Sea Week activities!

Last week was sea week but we were so busy working on camp activities we didn't get started till this week!

One of our first activities was measuring the different lengths of well known New Zealand whales and dolphins out on the school field. We measured each others height and compared that with different dolphin lengths to see who was the closest to each size! 

We even made estimates of how many of us it would take to make the length of a blue whale! 

Here is a photo of use creati g the size and shape of a brydes whale that Mrs Cometti came across in the Hauraki Gulf 😮 HOW CRAZY!

Next week we will continue on our sea week Inquiry and graphs!

GEMS, Team Building, and using a Growth Mindset

In weeks 1 & 2 we focused on what it means to use our GEMS, working as a team and using a growth mindset! This included having a super fun year 6 Team building day.
Each challenge was different and required us to work together in order to complete it.

The games we played were the Standing long jump relay, The Human knot challenge, Hoop relay, The Mindfield, Frogs & Ponds, and the silent Playground challenge!

In the afternoon we looked at the challenges and reflected on what they might mean for us this year. We also looked at this growth mindset A-Z poster  and thought about a way we could recreate this to make our class treaty!

So watch this space and we will present the final treaty shortly after camp :)

The Human Knot challenge! Possibly one of the trickiest activities!

The Human knot challenge requires us to:

• Be patient, 
• Use a growth mindset
• Show empathy to others, 
• Help when we see someone stuck (literally), 
• Take our time to think, 
• Collaborate, 
• Speak kindly to one another
• Encourage each other
• aaaand of course work as a team!

Week 1 2019

Room 1 had a fantastic first week back at school getting to know each other, prepping for School camp, going over our GEMS and school values and playing a ton of fun games!