The Water Cycle Song!

People Saver Course  :)

Today we had the great privilege of Mrs Behere from NZ Red Cross (whose daughter knows Monique from St Francis' school), teach our class Basic First Aid, in a course specially designed for children, called 'People Savers'.  (It teaches skills of basic life preservation and first response, minus C.P.R.)

I was so proud of our students, their attentiveness, good manners and intelligent, thoughtful answers.  Mrs Behere said that she normally does not give Year 5 & 6 students some of the more difficult questions and problems, but she was very impressed with our class, so did this time. :-)

What was covered:
• How to call for help
• Circulation/bleeding
• Dangers
• Shock/nose bleeds
• Response
• Broken bones
• Airway
• Burns and scalds
• Recovery position
• Poisons
• Breathing

Children are encouraged not to try to do things themselves but to dial 111, get an adult/ shout for help IMMEDIATELY.  If alone, how to check airways & breathing & stabilise, stay with and reassure someone in the recovery postion, until help arrives.

At the end of the day, students had completed a First Aid workbook and were presented with their very own People Saver Course Certificate!

You will enjoy scrolling down to see the pictures below:

Factors & Multiples

In Maths we have been learning about Factors and Multiples.  Here is a great way to review the difference, a slideshow to explain them both:

Factors and Multiples from chstokes

WHAT A WONDERFUL START TO THE TERM!

Week 1 was fantastic.  It is such a privilege to work with such an energetic, enthusiastic and caring class.  :-)

P.E. Uniform & Shoes:

We have Winter Sports days coming up in weeks 6 and 7.  Our class has the great privilege of being coached by year 11 students in preparation for the Winter Sports Day.  This will happen every Thursday, so please could your child bring their yellow P.E. uniform to change into and wear suitable footwear.  Sometimes we will need to walk to Jubilee Park and there is often glass on the footpath.

Theme for this Term:

This term our focus is on how to be a good friend.  Jesus said: "I no longer call you servants, but friends"  John 15 verse 15.

God gives us guidelines for a happy life.  He says, "To have friends we need to show ourselves friendly".

We have been playing a lot of group bonding games, which has been great fun!  It is so neat to see Michael-Jon, who is new, 'part of the action' and class members have been going out of their way to be inclusive.

The proverb says, "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly." (Prov. 18:24)

In other words, we have to work on building friendships.
True friendship is not one sided. Many are looking for friends who will help them, meet their need, be a friend to them, listen to their problems, be sympathetic and love them.

To have friends we must show ourselves to be friendly:  to meet the need of someone, to help them, to comfort them.

Welcome to Term 2

We trust everyone has had a great Easter break and made the most of the school holidays.  After a very long twelve week term, I was certainly in need of a rest!

...So it is great to come back to a new term refreshed and recuperated!  Mrs Campbell is currently enjoying an overseas mission trip in Israel.  She will be back in week 5.  Mrs Cutforth and Mrs Pye are taking her place while she is away.  Mrs Cutforth will be teaching our class each Friday.

We welcome a new year 5 student to our class, Michael-Jon. Haere mai, Michael-Jon!  It is a great pleasure to have him as part of our class and he is settling in really well.  The students have made him feel welcome and are helping him fit right in.

There will be no swimming this term, but we look forward to the WPSA Inter-schools Winter Sports Day Tuesday 10 June, yr 7&8 , Tuesday 17 June Years 4-6. (Postponement days will be Fridays of the same week).  Please place these dates in your diary, as we will require some assistance with transport.  Thank you very much!

In order to prepare, we will receive coaching from some Year 11 students during our P.E. session every Thursday, as it is part of their NCEA Level 1 course.  This has worked very well in the past.