Swimming with Erin

We are lucky to have Erin here from Swim NZ. She has been putting the teachers and students through their paces, ensuring we are doing our very best at swimming! Here are room three doing some dry land exercises to improve their kicking technique...what a great abdominal workout! Remember kids...kick like Barbie!

Statistics

Statistics is one of our numeracy topics this term. Classes have been undertaking statistical investigations on a range of topics. Here are Room One finding out the most common colour of the staff cars. Teachers are also busy 'collecting data' on their classes, so that they are able to provide specific teaching and programmes that meet student needs.

What are we learning?

It was great to walk through classes today and see our students so engaged and interested in their learning. The walls are bright with student work, and pupils were desperate to share what they have been doing. What a fabulous group of learners!

 

Watermelon Day

Team Two had a fantastic Watermelon Day early on Friday. The day was full of integrated learning activities.

We had science activities – exploring why watermelons float, and predicting how far the splatter would go if we dropped one off the roof. In numeracy, we figured out the total cost of the watermelons we purchased, then estimated and weighed them. In literacy we wrote taste poems, and found facts about how they are grown, their history, and their nutritional value. In art, we looked at examples of watermelon carvings – then tried our own!

The day was a full of fun! What a delicious way to start the year!

Jump Jam

We love our Friday sessions in Jump Jam. Here are the middle team and leaders getting their groove on!

Camp Ohiwa

School Camps

This year, the middle school will be camping for two nights at Ohiwa Holiday Park.

Further details on camp will be sent home next week. Please come and see Mrs Templeton (Room 2) if you have any immediate questions or concerns.

There will be a camp meeting held at 5.30 pm on Tuesday the 4^th of March.

Yippee...we're going camping!

Meet the Team

Meet the Team

We have a large team this year, and are lucky enough to have a diverse and enthusiastic group of teachers and support staff to help cater for their needs. We welcome Miss Murray-Cawte, who is coming to us as a second year teacher from Centennial Park Primary School. We are also thrilled to welcome Mr Reade back into the middle team. Mrs Te Whata is due to extend her family later this term. She will be missed greatly during her maternity leave, but we are very fortunate to have Mrs Wylie filling her position until the end of the year. Mrs Seymour will also work regularly as a release teacher within our team. Our middle school classes are all starting with rolls of around 23-25 students. The class teachers are:

Room One -                Year 2-3          Miss Hems

Room Two -                Year 3-4         Mrs Templeton (Team Leader)

Room Three -            Year 3-4          Miss Murray-Cawte

Room Four -               Year 2-4          Whaea Katipa (Immersion Leader)

Room Five -                Year 3-4          Mrs Te Whata / Mrs Wylie

Room Six -                  Year 3-4          Mr  Reade

We also have some fabulous teacher aides working within our team. They are: Mrs Harvey, Mrs Wilson, Whaitiri Rangihika, and  Mrs  Hind.

Our Classes

Room 6

Room 2

 Room 5

 Room 1

 Room 4

 Room 3