Swimming time!!

We are very lucky at school to have a swimming pool. This means we get to swim every day, its even better when we swim with our buddies in Room 1. 

 

New Play Ground

We are so lucky at Awahono school to have a brand new playground. We need to say a massive thank-you to the play ground project group for making this possible. 

Last year we had a school wide topic of 'Giving back to the community'. During this term we split up into gorup and come up with many different ideas. One of the groups created was the Playground Project group. These children went through the process of picking the play ground design, taking it to the Board of Trustees, getting funding for it and in the end they got the playground made for us all to enjoy. 

What an awesome school we attend!!!

 

School Camp fun!!

 On November the 4th Room 6 travelled from Ahaura to Living springs for 3 days of fun. We had such a fabulous time enjoying all the sun, while playing archery tag, minigolf, swimming, rifles and archery and swimming in the pool. 

It was a wonderful camp filled with lots of laughter and fun. Thankyou to all the wonderful parent helps that come with us. 

Congratulations to Sophie Whittaker and Tahlia Fridd who competed against 14 other children at the Rotary speech competition. they both did an amazing job and did Awahono School proud. Special congratulations to Sophie for placing 3rd. Well done girls. 
 

Planting seedlings

Room 6 were vey lucky to receive some little seedlings from Sue. We went outside to enjoy the sunshine and used the time to plant some of our seedlings. We planted watermelon, tomatoes, cucumbers and many more. We are looking forward to seeing them sprout so we can plant them in our wonderful school vegetable garden. 

 

Bridge update

We are all so excited to be getting a brand new bridge in Ahaura. Quite often we will see the crane from the classroom window or hear them driving poles into the ground. Today we were notified that the new poles for the bridge were being brought into Ahaura on a massive truck. As a school we all went down to the domain to watch it coming it. It was very impressive. They had a very long truck to fit the concrete poles on it which meant it had to have someone on the end to control the way the truck swung around the corners. This was a new learning process for most of the children in Room 6. We love being part of the bridge updates and cant wait for it to be completed in the new year. 

 

Lessons on Bees

Awahono School was lucky enough to have Noah and Blessed, two bee keepers, come to visit. They taught us so many wonderful things like how bees only make 3/4 of a teaspoon of honey in their whole lifetime, or how they only live for 5 weeks, but in that time, the distance they travel is equivalent to going 3 times around the world. Room 6 learnt that bees really are wonderful creatures and that there are so many ways they can help humans. This was a wonderful visit for all children in the class, especially those children who are focusing their topic project on bees. Keep an eye out for our 'Science behind our food' displays on our own personal blogs. 

 

ASB Netball

 Congratulations to our ASB team that competed at the Rec centre today. They did a fantastic job and ended up coming 4th overall. You should all be proud of yourself! Special thank-you to Frances and Emma who helped out and coached the team. We really appreciate it. 

 OH HOW WE ALL LOVE THE SUN IN ROOM 6! We have made the most of the wonderful weather in Ahaura this week by taking the opportunity to learn outside. We are so lucky to have the yellow shade area and different materials to allow us to learn in the sun. How relaxed and happy do these students look while learning. 

 We have started a new programme in Maths in Room 6. After receiving some students voice on different activities they wanted to complete in maths, together we created something called 'Maths Bingo'. Every 2 week the children in Room 6 receive a new bingo sheets full of different activities they can be doing when they are not with the teacher. There are a range of different activities from worksheets to hands on activities, that cover a range of units. For example: This week we have focused on number knowledge in basic facts and fractions as well as measurement. Check out some of these photos of the student in Room 6 learning in fun ways.