Term 1 Week 8

This week we started swimming with our two instructors - Kristin and Luciana from REAP.  They are fantastic teaching the children the correct strokes and how to breathe.

Lorne from Sports Southland has been coming out every Tuesday for five weeks to teach us Run, Jump and Throw skills.  Here is a video of one activity he has done with us.  Just click on the picture to view.

Our inquiry is moving along to our 'Exploring and Investigating' stage where we are learning about Healthy Choices and how they help us be life-long learners.

Our great learners we celebrated this week at Celebration Time were Hunter and Brad.

Please check our Termly Events page on our blog to see what is happening for the last three weeks of term.

Term 1 Week 7

Wow!  What a busy week we had this week at school.  Here is a snapshot of what happened.

Monday - Green Day

On Monday we all came to school dressed in green to celebrate St Patricks Day.  Everyone brought a gold coin donation that went towards supporting our sponsored child Grace.

Tuesday and Wednesday - Bike Safety

Constable Linda Graham came and talked to us about bike safety on Tuesday and went over some important rules and information.
On Wednesday we had a practical session with her to practice some skills.

Thursday - St John

On Thursday, Jo from St John came and talked to us about first aid and how to phone for help by dialing 111.  It was interesting how many children did not know their full address or phone number.  Something to work on at home to make sure they know all the information encase they have to ever dial 111.

Friday - Celebration Time

Our MVP for Team Tui this week is Joshua Geerlings for demonstrating our school value of Respect.

Anna and Lauryn got certificates for great learning this week.

Term 1 Week 6

We have been busy authors this week, writing recounts about Athletics Day and about an 'Exciting Moment' we have had.  Our Athletics Day recounts will be published to our individual blogs so please check them out.

We celebrated great learners at this weeks Celebration Time.

Next week we have a very busy week with Green Day on Monday, Constable Graham in on Tuesday and Wednesday taking us for Bike Safety and on Thursday we have St Johns coming to teach us First Aide.

Term 1 Week 5

The children have been creating fotobabbles this week for their individual blogs about our new school logo.  Be sure to check out their blogs to hear how they describe what it means.

It was great to have our LMV Athletics on Wednesday.  Everyone participated so well and hopefully we have a few children qualify for the Southland Athletics.

Now that athletics is finished we will begin swimming with our REAP instructors week 8 and will be swimming everyday for two weeks.  This is a great opportunity for the children to further their swimming skills.

Term 1 Week 4

This week we celebrated some of our art work at Celebration Time.  These were our Identity Grids that were visual representations about ourselves.

Our MVP at Celebration Time was Chloe who always demonstrates our school value of Respect.

Arden received a certificate for his great learning and Jacob received the Spirit of a Nation certificate.