Fonterra Milk in Schools update

Earlier in the year we entered the Fonterra Milk in Schools competition (see the blog post about it here). Well we didn't win the big prize, but we did get sent a pack of stationary for each of the kids in our class. They were pretty cool, each pack had a wooden pencil, ruler and pencil sharpener in it.

Thanks Nikheel for helping organise our prize!

Week 1 - Healthy Habits

This week we have been learning about different ways we can help to keep ourselves healthy. On Friday we had Grace our Public Health Nurse visit and remind us of how to wash our hands properly and how to blow our noses. Did you know you should blow your nose at least 5 times a day!
Grace had special germ lotion that we put on our hands and then looked at under a black-light to see where the germs like to hide. Then we practised washing our hands and had another look to check that we had got rid of all the germs.

Grace helped us look for the germs on our hands using a special light 

Can you see the germs glowing?

We also did some research of our own into healthy habits and then shared these. Here are some photos of us sharing our learning.

Nikheel and George teaching us about the
importance of wearing clean clothes. 

Vaidika, Manahal and Petulisa teaching us about
what happens if we don't brush our teeth!

Week 1 - Gymnastics

What do tuck shape, front support, landing position and straddle have in common? They are all gymnastics terms.

Today Scott Class had their first gymnastics lesson. We were learning static movement patterns today. Check out these photos of us practicing.

Emah - L shape

Saunoa - Straddle

Vaidika - Front support

Nikheel - Rear support

Pee'ana - Tuck shape