(Established 2009) This is the history of our Year 7 and 8 classes in Huia 1 at The Gardens School, NZ. We wrote for ourselves, our families and friends and for anyone who wanted to know what life was like at our school. From 2009 to 2013, Huia 1's teacher was Mrs Vincent. 1n 2014, classes changed and Huia 1 became Miss Murphy's room, with Mrs Vincent teaching on Thursday afternoons in Term 1. This blog has now ceased regular publication but is a record of our time together in Huia 1.
I'm looking forward to seeing students' photos - especially of the cowshed and milking cows, orienteering and the visit to Crab Island - because I have none of those. Year 8s might like to upload your best photos onto your kidblogs so your own class can also see them
Learning to use a fire extinguisher.
Practising using a fire extinguisher. Note the cattle in the background - authentic evidence that this is a rural fire force.
Running out a fire hose
Using the fire hose.
Rolling up a fire hose.
Volunteer fire fighters
Spanish night - 12 different tapas to choose from. Muchas gracias señora Lee.
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Sangria - non-alcohol version.
Sunrise on the last day at camp - looking towards Manurewa.
Matakawau Point when the tide is in. This is in the paddock beside our camp.
Relaxing before heading back to camp to catch the bus. Note the danger sign. (We were on the safe side of the danger, by the way ... )
We are at a weekend course for teachers of Spanish. It's like a sleep-over for teachers. We have to speak in Spanish the whole time. We also cook and eat Spanish food. We have got lots of new ideas to try out with our classes, and other teachers have viewed our blog and Spanish videos.
Here are some of the Year 9 and 10 entries into the STANZA video competition. (We won the Primary School category.) We should be able to understand most of the Spanish used. How much can you understand?
We are learning how to ask thequestion "Where is...?" (¿Dónde está?) and reply with "It is here." (Está aquí.) We are learning the names and locations of countries where Spanish is spoken and we are also learning to recognise the flags of some of these countries.
Ben: ¡Hola clase! Hoy vamos a encontrar los países que hablan español. ¿Dónde está Cuba? Venezuela? Costa Rica..?
Estudiantes: Está aquí, al lado de México, Colombia..
Ben: ¿Dónde están Las Malvinas?
Callum: Aquí, este de Argentina.
Ben: ¿Puede encontrar otros países?
Ben:¿Dónde está Nueva Zelanda?
Todos: ¡Está aquí!
CAST:
Chris C
Tracey P
Jasmine F
Michael H
Te Amo T
Ricki-Jean W
Callum M
Madison L
Yatin S
Tegan M
Caitlin M
DIRECTORS:
Hunter K
Sarah J
Señora Lee
THANKS TO:
Trent G, Harrison O, Vaughan W for help with editing the movie
Mrs Whitehead for the use of her large world map
Mrs Montofre for the use of her Chilean flag
Huia 1 for the use of props
Señora Lee for the use of other props
Mrs Vincent for help with props and students
and to everyone else who helped put our movie together
No students were harmed in the making of this movie.
MMXI
Competition Details:
2011 Theme: Aprendemos español a través de la cultura (Learning Spanish through culture) Students should integrate the teaching of one topic of the Spanish curriculum with culture in the video. Possible topics: colours and flags; calendar and festivals; popular sports; food and cooking. Video specifications: Two (2) minutes maximum in length. Please follow copyright laws. Videos should be appropriate for all ages. No commercial content is permitted.
For our Spanish classes today, Mrs Lee organised an article about the Rugby World Cup. See how much of it you can understand. Can you choose the best statement for you at the end of the article?
La Copa del Mundo de Rugby
Muchos de los equipos de rugby de todo el mundo están en Nueva Zelanda para jugar en la Copa del Mundo de Rugby.
Hay un equipo de Argentina. Lleven un uniforme de color azul claro y blanco.
No hay equipos de otros países de habla española, solo Argentina.
El equipo de Nueva Zelanda, llamado Los All Blacks, ganó su primer tres partidos de rugby. Llevan un uniforme de color negro con un helecho de plata.
Aquí en nuestra escuela, tenemos las banderas de todos los países que están jugando en la competencia.
Tres viernes atrás, todos los estudiantes hacen las letras de la palabra ‘negro’ con sus cuerpos, en el campo de juego.
Hay muchas turistas en Nueva Zelanda en este momento y hay muchas fiestas también.
Mi equipo favorito es ___________________.
Espero que ___________ ganen La Copa del Mundo de Rugby.
Me gusta el rugby No me gusta el rugby
Voy a mirar los partidos de rugby en la televisión
No voy a mirar los partidos de rugby en la televisión
Voy a ir a partido de rugby
No voy a ir un partido de rugby
Here is a link to Rugby World Cup information - in Spanish.
Here is a link to information about Argentina at the Rugby World Cup.
People in Huia 1 who speak or understand languages other than English (and a bit of Spanish) try to locate the countries of their languages' origins. This wonderful floor-to-ceiling world map is in our school .
Within our class we have speakers of several languages as well as English and, of course, we are all learning Spanish:
Terence has learned a bit of Maori, Japanese and Mandarin and understands some Cook Island Maori.
Ben understands some Maori
Fili speaks some Samoan
Jackie speaks Vietnamese, Mandarin and Cambodian
Donny speaks Cantonese
Nikhil speaks Hindi
Krizelle speaks Filipino
Sarah I speaks Urdu and a bit of Punjabi
Danny speaks Hebrew, a bit of Russian (and understands more) and used to be able to speak a bit of Romanian but doesn't remember it any more.
Karnjeet speaks Punjabi and Hindi
Bhaban speaks Punjabi and Hindi
Callum understands some Nuiean
Matthew has learned some French
and we all speak English and some Spanish.
We love this comedy video clip called The Offensive Translator which shows how we perceive the sounds, and stereotype the speakers, of different languages. It was interesting to share this with our class because we have some native speakers of those languages in Huia 1 and we wanted to know if we shared the same understanding of what is funny.
Bhaban said,"The Indian guy looks like my Dad." He said, "She sounded nothing like Indian language. I thought it was funny- but in real life, I think if an Indian did get offended, he would get all 'hyper' and start swearing bad language. But first he would be polite and would say, 'Please don't do that.' " Bharban said that he would have recognised that she was trying to speak Indian if he hadn't seen the man or his flag.
Jackie said,"She sounded like she was drunk - and she sounded nothing like Chinese. I thought it was funny because she looked and sounded as if she was confused. She was trying to make the noise of the Chinese language. If someone really spoke like that, a person might be offended but I understand the joke in the video clip." Jackie said he wouldn't have known she was trying to speak Chinese if he hadn't seen the Chinese woman in the video.
Karnjeet said, "I actually found it pretty funny because she didn't know what she was speaking and was using random words because she doesn't know how to speak Indian. I didn't recognise even a bit of what she was saying. I probably would have picked that she was trying to speak Indian."
Donny said, " I thought it was funny. She tried to speak like a Chinese person although she is just saying random crazy stuff. I wouldn't have recognised that she was trying to speak Chinese if I hadn't seen the Chinese lady."
Nikhil thought it was really entertaining. "She kind of got the accent right but not the words. They were way off. I would have known that she was trying to speak Indian if I hadn't seen the Indian man."
But there can also be many different ways of speaking the same language. Check out the 21 accents used by this speaker. The class recognised the New Zealand accent easily - especially after the speaker said she came from Wellington. We loved the way she changed her age from twenty-five to twenty-six so she could emphasis the way we pronounce the sound 'i'.
And then, we learned different ways to say (and write) 'Hello' in different languages. It was interesting that there are formal and informal ways to say hello in many cultures. Here's another person who has learned to say 'Hello' in 25 different ways. (Please note: these are not all spoken by native speakers but they would be understood - which is the most important thing!)
Our next Spanish topic has made its way to the class of Huia1. Take a guess as to what Huia1 is learning about!
It runs from the 7 of July to the 14. The week-long festivities are kicked off on the 6th at midday by a rocket. And every morning they release 6-7 bulls into the streets of the town, who are then guided to the bull ring.
The answer is: San Fermin!
Instead of the usual Friday Spanish where the Year 8s split into 3 groups that go to separate classes, the classes merged and became one mega-class, where we all learned about San Fermin and how every morning they had bulls run through the streets of Pamplona in Spain.
Year 8 students hold their pañuelos ready for the festival to begin.
By Ricki-Jean
Meanwhile, in Pamplona, this is what it looks like just before the festival begins. (Photo from http://www.sanfermin.com)
Click here to learn more about the story behind the pañuelo (red scarf).
Here's a link to a news item about an Australian getting gored by a bull. Read to the end of the article and see if you can find what the Australian did wrong. It helps if you understand what faux pasmeans.
Click here if you are looking for more information about our STANZA award-winning San Fermin movie.
On Friday we had our pizza fiesta as part of our prize for winning the 2010 STANZA (Spanish Teachers Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) Primary Schools 2 minute movie competition.
We had a Pizza Hut Party Pack of: 2 large Hawaiian pizzas 2 large vegetarian pizzas 2 large meat-lovers pizzas 2 large pizza supremes 4 garlic breads 4 packets of chips 4 bottles of drink.
It was also a sausage sizzle day so we had plenty to eat.
Paris (our special effects man) and some of Kea 1 students (film extras) also joined our pizza fiesta. The fiesta finished with a Secret Santa gift sharing, organised by Rosie.
Most interesting gifts?: a tiny travel clock for Mrs Lee which she packed in her bag and is already using on her travels; and a box of trivia quiz questions for Hunter which we used immediately for an impromptu quiz... and everyone could answer the question, "Name the Spanish city famous for its annual running of the bulls?".
¡Qué rico! Muchas gracias, STANZA.
We also won a voucher from THE RESOURCE ROOM for $150 worth of Spanish resources for our classes. Check out The Resource Room website for a wide range of educational books, games and activities in a wide range of subject and language areas.
This is our entry in the STANZA Junior Video competition.
Recently we have created this movie because we are learning about San Fermin in Spain. Thanks to all the people below: Director/Co Director: Nikeeta Brittany
Camera Operators: Nikeeta So Yoen Brittany
Editors: Mrs Lee Mrs Vincent Brittany Nikeeta
Viva San Fermin:Rosie Speakers:Rebekah Richard Mighael Hunter Bulls: Bailey Donny Rosie Nikhil
Music Directors: Nikeeta Brittany
Special Thanks To: All the people in Huia 1 for participating and making an awesome effort! Mrs Lee Ms Fowler Miss Gifford Mrs McCartry Mrs Hansen Paris Madison Hunter The Gardens Hospice Shop Volunteers from other classes in the Intermediates and all the people who gave a helping hand.
The making of the movie:
Students from our school entered a competition, organised by the Spanish Teachers Association of New Zealand, to make a short movie called:
We chose the Festival of San Fermin because we had learned a bit about bullfighting when we listened to Kea 2's debates and we wanted to find out more about why it was important to the Spanish people. We discovered that bullfighting, in Pamplona, is part of a much bigger festival and we wanted to try to experience something of the excitement of the festival.
Script for San Fermín movie
Rebekah -¡Oye amigos! ¡Estoy muy emocionada!Hey guys! I’m really excited!
Richard - ¿Por qué?Why?
Rebekah– Porque mi madre dijo que vamos a ir a Pamplona el año que viene.Because my mother said that we are going to go to Pamplona next year.
Richard – ¿Por quéPamplona? Why Pamplona?
Rebekah– Hay un festival allí cada año, llamado San Fermín. There is a festival there every year, called San Fermin.
Richard - ¿Qué fecha es el festival de San Fermín? What date is the festival of San Fermin?
Rebekah –El siete hasta al catorce de julio. Pero la fiesta se abre en el 6 de julio en mediodía, con un chupinazo.The 7th July until the 14 July, but the party begins in the 6th July at midday, with a sky rocket.
Hunter - ¿Dónde está Pamplona? Where is Pamplona?
Rebekah – En el norte de España.In the north of Spain.
Mighael - ¿Cómo es el festival de San Fermín? What is the festival of San Fermin like?
Rebekah– Hay desfiles, música, baile, bandas,unas corridas de toros, y cada mañana, los encierros.There are parades, music, dancing, bands, bull fights, and every morning the running of the bulls.
Mighael –Quiero ir a un encierro.I want to go to a bull run.
Hunter - Yo también.Me too.
Richard –Para mí, quiero ver una corrida de toro.Me, I want to see a bull fight.
Mighael - ¿Quién es San Fermín? Who is San Fermin?
Richard – Él es el Patrón Santo de Pamplona.He is the Patron Saint of Pamplona.
Each week Señora Lee will add a new sentence (or more) for us to learn. You may get the chance to use it at school, at home or with your friends.
Last week's sentences:
Hay terremotos en Nueve Zelanda. ¡No me gustan los terremotos! [Eye terreh-motos en nwevay zay-larnda. Noh may goos-tarn loss terreh-motos.]
This means: There are earthquakes in New Zealand. I do not like earthquakes.
Variations:
Hay terremotos en Chile. Hay terremotos en Haiti. No hay terremotos en Australia.
This week's sentences:
Me gustan las vacaciones. [May goos-tarn larss var-car-see-o-ness.] Mis padres no les gustan las vacaciones. [Meece pardrays no lays goos-tarn larss var-car-see-o-ness.]
Mis profesores les encantan las vacaciones. [Meece proffeh-sore -ess lays en-carn-tarn larss var-car-see-o-ness.] This means:
I like the holidays.
My parents do not like the holidays.
My teachers love the holidays.
On Friday 27th August the Intermediate Team were responsible for organising The Gardens School monthly assembly. Each team takes responsibility for an assembly on the last Friday of each month- this time it was our turn.
We were ready a few minutes early so while parents and other classes were arriving, we quietly sang some of the songs we had learned in Spanish, accompanied on guitar by Mrs Lee.
Because the previous week had been International Languages Week in New Zealand and because we have many different languages spoken by the students or families at our school, we decided to have a multi-lingual introduction to our assembly. Check out the video below to see some of this introduction, plus the National Anthem sung in Maori and English (accompanied by Mrs Lee, Rebekah and Mark on guitar). Kumiko began the introductions in Spanish and Japanese and the video starts just as she finished her part.... (please note - we are having technical difficulties uploading this video.... we will keep trying)
Kea 1 and Huia 2 read aloud some of the sonnets they had written and showed some of their art work. Then we watched a slide show about our Team camps at Awhitu prepared by Nikeeta, Brittany, So Yeon and Alexis.
"High Five" certificates were given out by Ms Gifford (for people with any five certificates received this year) and then Tracey from Kea 2 gave an account of their class activities so far this year, including an explanation and demonstration of the hobo stove which had been so much fun at camp. (Check out Kea 1's blog to find out about their new gardens.)
Our item was next, and Ben introduced it by saying, "What's special about Huia 1?"
Kumiko answered, "We do roll call en español! " and then we all called out our numbers in order from wherever we were sitting in the assembly, finishing with a very clear "veintiocho" from Hunter.
Kumiko continued,"We talk in Spanish every day!" and Rebekah called out each of the questions we go through in class at the beginning of every day, while Ben held up charts with the subtitles in English, and the class replied in Spanish :
Rebekah:¿Qué día es hoy? (What day is it today?)
Todos: Hoy es vienes. (Today is Friday.)
Rebekah: ¿Qué fecha es hoy? (What is the date today?)
Todos:Hoy es el veintisiete de agosto, dos mil diez. (Today is the 28th of August 2010)
Rebekah:¿En qué estación estamos? (What season are we in? )
Todos: Estamos en el invierno. (We are in winter.)
Rebekah:¿Qué tiempo hace? (What is the weather like?)
Todos:Esta lloviendo. (It's raining.)
Rebekah: ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?)
Todos: Son las dos y cuarto (It's quarter past two.)
Rebekah:¿Qué pasa? (What's happening?)
Todos: ¡Asemblea! (Assembly!)
and Ben continued...
"We have a blog, we enjoy learning about poetry and illustrating our Anthology books; we have learned about Shakespeare and Wordsworth; we can use big words like shadenfreude,posthumous, sanctimonious, draconian and lieutenant; we love reading Michael Morpurgo books; we use our dictionaries every day; we have taken over one of the Poutama gardens to make a cuttings garden; and… we have made a class movie about gumboots which has already had over 500 hits on you tube….
Mrs Lee's Year 7 Spanish class performed a Spanish alphabet rap and a group of Year 8s did a short play with two girls (Rebekah and Shae) discussing, in Spanish, what they would wear to a party.
R: Buenas tardes (Good afternoon)
S: Hola, ¿Qué pasa? (Hi, What's up? )
R: ¿Vas a ir a la fiesta de Alexis, esta noche?(Are you going to Alexis’ party tonight?)
S: Sí, ¿y tu?(Yes, are you?)
R: Sí, por supuesto.(Yes, of course.)
S: ¿Qué vas a llevar?(What are you going to wear?)
R: Compre una camisa roja.¿Te gusta? (I bought a red shirt. Do you like it?)
S; Qué guapa! He ido a comprar también.Compré una bufanda negra.
(It’s great. I have been shopping too. I bought a black scarf.)
R: ¡Que sorpresa!Yo también. Tengo una bufanda crema. (What a surprise! Me too.I have a cream scarf.)
S: Tengo un vestido verde y las sandalias cremas. (I have a green dress and cream sandals.)
R. Me gustan tus sandalias.Tengo unas botas blancas. (I like your sandals. I have white boots.)
S: Excelente. Hasta noche(Excellent. See you tonight).
R: Bueno. Hasta pronto. (Ok, see you soon.)
After that, all the Intermediates sang "Blue Suede Shoes" accompanied by about 15 ukulele players and a group of back up singers. Our assembly finished with a mass Jump Jam performance of "Kiss Me, Honey Honey" led by Claudia, which was repeated as an encore as the guests left.
For many of the participants, it was their first experience in public speaking. Most were nervous and all did a good job. It was a very successful assembly and everyone was pleased it went smoothly after all our practices and preparation.
