Junior Athletics

Last week the Junior team had their 'big day out'. This was a fun day for the juniors to participate in activities such as long jump, water relays, sprints, jump jam, the parachute, ring toss and a puzzle race. We were very lucky to have such nice weather! A big thanks to John Muir for supporting this day, the senior kids who helped and the parents who came to support their children.

New learning activities

Room 6 have been very lucky in getting new learning activities.  These include sentence dominoes, making chained links, creating words with blocks and stringed alphabet,Te Reo puzzles, and creating patterns with beads. We have been enjoying using these during our reading tumbles. 

Goodbye Whaea Arna

Last week was our last one with Whaea Arna. We loved having her in our class to teach us lots of fun things like making gingerbread men, skip counting and all about community! A big thanks to her for all these great lessons! Room 6 will miss having you.

Community Helpers

Room 6 have been learning about community helpers with Whaea Arna. We have been learning about our class community, where we had to work as a team during some challenging activities and get to know all our classmates. Following on from this we talked about our school and the Te Aroha community.  Thanks to Whaea Arna for teaching Room 6 during the last 3 weeks.The kids will miss having you!

Road Safety

This week the junior team had a special visit from Ruben the Road Safety Bear.  We have been learning how we can keep safe around roads and traffic.  We need to remember to..

• Seat yourself right, buckle up tight- It’s safest to use a booster seat until you’re at least 148 cm tall
• Helmets on right and tight- Wear your helmet every time you ride your bike or scooter
• Look out for sneaky driveways- It is safest to play in outdoor areas that a fenced and away from driveways and vehicles
• Stop, Look, Listen and Link- Choose the safest place to cross the road
• Be bright, dress bright- When wearing bright colours you are more noticeable to other road users

Gingerbread Men

This week Whaea Arna took a group of the older children for a language experience, where they made some gingerbread men. The group said they had lots of fun following a recipe, tasting different ingredients and creating shapes with the mixture. The rest of the class were able to decorate their own gingerbread man and eat them for morning tea. 

Our Room 6 bakers

Term 4

Welcome back Room 6 for an exciting and very busy term 4! This week we had Tuakana Teina where the senior kids came into our classroom and worked with us on some art. This will be going up in the office foyer. We displayed some great team work!!