Duffy Assembly

Yesterday we had a Duffy Assembly and were lucky enough to have Dr Megan Woods, MP, as our special guest. The children loved receiving their new books. The Choir sang Octopuses' Garden and did very well for their first performance in public.

Here is Megan presenting some books in Matai after the assembly.

How many fit in the container?

During Maths today we made our own containers then guessed how many cubes would fit in there. How many  do you think?


Action Stations

Hope everyone enjoyed Queen's Birthday weekend....

Today we introduced Action Stations in Matai....if you have children in Kowhai or Pohutukawa you will be familiar with these. 

Each week we will pose a question to the children and they think about this while trying action stations of their choice. 

This week's question is "How do we learn from someone else?" 

     

                           

We have started with 10 stations which cover reading, writing, maths, I.T., art, problem solving, collaborative activities, fitness and construction. 

They also help with Cognitive, Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Co-operative, Social, Emotional, Language and Persistence skills.

Caught being good

This week our two stars in Matai are Letitia-Ann and Tomas, well done.

Matai stars

On Friday, Matai ran our CARES assembly, the focus was on "Co-operation".

Thank you to our presenters, for some it was the first time they have spoken in front of the school which can be a bit nerve wracking so well done!

                 Congratulations to Aryan and Bronte who received CARES awards.  

Margaret Mahy Playground visit

Our whole school enjoyed our recent trip to the amazing Margaret Mahy playground. Students are now busy deciding what they would like to see in our playground at Wigram School in 2018. They will soon be 

creating their own 2D and 3D designs to share at the 

end of Term 3.

     

                                

Some of the most popular choices are the big slide, the monkey bars, a climbing wall, obstacle course and flying fox. 

Maths in Matai

We have some amazing Maths brains in Matai! It's awesome to see children learning through play and problem solving!

Here children are working at a range of maths station activities: iPads, using shapes to make pictures and solving maths problems.

They learn individually and in small groups.