Beach Education Day at Mairangi Bay

Friday 1st April 2016

Well, the weather conditions were not great but we still managed to have an amazing day!  First we spent some time in the surf club finding out about the role of a lifeguard before going on a tour of the club and heading down to the beach for some fun activities and sandcastle building action!

Then we got changed into our togs, took a very deep breath and went in for a dip!!!  

After a hot shower and some lunch, we were ready to listen to the lifeguards again who told us that not only do we need to be safe in the water, we also need to be safe in the sun.  We learnt how to -

SLIP     SLOP     SLAP    WRAP and SLIDE

We were also told what to do if we should get into trouble in the water - put one hand up in the air and float like a starfish.  

Thanks to the team at Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club and to our brave band of parent helpers!

Easter in LC1

We certainly celebrated Easter in style in LC1.  Firstly we took the opportunity to dress up..........

We also enjoyed our first event organised by our Parent Network - An Easter Egg Hunt AND a shared, very delicious afternoon tea.  Thank you to everyone for making the event such a success.

Swapping our easter egg tokens for the real thing!

Always time for some dancing!

Delicious afternoon tea.

And a few shots of some us enjoying the yummy food! - 

Joy

Franiu

Isla

Alfie

Becky

Lachlan

Chelsy and Janneke

Isla

Daniel

What Have We Been Up To? Week 7 Term 1

It has been another busy week in LC1.  Below are some snapshots of what we have been up to.......

Literacy

                           Using a word card to support our writing.

Practising forming our letters in the right way.

Using our robot voice to match words and pictures.

Numeracy

                                           

We have been practising our basic facts to 5 and 10 as well as practising our doubles to 10 and 20.  Some of us have also been investigating pictograms.

Art

We have been exploring different mediums to create a self portrait and create butterfly art.

Gymnastics

Some of us were lucky enough to participate in a gymnastics session this week. We learnt how to do forward and backward rolls and walk along a beam amongst other things.  If we didn't get a turn this time, we will get a turn in the coming weeks.

Role Play Area 
Our house continues to be a popular place for learning.  Looks like a couple of super heroes paid a visit this week!

Learner Advisory Time

Every Friday morning we spend time exploring the dispositional statements that we are focussing on.  This week we concentrated on Do I collaborate effectively with others?

In groups of 4 we played different games that required us to take turns, communicate with and support each other.  For some of us this was quite a challenge and will be an ongoing focus.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Kerry and Rashelle

Week 6 2016

Experiencing the Wonder of Nature

This week LC1 was fortunate to experience not one but two chrysalis hatchings. This was a magical moment for both the children and teachers. A range of questions and wonderings were shared as they experienced the delight of watching the butterfly emerge from it's chrysalis.

"I think caterpillars become butterflies because they don't want to stay the same."- Janneke
"Caterpillars don't want to crawl around they want to fly." -Jacob
"The chrysalis is inside the caterpillar and it comes out of it's head." Franiu
"How does it get out of the chrysalis?"- Isla.J.
"It is magical watching the butterfly come out."- Dylan
"It is beautiful."- Ella


We are excited to see how this experience will impact on our project journey. Please share your child's thoughts and reflections with us. Here is a quote that inspires our practise at HPPS:

    When your child asks,

   "Why is there a moon?"

         Don't reply with a scientific answer.

         Ask him, "What do you think?"

               He will understand that you are telling him,

                              "You have your own mind and your own interpretation and your ideas

       are important to me."

                               Then you and he can look for the answers, sharing the wonder, curiosity,

        pain- everything. 

It is not the answers that are important, 

it is the process- that you and he search together. 

-Carlina Rinaldi- Director, Reggio Emilia

This is real learning; focussing on the process not the answers. For when our children know how to learn, the ‘what to learn’ is limitless.