Monday Mashup - Sewing

Exploring our sustainability, and thinking about what we can do to help the environment, we decided to make tote bags.  We also thought it would be great to learn how to sew with a machine, as some of us had already learnt how to sew by hand.

This was the process we followed:

1.  Design our tote bag with a connection to ourselves - our name, a pet, our family, things we like to do or play. We made a paper design the size of our bag, remembering to make sure our design was the correct way up on both sides of the bag.
2. We cut out our bag using the paper design as our pattern.
3. We transferred our design from the pattern to the material and then painted our design on the material.
4. We hand tacked our bag.
5. We chose material for our straps.
6. Now came the exciting part! Machine sewing the sides of our bag, the top seam, and sewing our straps.
7. Once the straps were sewn we turned them and attached them to our bag and then we were finished. 

Don't they look amazing? 

Year 6 Camp

Recently the Year 6 students went to Waipara Adventure Camp. We arrived on Wednesday morning, had some morning tea and headed off to our first activities. Each group did a  different activity and there was plenty of exciting opportunities! During our stay, we got to experience the Giant Swing, raft and bridge building, the waterslide, obstacle course, archery, air rifle shooting, low ropes confidence course and the Flying Fox.

There was a lot of fun and teamwork and a few injuries! In our spare time, we could also play dodge ball, croquet, trampolining, rope swings and try to rise above everything by walking on stilts.

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KiwiSport - Mitch's Last Day

Today we were very sad to say goodbye to Mitch. He has been our KiwiSports coordinator for the past 4 years. Talking to him this afternoon he was telling me how much he has enjoyed being a part of the physical education for so many children here at Rawhiti.

For his last session, we had a massive game of fort dodgeball. It was a truly epic game with everyone taking part.

To celebrate his time with us we have made him this card. In it, we wrote messages thanking him for teaching us so many great games and skills. We wish him all the best his future career. You will be missed, Mitch.