Term 2 got off to a busy start, with Marae preparation. We had a fabulous trip to the Tangatarua Marae, in the Waiariki Polytech compound, and thank you very much to the parent helpers who were able to come. We had Matariki activities as well. Matariki is the Maori New Year, which is coming up soon. Here are some photos from our trip.

Swimming was so much fun!The children had 2 big sessions at the Aquatic Centre and the focus was survival skills. It was great to see the children doing all the activities with confidence, especially things that they hadn't done before.

Thank you so much to the parents who came and helped- you can see that it is so important to have parents in the water to support the instructors. Here are some photos of the action!

  

Welcome to the 2016 Room 3 blog!

The first few weeks have gone really quickly and we are really starting to get into our routines.

Going to music in the Arts Centre with Mrs Lyons is very good fun! Here are some pictures of the children playing instruments.

Student Led Conference day

Congratulations to the students in Room 3! You did a fantastic job of sharing your learning with your families. We were really proud of the way that you showed your progress this year, and talked about the work in your folders and around the room. Well done, everyone!

For our art work we made pou whenua, with lots of beautiful faces of Te Ra, the sun. They looked spectacular but had to stay inside because of the strong wind.

Skipping!

We have had lots of lovely, winter weather- cold nights followed by sunny days. This is perfect skipping weather! It is an excellent fitness activity, and really improves the motor skills of the children. Next term we are having Jump Rope for Heart sessions so we'll be pretty good by then.It has been fantastic to watch each child make progress from what they could do before and the amazing skills they have now; including skipping with the long ropes. Enjoy these pictures.

Gliders!

Welcome back for Term 3!

We are learning about Flight this term and we started last week with a different experiment in each of the 4 Year 2 classrooms, which was pretty exciting! 

Today we made gliders, which are powered by thrust from our arms, which makes them lift up. We tested them outside and found that the wind was a big help! We all used the same pattern and found that some worked differently to others because the folds may have been a little different. We all had very good fun testing our gliders and seeing how far they could go.