We weeded some of the gardens, dug up some ground to make new garden beds and we also planted some beans, strawberries, sweetcorn and sunflowers. We hope that what we did grows and that it will help the community in the near future!
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Volunteering!
This morning we went over to the community garden at the Health Centre as part of our volunteering project this term.
We weeded some of the gardens, dug up some ground to make new garden beds and we also planted some beans, strawberries, sweetcorn and sunflowers. We hope that what we did grows and that it will help the community in the near future!
We weeded some of the gardens, dug up some ground to make new garden beds and we also planted some beans, strawberries, sweetcorn and sunflowers. We hope that what we did grows and that it will help the community in the near future!
Harold and Keeping ourselves safe with Constable Gordon
On Monday we had a busy day in and out of the Life Education Bus and having our first two sessions of Keeping Ourselves Safe, one of them being with Constable Gordon.
With Pip and Harold we were learning all about digital citizenship and being superheroes online AND offline!
There were some really powerful messages from them that hopefully your child/ren has come home and talked about with you.
Constable Gordon was teaching us about how we can keep ourselves safe in a variety of situations. We have two more sessions with her and then some other lessons we have to complete after she has visited us.
With Pip and Harold we were learning all about digital citizenship and being superheroes online AND offline!
There were some really powerful messages from them that hopefully your child/ren has come home and talked about with you.
Constable Gordon was teaching us about how we can keep ourselves safe in a variety of situations. We have two more sessions with her and then some other lessons we have to complete after she has visited us.
Camp 2018!
What a fantastic week we had at Tautuku last week! Thank you to all our amazing parents who came with us. We couldn't have done it without you!
Check out the slideshow the class made today highlighting the fun activities we did!
Check out the slideshow the class made today highlighting the fun activities we did!
Sunday, 28 October 2018
Morning Programme - Term 4
The first week of Morning Programme saw a visit from a lamb and also an activity that we could all do!
Viktor brought in his pet lamb Roma in for us to have a play with. 
Caitlyn and Luca then taught us how to make a balloon powered car. This was one of the activities they had done for their homework tasks this term.
Once we had made the cars we had some races with them.
Only one of the videos worked sorry!
Monday, 22 October 2018
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
STEM Hero Helmets
This week for STEM the challenge was to plan, design and create a hero helmet in a group. The helmet had to be made out of newspaper and had to sit on the head of one group member for at least 30 seconds.
Here are some of the helmets in all different stages of the process
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| Guess who...?? |
We're all Wonders!!
Over the past two weeks we have been completing art work do to with the shared novel we have read over the last two terms, Wonder. This art work required the class to each draw a profile and then around the outside of the art are things that students can do to be nicer to others and to show kindness.
They look really effective and hopefully the students have learned what it takes to be nicer to each other and to be more aware of the things they say.
One thing we have learned from reading Wonder is that we need to accept each other for who they are; what they look like, their hobbies, opinions, values and upbringings.
They look really effective and hopefully the students have learned what it takes to be nicer to each other and to be more aware of the things they say.
One thing we have learned from reading Wonder is that we need to accept each other for who they are; what they look like, their hobbies, opinions, values and upbringings.
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| Also featuring some of our emu art...:) |
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Sports Acitvator - Touch
Yesterday we had a great touch session with Shea, with lots of games and drills to build our touch skills.
In our warm up game of seaweed we practised our running and dodging skills to get away from the taggers.
We then played a game like netball tag but with a rugby ball. This helped us work on our quick passing (for the people in) and also dodging for those people who were trying to not get tagged.
After this game we did a drill to practice our quick, short passes, while making sure we weren't passing forward.
Next we did a 2 on 1 drill that was designed to help the attackers draw in a defender and then offload the pass. When this worked it looked really good!
The last drill we did was practising our quick dumps and scooping with 3 people. This helps us get lots of quick metres and gets the defenders on the back foot...hopefully!
Finally, it was time for a game. This was a big game of 10 v 10 to put into practice all the skills we had learned throughout the session.
In our warm up game of seaweed we practised our running and dodging skills to get away from the taggers.
We then played a game like netball tag but with a rugby ball. This helped us work on our quick passing (for the people in) and also dodging for those people who were trying to not get tagged.
After this game we did a drill to practice our quick, short passes, while making sure we weren't passing forward.
Next we did a 2 on 1 drill that was designed to help the attackers draw in a defender and then offload the pass. When this worked it looked really good!
The last drill we did was practising our quick dumps and scooping with 3 people. This helps us get lots of quick metres and gets the defenders on the back foot...hopefully!
Finally, it was time for a game. This was a big game of 10 v 10 to put into practice all the skills we had learned throughout the session.
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Inquiry - Fire Station Visit
On Thursday afternoon we visited the Fire Station as part of our community superheroes inquiry this term. It was an awesome visit and we are very thankful to Colin and Jude and the Fire Brigade for letting us come see all the cool equipment you use and hear about all the ways you help people in the community.
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| Everyone had a go in the driver's seat! Some budding young fire fighters! |
Sunday, 2 September 2018
Inquiry - Community Superheroes
This term we have been doing a lot of work around the heroes in our community. We have recently had some visitors come in to the class to talk to us about their careers and answer some questions that we have: Mark Patterson - politican, Mr Auld - principal and sports volunteer, Emma Wightman - nurse, Mrs Howell - St John Ambulance Officer and today we had Constable Craig Bennett come in and spend the afternoon with us! We are very appreciative of the time all these wonderful people have volunteered to come and talk to us. We have learned a lot and strongly believe they are all heroes!
Otago Primary Schools' netball tournament
Last Wednesday the Year 5 and 6 netball players went through to Dunedin to play in the Otago Primary Schools' netball tournament. This was an excellent way to finish off the netball season for both teams. Everyone played with great sportsmanship and gave it their all in every game.
Thank you Gemma for looking after the Year 5 team. They finished 3rd= and the Year 6 team ended up coming 9th out of 23 teams.
Thank you Gemma for looking after the Year 5 team. They finished 3rd= and the Year 6 team ended up coming 9th out of 23 teams.
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