SPS Pounamu 2018

Exploring time in Pounamu Habitat is LOVED by all students. It is a time to grow our curiosity, explore new things and interact and have fun with people. The students are always talking, problem solving and using their amazing imaginations! Here are a few snap shots of students thinking "outside the box" and taking their creativity to the next level. In the Maker Space this week we are creating patterns form paper and pastels and putting them in our very own design book! The look amazing, come on in and see your child's! Jorja made a fantastic Koru out of pattern dots. Really creative and individual art Jorja! This group of awesome kids took cup stacking to the next level and made a giant shape for them to all fit in. Their first attempt fell down so they had to use their growth mindset to make it all again...and they did super fast! Good job team! 

I n Pounamau Habitat we have reading everyday between 10.30-12.30. Your child will get a book or activity to bring home in their book bag to practise. Take a look at some of the reading groups in action!  Word games are a great way to learn new words and recall them quickly. It's also fun!  Miss Tetli with some great readers doing a poem! Miss Freya taking a reading group. They sounded great! 

Here is a link to the dance we will be doing at assembly. Please practice!

Cross Country is less than a week away now and Pounamu have been out training hard! We have been working on our endurance and running for longer times. We have practised our sprint finish and also but our leg strength with hill running!  Wow watch out for Pounamu in the Cross Country on Thursday 28th June.  Future Olympians in the making! 

Our students love doing P.E with our awesome Tuesday Teaching Team- Mr Brown, Miss Emma, Mrs Wallis and Mrs V.  They focus on developing their motor skills through running, jumping, balance and eye tracking. They also have been learning to throw and catch big and small balls. 

Our habitat goals support our learning everyday and are linked to our four School Capacities. These are Analysing , Organising , Visualising , and Personalising .  Ask your child whether they know how to; ' Make good choices ' or ' Tidy as I go ', or ' Be curious ' or ' Be respectful '.

These marvellous mathematicians were busy creating fun patterns and counting the cubes today. They put in so much effort that they built it all the way out the door! How many cubes do you think they used????

We are always making new areas to have fun and explore! This week we opened our own ice-cream shop! The cold weather didn't keep these excited kids away, they ordered some yummy ice cream. You can tell they enjoy them!

We love to share what is happening in Pounamu on our blog, but we would love it even more if you left us a comment! Here is some simple steps about how to leave us a comment. Go on give it a go!  (click here)