Genius Hour

On Tuesday, Rooms 1 and 9 joined up for Genius Hour.  As this was our first time together, the Room 1 children were given a big buddy from Room 9.  We spent much of our first session getting to know our new buddies and deciding on a ‘big question’ for our Genius Hour project.

We look forward to the next time we all meet up and now we have a new friend to say  “Hi” to in the playground.

Bernard Mangakahia and Mana -The Spirit of Polynesian

On Friday, Bernard Mangakahia came to school to present ‘Mana. The Spirit of Polynesia.’  We all packed into the school hall ready for the show.  For an hour, Bernard performed dances, told stories and encouraged us to accept new challenges, to have dreams and to believe in ourselves.

Bernard performed an American Indian Hoop Dance and a dance from Samoa.   He showed us some amazing poi moves and got us all onto our feet for a bit of Hip Hop.

Throughout the whole performance, Bernard encouraged us to find the inner strength - our Mana.

                                         

                                            What a great way to end a busy week!

AMERICAN INDIAN HOOP DANCE

MAORI POI 'S

DANCES FROM SAMOA

HIP HOP

Our visit to the ASB Stadium

Today, we went on the bus to the ASB Stadium for gymnastics.  We had so much fun using all the                                     different equipment.  Look at the photos to see what we can do.

These photos below show Room One doing Gymnastics.

These photos below show Rooms 3 & 4 doing Ball Skills

Road Safety with Constable Dann

                        Today Constable Dann came to school to teach us about road safety.

                         We walked down to the pedestrian crossing outside the school on Moxham

Avenue.

   We stood on the edge of the footpath to see if there was any traffic coming.

            Then looked to the right, left and then right again before we crossed over to the other side.

                         Constable Dann showed us how it was dangerous standing behind cars.

                               Maddie is small and the driver would not be able to see her.

     We walked around the block and stood outside our school on Hamilton Road.  Constable Dann is                                                     showing us how to use the Kea crossing.

                                        ln this photo, we are safely crossing the road.

Here we are standing on the footpath looking at the staff car park.  This is not a safe place to                 walk through. So we all moved up the path and walked down the walkway – much better!

     Thank you Constable Dann for coming to our school to teach us all about road safety

Our Super Hero Healthy Shared Lunch

What a fabulous way to end the term!  Today we all, including our teachers, dressed up in Super Hero costumes.  We brought healthy food to share for lunch - it was so YUMMY!!!
Here are some photos of our Super Hero lunch time.  We are so full - it is had to do any work now!  We all think it may be time for an easy afternoon.

Lots of yummy food!

Room One is waiting patiently to start eating

 

Rooms 3 & 4 are showing their super powers .

 What good manners we all have.

Here are some Room One Super Heroes.

At the end of the week

Every Friday, at the end of a very busy week, we all like to relax in a variety of ways.

In this photo, the Room One children are in a massage circle.  Our teacher is reading the story 'At the end of the day' and we follow the instruction from the story.  As you can see from the photo, we are having lots of fun.

In Room One we love to watch Cosmic Yoga and act out the story using yoga moves.  In this photo we are performing the story- 'Squishy the fish.'  Look - we can all touch our toes!

In this photo, Room Three children are enjoying dancing and exercising to GoNoodle.

Rooms 1, 3 and 4 have joined together for a session of Jump Jam.  The music is great to dance to and our teachers even join in.  What a wonderful way to exercise on a wet day!

A visit from the Life Education caravan

The Life Education caravan has been parked outside our school  for two weeks.  We were so lucky to be the first children to have our lessons inside the new caravan.  We loved meeting Harold the giraffe and Charlotte taught us all about healthy eating.  Soon we will be having our Ngake Hub shared lunch. Unlike naughty Harold, who brought lollies to eat at school, we will all be bringing healthy food to share.
Follow the link below to see what happens inside!
https://youtu.be/bIg37rN2Ttk