Saturday 17 April 2021

Last week of Term 1

 Wow, this has been the busiest week of the whole term. 

On Tuesday we had Sam and Jules come and teach us about boat safety. 

On Wednesday Rosie and Ray came to help us spray paint stencils around our school.

We did a big rubbish clean-up on Thursday - out of the front gate and around the block - as part of our Seacleaners unit from School Kit.  Luckily, we got back to school in time for pizza,

Scroll down for pictures of our exciting week!

Just Add Water

Checking that our lifejackets fit.


We learned about the safety equipment you might need.


Getting ready for our first relay race.


Did we collect the most equipment?

Oops! Who thought we needed a car?


We learned how to read a chart.

Looking for Urupukapuka Island. We've been there!

We learned about navigational marks.


This is how we communicate on a boat - handheld radios.

Learning how the radios work.


Our second relay race - collecting kaimoana.

Make sure your dive flag is showing.

Stay between the port and starboard markers.

Drains to Harbour










Sea Cleaners


















It was hard to sort and count the rubbish on a windy day!


Look how much rubbish we collected. This could have all ended up in our precious waterways.






Saturday 10 April 2021

Duffy Role Model Mary Kelleher

We had our Duffy Role Model Assembly on Wednesday. Mary Kelleher, a design artist, researcher and writer of New Zealand history was our role model this term. She brought in one of her amazing multimedia murals and donated 2 of her concertina books to our school library. 

What is your "I WONDER" question?

Lee-Ayla collected our Term 1 Duffy Books

We got to have a closer look

Patungahere offered to help pack up.

So much to look at!





Friday 2 April 2021

Whole School Noho

 We slept in Room 3 for two nights this week for our KWS Whanaungatanga Noho! We did lots of activities at school the first day and went on a trip to Manea in Opononi and Tane Mahuta the second day.

Our marae-style classroom

A quick game of silent ball


Beautiful weather in Opononi

The Creation

Ngahue


Kupe

Nesta on her 9th birthday

Room 3 at Tane Mahuta