Wheely Whacky Part 2 - Manaiakalanai Film Festival

Here is Team 1's movie we made for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. We had a wheels day at school and this was our inspiration for our story we wanted to share.

Wheely Whacky Part 1 - Manaiakalanai Film Festival

Here is Team 1's movie we made for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. We had a wheels day at school and this was our inspiration for our story we wanted to share.

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Here is our movie for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. It is titled

"Watercress Tuna and the Children of Point England School."

We got the idea for our movie from a story we read by Patricia Grace called "Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street". It is about an eel who goes to different children's houses and gives them something that relates to their culture that makes them want to dance.
Check out Room 13 and Room 14's version.



We chose this story to make our movie about because at Pt England School this year our Makerspace teacher has been looking after a container of eels.

Dream A Little - Manaiakalani Film Festival

Room 19 has been dreaming a little. Here is our movie for the 2017 Manaiakalani Film Festival.

"Manners" - Our Manaiakalani Film Festival Entry.

Last term in literacy we were looking at some important people and events in history and the impact they have had on the world. We looked at Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, and events such as the Springbok Tour of NZ. A message that came through what we were learning, was that people are equal. We shouldn't discriminate against others just because they are different. We used this as the theme for our rap rewriting the lyrics for the song "Manners" by Chiddy Bang.

Manners Room 20 from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Bababababa

There is no one like me

Th-th-there is no one like me, like me

Ma-ma-manners take a second look and you'll see (hey we pretty much amazing)

There is no one like me [x2] (mind your manners)

And all the people should be raising their hands up

Work together make sure that you stand up

I never thought I would be able to shine out   

           But believing in me took away my doubts

Yeah I be keeping it true as long as I could ‘made me feel brand new

Like, like how cool are we

You gotta be like Martin Luther King

Don’t get rejected, be your yourself be accepted

I have dream I can shine like a beam

Of light.  Tell a hater think of better

Don’t put us down but mind your manners

Manners take a second look and you'll see (and you'll see)

There is no one like me (like me)

Th-th-there is no one like me (like me l-l-l-l-like me)

Manners you better reconsider (consider)

Cause you will never do better (do better)

There is no one like me, like me (there's no one like one) (shouts)

(See this is etiquette right here)

Badabababab badabababa (mind your manners)

There is no one like me

Look at Mandela

From South Africa, Was a black lawyer

A surprise WALA And he fought for rights

For equality

Became president, stopped inequality

He helped to show us

How not to be a coward

Their view’s  not true

A stereotype that’s skewed

There’s not any proof

So why not be politeful. Without racism

The world would be delightful

Work hard, you want to make your Mum proud

Everybody is the best let me advise you

Why because I’m feeling incredible

You can achieve anything you set your mind to

I am inspired by people with integrity

People who are honest and speak truthfully

So tell a hater  think better

Don’t put us down but mind your manners!

Manners take a second look and you'll see

There is no one like me

Th-th-there is no one like me

(Mind your manners)

Manaiakalani Film Festival 2012: I Can

Here was our entry into this year's Manaiakalani Film Festival.
Our inspiration for it came from a special visitor we had to our school, Joshua Iosefo. Joshua is a prefect at Mt Roskill grammar and a poet. He wrote a poem called Brown Brother which he recited to us. His poem said said not to listen to negative stereotypes but that you should aim to be whatever you want to be. We thought this would be a cool theme for our movie.

Thanks to Crusader, Darius, Awhina, Kingston and Jarna who were the main lyric writers, to Vivienne for the videoing and last but not least a huge thank you also to Jarna who edited it for us.





We would like to acknowledge that this song idea came from "I Can" by Nas from 2003. We took some of the original ideas in his music video and incorporated them into ours. Here is a link to his video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLmRoVMfsD8

A Cautionary Tale

This term at our school we are learning all about Little Critters, bugs, creepy crawlies, insects, arachnids, slugs and snails. Creatures that make up 97% of the animal kingdom.


Recently at school we have also been having some major building work take place. So we decided to write a script about a cockroach called Colin whose home at school is about to be demolished. His mother sets him the task of finding a new home but there are distractions along the way.
See if you can guess what the moral of the story is.

A Cautionary Tale from KPE TV on Vimeo.