National Young Leaders Day

Our Ambassadors, House Leaders and Student Councillors attending the National Young Leaders Day this term. They had some fantastic motivational talks from great New Zealanders from different walks of life sharing their story and leadership journey. For example: Hana Tapiata, Christian Gallen, Ronnie Taulafo, and Dr Lehan Stemmet. ‘Kings’ also performed for the children.


Hana Tapiata
Hana taught me that leaders need to talk to be able to grow. We all have lots of voices in ours heads and we need to think about what we are thinking. Make sure the voice inside your head is a positive one and one worth listening to because the food of leaders is conversations. By Caden









Christian Gallen
Grace - Christian inspired me when he talked about young leaders should not only think about themselves, but they should think about others too. The quote of his I really liked was “In every we there is a me but in every me there is not a we”. He really inspired me to think about other people as well as myself. By Grace

Ronnie Taulafo
Steven - I was inspired by Ronnie because he taught me to keep on trying even if you are not good at something at first. By Steven

Dr Lehan Stemmet

I was inspired by these quotes:

“People listen to what you say and what you don’t say”

“People watch what you do and what you don’t do”

This means that leaders need to be seen to be making good choices and standing up for what is right. If they don’t do this, they will be noticed, and if they do, they will be appreciated. By Mila

Kings
I was inspired to remember the golden rule: Treat people the way you want to be treated. I was also taught the Platinum rule: treat people the way they want to be treated. By Aashna

Anzac Day Honoured

Hokowhitu School held an Anzac Day Memorial Service.

 

 

 

Maths Strategies

Some of us in TKT have been developing our repertoire of strategies to add and subtract. We use NAPE to assess ourselves in everything we do. To be an expert we need to be able to teach others how to use the strategy.

Here is an 'expert' video of how to use reversibility. That is when you flip a subtraction problem into an addition problem to help you solve it.

EOTC Week - Day 1 - Bowling

Get ready to bowl! We tried our hand at indoor bowls. This was a really new experience for many and it was great to see everyone giving it a go.

 

 

 

 

EOTC Week - Day 1 - Bike Safety

We had a great start to our EOTC week with Phil from Sport Manawatu coming to check our helmets and bikes today to ensure they were all up to speed, especially for the Triathlon tomorrow. The children were required to do the ABCD check. A = Air in tyres; B = Brakes; C = Chain;  D = Drop Test to ensure the front wheel is secure.. The children also ensured that their helmets were correctly on.

 

 

 

 

 

RNZAF - Helicopter

We were very lucky to have the opportunity of the RNZAF joining Hokowhitu School as they landed their helicopter in the school grounds. We were suppose to have it arrive in the morning but due to weather it managed to make it in the afternoon instead. We had a chance to talk to the crew and ask questions then take a photo inside the helicopter itself.

 

   
 

 

 

WANTED: Ice Cream Containers with Lids

If you have any spare and empty ice cream containers (with lids) that we could have by Wednesday next week. We are looking for approximately 10 containers.