Phys Ed - Creative Play

As part of a Phys Ed unit about creative play, Kindle 2 children worked in groups to create machines. Then the machines joined together to make one enormous machine.

It's a serious business....

More Maths Measurement

If the Gingerbread Man had found a bridge over the river, he wouldn't have been eaten by the fox. Kindle 2 children took up the challenge to design and build a bridge that would help the Gingerbread Man cross over the river. Here are the results:

Maths Measurement

In Maths we have been learning about length and height. These things in Kindle 2 are longer or taller than a Gingerbread Man:

 These things are shorter than a Gingerbread Man

Great measuring Kindle 2.

Road Safety

Yesterday Mr Somerfield came to talk to us about Road Safety. He set up a pretend car and got children to show him which seats were the safest and which were not so safe to sit in. All children under 148cm must be in an approved booster seat (There is a height chart in Kindle 2 if you want to check). Mrs Dakers learned that it is not illegal for children to sit in the front seat even though it is the least safe place in a car for children to sit. If there is no choice and children do sit in the front seat, you can make it safer by moving the seat back as far as it can go, so that children are not injured by the airbag if it is activated.
Today he talked to children about walking on the safe side of the footpath and always crossing the road with an adult. We went out onto George St and practised looking for sneaky driveways and walking on the safe side of the footpath.
Thanks Mr Somerfield

Nived's Story

Here is a great story written by Nived:

Swimming

We started our 8 day swimming block on Thursday. It was raining, so we were lucky enough to have a bus ride to and from the pool. On Friday we had a half hour walk to the pool, a half hour swim and approximately a 40 minute walk back from the pool. I think all the children would have slept well on Friday night! We are going to be fit by the end of our swimming block. Thanks to the parents who are helping out, I couldn't do it by myself!

Te Reo with Mrs Yeoman

On Friday we had our first Te Reo lesson with Mrs Yeoman. We learned how to 'rima runga' (hi 5), we also learned some songs, a karakia, a whakatauki (wise saying) and some instruction words.

Kia ora, Mrs Yeoman