Term 1

Our learning for Term 1 started with water safety. We had a great time learning and experiencing swimming in different bodies of water. We went to Fitzroy Beach for Beach Ed, Manganui Stream for river safety, the Inglewood Pools for deep water learning and had Jo from Swim Safe at our pool for focused life saving tips.

Our water safety unit was supported by the Water Skills for life programme.

After Taranaki Anniversary, when the water was too cold to swim we ventured into our Mātauranga Māori, the land of voyages learning. We have explored the Pacific by: learning what countries make up the Pacific Islands, how far away the islands are from New Zealand, learning from our whānau who have links to the pacific, and how our Pacific ancestors navigated there way across the Pacific Ocean using wayfinding techniques. Wayfinding is the use of natural occurring phenomena - waves, stars, moon, the sun, land influences, clouds and birds.

Next term we are continuing this learning and will be creating digital presentations (robotics, scratch and coding) to share what we have discovered.