Students from Middle School have been participating in the football fundamental skills programme,which has been offered by a local football club. All the students have enjoyed getting outside,kicking the balls around and scoring a few goals!
One of our lovely teacher aides, Hannah, also works for Big Brothers Big Sisters – a community programme that has launched in Lower Hutt. We’d love to share with you a little more about this wonderful programme for tamariki! Big … Continue reading
Tōmene Explore time is off to a great start in the junior school! It has been fantastic to see everyone get stuck in and try something new. Tōmene time is all about the students using their interests to drive their learning. During our … Continue reading
Please contact the office is you have not filled out an enrolment form. This enables us to prepare for your child’s first day!
This term we have started the Wonder Project, a science, technology, engineering and maths initiative. We are learning about the design process and building a rocket. This week we designed and built ships, then we evaluated the success of our … Continue reading
This term the Junior Pods are trying a new learning approach based on structured play. At Avalon School we are calling it our Tōmene-Explore Time. This time happens daily from 1.45-3pm. The children are able to select curriculum themes (in … Continue reading
This week we played a game called ‘Ghost Busters’. The children practised their kicking skills will trying to get the ‘ghost’ (the kids in the orange vests) This was a lot of fun!
Challenge: Erect the tent One of the tasks this week was to put the tent up. This was a first for many students. It was great to see the children learn the steps and work together to make it happen. … Continue reading
Design and Make We had Nicky’s guinea pigs in Pod 2 this week. One of our challenges was to design and make some shelters for them to hide in. Look at what we made!
Every Wednesday we have some football coaches coming in to teach us a Fundamental skills programme. They are fantastic and the kids learn a lot over the term. This week we practised some dribbling, toe taps and stoping the ball … Continue reading
Tōmene time happens every afternoon! This is when the children learn through hands on experiences across the Junior school. When the children are in Pod 2 they are exploring Construction. Here the children will Design Plan Make Build
Just a reminder that the teaching staff will be at a paid union meeting tomorrow afternoon. Please pick up your child between 12.30pm and 1pm. If you wish your child to walk home please send a note to their class … Continue reading
At lunchtime on a Tuesday and Thursday we are playing Dodgeball and Kickball. The kids are learning a lot about team work, strategies, rules and fair play. Well done kids.
The kids in Middle School are learning a variety of things during maths, such as counting, recognising, ordering and writing numbers, addition and sorting. Keep working hard kids.
This term some of the ORS kids are focussing on life skills such as making their lunch and brushing their teeth independently. Practice makes perfect.
