Friday 14th October

Cricket

Yesterday afternoon we had a visit from Shaun from Otago Cricket who came to teach us some cricket skills. We learned lots of new skills involving throwing and catching. Some of us were learning the technique of how to bowl correctly. You need to have a straight arm, your fingers are in bunny ears when you hold the ball and you have to "pull the chain" with your non-bowling hand to get the motion. At the end we played a game of 3-bat cricket which was very fast and exciting. We have another cricket session next week which we are all looking forward to.

Bree and Georgia racing!

Flynn rolling the ball back to his team.

Taylor making sure she is aiming correctly.

Flynn practicing his catching. 

Great catch Kordelia Rose!

Taylor playing 3 bat cricket. 

Thursday 22nd September

Sports Activator

We have has a busy last week at school. We had a great day for Greer to visit to have another session of touch skills. We start off with some warm-up games which were a lot of fun. Then it was time to practice our skills especially passing and stepping. We round off with a quick game which was very fast paced. We are all improving so much each time Greer visits. These lessons are going to help many of us with our after school touch.

Practicing our passing.

Keep an eye on the ball.

Rats and Rabbits!

Testing our reactions.

Georgia on the run!

George stepping.

Baking

The past few weeks for Maths we have been learning about fractions. We have all worked hard and learned a lot. For our reward for working hard this term Miss Chapman let us do some baking! We had to deal with lots of measurements like ½ cup, ⅓ cup and tsp. The class split into two groups and made lolly cake and russian fudge. They both tasted so yum! Unfortunately we didn’t take any photos of the end products as they were gobbled up so quickly!

James checking Bree has measured correctly. 

Flynn stirring the fudge. It was delicious!

Oral Presentation Day

This term our inquiry has been focussed around Then and Now. We have looked at things from the past to what they are like now. These included transport, household items, clothes, and schools. We have worked really hard to produce a speech about a topic we are passionate about. Today was the day we presented them to the whole school, parents and friends of the school. We were all very nervous but everyone of us did a fantastic job. Then it was time to perform our dances we have been learning with Kayleigh Broad after lunch on Thursdays. These were performed down at the hall and we got a big crowd watching us. We got a lot of great feedback that we did an awesome job! Check out some photos of us delivering our speeches and our Then and Now dance performance.

Esther talked about computers from Then and Now.

Bree dressed as a soccer player! 

Georgia taught us all about singer Daniel Skye.

Nic came as his role model: His Dad. 

Taylor makes a pretty good queen!

George explained all about harvesters.

Flynn had a lot of knowledge about farming.

Kordelia transformed into Justin Bieber.

James told us about old and new tractors. 

Julienne delivered a speech about Meghan Trainor.

Maddie knew a lot about dolphins!

Courtney dressed as her Dad!

Cooper transformed into a logging truck driver. 

Middle and Senior Then and Now dance. 

It was great to watch!

Wednesday 14th September

Sports Activator

It was a beautiful sunny day to be outside today. Greer was back to take us for some touch again. We warmed up with a game of tails where we had to grab the tail of another player and try to avoid ours getting taken. George was the winner of this game every time! We then moved on to our passing, dodging and defending skills before bringing these all together in a whole class game of touch. 

Its's great to see all of our skills improving. This will be important when we start playing our touch games.

Check out some photos of us below!

Everyone into their passing drills. 

Great technique Maddie!

Cooper diving for his ball!  

Who will grab the ball first? 

Go Georgia! 

Draw and pass! 

George making a break. 

Away goes Bree!

Monday 22nd August

Small Schools Cross Country

Last week we went to the Small Schools Cross Country in Clinton. We trained hard for this event at school. We had a map of NZ that had heaps of dashes on it and each dash was one lap of the Waiwera block that we run around. There are different rewards at certain locations on the map. We have had to push ourselves to train hard to get the rewards. You get a certificate for getting to certain points and if you get right back to Clinton you get a gold medal! We have also been reflecting on our cross country training in class which has been really important.

Well done to George, Maddie, James and Esther who will be going to the South Otago Cross Country in Clinton this Wednesday. Good luck to you all! :)

Here are some photos of the Cross Country event:

Go Taylor!

Go Bree!

Go Courtney!

Go Georgia!

Go Kordelia-Rose!

Go Flynn!

Go George!

Friday 24th June

Black Out Day

This weekend the All Blacks are playing in Dunedin. To celebrate this the whole school had a black out day where we got to dress up in all black clothes. We even got to put black and white face paint on our faces! We got to choose our favourite All Black and sketch a picture of them. We then had to give clues for the rest of the class to work out who we had sketched. It was a quite hard but a lot of fun.

Check out some photos of us drawing our All Blacks.

Bree and Georgia working on their masterpieces. 

Taylor carefully sketching her All Black.

Julienne creating her great drawing. 

I wonder who Courtney is drawing.

Tuesday 31st May

Oral Language Programme

This term we have been loving our oral language programme. Every Monday and Tuesday it is in the afternoon with Miss Ward and Wednesdays and Thursdays are in the morning with Miss Chapman. We have a range of topics including My Hero, Art Appreciation and Dreams for the future. We have noticed that we have all improved a lot with our confidence with speaking in front of the class and really enjoy getting to show our classmates things that are special to us.

Check out some photos of us doing our Oral language programme!

George showing us his duck for show and tell.

George with his duck which helped attract real ducks!

Georgia with her special jewellery box she chose for show and tell. 

For art appreciation Iara chose to create a poster 

Cooper brought along his bird Oscar for show and tell. 

Savannah showed us her trophy she won.

Maddie chose to teach the class a dance for 'Teach me'.