Term one in Stafford 3 has been totally hectic.....and I can't believe it is nearly over!!!
Our major highlight would have to be camp. You only have to look at the photos to see we had an extremely full on week, with heaps of learning and fun. The students participated in a variety of activities, from making harakeke flowers to kayaking to orienteering to abseiling, the list goes on!!!!
We were so fortunate to have wonderful parents accompany us and at this point I would like to do a huge SHOUT OUT to Trevor (Tanja's Grandfather) and John (Manaaki's Dad) for staying all week and being so hands on and awesome with the students.
After camp, we got straight back to school and into our learning groups. We have had maths and reading groups up and going now for 4 weeks and the students are making wonderful progress with their learning. We also started our first learning block - DISASTERS! The students in S3 are having a wonderful time and have made word banks, drenching our class in vocabulary relating to disasters. Since then they have used this vocabulary to create two types of poetry relating to disasters.
This week the students have created a time line and we have had a lot of discussion about NZ disasters over the past 150 years. The students have enjoyed finding out about disasters in NZ history, as well as which disasters occurred in our area and the effects these disasters had once they were over. Some groups have also started making comparisons and contrasts between certain NZ disasters (the Murchison Earthquake and the Hawke's Bay Earthquake) from the 1920-1930s. ALL students are fully engaged and excited about learning more!
Next term, we carry on with our disasters unit up until week 5, and the Stafford teachers are in discussion at the moment, as to what our next learning block unit will be.......We will keep you posted!
HAVE A HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY :)
