Aroha's 125th Jubilee Video

Saturday saw the 125th Jubilee celebrations of Auroa School. There were speeches, official ceremonies and a parade past the school. If you missed the parade then Aroha from Room Three was there with her technology to record the event! During the parade some of the floats were throwing objects into the crowd - which included water bombs and sweets! Filmed at Auroa Primary School on Saturday 12th January 2016.

AUROA SCHOOL 125TH JUBILEE from myles webb on Vimeo.

Announcement Coming...

This Friday at Assembly we will have a special announcement to make. Students who are interested across the senior school in taking part in a regular competition this year will have details about how they can 'audition' for the 2016 season of Taranaki: Survivor. Regular competition will be starting shortly. This promo features some of the characters and events from last seasons competition. You can view all the episodes from last season on the tab above.

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Auroa Jubilee 125th Parade

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Coming Soon...

Last year we had a classroom competition in Room Three, based around the TV Show Survivor which ran during Term Three and Four.  This year we've decided to bring the competition back for 2016.  There will be an announcement made at assembly on Friday about the show and how students could possible participate.   If you want to view any of the episodes from last year you can see them on the 'Survivor: Taranaki' tab on our blog.  This promo is for the new season which will start later in the year.  This was created by using iMovie and the trailer option.

Taranaki Survivor: Trailer 2016 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Collaborating with France

As part of 'Relating to Others' at the start of this year our students have looked at New Zealand and compared it to France. We've had some fantastic contact with CM2 From Brindas School in France. We compared New Zealand to France and asked some questions about their lives and way of living. They have produced a video of answers and some more questions. You can click on the link to it here.

Swimming 2016: Mr Bloors Official Video

Swimming Sports: Parents Vs. Pupils Vs. Staff Relay

The final event for our 2016 School Swimming Sports Competition was the Staff Vs. Pupil Vs. Students relay. A hotly contested competition between the three groups with pride and glory on the line. The students have traditionally been given a half length advantage in this race and then the adults were allowed to start following that (as you can see from the video). The race was incredibly close and the result is still in debate the following day - who finished first? Who touched the wall? Mr Bloor has filmed the finish at close quarters and while we await the definitive answer these highlights, filmed at the Stratford Swimming Pools will have to do in the meantime.

Parents Vs. Pupils Vs. Staff Relay from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

Swimming Sports Whanau Relay

Yesterday Auroa Primary School held their 2016 School Swimming Sports at Stratford Swimming Pools. The second to last event of the day was the Whanau relay. Students at Auroa Primary School are placed in one of four whanau for competition against each other. This 4x25m Relay was an open event and featured students from Y6-Y8 competing against each other.

WhanauRelay2016 from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

Auroa Primary Schools 125th Jubilee

This coming weekend its the 125th Jubilee of Auroa Primary School. Our students have been busy preparing for this special event which includes a parade on Saturday and a special dinner on Saturday night. On Friday we are having a ceremony at the cenotaph outside of our school where the students are going to lay a poppy. For the dinner on Saturday night our students are producing an A3 placemat for the people who are attending to have their dinner on. The parade starts at 10:30am on Saturday morning.

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Open spaces at Auroa Primary School.

Yesterday we looked at 'rush hour traffic' outside Auroa Primary School and in the second part Paige decided to show off our school fields so it gives our friends an idea of how big it is and how much space that we have. You can click on the link to their class page here.   The video was put together by Paige including all editing and publishing of credits.  Filmed at Auroa Primary School, Taranaki, New Zealand on Tuesday 8th March 2016.

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Rush Hour at Auroa Primary School

We recently collaborated with the students from 4A from the Australian Independent School in Jakarta, Indonesia.  While we were talking with them we discussed how big our areas around our school was.  Jakarta has around 15 million people living in it.   After we spoke both classes used Google Earth to check out their school and they looked at ours.  That got us thinking about traffic, so Paige and Kadian, supervised by Mrs Auld, went outside our classroom, outside our school by the front gates and filmed the traffic chaos outside Auroa Primary School during the middle of the day.

Rush Hour at Auroa Primary School from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

How to Survive A Cow Attack! Guest post by Jessie@Panmure Bridge

We're always looking for work and examples of interesting things to share and think about. Today Mr Webb found a post written by Jessie from Panmure Bridge School in Auckland. It was entitled 'How to Survive a Cow Attack' and had a series of tips and information about what to do in a cow attack. We used it as a reading exemplar and worked our why through it. Some of the questions caused discussion and sharing of experiences from our class. Some of the examples we agreed with and some we weren't sure about. We went through each of the statements from her display and Paige from our class took notes.

It was a really interesting experience for us to use our existing prior knowledge, make inference about some of the slides that Jessie had come up with and see what statements we agreed and disagreed with.

Tip Two, which is to the right we did agree with - we did a survey of who had Cows at home or next door to them and nearly everyone in the class did.   Most of the injuries that people had received were

based around the Cows being scared or not realising a person was there (being stood on during milking or being kicked in the face during teat spraying).

Tip Three really caused a great discussion in class.  We thought that in some circumstances it did apply and in others it did not.   We used inference in Tip Four to think that the information came from being online because it said 'pounds' and in New Zealand we use Kilograms to measure the weight of a calf or a cow.

MT SPA Athletics 2016: Mr Bloors Sensational Video

Auroa Primary School has some amazing things happening and some amazing people who work for it. Mr Bloor is our audio visual specialist who produces some breath taking word. Mr Bloor has just added another aspect to his incredible videos - a drone! There are some shots in this video taken during fly overs - just an amazing piece of work. You can view some of his amazing work on his Sonic Video Studios Channel. These highlights record Auroa Primary School's successful defence of the Athletics Shield from the MT SPA Cluster on Thursday 3rd March 2016.

11-12 Year Old Girls MT SPA Relay

The final race of the MT SPA cluster field day took place on Thursday with the senior students racing. This included teams from the four of five local schools - Manaia (blue), Kaponga (black), Matapu (blue with gold) and Auroa (orange). The teams were competing against each other to contribute points towards the shield for best overall school.

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MT SPA Relays - 9 and 10 Year Olds

This footage is of the 2016 MT SPA cluster relays held during School Athletics Field Day at Victoria Park, Kaponga. The event was held on Thursday 3rd March. Auroa are competing in the orange, St Patricks are in the purple. Manaia are in the blue. Matapu School are in the blue with gold. Kaponga are in the black.

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MT SPA Athletics 7/8 Old Relays

These races are from yesterday MT SPA Athletics Competition. They are the relay races for the 7 and 8 year olds, Girls and Boys. Auroa Primary School are racing in the orange. Manaia Primary School are in the blue. Matapu Primary School are in the blue and gold. Kaponga are in the black and St Patricks Kaponga are in the purple. Filmed at Victoria Park, Kaponga on Thursday 3rd March 2016

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MT SPA Athletics 5/6 Sprint Racing

One of the highlights of the MT SPA Cluster Athletics which was held at Victoria Park, Kaponga on Thursday 6th of March. These videos are of the Y1/2 races the five year old and six year old students. Manaia are in the blue, Matapu are in the blue with gold, St Patricks are in the purple, Kaponga are in the black and finally Auroa are in the orange.

AtheleticsY56 from myles webb on Vimeo.

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MT SPA Athletics 2016

Today at Kaponga in South Taranaki the MT SPA Cluster held their annual Athletics Day. This consisted of local schools of Auroa, Kaponga, Matapu, St Patricks Kaponga and Manaia competing in a range of events. At stake was the Athletics Shield of which Auroa were the defending champions. At the midway point Manaia had a close lead from Auroa, however in one of the closest finishes in recent times Auroa were able to overtake Manaia and successfully defend the shield! Mr Chittenden was very happy.

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