Trip to Pt Chev beach

We had a fabulous day with wonderful activities.  See the pictures below. We also got in the water which the kids loved but unfortunately no photos of that as I was in the water too!

Walk up Owairaka Maunga

We had a great walk up to the top of Owairaka. Once at the top we said our school Pepeha. The journey up on the paths was a challenge for some and everyone gave it a go! We also made maps when we came back to school.

Certificate winners

Congratulations to our Certificate winners!

Litter Blitz

The whole school picked up rubbish all around our neighbourhood. We picked up 200 kg altogether.

Here we are insepcting the rubbish we collected. 6 lucky people found golden tickets and won a t-shirt.

Beach Education

We have been learning a few games that we can play for our Beach Day at Pt Chev beach.

Making Muffins

We had fun making some banana and chocolate muffins.  This was before they were cooked. They were delicious. So much so that the leftover mysteriously disappeared.

Mazes and bees

This week we used the context of bees finding pollen in a maze to practice computational thinking. Computational thinking in Year 2 is giving instructions.

The students gave directions for the bee to move through the maze collecting pollen on the way. They had to be careful to give clear and precise instructions. Many students had trouble remembering which way was left and which way was right!

I was very proud of the students and how they perserved.  If they made a mistake with the directions they went back to fix up their instructions.