Our classmates rock!

Shout out to our boys Xavier, Gurkeerit and Malakai. All three boys were nervous about putting their heads under the water at the start of our swimming unit. But look at them now! Heads under the water and lifting their legs to kick with the noodles. 

Ka mau te wehi!

Room 17 Hearts Rm 2

Last Friday we got together with our buddy class, Room 2, for the second time. This time we paired up, so every child has a special buddy from the other class. Turns out we already knew some of the older children! We learnt each other's names and discussed what we had in common. We then shared what we had learnt about each other with the whole group.

Swimming at School

We have been making lots of use of our school pool over the last two weeks and we have made some impressive improvement. We will continue swimming in week four - can't wait to see what our progress will be then!

Above: Room 17 students practising kicking and breathing down the length of the pool, diving for rings, Malakai showering water over his skin.

The class practising using their long arms as they kick along the edge of the pool. Debra helping Sophie-Marie extend her arms.

Jammin'

We were lucky enough to enjoy a live concert in our playground at lunchtime today! A big thank you to the Good Time Music Academy.

I te timatanga ...

It has been an exciting week getting to meet our new classmates and their whanau. This has provided lots of learning opportunities to practise working with different types of people, in different spaces.

• We have worked with each other - in pairs, small groups and as a whole class. 
• We have worked with Koka Tangi, learning about Manaakitanga and Aroha. 
• We have worked with Mrs Turner and Mrs Hurren during discovering time, where we also worked with children from Room's 16 and 18.
• We share assembly with the Koru Team.
• We worked with Ms Holcroft in the Trentham School Library.

We have been really busy! Lucky we already know a lot about being kind and teamwork! 

If you are able, come and check out our wall display on kindness. We will also have some artwork to share soon too. In the meantime here are some photos from our first week.

Arohanui,   

Room Seventeen

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Above: We have been collaborating on an art piece inspired by Piet Mondrian.

Above: Ms Holcroft showing Room 17 the ropes at Trentham School Library.

Welcome

Welcome to Room 17's Classroom Blog. 

Check in again soon to see what we get up to in our first week,

                                                                             Miss Burns x