On Wednesday 8th April, 2 Year 1 classes came to visit us from our other local school Selwyn Ridge. We sang songs, did lots of fun activities, and some Selwyn Ridge children even did a play for us. It was a fun morning that was finished by a shared morning tea.
On Thursday 2nd April, Rooms 2, 3 and 7 went into Tauranga to explore their environment.
The classes rotated around the art gallery, the library and a walk up to the rose gardens/redoubt area.
Some children in Room 3 wrote:
We went to the art gallery and we made our own art and my border had hearts around it. By Madison.
The redoubt was pretty. I liked all the roses because they smell sweet. By Abby.
My Mum went to the art gallery and I did some pictures with old tissue paper. By Cheynes.
The library was fun. The pop up books could not be taken out and there was a tv book when you close and open the book it looks like it was moving. By Michael.
On the afternoon of Friday 20th March the Rooms 2, 3 and 7 invited the parents along to see what they could do in the swimming pool.
The teachers were so excited because every child in our classes can go in, on and under the water!!
The children showed their parents how they can enter the water safely, go under the water to pick up objects, do rhymes and games in the water, float, glide, kick with and without a board on fronts and backs, and use freestyle and backstroke arms. The children in Room 7 were able to go the whole length of our pool!!
At the end of our demonstration, the children were allowed some playtime in the water. It was a great afternoon!!
