Community Swimming Lessons

Room 8 have been very fortunate this term to recieve FREE swimming lessons once a week for half an hour from the Community Swim Programme at the Manurewa Pools. They have qualified and experienced instructors with them in the pool, so they are able to work with students better. Room 8 are looking forward to the new skills they will learn over the duration of eight weeks.

Group 2 getting ready for their swimming lessons with Stan.

Group 3 seeing how long they can swim for without stopping.

Group 1 practising how to float on their backs.

Numeracy in class

WALT: 

• To find the area of a shape
• To make a 1m2 so we are able to visualise the size 

Today in class, students were learning about area and how to make 1m2. They really like our new Maths programme as they are the faciliators of their learning.

Endangered Animals- visit to the zoo 31.3.2016

Yesterday Room 8 and 10 went to the zoo to find out about endangered animals (our new topic for the rest of the term) and ways we could prevent them from becoming extinct.

Anilupe, Daisy, Mersaydyz, La'Quinda, Lydia, Guage, Pajtrion and Richard looking at the giraffes

Miss Tuapawa, Pajtrion and La'Quinda walking through Pride Lands

Having a look at the hippos

Always time for a photo!

Collecting information to use when we get back to school

Crossing the bridge- some of us were scared 

Merani holding a jar of claws from a tiger 

Learning how some animals live without thumbs

La'Quinda measuring her hand print against Charlie the Orangutan's hand print 

Odin and Richard trying to untie a knot without using their thumbs like a Spider Monkey does

Creating a story from photos

Listening to our awesome Zoo advisor, John

Crusing through the zoo

Room 8 and 10 still smiling at the end of the day

A huge thank you to all our parent helpers, without you this trip wouldn't have been possible.