Thursday 25th May

Sports Activator

We have been making the most of the good weather and have been getting outside to practice some Rippa Rugby. Yesterday we had another visit from our sports activator Greer. We went through some skills and games to help us prepare for the Rippa Rugby Tournament in Balclutha next week. We started with a game of rob the nest. This was where we had to get the balls from the middle or other teams hoops to bring back to our own hoop. The winner was the first team to get 5 balls in their hoop. We then played a game where we had to try rip the tags off everyone and put them on our own belt. The winner was the person with the most tags. We also played a game of rippa rush and ended the session playing rippa numbers. This was where Greer called out a number and that many people from the team had to run around a cone and start playing a game of rippa. They had 3 rips to try score a try before it was the other team's turn. It was a very fast paced game and we were all out of breath in no time. These games were great to get us prepared for the Rippa Tournament which will be taking place next Tuesday the 30th at the Balclutha Showgrounds.

Rob the nest.

Rob the nest.

Bree attempting to take Taylor's tag!

Esther trying to sidestep Taylor

Rippa Rush!

Will Bree catch Courtney?

Flynn making a break!

Wednesday 24th May

Morning Programme

One of our topics for Morning Programme over the past couple of weeks has been animals. We have seen different presentations including slides about favourite animals, endangered animals and plenty of photos from home of favourite pets. We have even been lucky enough to get a few dogs visiting us here at school. Esther brought in her 11 year old dog Boris who is a Springer Spaniel. Emily brought her new Jack Russell pup Molly in, and Bree also had a Jack Russell to show us- her 5 year old dog Pip! Thanks to the parents for bringing in our visitors, everyone was very excited!

Esther and her dog Boris

Emily's new pup Molly

Bree's dog Pip loved exploring the classroom

Friday 19th May

Innovative Learning Open Morning Slideshow

Friday 12th May

Maori

In the past couple of weeks in Maori our focus has been numbers. We started looking at numbers 1-10 and found that if we learnt these well it is much easier to do higher numbers. Today we even looked at number 100 and 1000! We played a game where we had to match up the cards with the correct Maori word and English number or picture card. Last week we also played a game of bingo which was quite tricky. We are getting very good with our Maori numbers.

All of our pairs matched up!

Wednesday 10th May

Rippa

We were very lucky to have a beautiful afternoon today so we decided to get outside for some Rippa practice. The whole school made the most of the sun and joined in too. We started with a game of Rippa Rush. This was where we had to try run from one end of the field to the other without the ‘taggers’ ripping our tags off. It was very exhausting but a lot of fun! We then practiced our skills with a couple of games. This was great preparation for when the Year 3-8 attend the Rippa Tournament in a few weeks time.

Monday 8th May

Whanau afternoon

Today we had our Whanau afternoon. This included having a picnic lunch with our families, sharing our inquiry projects that we had been working on last term, and playing some games. Everyone had done a terrific job with their presentations and it was great that we were able to share all our hard work. It was awesome to see all the parents at our Whanau afternoon. The children especially loved the adults joining in on the games. Thanks for coming!

James showing his slideshow to his Mum.

Taylor showing her parents her presentation board.

Esther showing her Dad and Nana her project.

Kordelia had a big crowd to show her poster to!

Emily listening to Arthur's slideshow.

Bree presenting her project to her Mum and Dad. 

Tuesday 2nd May

Morning Programme

Below is the Morning Programme timetable for Term 2. Morning Programme and Homework start in Week 2. 

Monday 1st May

Term 2

Welcome back to Term 2! I hope everyone had a great holiday and spent some time relaxing  and enjoying the last of the good weather for awhile. I hope everyone is ready to get stuck into learning again as we have another busy Term prepared.

Check out the map below to see some of the places the Middle Room went for their holidays.

Thursday 13th April

ANZAC

Yesterday we had a visit from Hamish McCallum who came to talk to the school about ANZAC Day and New Zealand’s involvement in World War 1. Today we spent time putting in the crosses of soldiers who died in the war. The 6 big crosses at the front are those of Ex- Waiwera South School students who died in war. We stood behind the crosses and observed 2 minutes silence in remembrance of these soldiers with our flag at half mast. Thank you to Hamish for coming and sharing some of his knowledge with us.

 

 

Thursday 13th April

Random Act Of Kindness

Tuesday 11th April

Football Tournament

Today we went to the Football Tournament at the Showgrounds in Balclutha. Waiwera South entered two teams: The Waiwera All Whites and the Waiwera Phoenix. Everyone got stuck in and tried their best, making great improvements throughout the day. Thanks heaps to John and Darrell for managing our teams and to all the parents for providing transport. It was a great day out.


Football Tournament on PhotoPeach

Thursday 6th April

Mandarin

Today we had another Mandarin lesson. Our new Mandarin teacher this year is called Amy. In today's session we were making lanterns. We had a piece of red paper and we drew half the pattern on the edge of the folded red paper. When we cut the paper it made the full symmetrical lantern shape. They look very cool and are hanging on our classroom walls for everyone to see.

Last time Amy visited, we played a game of ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf’. We had to sneak up behind the ‘wolf’ and say “What’s the time Mr Wolf” in Mandarin. When it was dinner time, the wolf would turn around and try catch someone. It was a really fun game and helped us with our time.

Wednesday 5th April

Inquiry

This term our Inquiry topic has been “What Can I Tell You About Me”. The children have all been working really hard on their presentations. It has been great to see everyone taking initiative with their research and working independently on their projects. Some of these include slides, show me’s, posters and presentation boards all about themselves and their families. We can’t wait to share these at the Whanau afternoon early next term.

Monday 3rd April

Maths

Over the last couple of weeks for Maths we have been learning about Measurement, in particular length and area. Everyone has been very independent and have been working through tasks like measuring how many people can squeeze into a cube, how long different objects around the classroom are and working out what the perfect chair would be for your height. It has been great to see the children so engaged with their learning.

Friday 31st March

El Gregoe

Today we had a visit from performer El Gregoe. He is a magician and ventriloquist. He performs in a show called “You’ve Got the Power” which is sponsored by Trustpower. El Gregoe performed in the Waiwera South Community Hall and Clinton School also came and watched his performance. He did some awesome tricks including making birds appear and disappear, cutting a child in half and having never ending water. Along with the magic tricks, El Gregoe’s show was about anti-bullying and why this is a terrible thing. He talked about using your WITS which we use at school. WITS stands for Walk away, Ignore, Talk to a teacher/adult and Stay away. He also taught us that it is important to be a HERO at school. This stands for Honesty, Empathy, Respect/resilient and Opportunities. It was awesome to watch El Gregoe perform and to listen to his messages. We have a few keen magicians now! Check out some of the pictures below.


El Gregoe on PhotoPeach

Wednesday 29th March

Sports Activator

Today we had another visit from our sports activator Greer. In today’s session, we were focusing on soccer. We started with a few warm up games of flush the toilet and shark tag. We then moved onto some dribbling and passing skills. Finally we finished with a game where we were able to put all of our skills into practice. This is great practice for when we attend the Football Tournament next month.