stories together
Play some outdoor games together
I know my grandsons will be saving their Easter egg papers to make lovely colourful pictures. Remember we painted fish last term after going to the beach. Perhaps you could make some fish to go on our big picture in the classroom.
I have been doing lots of gardening. The weather, up until now, has been so lovely. It’s been so quiet with no cars and how wonderful it is to hear the birds singing in the trees.
I know you’ve all been playing lots of games with your family, watching movies, going for short walks, and helping mum and dad look after everyone.
I so look forward to seeing you all again but, until then keep safe and stay in your bubble and most of all have fun.
With lots of love to you all from Mrs Mafile’o
 My Grandsons waiting for me to drop off food for them! |  Mrs Mafile’o trying to do pushups with my oldest grandson. |
Feel free to email me fionamh@flatbush.school.nz or contact me on 021 133 7711.