Tuesday, 13 November 2012

EnviroSchools...

Woohoo!!!
Peninsula Primary School is now a SILVER ENVIROSCHOOL!!!

This is a big accomplishment for our school, everyone has worked so hard to get here.
There are lots of next steps for us to take as a school and we look forward to doing more next year!

Well done to everyone and a big thanks to all the parents and teachers! 

Skateboarding!!!

We are very lucky to have Ben and Trent come and teach us some skateboarding skills!
We will have 2 sessions - one in week 5 and one in week 7.
Our first session was today and it was AWESOME!!!

Here are some picutres of everyone getting in and having fun!

Lining up to get the safety gear - helmets, elbow and knee pads and wrist gaurds:



Learning how to stand on the board properly - kick, kick, kick, swivel:


Splitting up into 2 groups to practice up and down the hall:








Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Athletics!

Athletics is coming up very fast... Next week on Wednesday in fact!!!

We are really looking forward to it and have been practicing hard with our high jump, shot put, discus and sevens!

It is going to be a great evening!!

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Safety and Disasters...

This term we have been working on some safety and disaster projects.

Each reading group in the classroom had different things to complete. Some people worked on their own and others worked in pairs.
Reading groups had to make a poster about how to keep safe in a particular event and others researched about disasters.

Researching and making these posters was fun and hard work at times! We found pictures on the internet that we could use, we used google to find information that would help us and we read about our topics in books.

Here are some pictures of the completed posters...
We welcome you to our classroom to come and read each poster in depth!

Emily and Maddi worked together about how to stay safe near water and have some tips about not drowning:

Essendon created a poster about what to do if you encounter a snake:

Caitlyn researched and found information about the Napier Earthquake:

Stella researched and found information about the Tanigwai Rail disaster:

Isabella and Lily chose to find out information about volcanoes and made a poster showing their information:

Emma made a poster showing how you can be safe in a storm:

Alex reserached about tornadoes:

Riley L has some tips if you are ever caught near a volcano:

Eli and Kate worked hard to find out information about car crashes and how you can stay safe in cars:

Katie learned about the Influenze Epidemic that happened in New Zealand:

Anne-Marie has some general tips on how to stay safe:

Samantha has some tips for staying safe during a storm:

Troy researched about animal attacks and why they happen:

Sila has some tips about volcano eruptions:

Estella read about the Tarawera Eruption:

Blake and Riley M have some safety tips about earthquakes and what you need to do: 

Kiera worked very hard to research and find information about tsunami's:

Helena read about the Wahine Disaster that happened in New Zealand: