Tawa School Room 14 (2019)

The week started with another water confidence swimming session. It was great to see the students ducking their heads under the water and some diving down to get items off the bottom of the pool. This weeks provocation is Autumn. During investigation time the students made a finger paint autumn tree. On Tuesday the annual Tawa School cross country race was held. The Room 14 students did themselves proud with all the effort they put into the race.  On Wednesday we enjoyed another fun kapa haka lesson. This week we saw some amazing literacy and numeracy learning happen.  On Friday at Tawa School we celebrated pink shirt day. On Friday we continued with our PMP programme.

The week started with another water confidence swimming session. It was great to see the students ducking their heads under the water and some diving down to get items off the bottom of the pool. This week was National Sign Language Week. During investigation time on Tuesday some students choose to cut out the letters of their names in sign language and then used this to practice signing their name. This week all our formal literacy and numeracy programmes for the term were in full flow.  On Tuesday we had our first kapa haka lesson for the term and the students enjoyed learning a new sasa. On Thursday we were really lucky to have the magic healthy eating show. The students learnt about all the healthy things we should eat through magic tricks.  On Friday we continued with our PMP programme. On Friday as a special gift to our mothers for mothers day the students created their own personalised message.  ...