Fun Wet Day at School

Water Fun/Sun Safe

We planned a fun day at school. 
We looked at Sun Safety and what we needed to bring to school so we can stay safe in the sun while doing our activities. 
We were put into groups and went around the stations. The games were "Dry, Dry, Wet" (like duck, duck, goose) and Mrs McLaughlan got really wet!. We also had water relays, bubbles and a big bouncy castle to play on. A huge "thank you" to Mrs Paterson for getting that sorted for us.
After that we had a fire truck to visit us, but it got called away, so we played with the big fire hose and ran around a big obstacle track getting wet.
We all had a fun day and worked together in our groups.

  

Fundamental Skills & Dog Safety

Fundamental Skills at Stadium 2000!

What an excellent week! What a fantastic programme this is!

For 4 days we travelled down to the Stadium to take part in a Fundamental Skills Programme. This involved swimming and water safety skills. We also did ball skills/co-ordination skills and learnt alot about team work. Each day we were tracking our points and a reward was given to a 'player of the day'. At the end of our week the team with the most group points, won a prize.
All our instructors were excellent and are very skilled! 
We all learnt so much!

Look at our pictures!

 

    

Dog Safety

As part of our Safety Inquiry we had a visitor to our school to talk to us about how to stay safe around dogs. We watched a video about 9 safety rules that we need to be aware of when we come across a dog.
We learnt about working dogs in the community and got to practise being safe around a 'real dog'.

Kapa Haka & Our Class

Whole School Kapa Haka & Our New Learning:

We have started a whole school Kapa Haka. This happens every second Friday in the Opawa Room.
The boys are at the back and the girls are in the front. We have experts up the front leading and showing us the actions that go with our new waiatas.
Our class is also practising in Room 9 each Friday. They are amazing and show us how to sing the waiatas, watch the boys lead a haka and listen to the words so we can be awesome like them!
You may also see some of us performing soon. 
We will get better and better the more we do it and give everything a go!

Whole school learning our new Waiata's.

Practising in Room 9. 

Toia Mai, Utaina & more

Learning on the I.Pads:
We are so lucky to have lots of I.Pads for the class. These are used to work alongside class programmes to enhance learning and motivation.
Our Reading apps help us with our Phonics, High Frequency words and much more!
We also have class accounts and work towards goals on some of the apps.
We like to take photos of everything we do to record our learning. 
As part of our Safety Inquiry we learnt about staying safe on the internet too. We learnt some rules about how we can stay safe if we are on the internet playing games, especially at home.
We have also talked about playing on the I.Pads being a 'Responsible' user and how to use them correctly. 
Here are some photos of us learning about "School Bo".

Planting, Growing & Eating our Garden:

Every Tuesday we have "Kids Edible Gardening".
Only a few weeks ago we planted some Basil plants in our Organic Garden. They were ready for a trim this week and we headed out into the garden to pick some leaves.
We brought it back to the class and smelt the leaves. Some of us thought that it was cabbage or lettuce leaves.
Mrs Hepburn had a recipe for us to follow. We made a Basil Pesto. We looked at what ingredients went into it and loved the smell of our class. Some of us were reluctant to try it but in the end all of us had a try and loved it on the crackers. "YUMMMMMMMMY"

Check out our recipe and photos: