Exciting Changes at Rāwhiti School

Friday was a very exciting day for us as the fences finally came down and the bike track was open for use! Some of us went to check it out for fitness and Paul let a few lucky children help build bikes and try out the track with the new school bikes. The bike track is an exciting addition to Rāwhiti School and has opened just in time for us to have Athletics on the school grounds on Thursday! The highlight of this new addition isn't just the excitement on Friday of all of the children but also seeing so many family's coming down after school to try out the track. A reminder regarding the track that any child that brings or uses a bike will need a helmet to use the track during breaks. These are available to purchase for your child or to sponsor to go with the school bikes from the office.

Check out some of our adventures on the track on Friday!

 

  

 

 

Measuring The World Around Us.

Today Miss S and her key group headed outside during maths time to measure the world around us. In teams they had 45 minutes to complete all of the challenges.

We had to measure the perimeter of the court lying head to toe with our team mates.

We measured the longest piece of grass and the largest leaf we could find.

We measured the perimeter of a tree. Which involved a lot of team work!

Then we measured how many strides it takes from the front gate to the office.

And finally, we measured how many feet around the playground using our own feet!

We had a great times outside using a whole range of measurement tools! I wonder if there is any other ways we could measure things around school?

Exciting Changes in Tāwhirimātea!

During the holidays we were all very excited to know that new furniture was coming! Miss S went into the studio during the second week to see all of the exciting new furniture sitting in the Sun. Later Mrs Smith went into the studio and was so excited she called Kathy straight away. A few days later Kathy, Miss S and Jane spent a lot of time setting up the new furniture and moving everything around. It was worth the wait and the time because everyone was so excited to see the furniture on the first day of term. If you haven't had a chance to check out the new furniture then have a look below!

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Tāwhirimātea Week 9 Camp

It's hard to believe that it has been two weeks since we all said goodbye to Blue Skies and headed home. Hopefully everyone is having a relaxing holiday and that all of you competing at sports tournaments played well.

To end off our Inquiry around The Power of People we had an Olympic themed camp at Blue Skies, Kaiapoi. Each camp group created their own country, currency, flag, language, and anthem as part of the lead up. The flags were shown with pride throughout the opening ceremony at camp.

 

During the three days at Blue Skies we also had a range of Olympic events that each team had athletes in. They included:

Sack Race

Wheelbarrow Race

Gumboot Throw (even some of the parents gave it a go!)

And a Paper Plane Competition.

On Wednesday we all wrapped up warm and accepted the challenges of:

Rock Climbing

A mini abseiling wall

Initiative course

Bivouac building

And an Orienteering Course.

Wednesday night we had a show where everyone had to work together in small groups to put on a skit. Miss J, Paul and Sharon even came out to surprise us and watch the show!

On Thursday we cleaned up and had a few more Olympic events before lunch and our medal ceremony!

Thank you all for such a wonderful time at camp.

We look forward to seeing you all on Monday!