Rippa Rugby and Parafed

Kia ora whānau

Last week was a busy one for Te Puawai.  We were incredibly lucky to have two manuhiri to add to our kete.  First we had Bodean visit on Tuesday to teach us about rippa rugby, we played some fun and engaging warm up games then we paired up for some drills before finishing with a whole class game.  Our class are very keen to have Bodean back again in the future.

Thursday we were very fortunate to have Parafed visit to run a session using a variety of sports equipment that are specifically designed for people with disabilities.  There was so much variety and something for everyone to enjoy.  Games were the finisher for this session as well and we extend our gratitude to Whaea Pele and Whaea Jonelle from Parafed, also to Whaea Alysha for organising this on our behalf.

 

School Values

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This week we have started our learning on explanation writing.

Today we watched a couple of videos and had a class kōrero about what explanation writing is.

Next we split into five groups to work collaboratively, each group had one school value to focus on.  The task was to explain what each value means and write examples of demonstrating this value at Paparore School.

Our next learning step was to choose the one school value they feel most strongly about and to independently write a paragraph explaining what that school value means and specific examples they have seen in action at our kura.  Once we have written our paragraphs we revisit our writing process of recrafting, editing and then publishing.

Here are some photos of our collaborative task which was our planning for our writing.

Can you share any examples of our school values being demonstrated that you have seen?

  

 

STEM Challenge Week 9

On Tuesday we completed a STEM challenge. Using marshmallows and spaghetti sticks, we had a competition to see what group could make the tallest tower. There was a lot of fallen towers and marshmallowy hands by the end of it. We discussed what went well and what didn’t work in each group.

Ava, Jesse and Shaan had the tallest tower all round and won a prize.

 

Bug Man Visit Week 3

In week 3 we had Ruud Kleinpaste visit Paparore school. Everyone got to hold his Wētā and listened intently to what Ruud had to say during the senior assembly.

The next day Ruud came into our class and shared with us a recipe to cook snails, we discussed the insects at lake Ngatu and explored around the outside of the school for insects, birds and arachnids.

Tryathlon Week 8

Week 8 was Tryathlon week! The day had finally arrived. The students of Paparore school were doing 2 rounds of jump  jam, walking or biking four laps of one field and running four laps on the other field before they crossed the finish line to collect their medal! We are super proud of everyone who participated!

   

Wednesday Music Lessons

Whaea Jen has been leading weekly music lessons every Wednesday. Te Puawai has been absolutely loving it! Here are a collection of photos from some of our lessons. We have been learning cords C, F, and G on the keyboards, ukuleles, base guitar. It has been a great challenge for everyone to stay in rhythm along with the drummers.