BELONGING STATEMENTS

We have been learning about what it means to have a sense of belonging. Here are some of our statements.

What does belonging mean to us?

Belonging is..

showing your manners and values everyday wherever you go. (Senio)

you belong to your family and your country. (Yohana)

my family, my school, Room 17 and my country. (Rickson)

being myself and belonging to my family. (Elenisi)

who I am, like my family, my church and my class. (Fa'amoimoi)

my language and culture. (Peter)

being part of a group and knowing who I am.  (Sorya)

participating in my country and culture, and being proud.  (Oscar)

being a learner in Shining Stars and Room 7, and my culture Samoan.  (George)

knowing who I am - my family, church, class.  (Fa'amoimoi)

being part of a sports team and playing with my friends.  (Marie)

using my values and sharing the classroom toys with my friends.  (Marshall)

playing with my brother and feeling happy.  (Taine)

belonging with my friends when I play and showing them respect. (Manaomia)

you live somewhere and with your family.  (Bee)

means things that belong to you and we belong to our Pomaria family.  (Elijah)

I belong to my family and Pomaria School. (Emilia)

I belong to my family because they are important to me and they are lovely to me.  (Janaia)

being kind to your family and showing respect everywhere you go.  (Damien)

your family, your friends, everyone you meet in your life.  (Josette)

taking risks in your lifelong learning.  (Lemo)

who you play with, like your friends, cousins, aunties and your family.  (Lila)

means life experiences, like something that has happened in your past or something happening in your present.  (Perenise)

SO, WHAT DOES BELONGING MEAN TO YOU?  

'Our Sense of Belonging'.

Our ESOL teacher, Mrs Aiavao, invited us to share our 'Belonging' with others in ESOL SHINING STARS.  

We welcome other learners to share their belonging too. 

This is me when I was at Ranui Kindergarten.  Read my speech bubbles to find out how I show my belonging.  

Fiafia Tepapauoatua.  Room 4. 

"This is my little 6 year old brother.  I look after him at home.  I love my brother and I give him hugs.  This is my belonging."

 Taeia Iabeta.  Room 3. 

"I love my sister.  She is pretty and kind.  I play with her and be nice to her. This is my belonging." 

Divya Prasad. Room 3.

This photo is of me last year and my certificate for showing compassion.  I helped my friend Waniya when she hurt herself.  I use my values to show my BELONGING. 
Amman Khan.  Room 3

Introducing Mrs Aiavao's ESOL Shining Stars. We have been learning about 'Belonging'. We have participated in cooperative learning tasks - Think-pair share, Our favourite Game - Spell it Quick, Team Mapping, Integrating maths into our daily warm ups - everything is connected to BELONGING! We also made a new friend, Mr Park. He comes from Korea and he is a lifelong learner just like us.

WELCOME TO POMARIA ESOL SHINING STARS

Warmest greetings to all our friends and whanau at Pomaria and in the wider global community.

We are so excited to be launching our blog page.

We have 49 ESOL learners in our classroom so far.  

Over the last two weeks we have been building relationships, getting to know eachother and sharing our sense of belonging. 

We are learning about how we can develop a sense of belonging through our life experiences and our connections through people and places. 

We have already discovered that we have many similar connections with one another.  

Groups have enjoyed participating in fun hands-on learning and cooperative team mapping activities, to help us understand more about our own and others belonging.

We look forward to sharing our learning with our global community this year.