Grandparents Day

 Grandparents Day

What an amazing day we all had.  It was so lovely to have our grandparents at school today.  

When they arrived we welcomed them into our classroom and then we shared some posters about

our grandparents.  After that some of the students shared their writing about their grandparents.  After that the students read a poem about grandparents and then they coloured their poem in with their grandparent.  Then we went to the Junior playground and we did folk dancing and then had morning tea.  After moringi tea we went to the hall for our Grandparents Concert.

It certainly was a very special day.

Here are some photos of our concert:

 

Life Education Caravan

 Life Education Caravan - Monday 9 October

This afternoon we visited the Life Education Caravan and we met Harold, the giraffe.  
We are learning about making good decisions.  We talked about if we look after our basic needs like, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, drink exercise and get plenty of sleep then we will make good decisions.
We discussed the word consequences and found out that it meant what could happen.  Some consequences are good and some are bad.
If you show people kindness then there is a good consequence, these could be:
- having lots of friends
- making people smile

- feeling good inside

If we eat too many sweets then there could be a bad consequence, these could be:

- having a toothache

- feeling sick in your tummy

We met Harold again and we told him what we had found out in the caravan.

Enjoy looking at the photos:

Lesson 2 in the Life Education Caravan - Tuesday 10 October

Today we visited the Life Education Caravan.  We talked about thinking of our consequences as they can be good or bad choices or helpful or hurtful to you or people around you.  When we feel happy it makes you do nice things for people.  We also talked about how our feelings can influence the way we act.  We discussed some feelings that we can have like: cross, angry, embarrassed, smart or disappointed.

We shared if we are sad, what might we do:

* not talk to anyone

* might cry

* use our WITS

We shared the word 'regulate' and if we feel angry or sad we need to regulate ourselves.  We can do this by:

* having deep breaths

* drinking water

* stretch up to the sky

* do exercises

* talk it out with someone you trust

* smell a flower

* have a moment to ourselves

* play with your friend

* go to a beautiful place

* have a rest and watch the clouds

* play in your room

* cool down and have a glass of iced water

* ignore it

* relax

* seek help

* have a healthy snack

* read a bool

* let it out and cry

* think about something that makes you smile

* listen to some music

The students also had a dance in the caravan and they really enjoyed that!  

Enjoy looking at the photos:

Cultural Week

 Cultural Week - Monday 11 September - Friday 15 September

What a very exciting week we had as it was Cultural Week.  The students talked about where they were from and they shared some words from their culture and we learned so much from each other.  They also involved themselves in some lunchtime activities and they got to learn about other cultures throughout our world.  On Friday we came to school in clothing from our culture and some students came to school in the colours of their flag.  We had a full School Cultural Assembly, it was a wonderful opportunity to learn from each other.

At the end of the day the students took home a flag of the country where they are from and they waved it with pride.

Enjoy looking at the photos:

STEM with Mr Rankin

 Stem with Mr Rankin - Thursday 14 September

The students in Room 4 worked with Mr Rankin on the inquiry topic floating and sinking.  They were involved with a range of activities to work in small groups and this provided a lot of discussion.  Tyler and his dad designed a boat with propellers and this was tested at school, it moved extremely well across the water.

Thank you to the parents who were able to come and support the programme, it was very much appreciated.

Enjoy looking at the photos: