Our Rahiri Wonderings

Swim Safe!

We have been learning how to keep ourselves safe in and around the water. We loved learning about wearing life jackets, getting into chains and huddles and rescueing each other from the water. It was lots of fun and now we can teach others how to do this or use it in real life if we ever have to. We also found getting life jackets on in the water very challenging and know why it is so important to put them on before going on a boat or kayak etc.

LEGO Challenge

We have been doing a few LEGO challenges in our class as it is helping us build relationships with our peers. It is also helping us develope lots of collaboration and communication skills. We had to create a Marble Run out of LEGO. It was lots of fun but some of us found it a bit tricky too. We liked testing evryones marble runs and seeing whos worked and whos needing some changes to help it work. We then voted on the one that was very creative and actually worked. We hope we can do another LEGO challenge soon!!

Class Treaty

We enjoyed creating our class treaty together and having an input into how we would like our class to run this year. We did a bus stop activity to answer these questions: HWhat do you want your class to FEEL like? What do you want your class to SOUND like? What do you want your class to LOOK like? What will you NOT stand for in your class? What rewards should you get for demonstrating our values being an amazing learner? What consequences should you get if you make some silly choices? The tamariki came up with some amazing answers to these questions and were able to work collaboratively to create their class treaty.