Week 10 Athletics Fun

 This week in Tāwhrimātea, has been having a great time practising athletics in preparation for the Athletics  Day in Week 2, Term 4.

The tamariki are training in the high jump, long jump, shot put and discus 4 days a week. Their faces beamed as the distances they achieved grew. 

  

The tamariki were set the task to build the strongest bridge. The challenge was on, which bridge would hold the most books? Everyone entered enthusiastically into the challenge. They measured, built and tested their bridges. Their faces said it all!!!!

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Kids in Space!

 

This week in Tāwhrimātea, we were so lucky to have Anne-Marie from the Antarctic Centre come and run workshops for our tamariki. The programme is called "Kids in Space." Who knew the Antarctic Centre also taught lessons about space?? We had such a blast dressing up in space suits, making paper rockets, and learning about the lives of real astronauts. A trip to Mars might have been on our to-do lists, but after hearing that it takes several months of travelling to get there, we might be thinking twice about that!

Planets in Space - Shared Writing Week 6

  On Wednesday at the beginning of our literacy meeting we wrote another shared story about the fictional planet Tāwhirimatea. We hope you enjoy our story!