Manaiakalani Film Festival

Sommerville Special School is part of the Manaiakalani Group of Schools.

Last Wednesday we attended the yearly Manaiakalani Film Festival.  The movies were shown at Hoyts Sylvia Park.  

The quality of the movies from the schools involved was outstanding.  

Students introduced each movie and the audience responded really well to the movies they saw.

Some of our favourites were St Pius X and their "Faith and Harmony' friendship song, Tamaki's 'Spray and Walk away' and Panmure Bridge's 'Swimming at school is cool'.  

If you click on the picture you can go to the official website and watch all of the movies!

Sylvia Park Satellites celebrate Diwali

On Wednesday the 6th of November Sylvia Park School celebrated Diwali.
The teachers dressed up and a group of talented mainstream children performed a dance at an outdoor assembly.
Kamila (the junior satellite teacher), Boonie (from the junior class), Tryden and Kyi Kyaw (from the senior satellite class) were invited to dance with the group.'
Video and photos below.  Enjoy :-)

The 2 satellite classes and their teachers.

Halloween Celebrations

Tamaki 4 celebrated Halloween last Thursday (31st October)  by dressing up and having an exciting party! 
Lots of our friends from other classes came along. We prepared Jack-o-lanterns for the day which everyone loved.

Here are some pictures from the day.

Jack-o-lantern

Scary kids and one gorgeous fairy!

Students and staff in their costumes

Saturday School

Saturday School was amazing.  So many visitors, so many children, so much enjoyment had by all!
Fantatsic food, awesome displays and even a minion circus!

Thank you to all who attended this most enjoyable day :-)

A slide show of photos from S Factor follows:

What you can expect at Saturday School - THIS SATURDAY 21st SEPTEMBER

Catch our FABULOUS Speech and Language Therapists

We will have a range of communication and visual resources available for you to look through and discuss with us. We will also have a selection of photos and videos of students using these varying approaches, and will be available to discuss these throughout the day.

Learn the ukulele!

"ARE YOU A BEGINNER?" "DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN?"

Come and learn UKULELE with us! SEE YOU AT TAMAKI 3!

Learn about our health resources! 

Sommerville recognises that Health and Puberty are an integral part of life and contributes to the unique qualities of every person. This workshop will give a chance to look at our New Health resource and ask questions or give feedback on what you feel could be valuable for your child. This resource encompasses the physical, social, emotional and psychological elements of health education.

Learn how to comment on your child's class BLOG page!

An exciting development for Sommerville Special School this year is our connection with The Manaiakalani Education Trust. This programme is achieving significant improvement in learning for students by providing access to resources and networks to support both teaching and learning. As a part of our involvement we are adding to our existing school blog by creating classroom blogs to celebrate the learning. Senior students are also using Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education to share their learning on individual student blogs. You will have an opportunity to see this in action, explore our blogs and learn how to comment on your child's blog.

Watch the EXCITING Minion Circus!

We have been learning about belonging to groups so decided to join together as a group of minions.

Come and watch us perform in our own Minion circus where we will doing our  Minion Hoops, Minion OT circuit and Minion Dance.

X FACTOR - A.K.A - the 'S' (Sommerville) Factor!

From 12 noon come to the Hall to see a range of magnificent performances by our wonderful students.  You will see cultural dance, listen to fabulous singers and a whole range of other performances!  A MUST SEE

Learn, Create, Share - 2013 Saturday School

Hi everyone

The Learn, Create, Share Saturday School is almost upon us.  Please keep the 21st of September free and pop down to the Sommerville Special School - Tamaki campus to enjoy a range of displays, activities, food and performances!
The day kicks off at 9.30am and will finish at 1.30pm.
All welcome :-)
Come and enjoy a slice of Sommerville life 

Please see the brochure with all details below. Click on the images to view a larger version.

Parmco Let's Cook Competition

We are very excited to have entered the Parmco Let's Cook Competition again this year.
Students get to try the recipes each week and post their results online.
There are huge prizes to be won for the school. Last year, one of our students won an iPad.
It's all about the votes though! So please support us this year and place your vote for us. Get the rest of the family to aswell!
Click here to go to the voting page.