Helping Hogsnort.

Last week we learnt a game called "Helping Hogsnort". We had to care for Hogsnort. We weren't kangaroos that had a pouch for their Joey. We had to carry Hogsnort on our head! If Hogsnort fell off, we had to stay still until somebody else came and picked Hogsnort up and replaced him on our head (without losing their Hogsnort). It was tricky and fun. It made us feel good when we were able to help each other.

Assembly

On Friday we shared our Chinese New Year dragon with the rest of the school. Some children made up some music for the dragon to dance to and some other children made the dragon dance. Everyone had made a dragon scale. It looked colourful and fun. We were very proud.

PALS - Ultimate Tag

We were lucky to have a couple of PALS pop in to Tautoru this afternoon.



PALS help to organise games for students during morning tea and lunch breaks.



They are awesome at introducing new games and keeping the pace flow.



The PALS that worked with a base group taught us how to play ultimate tag. We focused on running with our bumpers up, keeping an eye out for other people running, and our side-stepping skills!

We then finished the afternoon with a quick game of hide and go seek.

Japanese school bags

In Japanese class we have been learning about how kids help to clean the classroom, toilets, and the hallways at the end of the day.

They also wear aprons and masks to serve their classmates for lunch.



We tried on a Japanese school bag.



All of the school bags are exactly the same but they can be different colours.



There are no tote trays in classrooms so students have to carry their books for each day to school.

Learning about online safety and respect.

In preparation for the Year 3's receiving their school email accounts they spent time today talking about what Respect means.



We posted onto seesaw videos about how we respect our environment, other people, and ourselves.



The students made the link between our school value of Respect and being respectful of others and themselves online. Keeping them safe in the digital sphere is something we take very seriously.

Maths time - independent activities

Wanwan and Scott's maths groups have been learning new maths games and activities. We have been working on skip counting, learning a new game called 'round the world', and reviewing our basic facts.



Some of the games have are new and we have had to work on reviewing our basic facts and our doubles knowledge.



This game is like dominoes but using basic facts.

Muscle Dance

As part of our inquiry into power the students have been playing games in the afternoon and then given the opportunity to create their own versions or adapt the games into something new.





It has been fantastic to see the students working together as a team, sharing ideas, and getting creative. We have also had Autahi come in and join base groups. They have enjoyed taking part and getting to know the rhythms of Tautoru.



In muscle dance the students have looked at people in action from rugby players, construction workers, ballet dancers, and bodybuilders. They have then developed a short dance piece using a variety of poses. Great fun.