Statistics!

In Tautoru, we have been getting out into our beautiful environment to learn about statistics. We have learnt how to survey our surroundings and others. We have been using a tally and bar graph to record our observations and findings. It's been hard work but we have been showing our perseverance and bravery to keep going. What a great opportunity to learn indoors and outdoors!

Our kindness korowai cloak

During inquiry learning this week we are learning about kindness and respect to others. We discussed what a good friend does and what our plan B will be if someone isn't showing kindness. The Tautoru kids had so many ideas and knowledge about how to show respect to others. We are all such kind friends!

We each then decorated feathers of how we are kind friends and created a kindness korowai cloak. Check out one of the completed cloaks!

Girls Futsal Tournament

Last Friday Worser Bay School was represented by 3 teams at the Girls Futsal Tournament at the ASB. There were teams from across the Wellington region and the day was actioned packed!



The teams played with Zest and a keen sense of Teamwork. It was great to see how all of the teams were supportive of each other but also the opposing teams. I heard a number of our players apologising for a stronger than usual strike of the ball !



Thanks again to the parents that were able to help out with transport and supporting the teams on the day. The students really enjoyed spending the day with you and we appreciate your time and energy.




The event was a great opportunity for students to try out Futsal for the first time or to build on the experience from last year. We have football sessions across the school the term and it looks like we will have a number keen players.

Ball Skills

PE this week has been about developing and strengthening our ball skills. Students have been working in base groups and playing tennis, netball and beginning to learn how to play four square.



Our character strengths of Teamwork, Perseverance and Kindness have been on show. Basket balls can be tough to catch and control so we have really focused on throwing with accuracy.



Four square and hand ball look like games we could bring into our breaks during the day.

Reading Outside

What a great start to Week 2. The sun was shining and we decided to enjoy the cool breeze and bird song while reading. We have started our literacy sessions this week with buddy reading.



Sharing something interesting about our stories, which could be an illustration, a joke or a connection helps to develop our story telling skills and comprehension.



It has been great to see everyone ready for learning and reconnecting after the holidays. Students will be bringing home books this week so be sure to delve into book bags!

Connecting, Collaborating and Having Fun- Global Play Day

Last year we spent a few days getting to know each other. It was so much fun reconnecting through play to celebrate Global Play Day. We used our character strengths of Kindness, Creativity, Bravery and Teamwork throughout the day to share in games and make new friends. Some of us dialed up our Bravery as went to ask new people we hadn't played with before if we could join in. We used our Creativity and made up games. It was a wonderful way to start our new learning journey this year.

Prudence

What a week for visitors! We had the, soon to be Tautoru students, visit from Autahi and then Wednesday afternoon we had them again for our Positive Education session.

We spent the afternoon unpacking Prudence. What is Prudence - It is being aware of the effects of my choices to help me make a choice and how my choices affect others.

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We begun the session watching Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Plan and discussed who was showing Prudence and how we knew.



We then ended the session with a great discussion around a number of different actions. The students were given a number of options or plans as to what they could do and they discussed which was the best. Lots of great ideas and plans were put in place!