Term 4 Update

Well, term 4 has got off to a roaring start with lots of different activities on the go. We have been lucky enough to have had some cricket coaching from the Taranaki Cricket Association - this showed us that we need to practise our catching! We had great fun on Grandparents and Pets Day - unfortunately Whaea Jill was too busy helping and didn't have time to take any photos of the fun we had. We made some vegetable creations, pet rocks and turned a simple coffee cup into a person, sports person or a monster!! We have been practising for athletics day on Friday 2nd November. We have been runnning, jumping and throwing so, hopefully, we will be successful in our events. We are going to see the Wonky Donkey show on Monday 29th October at the Hawera Community Centre. We already know that this will be a fantastic event and a lot of fun. Phew - exhausting stuff!

Cross-country and production!

What a fantastic day we had at the Tawhiti School Cross-country yesterday. Tawhirimatea (the Weather God) blessed us with a beautiful day, bright sunshine and now wind. The students all enjoyed the experience of running the proper cross-country course. Congratulations to all the runners and thanks to all the supporters who came along. We are also practising really hard for our production. We are really lucky that we are working together with our buddy class, Pohutukawa, so we have lots of senior students to help us out. We are in the process of learning all the rock and roll moves and putting them together into a dance that Mrs Chadwick has choreographed for us. Feel free to come to the classroom in the afternoons, to watch us as we practise. You may even want to join in!!

Wow, I can't believe that the term is over already. We have completed our sessions at moveMprove, where the children have learnt lots of new skills and had a lot of fun. Many thanks to the team from St.John's Gymsports for their efforts. The students have been buzzing this week, they were all given their new reading wedges which showed the amazing progress they have

moveMprove photos

moveMprove

We have just started completed our first session of the moveMprove programme.  This programme is delivered by St.John's GymSports and aims to improve the fundamental movement skills of our children.  It is a lot of fun and we can't wait for the next 7 sessions.

Book Character Day

On Thursday 5th April, we are having a 'Book Character' Day, where children, and their teachers, get to dress up as their favourite book character. Lots of fun activities will be happening on this day.

Watch this space for more details AND for photos from the fun-packed day!

Swimming Fun