Interactive Homework links

The children are keen to try at least one of these experiments at home in the next couple of weeks, as part of our science work on water.

Make an egg float

Will an ice cube in a glass melt and make the glass overflow?

Make an easy lava lamp

Dissolve sugar in water

Which experiment did you try?

What did you do?

What happened?

'Birdman' Competition

Autumn has arrived, so it is the end of our 

swimming season for now.

To end the season, our 

home and school group RASCA 

(Reefton Area School Community Association) 

held a birdman competition at the school pool.

Three events were held - a rubber-band boat race, the biggest splash, and the Birdman competition.

Everyone had a lot of fun and some people are already planning for next year's competition.

What would you create for a winning entry? 

We are Learning to 'Swim For Life'

This week we started our 'Swim For Life' sessions. 

Twice each week for the rest of term, we will go down to the town pool and have swim lessons with Hayley.

Some of us were a little worried that the pool would be too deep, but everyone gave it a go!

To our surprise, Hayley had some underwater stretchers for us to stand on, so that made us feel safer.

We are sure our swimming will improve this term.
A big thank you to the mums and dads who help with transport, and by getting in the pool.


B4 'Swim For Life' on PhotoPeach

Why is it important to learn to swim?

Where is your favourite place to swim?

Shoelace Magic

With school swimming starting soon, 

Mrs McKenzie and Mrs Wistrand want everyone to be able to tie their own shoelaces.

Watch this video to learn an easy way to tie shoelaces.

Leave a comment to let us know when you've learned to tie your shoelaces!

Swim for Life

The Year 3's are having a series of 10 swimming lessons in a special program 

called 'Swim for Life'.

They are all trying new things in the pool and we talked about how some activities take a lot of courage if you haven't done it before.

Watch out later in the week for some student writing about  courageous moments! 

Tell us about your courageous moment!

Swim, Swim, Swim!

The weather is hot and what better way to cool down than to have swimming lessons in the school pool 

three times a week!

Luckily we get lots of parent help so everyone can be in the pool for the whole time.

Mrs Wistrand is noticing that many of the students have improved their swimming skills over the summer.

Where do you like to swim -pool, river, lake, ocean?

What is your favourite swimming stroke?

Should all children and adults know how to swim?

Mawhera or Kawatiri?

Which house were you cheering for?

Year 4-8 swimming sports

Are you in this photo? What did you think about the sports? Add a comment and tell us.