Developmental

Team Waka get together to learn and play together during Developmental.  Have a look at us inside and outside of Room 14 this Friday afternoon.

Cars, trucks and roads

Sand Saucers

Week 1 Term 4

 A very exciting start to our last term. 

k week. We learned about the native New Zealand birds that start with the letter k.; kiwi, kea, kakapo and  karearea. We made bird kites and tested them to see how high they could fly.

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to have two cricket coaches come to teach us some catching, batting and fielding skills. It was a lot of fun.

Swimming

 

We have just completed 2 weeks of swimming. We went to the pool every day and made fantastic progress.

During our swimming programme, the children were participating in a levelled group lessons to develop further skills in the water. The aim is to become more relaxed and confident in and around the water.

 

The activities included
- Entering and exiting the pool safely
- Putting their head in and then under the water

- Blowing bubbles/beginning breathing skills 

- Floating on their backs and fronts with a board/noodle and then without a board/noodle
- Kicking on their fronts and backs with a board

- Learning arm strokes

Other skills the children are learning are
- Self-management skills such as looking after their belongings, undressing and dressing
- Walking safely in a group
- Following instructions given by a swimming teacher