Pepeha

We have been learning about why and how we should write our pepeha. We wrote our pepeha on a leaf and have created our very own family tree.

   

Here are some awesome tamariki reciting their pepeha.

  

  

  

Kauhoe times for weeks 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

Here are days we will be swimming during the next 5 weeks.

I encourage my students to bring their togs to school every day as they have the opportunity to swim during lunch time breaks. 

Wiki tuawha (week 4)  - Rāhina (Monday) & Rāpare (Thursday)   

Wiki tuarima (week 5)  - Rāapa (Wednesday) 

Wiki tuaono  (week 6)  -  Rāhina (Monday)

Wiki tuawhitu (week 7) - Swimming coaches in - Students will need  togs every day.

Wiki tuawaru (week 8) - Rāapa (Wednesday) 

Kauhoe time! Water Safety lessons

 This week we had two Water Safety lessons. Today's lesson was all about life jackets and how to keep safe when we are wearing one.

Some students practised on dry land while most practised these skills in the pool. Here are some photos.

How to put a life jacket on correctly.

Do up the zip and do both clips.

Individual huddle in water

We huddle to keep ourselves warm.

We huddle together for two reasons; Tuatahi- we keep warm.
Tuarua- it makes us a bigger group, more likely to be seen by a helicopter. 

                                            We put the coldest person in the middle to keep them warm.

We now know how and why we should wear a life jacket. 

Learning at Home 2021

 Here are some learning tasks that you can choose to do over the next few days. If you can, please send me pictures of your learning and I will to post on our Learn, Create & Share page. There are 2 different Choice boards to choose from, one has links to websites.  

 

If the links are not working for you, please clink on this link to access the document. Choice board with links

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe! Congratulations to these amazing tamariki.

 Today we had our first official Hui-a-kura. During this time we celebrate our tamariki, acknowledging their hard work. For Ruma rua tekau ma rua, Andrew and Leonidas received Manaakitanga certificates. Leonidas is a very kind and caring member of our whanau. Andrew always shares his thoughts with our whanau and asks great pātai.  

It was a real challenge for me as a kaiako to choose only two tamariki to receive a certificate. All of the Ruma rua tekau ma rua whanau are proudly demonstrating our three school values, so keep looking at our blog to see who gets one next.

Water Safety Sessions Week 3

Water Safety Sessions Week 3, Term 1

Learning how to swim and be safe in the water is part of our Health & Physical Education Curriculum. It is very important that all of  our tamariki participate in every swimming session, so that they can learn how to be safe both in and around water.

Ruma Rua tekau ma rua will be having our Water Safety coaching sessions every day next week (Week 3). Our time is 9:35-10:05 am.

For the rest of this term, we will be swimming on a variety of different days and times. Our pool is also available for lunch time swims, so I encourage my students to bring their togs every day. 

Nau mai, hoki mai! Welcome back!

 Kia ora koutou katoa,

Our theme for this year is  'In our backyard' and our whakatauki is 'Kia mau ki te tokanga nui-a-noho' or 'There is no place like home'. 

Please visit our blog regularly, so that you can witness our celebrations and success as the Ruma rua tekau ma rua whanau for 2021.

I also look forward to meeting the whanau members of  my students. Please, feel free to visit us!