Santa Claus is coming!

Here are the Sylvia Park Seniors....with their friend Santa at Sylvia Park Mall.  

Sylvia Park Satellite - graduation dinner

Last Thursday night Mina, Connor and Kyi Kyaw attended the Sylvia Park School graduation dinner in the school hall.
It was a wonderful evening.  There was dining and dancing, games and a fantastic photo booth.

So much fun was had by all!  Check out the images....

Waitangi Day 2015 - Free train rides for Special Needs Kids

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Today many classes from Sommerville visited Hoyts at Sylvia Park
for the annual Manaiakalani Film Festival.

Presenters gave short introductions to each movie and after the
festival some of us came back to school and looked on the website
to view even more!

Click the Manaiakalani Link below to view
ALL of the magnificent movies from the
2014 Film Festival.

Maori Word of the week - 27 October

Maori Word of the week - 20 October

Saturday School - October 18th!

Maori word of the week - 13 October

Maori Words of the holidays!

Steam Heat Dance - Stonefields

Check out the video of our dance that we learnt with Sam.  

We did a fabulous performance at our school assembly, 

we were all very proud of our ourselves!

Maori Word of the Week

Maori word of the week

Tongan Language Week

In week 7 we celebrated Tongan Language Week.

With the help of our wonderful staff and friends from Tonga we finished the week with an amazing Tongan feast and Tamaki 6 class treated us to a fashion show and dance from Tonga. 

Malo 'aupito

Sylvia Park Seniors - A mime video

It is finally here.....our mime video!  We filmed it in April
and it has taken Michelle this long to put it together.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed watching it
together for the first time this morning!

Maori Word of the Week

Maori Word of the Week

Sylvia Park Satellites love school!

On Friday the Sommerville Satellites celebrated Daffodil Day at
Sylvia Park School with a mufti day.  

Mina was called up onto the stage with Whaea Barb at assembly
to help hand out the Principals awards because she represented
Daffodil day so well with her clothing colour choices!  

Lucky Mina was on the stage because she got the Principals award
for Room 11 too!

Room 11 raised $29 just within their classroom.  

The whole school raised $655.

After assembly the whole school went out onto the courts 

and practiced a Sasa all together!  It was fun to watch.  

Awesome Art

Congratulations to Sommerville artists who are finalists in the IHC Art Awards.

'I Found Jurassic Park' by Baldric

'Studies in Timothy at the Playground' by Timothy

'Elongate' by Zak

Maori Word of the Week!

Sommerville Cafe

On Thursday Room 11, Sylvia Park Satellite class,  visited the Sommerville Cafe.  The students who run the cafe were very welcoming and the food was delicious.  We wrote stories about our visit. You can read them below the photos.

Deema
I went to the cafe.  I had a juice.

Liam
I had juice at the cafe.

Kyi Kyaw
I went to the Sommerville Cafe.  I had a cupcake and a juice.

Connor
I went to the Sommerville Cafe to eat.  I had a cupcake and a milo.  I liked it.  It was good.  I went to the playground and I was happy.

Mina
Yesterday I went to the Sommerville Cafe.  We met Tai, the manager, and the cafe staff.  We practiced our manners and ordering food and drink.  I had soup with bread and a juice.

Maori Word of the Week

Maori Word of the Week - 11 AUGUST

Maori Word of the Week - 4 August

Maori Word of the Week - 28 July

Our new bike!

Fynn has just donated his awesome adapted bike to the school. Now many other students wil be able to learn to ride and enjoy being on a bike that is safe and sturdy. Thanks heaps Fynn, you rock!!

Maori Word of the Week - 21 July

Milk in schools....just like the old days!

Milk in schools has found its way to the Sylvia Park Satellite Classes.
Room 11 took photos to show you how much fun it is to be able to drink milk everyday!  Thank you Fontera

Stonefields - Hub 4 Opening, June 16, 2014

Below is an account of the day by Room 11, the Sylvia Park Satellite Class.

Today we went to Stonefields School to perform on behalf of Sommerville Special School at the Hub 4 official opening.  Hub 4 is the new Sommerville Satellite class at Stonefields.

It was a lovely day and we really enjoyed sharing our dance with the students and parents.

(Just waiting on video footage to share but below you can find some images from the day.  

The children viewed our photos upon returning to school and helped me to write the sentences you see on each image this afternoon.)

We Enjoy Reading by Tamaki 5

We enjoy reading.

Reading activities

Reading with our friends

Drama with Genevieve

Edwin performing Fijian Meke

Tonja and Jason dressed in Fijian Costume

Edwin playing Fijian drum "Lali"

Tamaki 3 busy doing "Sasa Dance"

Fit as a Fiddle

Students from the Community Education Programme have been on the fitness trail this week. Learning about being healthy and strong.

Concert Report by Edgewater 3

We enjoyed the APO Young Achievers concert at the Central City Library,

 Every year the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra chooses the most talented young musicians and provides opportunities for them to develop their potential through a mentoring programme. We welcome these young stars to our series in a programme featuring a variety of instruments.

Allan
 I liked the sound of the bassoon,I liked the music she played.

I also liked the flute because the girl who was playing it was really good at playing. The music was awesome, it sounded good and made me feel energetic.

Vikki 
I liked the sound of the piano. The piano player was joining in with the other musicians.the music sounded very happy.The music was great because it made me feel happy. 

Nathan
 The lady who was playing the tuba she played a very long piece of music.the girl was playing the violin with the bow and with her fingers,it was so amazing. 

Natasha
My favourite instrument was the violin because i liked the sound it made,it made me feel happy.the man who was playing the piano was very good.i also liked it when the girl was playing the tuba because she did different styles of notes.

Bradley
At the auckland library concert i heard six instruments being played.two of my favourite instruments that were played together were the piano and the tuba because the music sounded humorous in a good way.i also liked the flute because it brings a very sweet and yet mysterious sound the concert.

Aidan
My favourite instrument was the trumpet because it sounded loud, like a marching beat. I also liked the tuba because the tune was good,it made me feel great.

My friend Glyn loves his double bass

Room 1 Test out the new bikes

"Look at me! Woo!"

Blake balances like a pro!

I wonder who they learned cycling from? Woo!

Skater boy!

Welcome to Room 1, J!

Hooray! I did it!

Learning biking technique from Dianne. 

This is awesome fun!