Term 3 Week 5

Half-way through term 3! This term has gone so quickly and we've got a lot of learning to embrace and look forward to. Check out some video clips of our Term 3 highlights: Week 1,  Science Roadshow, and Week 5 highlights.

Week 6:

Juniors will have cross country practices during the week. Bring running shoes for cross country practice.

31^st August: Junior Cross Country

Cross Country

When: Thursday 31st August at 11.45am

Where: Races start and finish on the top court (course is around the school)

Who: 5, 6 & 7 year olds (from Habitats 1, 2, 3, 4.5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15 & 16)

You will need:

• Running shoes
• Water bottle
• Change of clothes- suitable for running in

Everyone is welcome to come along and support!

Keeping Ourselves Safe:

This week we will cover Focus area 3: Dealing with unwanted behaviour or touch / Tāu e aha ai ki te whanonga me te pā kino

http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/kos-yrs0-3-focus3.pdf

Production practices

Hand game challenge completed

Watch our learning journey ( Habitat 6's presentation ) this week as we prepare for the Kauanuanu Assembly.

Reminders for Week 10:

• Mufti Week
• School closes at 1pm on Tuesday (4th of July 2017) for the Feedback Meeting. Please return the form indicating how your child is going home on Tuesday.
• Parents' Feedback Meeting (4th of July 2017) starts at 1.30pm.
• Red Socks Day on Friday (7th of July). School finishes at 2pm.

Pink Shirt Day

Luke and Campbell from Habitat 17 organised Bayview's Pink Shirt Day. What is Pink Shirt Day?

Pink Shirt Day is about standing together to take action against bullying. In class, we explored "How does a good friend act?", "What is bullying?", and "What should a person do if they think he or she is being bullied?". 

Here is example of how a kid dealt with bullying. He re-wrote the song "Hope".

He used his experience to re-write the song. He is an authentic writer. We are learning how to be an authentic writer. We will use our own words to write our ideas down. We will add rich vocabulary. We will check for punctuation and spelling.

Check out our Seesaw blog for the video clip from the Pink Day Shirt Assembly. 

Term 2 Week 1

Whee!

Fasten your seatbelts here comes term 2. How will term 2 unfolds? Follow our learning journey here or in our new class blog.  We are learning how to take responsibility for our learning. Seesaw will be our online learning journal.

Highlights of the first week were swimming and Kiwisports. Habitat 6 has been taking the challenge of writing their own Alphabet book. Some are working on poems. Some are working on using alliterations and some are working on words that start with the letter.

The tail of cyclone Debbie hit New Zealand!

Cyclone Debbie hit Queensland, Australia last week. It was a catastrophic cyclone. This week, the tail of Cyclone Debbie hit New Zealand. We made artworks on cyclone. We are learning how to blend the colours using pastels.

Congratulations!

Last week, we got the 'Bayview Litter Award' for the most improved area.

Our tunnel challenge continues.

Habitat 6 keeps working on their tunnels. In Habitat 6 we are learning not to give up.

Just like how storms, cyclones, hurricanes or typhoons may hit a country, learning challenges will come along our way. We will find ourselves in a learning pit.

We may struggle to get out of the learning pit for a period of time but we will never give up. We will continue to learn and grow.

Here are some more photos of our tunnels.

Here is a video clip of our 'Human Tunnel Week 9 Challenge'. What challenges did each group face? How can each group overcome their challenges?