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. 

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.

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

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.

Tuesday 24th May

Constable Rochelle and Kia Kaha!

Today Constable Rochelle came to teach us as part of the Kia Kaha - Anti Bullying programme we are doing for health. We learnt that NO bullying is acceptable. We also learnt that if we are bystanders we can be just as bad as the bully. Telling an older person or adult we trust about bullying is really important. This will let the person getting bullied, get help.

Some of the different types of bullying are physical, verbal and cyber bullying. NO bullying is acceptable and we need to do all we can to help anyone who is being bullied.