Mrs Jones - Life in Lockdown!

Kia ora Te Waka Ako! 

Life in lockdown has been good so far.
In my bubble are my husband Stacey, my children Chellcey, Waiana and William. Also in my bubble are
Kobie, Chellcey’s partner, and my mum Roberta. Then we have our two dogs Jess and Poppy, who are
getting walked at the park A LOT!

We have been keeping busy doing different things. Our house goal is to exercise every day, so we have
been working out together at the park. There are lots of people at the park walking and getting fresh air
too but everyone is being careful, making sure to stay 2 metres apart.
I’ve been getting big chores around the house done, while I have everyone around to help me and they
can’t escape! Ha! Ha!

Every night we have a Kiwi quiz night. We have split into two teams and we have to answer 30 questions
using the cards from the kiwi quiz box. The losing team has to do something for the other team. My team
won the first night so the other team had to do the dinner dishes. But then we lost and so my team had to
cook breakfast for them the next morning. We’re going to try and play some other board games as well.

Have you heard about the Teddy bear in the window? People have been placing teddy bears in windows
at the front of their houses, so children can look for them when they go for walks around their
neighborhoods. I thought that was such a neat idea and I have put some in our front window too. Maybe
your family could put a teddy in your window too?

I look forward to reading on your blogs what you have been up to. What has been the best thing/activity
you have done so far?

Ms Sands in Lockdown

Heya Te Waka Ako Students, I thought I would use our syndicate log to post some of the things I have been doing over the last three days and ask you to comment on some of the things you have been doing. You could also create a new post on your own blogs about some of the activities you have been up to with your family at home.
In my bubble are my son Shannon, his wife Catherine and their son Micah. Catherine is also pregnant and her baby is due to be born in 10 days. We have been walking everyday and I have been running, making sure we are always 2 metres away from anyone else doing the same.


We have played a game called Rummikub, which is a favourite,along with Bananagrams! 
I have played heaps of different games with Micah, who will be two years old in a week, and he has helped us do chores a lot too. He LOVES machines and vehicles so I am creating a drawing for his birthday of heaps of different trucks and cars and emergency vehicles. Today I cleaned all the Waipu dirt off the outside and inside of my car!

We were given bunches of flowers from someone who could no longer sell them, which makes our house look happy and friendly I think.
So... that is some of what I have done. What have you been up to? Who is in your bubble during the next four weeks?

Safety in the Water

Last tuesday at Cameron Pools we all got a great safety lesson in the water. We put life jackets on and practised entering the water safely. This involved jumping in the deep pool from standing on the side as though we were jumping off the side of a boat or wharf.

We then got in small huddles and held each other's arms and kept afloat, we moved together in a chain from one end of the pool to the other.

 

Next we had to practise entering the water from a lifeboat. We had to hold our noses and the front of our jackets and roll off backwards.

 

Then we had to swim under an upturned lifeboat and pop up inside, take a breath and then swim back out. This was so much fun! The lifeguard under the boat said the air got quite stinky after all of us had been breathing under there!

Portraits of the Decades

At the beginning of each year we like to do some sort of self portrait for display in our class, hall or corridor, and to put on our goal slideshows.
This year marks the start of a new decade, so our teachers decided we should incorporate different decades in our portraits.
First we had to investigate different decades. We looked at costumes, hairstyles, colours and accessories that made each decade recognisable. We then practiced drawing the other side of our faces using these components in our art books.

Once we were happy we began our good copies. We first painted our patterns background on the photocopy photo side of our pictures.

Then we drew our chosen decade on the other side. This involved mirroring the picture of our faces. We then dyed the backgrounds before we began to colour our decade side of our portraits using bright colour pencils.

 After that we were done!  Here are some of our finished portraits. Can you guess the decades?????

Thanks for reading our blog. We hope you liked our decade portraits :)

Inspire = RESPECT

Te Waka Ako were very lucky to have educators from the NRL visit us to share with us a new community programme, League Stars: Inspire Respect.



Alan Tongue and David Solomona from the NRL spoke to us about what respect looks like and how we can show respect to others around us. We also discussed ways we can be the best people we can be and living and positive healthy lives.

It was really cool to hear from different players in the NRL, sharing with us how they show respect. They shared things like having good hygiene: brushing your teeth, combing your hair and looking after your skin. Making sure we drink a lot of water, having a healthy diet and having treats every now and then. Roger Tuivasa - Sheck shared, "Treat others the way you want to be treated."

Back in class, we used the ideas we discussed in the workshop to help us set our Key Competency goals for Term 1.

Remember...    "Pass the ball the way you want to receive it."

GAAAP @ Cameron Pools

YAY!! It's that time of the year again! When we get to visit our local Council Pool, Cameron Pool, and participate in the Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan. OR GAAAP programme. 

"Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan (GAAAP) is a collaborative initiative that coordinates 8-10 professionally delivered Water Skills for Life lessons to primary school children in the greater Auckland region, ensuring the development of fundamental water skills for life." 




That is we visit for 10 sessions of water safety and some swimming tips. 150 students in total from our school go down in 3 different rotations and have 30min lessons. The lessons are paid for by the council and government in the interest of teaching water safety and preventing people from drowning.






Our first session was heaps of fun. We showed what we could do with floating on our front and back, then using the boards to kick and streamline. After the lessons a smaller group of students are doing extra swimming to build up their speed, stamina and swimming techniques to see if they can be entered into our local school swimming zones.