CROSS COUNTRY

Some photos from last weeks cross country.  The puddles made it all that more exciting.  Were you dreading the cross country, or were you eager to participate?  Recounts to come!

Did you lead all the way Harry?

Oliver - always smiling. 

That's the way boys!

Splish Splash I was taking a bath ...

Who can I overtake now?

Very close at the finish line between these two!

The look of determination!

AT THE MARAE

On Tuesday room 2 and our buddy class Poutokomanawa, along with room 8 and 14 visited Te Ahu A Turanga Marae in Woodwille.  A fantastic time was had by all.   

Here are some photos from our day ...

WHALE WATCH

Today we were reminded how to show outstanding behaviour on the mat.  We need to:

• come quickly and quietly 
• listen to the teacher (this way we can respond - another Tohora nui whale)
• sit with our legs crossed and our arms folded (with our clothes on properly)
• face the front 
• have our hands empty (no toys on the mat)
• put our hand up to share our ideas (we cannot listen to ideas if we are all talking at once)

Many people showed their outstanding behaviour today, while sitting on the mat.  Let's see how many others we can get in our photo tomorrow!

BUDDY CLASS

Today we met our buddie class. 

Here we are with our big buddies.  

MORNING ACTION

Some morning action in Tohora nui.

Jaden and Lenni enjoy reading from our library,

Mac enjoys sharing his book from the library,  

Leila draws on our whiteboard table,

Isabelle types her name on our computer,

Kaliyah puts her whale name card into our 'I'm here box!'

SWIMMING

Yippee swimming has started!

At the pool yesterday Harry showed us how to do a safe entry into the pool ...

And then we showed how we could do it too.

He also showed us how to glide.  We can't wait to show you what else we can do.

At the pool having fun and learning from and with each other. 

FIRST DAY IN LOOK INTO TOHORA Nui

What a fantastic day we had in Tohora nui today.  

It started with a powhiri to welcome our new students and our new teachers too.  

Then we headed back to our classroom for brainfood, before we started reading.  

In reading today we learning about reading to self.  First Reagan showed us how it was done ...

and then the rest of us had a go too. 

Robin and Sandi and Fiona were impressed!

So then we had a go at buddy reading.  Ella and Jaden showed us how that was done. 

We took turns, so we both got to read and we both got to listen.

After brunch we had a talk our value.  Our main value this term is kotahitanga (unity and togetherness).  

We learned that we need to be responible students if we want to show our good kotahitanga skills.  

Responsible students on the mat ...

put their hand up when they have something to say,

don't touch other people, 

listen with their ears and their eyes too, 

sit with the legs crossed and arms folded.

And here we all are being responsible on the mat. 

After lunch we did some art with Sandi, some of us read with Fiona and the rest of us drew pictures or played together with the lego.  What a great day showing kotahitanga in Tohora nui.  We can't wait to come back tomorrow.