Willow Park Camp

We were so lucky to have such fabulous weather.  The activities at camp were so much fun.

Finished eating now ready for fun.

Volley ball fun

 

Tennis

Mini-golf action

Where's the ball girls?

"Come on Ivan we can give this golf a go", said Max.

Sophie testing the water.

Swimming fun

Blowing bubbles                          

Having fun with the parents in the gym.

The Kotuku Team Friday morning walk along Eastern Beach.

Maths Problem solving

We had to design and make a tent we would like to sleep in.We used art paper for the canvas, pipe cleaners for the poles and string for the ropes.

Count on Me-Bruno Mars

Stan Walker-Take it Easy

Money Box Competition

Room 9 very proud of their money box entries.

Today we entered our money box creations into the competition. We think they look  the best! Here we are in action.

Can you spot the cell phone and the Sweet house money box?

This is Pia's amazing dragon creation along side Nathan's Owl.

We even had trains, super hero's and pigs

This is Lara's Train and carriage with a caboose.

We used drink cartons of various sizes to create our boxes

We used coloured paper and collage skills to create our boxes into creatures like owls, dragons and birds.

St Johns Ambulance First Aid Lesson

Today we learnt about what to do in the case of an emergency, hypothermia, get stung by a bee, heat stroke ,minor wounds and burns. The St Johns Officer provided a variety of different scenarios for us to practise what we had learnt.

Nisha was our model of "unconscious state"

             
                 
                                       

Money Matters

For theme Room 9 has been studying Money Matters. We worked in groups to identify the different types of shops and facilities in a community like Howick. We planned and drew our own community.

By Ethan O'Meara

Part of our learning was to understand the difference between a need and a want.
We learnt the difference between a service and a good . Once our map was complete the next step was to identify on our map the items we thought we a service e.g Police and a goods e.g Countdown