Picnic at Khandallah park

It was hot and sunny when we set out for Khandallah Park. On our way to the picnic, we passed Westpac Stadium and then we saw two huge cruise ships on the waterfront.  When we arrived at the park we had morning tea, then our group went to the park first.  There were slides and swings but we were sad to see the flying fox fenced off.  The best equipment we liked was the rocking boat. There were about fifteen children on at the same time and it was fun being rocked so hard. 

Next we went to the swimming pool but the water was not nearly as warm as the water in our pool at school.  Some children went into the big pool and some decided just to stay in the paddling area at the end of the pool.  There were three life guards there to make sure we didn’t get into any trouble. 

Our last activity for the day was going on a walk to Mount Kaukau. We didn’t go to the top like the big children but we did stop at the creek and looked under all the huge boulders to see what we could find.

Two o'clock came too soon and we had to get on the bus to come back to school. We were all very tired and some of us (we won't mention names) even fell asleep.

Swimming lessons

Our swimming lessons began this term and the weather has been beautiful .The water in the pool was so warm and we are getting much better at putting our heads in the water and blowing bubbles.  Some of us have made super improvement in floating and gliding and we can nearly get to the other end of the pool now.

Rm 1 Wheels Day

As a special treat for completing our class sticker chart, Room 1 had a wheels day.
Some of the senior children from Room 9 set up 3 tracks on the bottom court for us to follow. We all bought our scooters and helmets from home and scootered around the different tracks which were very challenging and fun.

Christmas Rotation

On Friday we had a Christmas Rotation in the Ngake Hub. We were split into different groups, which meant we were working with children from different classes. There were four Christmas activities to do and we had so much fun. Below you can see photos of us all in various classrooms making either a reindeer, a gingerbread house, a christmas tree or an angel.

Christmas Party

What a busy week we have had!

On Tuesday we had our Christmas party in the hall and then Santa Claus came carrying a sack full of goodies and handed them out to us all.  We told him we had been good boys and girls and he asked us what we wanted for Christmas.  He didn’t stay too long as he had to get back to his Grotto to continue getting all the toys ready.  
Only 7 more sleeps to go!!!!!!!!

Pack the bus

This term our school value is Empathy. Every year we are always thrilled to take part in this event, where we are invited to bring along a gift to place on the bus. By doing this we are helping families who are not as fortunate as we are. Over three hundred gifts were donated by our school and we hope this will make Christmas a happier time for everyone.

Rooms 1 and 2 are learning to swim.

The Ngake Hub are having swimming lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays this term. All we need to do is cross the playground and jump in the warm school pool, we are very lucky!

Our instructors are helping us gain confidence in the water. We are learning to:

- get into the pool safely 
- put our head under the water
- blow bubbles in the water
- make starfish and glide on our fronts and backs
- dive under water to get diving rings

 We have all made good progress and are having lots of fun.