Here We Go Again!!!

 New Zealand has done so well to avoid Community Transmission of the Covid-19 virus, however, today we are heading back to Level 2. This means we will be making sure we sanitise, sanitise, sanitise. Students are washing hands upon entering our class, sanitising on the way out, and hopefully this will keep us as safe as we have been - and maybe even help eliminate the nasty gastro bug that seems to be doing the rounds!

We have had a great couple of weeks - students had their day at the Science Fair and 6 students were awarded prizes, some students multiple prizes! I am super, super proud of our budding scientists. It is a passion of mine, and we really enjoy anything "science" related!

Next Thursday we are heading off to the Museum in Dunedin for.....you guessed it.....SCIENCE!! We are heading to the Planetarium to be mesmerized by Space! A notice will go home with students today so please look out for that one. We will need parent helpers, so if you want to be amazed by the Cosmos...come and help out.

Our students have begun the Education Perfect "Stealth" challenge today - it is a cross-curricular competition where they can show their knowledge and skills across the curriculum. We will spend a little bit of time each day working on this. Students get choices, and we know how much they love that, so this should be a fun activity! We are focusing on reading for meaning this Term, so we have been looking at this through the lense of New Zealand history - and really enjoying learning about our country from its beginnings. 

We are also focusing on writing, as this seems to be an area students really struggle with. Not so much the quality of the writing, but getting students to WANT to write - we have a few tips and tricks up our sleeves, so stay tuned.

For now...enjoy a few happy snaps of Room 9 students....(Sadly Willow was unable to go due to illness, but her board went!)